The Independence Day holiday schedule for City of OKC services is below: Friday, July 3 City offices closed. No change to trash, recycling or bulky waste pickup. Remember: No bagged trash pickup for bulky waste or regular trash service (except bags inside Big Blue carts). Call (405) 297-2833 if you need an extra trash cart. […]
Independence Day
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Independent celebrations
Last week, the US withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council while images of refugee children locked in cages were virtually inescapable on every media platform. So packing a picnic and passing out sparklers to commemorate living in the “land of the free” might feel funny this Fourth of July. But there is this. […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Red river
Penn Square Mall was shut down on Independence Day due to flooding.
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The metro celebrates Independence Day with live music and fireworks
Parades, parties and other Fourth of July festivities take place through Tuesday.
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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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Criminal imprisons itself in its own solemnity
Criminal finds a way to waste the talent of Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Gal Galdot and Kevin Costner.
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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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’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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’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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Broad stripes, bright stars
You might be a fireworks enthusiast. After all, it’s the one time of year that blowing up things is OK (outside city limits, of course). Or maybe you want to show off your patriotism, and every single thing about your Fourth of July soiree has to fit that theme. Lastly, you might be the type […]