Whether warming up a cup of hot mulled cider or sipping the strong, sharp, crisp alcoholic ciders, the apples of fall squeeze out a distinctive drink that’s both comforting, but surprisingly potent, as well. “Normally, alcoholic cider is pretty strong, especially the longer you age it,” said Gail White, owner of The Brew Shop in […]
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Urban jungle
“(My roommate) came in and said, ‘You’ve got to see this.’ There was a little opossum, about 7 inches long, sitting on the ping-pong table just looking at us,” Hall said. “We figured the cats might hurt it, so we put the opossum in a carrier, and a second one started climbing down the shelves […]
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Float on
Scruggs has been on the river in every season and at every height of water, from raging torrents to slow and low through the Ozark mountains. “I always tell people they are missing out not floating in fall and winter,” Scruggs said. “Those bluffs, they get 20- to 25-foot icicles hanging off of them after […]
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A wild ride
Pantheon, son of Helios, grabbed the reins of the Greek god’s sun-chariot to speed across the sky, but when he lost control, the flames scorched the land, creating the arid desert. Half a world away, sons and daughters are still going on joyrides through another Sahara, this time without world-destroying results. Located in Waynoka, Little […]
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Drink thyme
She squeezed the syrup into a tumbler of ice, mixed in a fresh dash of mandarin vodka and a generous pour of something citrus, and the cilantro cocktail was born. A clear, fresh drink made grass-green by the bits of floating herbs, it tasted just like summer. To Khalilian, the cilantro makes the drink. But […]
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Limitless movement
For many, the passion to learn dance comes from seeing dance. When ballet dancers float upon their toes as their arms sway through the air, their fluidity can seem magical. But the children, teens and adults at City Arts Center’s Movement Without Limitations ballet classes have never really seen dancing at all. Many have seen […]
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Dragon riders
In protest to the Chu Dynasty, Chinese poet and scholar Qu Yuan threw himself into the Mi Lo River. But so beloved was he by the local population, fishermen piled into boats and rowed furiously in tandem to try to save him. They did not succeed, but the sport of dragon boating was born. Centuries […]