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Community events are vast – from public forums to festivals and symposiums.  On April 1, the Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business Forums presents A Conversation with Martha Stewart at 9:30 a.m. at the Tulsa PAC and at 4 p.m. at the OKC National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Tulsa Town Hall presents global economics expert Steve Forbes on April...
Tulsa FC, formerly the Tulsa Roughnecks, host soccer matches at ONEOK Field on April 4 and 18. Home soccer matches for the Oklahoma Energy FC are April 4, 11 and 18 at OKC’s Taft Stadium. Oklahoma first responders battle April 11 when police officers take on firefighters at the Smoke and Guns Charity Boxing Match at BOK Center; the match...

A Plethora of Genres

For red dirt music, check out Whiskey Myers at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Catoosa on April 2. Join the celebration of global and local music April 10-11 at the OK Roots Global Bash at Tulsa’s Guthrie Green, with food and novelty vendors, performance art, circus acts, drumming and family-friendly activities. Smokey Robinson presents decades of soulful hits...
From ballet and musicals to symphonic concerts, classical performances abound this month. Signature Symphony presents You’re Doin’ Fine, Oklahoma on April 3-4 and Mahler: The Song of the Earth on April 25, both at Tulsa Community College’s VanTrease PACE. Chamber Music Tulsa brings back the Miro Quartet to premiere a work by Pulitzer Prize-winner Kevin Puts on April 4-5....
If you saw gritty, wiry Lisa Becklund all muddy and dusty while picking green beans on her farm in rural Oklahoma, you’d swear she was born and raised in the American heartland. But she grew up in big-city Seattle “and there’s no romantic story of baby me learning to cook next to my mom,” she says. “My parents never cooked;...
Nurturing the seed of “food that loves you back” in the Midtown district, Plant is the latest vegan restaurant to quickly cultivate a wide following in Oklahoma City. Plant touts a flavorful menu that is “100 percent gluten, dairy, soy, corn and peanut free,” says owner Emma Ryan, who, with her team, vigorously sources, prepares and develops ingredients and items....
Reza “Ray” Moeeni landed in Kansas more than 40 years ago with a thousand dollars in his pocket, hopes for a great education, and a prosperous new life in the United States. When the Iranian Revolution occurred in 1978-79, Moeeni had to leave his university because his family had no money to pick up the tuition. Working odd jobs from...

Scene April 2020

Photography by Nathan Harmon A well-known architect has taken a traditional Tulsa house built in the 1930s and transformed it into a picture perfect residence fit for a family. Mark Nelson adapted this two-story home in the Bren-Rose neighborhood by increasing its size from 3,400 square feet to 3,900 square feet and creating subtle alterations that make a big impact. Renovations seem...
The good news about living in Tornado Alley, where most twisters occur in April, May and June, is that you can have safety plans and necessities in place before the weather gets dicey. Preparations range from storing supplies in a designated area to installing a storm shelter. Last year was one of the worst in state history with 149 recorded tornadoes....