Roach motel — At age 20, Kyle Kandilian of Dearborn, Mich., has created a start-up business to fund his college expenses, but it involves a roomful (in the family home) of nearly 200,000 cockroaches. The environmental science major at University of Michigan-Dearborn breeds species ranging from the familiar household pests, which he sells on the […]
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Atheist
Rebecca Vitsmun Credit: Mark Hancock That latter fact might seem incongruous in a state often characterized as the buckle of the Bible Belt. But some experts suggest the large numbers of self-described atheists aren’t so surprising. “I am a native Oklahoman, and I have found that while Oklahoma is a conservative state with a strong […]
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Face time
Clara Luper A wayfaring painter shares eight years of her experiences on three continents through portraiture in her first solo art exhibition, Legacy … Oklahoma & Beyond, currently on display at Urban Roots cafe in the Deep Deuce district. Ebony Iman Dallas’ exhibition highlights 11 influential figures in her life, from a local mother, a […]
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Music Made Me: Laura Leighe
Nichole Nordeman, Wide Eyed (1998) This woman will forever be one of the greatest singer/songwriter/pianists on the planet. Her honest lyrics, hauntingly moving chord choices and beautifully pure voice elevate your soul to a new, better place than you were before. It was in high school that I discovered Christian music, and Nichole was a […]
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Okla-romance
Oklahoma’s writers of romantic fiction are a new breed. By SARAH LOBBAN Callie Hutton had always flirted with a career in writing. She spent years working for magazines, conducting interviews and writing articles. Later, she took a job in New York for a business’ corporate communications department. And until about four years ago, Hutton worked […]
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To the Wonder
Terrence Malick either inspires or bores. There isn’t much middle ground when it comes to assessing the famously reclusive filmmaker who has made only six features since his 1973 debut, Badlands. His Tree of Life in 2011 earned praise and derision alike for its ambitions and meandering, largely plotless tale. It was my No. 1 […]
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This museum kills fascists
But when she began to explore boxes and boxes of materials from the family’s home in Coney Island, N.Y., — writings, drawings and song compositions — she got a whole new picture of her dad and his lasting legacy. “The boxes were all over our house on bookshelves and desks, kitchen drawers, just everywhere,” she […]
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Feminine ‘Follies’
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB” lang=”EN-GB”> After years working as a newspaper journalist, Theasa Tuohy knows the hallmarks of strong reporting: accuracy, clear voice, compelling quotes and, above all, a good story. The Oklahoma City native grew up in a family brimming with stories: Her grandfather participated in the Land Run of 1889; her mother was a […]
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Getting punchy
In Miranda Lambert’s “Mama’s Broken Heart” video, the country star portrays someone ravaged by torment, who eventually dabbles in mind-altering substances, cuts her own hair and deviously inspects a kitchen knife. Basically, it’s about being crazy. But wait, don’t award her an MTV Moonman just yet, folks; the character Lambert was playing might not have […]
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Mind your ‘Mannerly’
Carpenter Square Theatre is out to make upstanding ladies and gents of you all. Jeffrey Hatcher’s comedy, Mrs. Mannerly, harkens back to a time when lessons in etiquette were in their final throes. Set in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1967, Mannerly tells the story of a 10-yearold boy under the tutelage of one Mrs. Mannerly, a […]