Oklahoma City Public Schools’ Board of Education convened May 22 to approve the hiring of the district’s newest superintendent. It has become a fairly common ritual for the state’s largest school district, which has hired 13 different superintendents since 2000. But unlike the July 2016 vote for the last superintendent hired, Aurora Lora, this vote […]
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Writer Shea Serrano visits OKC to talk best-sellers The Rap Year Book and Basketball (and Other Things)
A writer’s talk and book singing will be held 2 p.m. March 17 at Ronald J. Norick Downton Library.
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New OKCMOA curatorial hire Roja Najafi makes active learning part of her mission
Najafi is currently working to prepare an exhibition highlighting the museum’s collection of Washington Gallery of Modern Art contemporary works.
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Cover Story: SOLE PASSION: Gayle Curry steps into Science Museum Oklahoma’s latest exhibit
“I let the painting lead me,” Curry said. “I used to always try to direct my paintings, but with the wax, I find it kind of has a life of its own.”
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George Bogart’s teaching, mentorship inspired, influenced more than a generation of artists
Former students Joe Andoe, Linda Lou Warren, Larry Hefner and others also are featured in Legacy.
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Ryan Tigner, aka Miss Gay Oklahoma 2016 Ry’lee Hilton, receives a medal from EMSA just months after earning pageant crown
Earlier this year, Ry’lee won the Miss Gay Lawton America title and then won Miss Gay Oklahoma America in only her second year competing.
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Hoot of Loot lets teachers buy and swap classroom supplies
Hoot of Loot is the brainchild of teacher Cheryl Shane and her husband Edward.
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New OKCPS superintendent Aurora Lora sits down with Oklahoma Gazette for a Q&A
Oklahoma City Public Schools hired Aurora Lora as superintendent in July.
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Oklahoma Arts Institute celebrates 40 years of encouraging artistic students
Arts students work with industry professionals and train in their craft at Quartz Mountain Resort as part of Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute.
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Elegant education
Photo: Shannon Cornman With the ultra-sophisticated District 21 restaurant, supported by nine state-of-the-art, on-site teaching kitchens, this school is on the sharpest edge of culinary arts in Oklahoma. Each teaching kitchen offers individual student workstations (about 16 students and one instructor per kitchen). This is sheer heaven for any culinary arts student. The teaching kitchens […]