Last week, Highlights magazine (yes, that one) issued a “statement about human decency, plain and simple” calling for the U.S. government to cease the “unconscionable” practice of separating immigrant children from their families. “Moral courage means standing up for what we believe is right, honest and ethical — even when it is hard,” Highlights chief […]
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McLoud Blackberry Festival honors the town’s history with a good, old-fashioned community affair, including a parade, pageant and, of course, general admiration of the dark, tart and juicy edible aggregate fruit.
McLoud Blackberry Festival honors the town’s history with a good, old-fashioned community affair, including a parade, pageant and, of course, general admiration of the dark, tart and juicy edible aggregate fruit.
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Fireworks and sparklers aren’t the only ways to celebrate the Fourth of July, especially here in the metro.
Fireworks and sparklers aren’t the only ways to celebrate the Fourth of July, especially here in the metro.
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Educate yourself on what’s legal before you set a light to those festive July Fourth combustibles
While there are dozens of opportunities to see fireworks displays in and around the metro, many Oklahomans also enjoy creating their own displays.
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News Briefs: Classen Boulevard improvements, Wall of Fame, police body cameras and more
City officials look into improving Classen Boulevard for pedestrian and bike traffic, three OKCPS graduates are being inducted into the Wall of Fame and Oklahoma City Police should receive body cameras by the end of the year.
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Birthday bash
Red, White & Boom!8:30 p.m. WednesdayOklahoma State Fair Park Entertainment Plaza3001 General Pershing Blvd.okcphilharmonic.org842-5387free<span style=" Arial” ,”sans-serif””=””> Led by conductor Joel Levine, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic will perform eight American anthems to honor Oklahoma’s heroes with special guest and Broadway veteran Kristy Cates. The concert concludes with a fireworks show. Visitors are encouraged to bring […]
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’Crack down
Credit: Brad Gregg But leave it to the Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology to put a stop to all our fun. Since July is Fireworks Eye Safety Awareness Month (did you get our card?), the OAO would like to remind us that — get this — fireworks are dangerous. Who knew? Well, probably all the kids […]
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’Merica the beautiful
Credit: Brad Gregg According to data collected from Foursquare, our love affair with explosives — namely fireworks — as well as our outstanding park and parade attendance on the Fourth of July makes Oklahoma City the second most patriotic city in the nation, just behind Knoxville, Tenn. The list was compiled based on spikes […]
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Set it off
Does it have to do with family, food or fireworks? My bet is that it involves at least one of those three, and maybe all of them. For me, the most memorable Independence Days have involved fireworks. When I was about 10, I clearly remember my two older, ornery cousins wearing blue-and-white-striped denim shorts and […]
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Hud home
Hudson Moore is something of a young gun on the country circuit. At just 22, he’d seem more at place at college than opening for the likes of Alan Jackson. In truth, he’d be right in the thick of finals if not dropping out to pursue music full-time. “I had these songs that I had […]