The season of gathering and giving is here — and Oklahomans have myriad opportunities to celebrate and give back.
Decking the Halls
Bundle up and head to our major metros for two winter wonderlands that bring a bit of the North Pole to Oklahoma.
More than 600,000 twinkling lights will illuminate Oklahoma City as Downtown in December dazzles community members with ice...
Celebrity Attractions presents Come From Away, running Oct. 12-17 at the Tulsa PAC. This show depicts the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001.
In conjunction with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, Tulsa Ballet offers Breakin’ Bricks (With Flight of Fancy) from...
Send the Tulsa FC off in style during their last soccer matches of the season, Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26 at ONEOK Field. Then, venture to H.A. Chapman Stadium to cheer on the University of Tulsa’s Golden Hurricane as they take on regular season football foes Oct. 5 and 26. At the BOK Center, the Tulsa Oilers take...
Women are shaping Oklahoma’s future. We highlight a handful of the thousands of female leaders vying for change and fighting to make the state – and the world – a better place to live and work. From a philanthropic doctor and a nationally recognized banker to a tribal chief and a civil-rights lawyer, these women are the state’s brave...
For Halloween this year, how about the story of a native Oklahoman who went on to become the only actor ever to play all four of the famed Universal Pictures horror characters of the 1930s and ’40s: the Wolf Man, the Mummy, Count Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster?
That’s a remarkable, one-of-a-kind achievement. But what may be even more remarkable about...
Careers surrounding graphic design and animation are a necessity in the digital age. Luckily, schools and educational centers in Oklahoma are providing courses to expand students’ knowledge of digital media.
Scott Williams, Ph.D, Tulsa Technology Center’s chief instruction officer and associate superintendent, says the school offers two programs that correspond to careers in graphic design and multimedia design.
“Each program prepares...
It’s not unusual for a museum of natural history to have bones or fossils from extinct creatures. However, at Skeletons – Museum of Osteology, the remains on display are from species that can be found today.
At the Oklahoma City museum, you can see hundreds of skeletons of animals from all over the world – from hippos and rhinos to...
The Brain
Signs of Dementia
“Dementia is an umbrella term,” says Jason King, M.D., a neurologist with Ascension St. John in Bartlesville. “There exists an array of dementing illnesses – vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s dementia – and there can be ‘mixed dementia’ as well.”
The most common type in the U.S. is Alzheimer’s disease, which carries genetic...
During her time as a New York-based performer, Tulsa’s Lynette Bennett rehearsed and recorded with a young piano player named Barry Manilow, got a kiss from Johnny Carson on his late-night TV show (after making him an honorary Campfire Girl), and broke bread with the classic Hollywood-star likes of Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable. Plus, along with her roles...
Built from the ground up, this luxury residence took 30 months to construct. The home, located in Oklahoma City, features an expansive floor plan of four bedrooms, four full baths, two powder rooms, two courtyards and a wine cellar that, in true Oklahoma fashion, doubles as an F5-rated storm shelter.
The project was a true team effort, with major players...
