Spring in Oklahoma means a lot of things to a lot of people, but sports fans know: it’s time for America’s favorite pastime to return!  In Tulsa, you can enjoy the Tulsa Drillers’ home games at ONEOK Field April 4-6, 15-19 and 29-30. In OKC, the OKC Comets (previously the OKC Dodgers and OKC Baseball Club) return to the Chickasaw...

Midtown Modern

A new Tulsa home in an upscale midtown neighborhood is a testament to the power of a traditional exterior with a surprising, crisp white interior. It’s not ‘country French,’ or ‘English country’ – always popular design themes – but its image is fresh and inviting. This modern-style, 4,800-square-foot home was built in 2019 by Mike Alexander of Insight Homes. Bainbridge...

Kitchen 324

One of the most welcome shifts toward normalcy since COVID-19 vaccines rolled out has been the return of dining out. One of the things I missed most was brunch. Sure, I can make it at home, but there’s something so enjoyable about a lazy Sunday morning letting someone else do the cooking and clean-up.  Kitchen No. 324, from A Good...

Hosting a Ghost or Two

As Brett Bingham and I noted in our recent book, Twentieth-Century Honky-Tonk, what might be termed the “modern era” of Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom began 48 years ago this month, when a pair of young Tulsa promoters – R.C. Bradley and Jim Edwards – talked the owner into letting them book a Halloween show featuring neither Western-swing nor country-music acts....
Oklahoma houses a variety of colleges with well-respected music programs, but several academies that focus solely on the music also exist for students of all ages.  Oklahoma Music Academy, located in Tulsa, offers private lessons and tutoring for guitar, drums, voice, piano and bass guitar.  “We also offer a rock band style ensemble class for qualified students that focuses on contemporary...
The Fort Gibson historic site in northeastern Oklahoma sits at the crossroads of three rivers, and offers the opportunity to be transported to Oklahoma’s past – a past that includes a wide variety of stories. This spring marked 200 years since the establishment of the fort and a chance to examine the lessons learned from a varied, but not...
If sports are more your jam, you’re in luck – racing, hockey, wresting, volleyball and lots and lots of basketball await you. The Tulsa Oilers play at home at the BOK Center Jan. 8-9, 14, 16, 22-23, and 27-28. Also in Tulsa, the annual Chili Bowl runs from Jan. 10-15 at Expo Square, where racing events are sure to get...
Bell's Amusement Park, a staple at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds for 55 years before closing in 2006, might come back to life soon. Owner Robby Bell said Thursday in a Facebook post that plans for a rebuilt park could be released this fall. The full post is below: “Hello from the Bells team!! Thank you for liking the official Bell's Amusement...
May is chock-full of performances for those looking to escape the May heat. At the Tulsa PAC, start with Tulsa Symphony’s Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 on May 2, followed by the final performances of Marilyn through May 3 courtesy OKC Ballet. Celebrity Attractions returns this month with another blockbuster: The Wiz, running May 5-10. (OKC Broadway also brings the show...
Covered in heavy clothing and donning boots, Eveline Battiest Steele trudges through dense cane breaks, where waist-high poison ivy and critters sometimes dog her efforts in finding something she covets. Steele and her husband make periodic 60- to 80-mile round trips from their Broken Bow home to find mature cane along southeastern Oklahoma’s river banks. This type of cane can’t...