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The first annual Ghouls Gone Wild parade, sponsored by Oklahoma Gazette, is the first of its kind in Oklahoma. Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne will serve as grand marshal, marching in his plastic bubble from the corner of N.W. Eighth Street and N. Broadway Avenue into Bricktown Saturday, Oct. 27. Gazette Marketing Director Jill […]

You might have heard of tree huggers, but urban forester Mark Bays embraces them in more ways than one. Bays has been an arborist, forester and tree care provider for more than 15 years.  “I hug a lot of trees,” admitted Bays, state urban forestry coordinator for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. […]

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is formally announcing the cause of canonization for the Rev. Stanley Rother, an Okarche priest murdered in Guatemala more than 25 years ago, and the first for an Oklahoma native. According to the archdiocese, a canonization committee will be commissioned following an Oct. 5 mass at Okarche’s Holy Trinity Church, […]

Just six months after its grand reopening, the Skirvin Hilton found out today the American Automobile Association has named the hotel among its Four Diamond recipients for 2008.   “It’s been on our list of things to accomplish but it came quicker than we expected,” John Williams, general manager, said. “It’s a huge thing for […]

Housing options for downtown Oklahoma City will be discussed at the Thursday night meeting for Urban Neighbors, downtown’s housing association, to be held 5-7 p.m. at Brew Ha-Ha, 222 E. Main in Bricktown. A number of residential developers and leasing agents have been invited to attend the meeting to answer questions and discuss options with […]

Actor Matt Damon dropped by the Harkins Bricktown Cinemas in Oklahoma City on July 31 to promote his new action/assassin thriller ” The Bourne Ultimatum,” and to host a charity screening of the film for Bethany’s The Children’s Center. Along for the walk down the red carpet was the film’s producer, Frank Marshall, whose credits […]

Cyclists can enjoy a ride Saturday at the 11th annual “Spin Your Wheels Bicycle Tour,” complete with food, coffee and refreshment stops. The tour benefits The Children’s Center, a private, nonprofit hospital that provides medical care, therapy and education to children with special health needs. For a $30 registration fee, teams or individuals can ride […]

Two efforts to provide affordable housing in northeast Oklahoma City garnered recognition recently from the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, the state’s largest affordable housing provider.   Receiving Apex Awards from the agency in July were: ” TempleGardens Senior Apartments, 1515 N.E. 48th, and ” the Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City’s home construction in the […]

Quilters of all ages will participate in the Central Oklahoma Quilters Guild’s “Centennial Celebration of Quilts 2007” Thursday through Saturday at the Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens.   In the centennial year, quilt blocks with names like “Road to Oklahoma,” “Oklahoma Twister,” “Oklahoma Dogwood” and “Oil Fields of Oklahoma” are only the most obvious […]

Approximately 137,000 native-English speakers in Oklahoma County are at a basic or below-basic reading level, also known as “nonreaders.” They comprise about 20 percent of Oklahoma County’s population, and many have managed to graduate high school only reading at a second-grade level. “It’s shocking,” said Marion Jowaisas, who has tutored with the Oklahoma City Literacy […]