A logo of brass knuckles and a mission statement some believed romanticized the state’s land run history helped contribute to widespread social media suspicion the fledgling Defend OKC T-shirt and lifestyle brand represented — or at least was sympathetic to — white supremacist ideals. The brand has repeatedly refuted the association. “I’ve explicitly reiterated to […]
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‘Doin’ fine’
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!: The Birth of Modern Musical Theatre and a New Image for the State 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays Oklahoma History Center 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive okhistory.org 405-521-2491 Free-$7 For John Steinbeck’s Joads, Oklahoma was a Dust Bowl nightmare they’d give up almost everything to escape. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, on the other hand, […]
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The Oklahoma History Center exhibit Welcome Home explores the impact of the Vietnam War on Oklahomans
The exhibit is open through November 2019.
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An OKCMOA exhibit explores the history of art in Oklahoma
The exhibition opened in November and runs through September 2018.
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Guests can take a step back in time while attending Oklahoma Historical Society’s ’20s-themed gala
Planned historical reenactments will include a drop-in from humorist Will Rogers and a “stick up” by gangster Pretty Boy Floyd.
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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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Letters to the Editor: May 31, 2017
President Donald Trump should extend to LGBT people the same rights and protections guaranteed on account of race, religion or nation of origin.
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Striking photography exhibit at Oklahoma History Center features child laborers from the state’s past
The historic photographs by Lewis Hine were taken between 1916 and 1917.
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Dakota pipeline protests swell local and national sovereignty and human rights struggles
Seven months after they began, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests at North Dakota’s Standing Rock Indian Reservation have converged with Native American Heritage Month, bringing even greater focus on the thousands of people from various indigenous tribes and nations working to halt pipeline development on Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lands. The tribe’s goals are, […]
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Ghosts of Fort Reno Tours give guests a look at the outpost’s paranormal appeal
The El Reno fort is one of many old military installations around the country said to be haunted.