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...
From earliest childhood, Tim Swepston knew what he was born to be … or so he thought.
Deep in his bones, he believed he was destined to be a painter, and if you look at the strange, primal figures and fierce, blazing colors in his paintings today (“painting keeps me sane,” he says), you know that had he chosen to...
With dim lights, pastel paneling and a gleaming bartop, Foolish Things High Dive looks like many other neighborhood joints anywhere from the South Bronx to south Tulsa. However, few are the places where you can find New Orleans cocktails and Korean street food.
The delicious food is made by Nicholas Corcoran, former pitmaster at Tulsa’s wildly popular BurnCo. Flavorful bibimbap,...
