Arts & Economic Prosperity 5: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts & Cultural Organizations and Their Audiences in the State of Oklahoma was published in June.
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Oklahoma and music legend Leon Russell remembered as a lightning rod of talent
In 2011, Russell was inducted into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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UPDATE Legendary musician and Tulsa Sound pioneer Leon Russel dies at 74
Legendary Oklahoma-born musician and songwriter Leon Russell has died at age 74, his wife confirms.
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Music legend and Tulsa Sound pioneer Leon Russell dies at 74
Legendary Oklahoma-born musician and songwriter Leon Russell has died at age 74, his wife confirms.
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Wills power
As OKPOP prepares to break ground on an actual brick-and-mortar building, its founders are currently collecting pop culture artifacts for various exhibits and displays that reflect Oklahoma’s varied stance in the world of popular culture — everything from music and movies to comic books and comedy. One of the most illustrious of these collections was […]
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Watching history
“The addition of television news archives is extremely valuable in helping us preserve and share the history of our state,” said Bob Blackburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The collection includes more than 34,000 tapes with real-time, eyewitness accounts depicting historical events from the 1950s through the 1990s. The videos, films and other […]
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Wills’ way
With the help of a $200,000 donation from the Grammy Foundation, the Oklahoma Historical Society is preserving an estimated 600 hours of Western swing that the famed musician recorded in the 1940s. The project evolved after the Wills family donated his entire archives to the OHS after being housed in Turkey, Texas, for more than […]