A pedestrian bridge was scheduled to be hoisted into place in the early morning hours of Sept. 14, and Shannon Cox was not about to miss it.
Oklahoma City’s always-busy Northwest Expressway was closed from midnight to 5 a.m. between Wilshire and MacArthur boulevards so that the 121-foot-long bridge could be moved into its spot spanning Northwest Expressway, east of...
Sculptor LaQuincey Reed’s passion swirls around art as it intertwines with history. He gravitates toward creations “of things people don’t know a lot about. I want to get a monument dedicated to the Black cowboy. The West was diverse, and a lot of cowboys were Black.
“I’ve been drawing since I was a kid,” he continues. The Lawton native studied...
Sweeping gracefully away from Oklahoma City Boulevard, the first phase of Scissortail Park marks a historical turning point for downtown’s southwest side.
Scissortail’s 40-acre Upper Park, opened Sept. 27, adjoins the Skydance Bridge over Interstate 40 and connects to the 30-acre Lower Park, which, upon completion, will give OKC its largest park. The Upper Park offers a covered stage, a...
Buenos Aires
If the natural beauty of this seaside splash of Argentina doesn’t wow you, the culture will. Where else can you dance the tango while having a fernet with Coke? Mendoza has the fine wines, Cordoba has awesome 17th-century architecture, but for a sense of sheer energy with a cosmopolitan flair, Buenos Aires has what you’re looking for: big,...
South of Munich, Germany, and north of Innsbruck, Austria, lies an enchanting ski resort town, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, formed when the two Bavarian communities united to host the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Now, the town is Germany’s top winter sports playground and a popular year-round destination. Cobblestone streets, half-timbered homes with intricate cutouts, large wooden balconies and gabled pitched roofs are imbued with...
February arrives with more solid choices than I expected, so settle in as we go through ‘em.
First up is Argylle. A spy action slash comedy directed by Matthew Vaughn (the Kingsman franchise), the film tells the story of Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World), an introverted yet popular spy novelist. She is drawn into the espionage world...
Getting Back intothe Swing of Things
For many institutions, like the University of Tulsa and the University of Oklahoma, this fall marks a full return to in-person learning and campus activities.
“In May 2020, after two months of online instruction and remote work, the university began its phased return to normal operations,” says David A. Surratt, Ed.D., OU’s vice president of...
The Brain
Keeping mentally sharp as we age is as important as staying physically fit. Our brain, like any other part of the body, benefits from a healthy lifestyle with efforts made to support and strengthen mental acuity.
“In addition to a healthy diet and regular exercise, individuals can keep their brain healthy by staying mentally active through activities like puzzles,...
The bald eagle has an important and honored place in both Native American and Oklahoma history. Long before the bald eagle became the national symbol of the U.S., or before the Oklahoma state flag incorporated seven eagle feathers on its Osage buffalo skin shield, the bird of prey was a revered and sacred symbol among the Indigenous tribes that...
Wayne Gretzky does it. So does Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, along with legend Sir Paul McCartney.
Stars from every genre and period can be found in the Hall of Fame of their own respective specialties, but many are also playing in the big leagues of numismatics.
Defined as “relating to or consisting of coins, paper currency and medals,” numismatics may seem like something...
