Tulsa’s and Oklahoma City’s town halls offer intriguing speaking engagements this month.
Enjoy environmentalist and activist Alexandra Cousteau at Tulsa Town Hall’s Sept. 13 event at the Performing Arts Center. Known as the father of supply-side economics, author Art Laffer speaks at the OKC Town Hall opener Sept. 19 at Church of the Servant.
For those in search of some adrenaline,...
September is kickoff time – not only for football but for myriad performing arts companies around Oklahoma.
In Tulsa, Signature Symphony’s shows include The Wonderful Music of Oz on Sept. 6 and Classics - Tchaikovsky 5 on Sept. 28 at the TCC Van Trease PACE. The world-renowned Tulsa Ballet presents Creations in Studio K from Sept. 12 to 22, with...
Those who love eating fried foods on a stick, walking the midway and enjoying all sorts of carnival rides can get their fixes in Oklahoma’s two biggest cities.
At Oklahoma City’s State Fair Park, the Oklahoma State Fair runs Sept. 12-22.
“We’re excited to debut awesome new shows, contests and demonstrations,” State Fair Park’s Holly Bottrell says. “Fair-goers will love going...
It’s 5 a.m. and Tulsa’s downtown lies deserted. On most days, however, if you walk past the Tulsa Club – an Art Deco landmark that Architectural Digest recently called lavish, swanky and dazzling – you see a light on. Jacque Siegfried, executive chef of the Chamber restaurant, is preparing for the daily brunch.
“Cleaning a salmon, cutting onions for 45...
Black leather banquettes. Tables with starched white linens. Waiters in shirt and tie. Large chandeliers with crystals glittering. A prawn bigger than a dinner plate perched atop jalapeño pesto.
This is Prossimo Ristorante, new on Tulsa’s Cherry Street. Owner Jim Bausch, who also runs pizza behemoth Andolini’s, says Prossimo’s appearance is all by design.
“If we’re going to do fine dining,”...
The Paseo Arts District in Oklahoma City has long been home to free thinkers – a place where revolutionaries find refuge and solace, where the creativity of local and regional artists thrive.
Artist and free thinker Magdalena Carmen y Calderón, commonly known as Frida Kahlo, defied identity and class through her paintings. It’s no wonder that Frida Southwest, a new...
In many neighborhoods, you can find a few types of lawns. There’s the one manicured with extreme care, down to the last blade of grass. Then there’s the lawn you can tell is mowed only out of obligation. More recently, you might have noticed a yard that has just cacti, gravel and raised gardens.
Once seen as unusual, homeowners favoring...
Unless you still have youthful exuberance, you likely experience creaking, groaning joints while extricating yourself from a lengthily occupied chair or couch. This happens to everyone at some point, but, when sedentary periods become extended, it’s time to consider the sobering effects on the body.
Jimmy Robinson, director of physical therapy with Oklahoma Sports and Orthopedic Institute in Oklahoma City,...
“Chicagoans love their city” is a pervasive impression one gets when visiting America’s third-largest burg. Throngs of people enjoy, celebrate and participate in their energetic metropolis.
Walkable highlights include downtown amid the skyscrapers, the streets beside and over the Chicago River, and nearby Lake Michigan, which creates a massive backdrop for the city. Chicagoans create a “happy hour” that lasts...
