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On a late afternoon stroll, the sun glistened through the towering cedars as we walked across the rocks jutting up through the creek bed. Water gurgled and flowed down waterfalls, providing a peaceful soundtrack to a nature hike.  MAJOR RENOVATION WATER ADVENTURE We were not alone. Red and blue dragonflies flitted around our heads; daddy […]

On a late afternoon stroll, the sun glistened through the towering cedars as we walked across the rocks jutting up through the creek bed. Water gurgled and flowed down waterfalls, providing a peaceful soundtrack to a nature hike.  MAJOR RENOVATION WATER ADVENTURE We were not alone. Red and blue dragonflies flitted around our heads; daddy […]

Oklahoma Gazette today barely resembles the community newsletter it was founded as 30 years ago. After decades of evolution, countless redesigns and appearance tweaks, and an editorial mission widened beyond its mission of historic preservation to examine and celebrate Oklahoma City arts, entertainment, news and culture, Gazette is dramatically different than it was just years […]

Sometimes, getting away from it all is better when you know the Wii is just a few doors down. Sequoyah State Park is home to one of the finest fishing and boating lakes in Oklahoma, nestled on the shore of the breathtaking Fort Gibson Lake in Eastern Oklahoma. If you’re not a water bug, there’s […]

On the occasion of our 30th anniversary, we thought it appropriate to reveal the wizard behind the curtain, so to speak, and answer your Twitter-received questions about Oklahoma Gazette behind the scenes. Now you know. What’s the deciding factor on what goes on the cover? “Our team of editors, designers and marketing people, along with […]

From 1986 to 1988, northwest Oklahoma City had me to thank for finding an Oklahoma Gazette on area racks “¦ not that it ever did. Yes, before I was managing editor of this very publication, I was one of its delivery drivers! LOW-TECH DAYS QUICK WITH THE SCISSORS It was my first paycheck job, and […]

Now that summer has officially ended, Oklahomans might be tempted to put away their mix tapes and spend the cooler months hunkered down with their maps and offbeat tourism books, planning to take next May by the throat and once more see as much of the Sooner State as possible. QUEEN WILHELMINA STATE PARK ARCHAEOLOGICAL […]

From 1986 to 1988, northwest Oklahoma City had me to thank for finding an Oklahoma Gazette on area racks “¦ not that it ever did. Yes, before I was managing editor of this very publication, I was one of its delivery drivers! LOW-TECH DAYS QUICK WITH THE SCISSORS It was my first paycheck job, and […]

“The truth about gerbils” By Mike EasterlingNov. 22, 1989 Oklahoma City attorney Eric Groves approached Oklahoma Gazette to debunk a certain unfounded rumor about a TV anchor. Through painstaking research, Groves showed how other public figures had been victimized by the same urban legend as his client. Editor Mike Easterling still received calls from readers […]

wrote. “One week, I would be immersed in the state Legislature or the Oklahoma City federal building bombing probe. The next week, I’d be interviewing a dominatrix. I don’t think you can get that versatility at many papers. That’s part of the genius of alt-weeklies. ‘I’LL BE READING’ After Easterling’s departure, Susan Grossman returned to […]