Pop quiz, hotshot: Can you name three female artists? If you can’t immediately, there’s a good reason: Because for the near-entirety of our nation’s history, they’ve been denigrated, rather than displayed. It took a transformative, feminist movement known as Women Artists in Revolution birthed in the late 1960s to change that, and documentarian Lynn Hershman- […]
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Spice boys
Around 30 airmen were to be discharged after investigators at the base discovered they had possessed or used a drug known as “Spice” following a tip, The Oklahoman reported. Sold under brand names such as K2, Spice is comprised of herbs sprayed with chemicals that mimic the active chemical in marijuana, THC. The drug is […]
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‘A great Oklahoman’
“Clara Luper was a great Oklahoman and a great American,” Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said in a statement. “Her peaceful, resolute sit-in protest at the Katz Drug Store, where the owners at the time refused to serve African- Americans, paved the way for equal rights in Oklahoma City.” At Katz, “a center of activity” […]
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Mapped out
You’d probably never see the heavy riffs coming if you were judging The Globes strictly on appearances, and they’d be the first ones to admit it. “That’s part of our charm, I think,” guitarist and vocalist Kyle Musselwhite said. “People don’t really know what to expect because we aren’t the most stylish or imposing group […]
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Bite size
She was the former editor of Oklahoma Living magazine and now works for the National Farm to School Network as the membership and communications associate. Best feature: “I can roll with the punches.” Family: “Husband, Jeff, and Ellie the dog.” Where did you meet? “In college at Cameron University in Lawton, and I lived near […]
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Pan-seared sounds
Ohio metal band Lo-Pan loves to tour. “Most of us are very strongly connected to our performance,” said drummer Jesse Bartz. “That’s how we want to earn our fans.” How much does Lo-Pan like touring? So much so that Bartz’s answer to almost every question ended up related to hitting the road: On the story […]
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Show me the money
The most recent filing period ended May 16, and covered the period from around March 21 through May. While three elections — Wards 5, 6 and 8 — were decided during the March 1 election, the Ward 2 election went to an April 5 runoff. The latest filings give the clearest picture yet of the […]
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Birds of summer
Having just moved to a tree-filled lot near a creek, I was curious what all the chatter was about. I began noticing the variety of birds, like the small, blue-gray speedster in the flower beds and the orange-mohawked punk rocker that gathered twigs outside my window. An entire Crayola box of birds flitted around my […]
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Red, yellow and blue
The superintendent should have held her press conference in the cafeteria of the school I spent 30 hours of observation in this semester; the cafeteria where rotten ceiling tiles fall on the children while they eat. As I walked around our classroom one afternoon, I noticed several of the students were coloring the stars and […]
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Tower of power
On April 24, two men were arrested on trespassing complaints after climbing to the top of the unfinished building, jumping off and parachuting to the bottom, a practice known as base-jumping, according to The Oke. Around 2:40 a.m., security guards at the tower called police to tell them that a couple of guys with parachuting […]