Tulsa beckons with a wide array of shows this month.  Celebrity Attractions brings Mean Girls to the Tulsa PAC Jan. 4-9. This Broadway smash hit takes the beloved 2000’s movie straight to the stage. Choregus Productions is back and better than ever with Ballet Hispánico, coming to Lorton Performance Center on Jan. 12. Take a loop back to the PAC...

Puopolo’s

From the family tradition of Irish immigrants making frozen granita, Philadelphia-style Puopolo’s Italian Ice evolved as the family migrated to Tulsa. The homemade frozen treat features creamy texture and rich flavors that are fat-, gluten-, dairy- and cholesterol-free and come in combinations including strati, with layers of Italian ice and soft serve. Specialties include the Unicorn, a concoction of...
Authentic Italian and generational family recipes grace the menu of Shawnee’s Frateli’s. Pasta dishes, along with seafood and pizza, abound, along with appetizers like sautéed mussels with garlic, crushed red pepper and white wine sauce. Or, perhaps try mushroom caps stuffed with crab in a brandy cream sauce. House specialties include Seafood Siciliana, a mélange of hard shell clams,...

Los Hermanos Tacos

Known for authentic Mexican recipes, Los Hermanos Tacos features Mexican plates like the Thursday only special: albondigas, and the daily option of hot and spicy Camarones a la Diabla – shrimp and diced ham sautéed in a la diabla sauce and served with rice, beans, a side salad and handmade corn tortillas. For a fresh, tangy taste of the...

Scene January 2022

The Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award is an honor given by the Tulsa Library Trust and Tulsa City-County Library to one author each year. The purpose of said award is to reward and recognize talented, renowned authors who have ”written a distinguished body of work and made a major contribution to the field of literature and letters,” according...
David Lee Gordon, MD – OU Health Chair of Neurology in Oklahoma City – says the most important feature in diagnosing a headache as a migraine headache is the previous occurrence of similar, intermittent headaches, since migraine is a genetic condition that causes recurrent, transient symptoms throughout one’s life. “Migraine is also the likely diagnosis if the headache is associated...

Desk Hacks

Whether you’re toiling away at a formal place of employment or turning a quiet corner of a room at home into office space, most people spend at least part of their time sitting down at a desk. Lest we forget how traumatic it can be on our bodies to sit in one spot for eight or more hours per...

No Talk Back

Before you dive into Jenks resident Joe Glyda’s new oversized hardcover publication, WWII Aviation Artwork and the Stories Behind These Beautiful Birds, take a look at the lime green bands that mark both ends of the place where spine and pages meet. As is the case with each of the vintage aircraft covered inside, there’s a story there. “When I...

Getting Involved

Thomas Jefferson once said: “We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” Oklahoma’s participation rate in recent elections is the lowest in the nation. That’s right - 50th out of 50.   Our legislature is not accepting defeat on this issue. In 2021, Oklahoma was one of a handful of states to...