Renewing the American Spirit: The Art of the Great Depression through April 26 Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive okcmoa.com 405-236-3100 Free-$12 Oklahoma City Museum of Art recently acquired an artwork so big there was basically no choice but to create an exhibition around it. Gardner Hale’s mural “Triumph of Washington” — nearly […]
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Commentary: Blocked intersections
On Dec. 19, U.S. district judge Joe Heaton ruled that Oklahoma City’s anti-panhandling ordinance is constitutional. The ordinance, as it was originally written, was designed to clear medians of individuals asking for money at OKC’s busy intersections, but after receiving pushback from organizations that work with the city’s homeless as well as a lawsuit from […]
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Singer-songwriter Grant Maloy Smith breathes new life into history on Dust Bowl: American Stories
Smith performs Aug. 12 at The Centennial Rodeo Opry.
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American Red Cross celebrates 100 years in Oklahoma
The state includes four Red Cross chapters, all celebrating centennials in 2017.
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Summer Guide: OKCMOA exhibit highlights Works Progress Administration projects
The Complete WPA Collection: 75th Anniversary runs through July 2.
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A variety of new exhibits look to follow up on the success of Matisse in His Time at OKCMOA
The Unsettled Lens and After the Floating World open Saturday.
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Original Annie lyricist and director guides two preview performances of the famous musical at OCCC
Director Martin Charnin is in his 20th turn helming Annie.
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Chicken-Fried News: Okie doke
Washington Post columnist Esther Cepeda likened the country’s treatment of immigrants to the way Okies were treated in the past.
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Commentary: Income inequality at all-time high
Rising income inequality has become one of the biggest concerns for U.S. and world leaders in recent years, and for good reason. As recent data from Economic Policy Institute shows, income inequality in the United States is near a historic high not reached since just before the Great Depression. While incomes for Oklahoma households are […]
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Hear the music
Civic Center Music Hall Photo Provided The Civic Center Complex, which sits on the west side of downtown, is home to City Hall, Civic Center Music Hall, the Oklahoma County Courthouse and OKC’s police station. All four buildings were constructed in the 1930s through a voter-approved municipal bond and a matching grant from the U.S. […]