OKC group Oklahoma Creative hosts this year’s World Creativity forum, which features international innovators and entrepreneurs.
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Water scarcity drives nonprofit to raise awareness
Water is the new gold according to one local nonprofit group.
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City council will review water rate increases
City officials say higher water rates are needed to help pay for new water capacity projects.
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Thank Ferris for this day off in OKC
Go. Get outside. Follow the example that Ferris Bueller set nearly three decades ago: Play hooky and love it.
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Commentary: Fracking fracas
It was only a matter of time before Tulsa, after its own nearby oil strikes, was proclaiming itself The Oil Capital of the World.
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Myriad Botanical Gardens prankster pays for green water cleanup
Garden officials said they were approached by an attorney claiming to represent the person behind the stunt that turned the garden’s water supply green on March 17 in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. The colored water resulted in a $9,700 cleanup bill for the nonprofit organization. The person responsible remained anonymous through an attorney and […]
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The Black Water Vampire
You aren’t likely to read a review of The Black Water Vampire that doesn’t reference The Blair Witch Project, and there’s good reason: That 1999 smash’s fingerprints are all over this found-footage effort, to the point that I could show you select stills from both and you wouldn’t be able to tell which belongs to […]
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Fracking: Good or bad? Is it that easy?
Many such lateral lines can be drilled from a single platform, and they sometimes extend up to two miles from the drill site. Harold Hamm, chairman and president of Continental Resources headquartered in Oklahoma City, was an early pioneer of these expensive, challenging and sometimes controversial techniques. I’m proud to say that Harold, now Oklahoma’s […]
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Sea change
Jann Jeffrey was looking down from a boat into the ocean and found herself hypnotized. Once back on land, it was something she wasn’t able to shake. For the past few months, she has been quietly trying to recreate the colors and shapes of the moving water that transfixed her. It was an obsession that […]
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Bone density
Bone marrow is a soft and spongy substance, yet it’s the innermost element of the human construct, vital to our existence as a sustainable and adaptable species. Without it, our bodies would succumb to even the most innocuous threat. Likewise, Tallows’ music is so constructed: robust with instrumental depth and conceptual assertion. There’s also a […]