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Sometimes unexpected films become a cultural tour de force. Though long respected among cinephiles, South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho crashed the American mainstream with an unlikely film: his spiky black comic masterpiece Parasite. Detailing class warfare through the interactions between a fabulously wealthy family and their opposites, a poor but clever family who find ways to ingratiate themselves...
On February 28, 1827, the first railway was chartered in the U.S. to carry passengers and freight. Those long-ago locomotives certainly ignited a love affair with people then, and the sentiment continues today through an enthusiasm for building and collecting model trains.
According to Bruce Alcock, Oklahoma N-Rail is a recognized nonprofit corporation that promotes and educates the public about...
So, you want to be a bartender? The potential for additional income while working with a flexible schedule is surely attractive. Bartenders earn a median hourly rate of $10.84 per hour, and an annualized income of under $23,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Like their server counterparts, bartenders also rely upon tips for a chunk of their...
The trouble with studying something that’s still alive is that it can keep eluding you.
This applies to my own particular quest to pin down that musical amalgam known as the Tulsa Sound. I’ve been at it now for nearly 40 years, beginning early in my entertainment writer days at the Tulsa World, and as I’ve tried to analyze and...
Just as you enter Tulsa’s Prossimo Ristorante from Cherry Street, you’ll pass a lounge with pink, upholstered sofas and chairs. Before the dinner rush one afternoon, you might see a rugged and confident man sprawled in one of those chairs, taking a quick break on a long work day. The salmon order just came in, and he had to...
In the little towns along the French Riviera, there are chic, elegant beach clubs where you can enjoy a lavish meal at sunset. Stay on after dark, when a DJ takes over, and the place is transformed into a hot nightclub.
If you went to these clubs a few years ago, you might spot Nabil Alame on the dance floor....
James Vu is a student of everything. The owner (and occasional chef) of La Brasa – a Peruvian-Asian fusion joint in OKC with a ton of history – blends food, booze, art, music and design in his restaurant to give diners the sense that they are existing momentarily in the pages of an art magazine.
Talking to him, he jumps...
A Recipe for Change
Photos by Nathan Harmon
Well-known Tulsa interior designer Jack Arnold recently took a kitchen that was hungry for a fresh look and turned it into a perfect place for frequent entertaining. After all, this isn’t just any ordinary kitchen – it is the haven of a well-known Tulsa florist.
Toni Garner, no stranger to entertaining, has designed fresh...
Dan Bitson is one proud Tulsan. A three-sport athlete (basketball, football and track) at Booker T. Washington High School, the talented wide receiver then played for the University of Tulsa between 1987 and 1991.
In 1989, he sustained serious injuries in a car accident, but returned to the field and finished his collegiate career as the Golden Hurricane’s No. 2...
Among several other –perhaps more recognizable – titles, Tulsa’s Sean Kouplen is an author. His third book, The Abundance Mentality, highlights the importance of pouring into the lives of others. And that’s exactly the spirit with which Kouplen approaches his other roles: with a focus on helping make life better for those around him.
For the last two years, Kouplen...
