Thanks to voters’ passing the Improve Our Tulsa package in November, the city will get some nuts-and-bolts makeovers this year.
“Improve Our Tulsa is the main funding source for core city services, including street maintenance, improvements at city facilities, even police and fire services,” says Chris Wylie, vice president of communications with the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce.
The funding package...
Dating in the 21st century has simultaneously become easier and more complicated than in eras past. No longer does a gentleman caller arrive for a chaperoned stroll or an iced tea on the porch; the days of old-fashioned courting are behind us.
In its wake are myriad dating apps, mindless swiping right or left, and constant reliance upon one’s intuition...
David Yarbrough, director of the Tulsa Port of Catoosa since 2017, joined the staff in 2008 as manager of operations. Devastating flooding in 2019 affected the port and the entire McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. In October, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma transferred 2,000 acres along the waterway near Inola to the City of Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority. We...
Gander, Newfoundland, was the site of compelling humanity during the days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Director Christopher Ashley says events there were turned into musical theater when writers David Hein and Irene Sankoff interviewed hundreds of Gander residents who housed and took care of thousands of stranded people after scores of flights were grounded in the...
In the historic Rose District, this joint is Broken Arrow’s only rooftop bar and pizza place, with plenty of indoor seating, too.
Appetizers include traditional bruschetta; a soup of the day; Caprese salad with tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, basil and balsamic reduction; and spinach artichoke dip baked in a “boat” of Cuban bread.
Pizzas can come on traditional or gluten-free cauliflower crusts....
In 1921 in the Osage Nation town of Gray Horse, 30-something Mollie Burkhart harbors suspicions about the death of her sister Minnie and the disappearance of her sister Anna.
So begins journalist David Grann’s real-life mystery, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, which spent more than 49 weeks on the New York...
Conceived by chef Anthony Compagni, Norman’s Benventuti’s features old-world Italian cuisine with a twist by utilizing seasonal ingredients sourced locally and internationally, along with organic produce grown nearby.
Pasta is handmade daily and frames entrees like lobster fazzoletti with pasta “handkerchiefs,” asparagus, mushrooms, brandy and saffron cream sauce. The Rustica has baked penne, shrimp, chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, speck and...
For a hardwood smoked twist on Tex-Mex, check out Hacienda Tacos in the Shoppes at Northpark in Oklahoma City. It serves traditional favorites, plus New Mexican, seafood and vegetarian dishes in an array of soups, salads and entrees featuring a wide variety of chiles from across the world.
A notable appetizer is fiesta queso with chiles, chives and spicy ground...
A casual experience in downtown Tulsa for breakfast or lunch weekdays, New Atlas Grill, in the historic Atlas Life Building, also offers Saturday and Sunday brunch replete with omelets and “morning potatoes” topped with fried onions and jalapeños.
Breakfast items include the chorizo burrito with eggs, pepperjack cheese and potatoes wrapped in a tortilla served with salsa verde. Other options...
A sure way to prevent the demolition of a historic building is to buy the property yourself or with others. However, if that’s not an option, preservationist groups and grassroots organizations could use your help as they work to save spaces where Oklahoma history was made.
“Grassroots efforts work because they show local support and local identity with those buildings,” says...
