The Peace, Love & Goodwill Festival at the Myriad Botanical Gardens this weekend promises fun for everyone while raising money and awareness for Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and its mission.
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Thank Ferris for this day off in OKC
Go. Get outside. Follow the example that Ferris Bueller set nearly three decades ago: Play hooky and love it.
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Like the fair, but better
Not long after the third or fourth H&8th Night Market was held in 2013 at the intersection of N. Hudson Avenue and NW Eighth Street, Brian Bergman, the event’s coordinator, received an interesting email. The email was from the organizer of an event similar to what he was trying to cultivate with H&8th in the […]
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Local radio celeb Ferris O’Brien has a name and party disposition that is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. This year, he shared with the Gazette his take on the season.
Local radio celeb Ferris O’Brien has a name and party disposition that is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. This year, he shared with the Gazette his take on the season.
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Art de Aguilar
Deep in the valleys of southern Mexico lives a ceramic artist whose whimsical personality and artwork touch everyone within contact. Guillermina Aguilar Alcantara is a master of Mexican popular art, and the eldest of Ocotlán, Oaxaca’s Aguilar sisters, world-famous for their artwork. She has made the journey to Oklahoma City to create, display and sell […]
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Swine breeds success
In 1986, Edmond Memorial High School’s principal kissed a pig after the students raised an unprecedented amount of money for a good cause. Since that infamous smooch, the school’s students have raised more than $3.5 million for various charities, during the annual, appropriately named Swine Week. “They are truly passionate about Swine Week, and it’s […]
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His name is Lucca
Tony Lucca might seem like a new arrival on the scene, but he’s no stranger. The longtime singer-songwriter has made regular appearances in Oklahoma City, including numerous shows at The Blue Door (where he will return in October). But Thursday’s performance at the Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center is his first since his run to the […]
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Deck downtown
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas throughout downtown Oklahoma City. Now in its 10th year, Downtown in December has done its very best to relocate the North Pole into the heart of the city in hopes of attracting locals to discover all it has to offer. “I think a lot of residents don’t […]
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Festi-full
Iconic detective Dick Tracy has spent eight decades on the comics page since Chester Gould invented the character in 1931. Although the story reflected the era’s Chicago gangland, Darrell Gambill wants the world to know it all started in Pawnee, now home to the Dick Tracy Headquarters. “Gould was one-of-a-kind; he was the first to […]
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‘Unprecedented crisis’
Warmer air holds more water vapor than cold air. Periods of high temperatures will last longer. Heavy rains and floods will become more extreme. Consider the following: —The size and scope of the current heat wave is unprecedented in modern times. —The year 2011 has produced more tornadoes and extreme weather events than any year […]