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Arts & Culture

Fundraising walk for mental illness awareness set for this weekend

Gina A. DabneyJune 18, 2015January 16, 2024

National Alliance for Mental Illness Oklahoma (NAMI) hosts a fundraising walk at Myriad Botanical Gardens.

Arts & Culture

Street ballers to compete in Red Bull Reign competition

Brendan HooverJune 18, 2015December 25, 2024

Touring several years ago with the Harlem Superstars, an entertainment basketball troupe akin to the Harlem Globetrotters, Avery Stevenson Jr. saw firsthand streetball meccas like New York City’s Rucker Park. When the former University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma shooting guard came home in 2012, he wanted to build Oklahoma City’s streetball culture and […]

News

Public transit expands services in OKC with more to come

Ben FelderJune 17, 2015March 22, 2025

Expansions to public transit make life easier for many OKC residents, but some say more services are still needed.

Music

Folk chart toppers to play UCO Jazz Lab

Greg HortonJune 17, 2015August 16, 2023

Billboard’s top songs list for 1965 includes few surprises. It is populated with now-iconic names: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations and The Supremes. Alongside British Invasion bands and Motown elite, an almost-forgotten folk music revolution mushroomed. The Communist witch hunts of the McCarthy era damaged the genre’s growth and popularity, and pulled legends […]