“There were some arm hairs standing straight up,” joked Baldwin, who lives with Bishop in Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa. April 17 is only the second time they will be present for a hearing in their 10-year case for marriage equality. The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver will hear oral arguments […]
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Love Triangle?
From tragedy comes art, so Lyric Theatre presents the new musical Triangle at the Plaza Theatre, inspired by the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. The show’s creators — Curtis Moore (music), Thomas Mizer (lyrics) and Joshua Scher (book with Moore and Mizer) — also link the story tenuously to the World Trade Center attack of […]
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Up and away
The announcement came in a March 4 media release from Will Rogers World Airport. Airport officials, however, said it won’t be too many more years before the airport cannot add new flights or handle larger aircraft or even international flights with the airport’s current configuration and capacity. But airport officials have a plan. Mark Kranenburg […]
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Switching gears
Fresh from a well-received full-length debut, singer-songwriter Andrew Belle was less on top of the world and more lost at sea. What felt like a lifetime of personal maturity and artistic growth left the wholesome folk-pop approach carried into Ladders feeling tiresome. But for all the Chicago-based performer’s frustrations, a new direction wasn’t making itself […]
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LETTERS
I’m not sure who these unhappy socialists are whom Mr. Rixmann obviously knows so well, but the World Happiness Report this year listed the countries of Norway, Denmark and Switzerland as the top three happiest nations on earth. All three countries have what I assume would be labeled “socialist” economies by Mr. Rixmann’s standards, and […]
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Weed control
It’s the reunion many fans of comedy thought would never happen. After years of well-known animosity and creative differences, comedians Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong — better known as the stoner duo Cheech & Chong — have picked up the peace pipe and are back out on the road, performing old favorites and new […]
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Nature’s (Lego) fury
Together, hand-in-cog, 22 teams of human offspring will compete at the Oklahoma City leg of the First Robotics Lego League Nature’s Fury Challenge. Robots compete to save the humanoids 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Bruce Gray Center on the Francis Tuttle Technology Center’s Portland Campus, 3500 NW 150th St. The competition is […]
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CONCERTS
Ill Nino, The Chameleon Room. Oct. 2 chris tomlin, Chesapeake Energy Arena. Oct. 3 Jimmy Eat World, Diamond Ballroom. Oct. 3 the Lumineers/Dr. Dog/Nathaniel Radcliff, OKC Downtown Airpark. Oct. 3 Blake Shelton, BOK Center, Tulsa. Oct. 4 Martina McBride, Lucky Star Casino, Concho. Oct. 4 D’Angelo, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville. Oct. 4 Vampire Weekend, Brady […]
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CONCERTS
Ill Nino, The Chameleon Room. Oct. 2 chris tomlin, Chesapeake Energy Arena. Oct. 3 Jimmy Eat World, Diamond Ballroom. Oct. 3 the Lumineers/Dr. Dog/Nathaniel Radcliff, OKC Downtown Airpark. Oct. 3 Blake Shelton, BOK Center, Tulsa. Oct. 4 Martina McBride, Lucky Star Casino, Concho. Oct. 4 D’Angelo, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville. Oct. 4 Vampire Weekend, Brady […]
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‘It’s a fairness issue’
Photo courtesy Tulsa World / Michael Wyke / file Wheels in the suit are again grinding as state and federal laws continue to collide. Recently, all four, with their attorney, Don Holladay, filed paperwork with U.S. District Judge Terence Kern requesting he rule in their favor. They also said the Oklahoma law violates their constitutional […]