In honor of Valentine’s Day, Oklahoma Magazine found multilingual Oklahomans to say ‘I love you’ in their native languages. These include Russian, Arabic, Greek, English, American Sign Language, Hindi, French, Mvskoke, German, Mandarin, Spanish, Dutch, Farsi, Cherokee, Japanese and Turkish.
A special thanks to the groups who helped make the video happen: the Tulsa Global Alliance, the Tulsa Speech and...
Finding the right school for your child can be challenging, especially with the variety of private educational opportunities in Oklahoma for elementary, middle or high school. With Oklahoma Magazine’s Private School Guide, you can learn more about the numerous educational institutions around the state and compare important information including student/teacher ratios, tuitions, enrollment numbers and standardized testing options. ...
Regular Checkups
Seniors who enjoy good physical health like to stay out of the doctor’s office … but regular visits with a health-care provider can help those 65 and older in myriad ways.
Tony and Sharon Little, internal medicine physicians with the Saint Francis Warren Clinic in Glenpool, say medical visits provide good opportunities to: screen for issues that might not...
Education seems far more complicated than it was in previous generations, particularly when it comes to what’s best for students. Opinions and trends shift and sway. We look at four arenas – popular college rankings, the effectiveness of lectures, homework and campus safety – and provide some clarity (or cannon fodder) on those issues.
The Myth of College Rankings
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The resurrection of an Oklahoma City strip center has begun to transform an area just east of the state Capitol with the first new project in about 40 years.
Jonathan Dodson, managing partner of the urban revitalization firm Pivot Project, says the EastPoint development “has created more joy than anything we’ve been a part of.”
Working jointly with Gardner Architects, Oklahoma...
Like billiards and darts, trivia night has become a bar scene classic. While you’ll still find these brain games in pubs, you’re also likely to find them at family-friendly venues.
“One night, this family brought their kid in” for trivia, says Dane Tannehill, owner of Jane’s Delicatessen in Tulsa. “Their team name was ‘Our 13-year-old is Smarter Than Your Team.’...
In Namje Bazar – a small, serene town at an altitude of 11,480 feet in eastern Nepal, sandwiched between India and Tibet – people raise crops, tend to livestock and assist visitors climbing the Himalayas.
A movement called Namje Community Homestay has taken rotot lately and provides residential accommodations for tourists, even those not intent on scaling Mount Everest or...
While I don’t want to give anything away, I need to call attention to a bonus track on Stoney LaRue’s brand-new CD, Onward, that’s liable to give chills to any longtime follower of the Oklahoma-born Red Dirt music scene.
Called “High Time,” it’s a languid call to revisit the friends and the joys of the past – in spirit, an...
This sprawling Nichols Hills home was designed specifically to suit the needs of a growing family. With two kids, the homeowners wanted a space that would accommodate an ever-changing lifestyle in a pleasant, nurturing environment.
When designing the space with the OKC office of the London architecture firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, the homeowners wanted (and got) a sophisticated blend...
DaQuan Jeffries’ professional basketball career hasn’t begun like some thought it might.
The Edmond native, who played his final two collegiate seasons at the University of Tulsa, was once a projected second-round pick in the 2019 NBA draft. But Jeffries went undrafted and landed in Orlando before being released in October. He wasn’t without a home for long after he...
