Down the Hatch

.ugb-7aa3a8d > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > .ugb-columns__item{grid-template-columns:1.34fr 0.66fr !important} Staying Competitive It would take a looooong while to visit each of Oklahoma’s bars, breweries and distilleries. After all, Marshall Brewing Company founder Eric Marshall watched his sector go from roughly 1,500 breweries nationwide to 10,000 in just a few years.  So how do entrepreneurs keep their establishments relevant? Lindsey Hogan, brand manager...

A Growing Sector

A gritourism is defined as any activity on a farm or ranch that invites the public to visit. Activities can be recreational, or for entertainment or educational purposes. Examples include farm museums, petting zoos, riding stables and ranch-stay experiences. Oklahoma has a variety of agritourism opportunities all year-round. Oklahoma Heritage Farm and Market This farm is located in Ramona, midway between...
It’s been a strange year and a half for many Oklahoma businesses, and the state’s two prominent zoos are no exception. As the country emerges from COVID-era restrictions, there’s plenty on the horizon. Tulsa Zoo With everyone trying to get back to normal, the Tulsa Zoo is more than ready for people to return for summertime activities. The newest addition to...

On the Right Track

Teachers of English as a Second Language are all about helping students launch their futures, but it really helps to know where these students have come from, too. “You’ve got some kids who have had to walk through countries that would just as soon kill them as let them come to the United States,” says educator Cheril Scott, who will...

2022 Top Doctors List

Castle Connolly Top Doctors is a healthcare research company and the official source for Top Doctors for over 25 years.  Castle Connolly’s established nomination survey, research, screening and selection process involves many hundreds of thousands of physicians as well as academic medical centers, specialty hospitals and regional and community hospitals all across the nation.  The online nominations process – located...
It happened in the early ’90s in an Oklahoma music store. John Cooper of the Red Dirt Rangers was chatting with the proprietor when the latter, who was both a musician and music historian, asked him how long the band had been together. “At that time, I think it was five or six years,” Cooper says. “And I said: ‘We’re...
Merriment takes on an Irish green hue at O’Connell’s Irish Pub and Grille, and never is the atmosphere as festive as on Saint Patrick’s Day. Owner Jeff Stewart presides over a 39-year tradition in his establishment, with patrons collecting each year’s custom-printed liter mug to celebrate the day – and the green suds.  “We have the souvenir mugs, and this year’s...

Paving Progress

The Bankhead Highway, named for long-time Alabama legislator and good roads advocate John Hollis Bankhead, begins in Washington, D.C. and culminates in San Diego, Calif. It was one of the first transcontinental roadways built as the automobile age hit cruising speed in the 1920s. And as the Bankhead Highway makes its way across the United States, it winds through...
Two organizations, through their fellowships, help Oklahoma artists make their creative dreams come to fruition. The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship assist Oklahomans in realizing their potentials by providing funds, free housing, free studio space, education and exposure to audiences. Each year, the visual arts alliance gives two awards of $5,000 to individual artists, while the artist...

Go With the Flow

Nearly 500 years ago, philosopher Francis Bacon penned a notable phrase about finding alternatives. And it could apply – with a twist – to landlocked Oklahoma. “If the Hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill,” the English statesman wrote in his famous collection, Essays. That take-charge approach is apropos to the Sooner State, home to...