If you were looking for a place to go on a crime spree during the end of the 1800’s all the way through the Great Depression, Oklahoma was the place to be. After all, you certainly wouldn’t have been alone.
Oklahoma – and before statehood, Indian and Oklahoma Territories – held onto its wild and remote reputation for longer than...
Sketch theater – like Saturday Night Live – and improvisational comedy continue to draw both audience members to their seats and brave souls to the stage. Whichever avenue you choose, Oklahomans have plenty of choices.
OKC Improv, in the heart of the Plaza District, has shows every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
“It’s a ton of fun; no...
The performance art of opera has a commanding presence in both Tulsa and Oklahoma City, but what exactly does it take to become an expert in the field?
Education
The vast majority of opera singers have a bachelor’s degree in music, with many opting to get a master’s, too.
“Music majors take individual voice lessons weekly, take courses in music theory and...
A study conducted by the World Population Review for 2023 paints a distressing picture regarding the prevalence of domestic abuse in Oklahoma, revealing that 49.1% of women and 40.7% of men in the state have either experienced or are presently facing domestic abuse. This figure surpasses rates in any other state.
In Oklahoma, the fight against domestic violence requires a...
Protecting Oklahoma one partnership at a time, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is the state’s premier law enforcement agency. The agency strives to set a new standard of excellence by providing unmatched investigative, intelligence, information and forensic services through core values of trust, integrity and respect.
Although the public often equates the OSBI only with special agents who...
In the summer of 1953, my father died of polio. I was four years old. A few years later, I was a full-blown fanatic for horror stories, devouring the work of Poe and every other author of terror tales I could get my hands on, regularly losing myself in scary movies and TV shows like Thriller and The Twilight...
It is tempting to call this story “Bean Town: Peruvian-Style” in recognition of the lima bean and the role it played in Peru’s agriculture. But the city of eleven million on Peru’s west coast wasn’t named after the moon-shaped bean, after all. It was the other way around. Invading Spaniards named the beans after the Peruvian capital – and...
Heart disease continues to be the No. 1 killer of women and men in the United States; someone dies every 33 seconds in the U.S. from cardiovascular disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of heart disease in the United States,” says Usman Baber, M.D., OU Health Director of Interventional...
With a new year upon us, many people are stopping to take inventory and formulate new goals. To achieve any objective, it is often necessary (not to mention easier) to first form new habits that will push us all in the right direction.
But how can lofty goals become second nature habits?
Psychology Today informs us of the obvious: as human...
Within Oklahoma’s some 70,000 square miles lie an array of wonders kindly provided by nature’s hand. One of the more spectacular offerings is only an hour’s drive west of Oklahoma City, where the Red Rock Canyon beckons travelers.
The nature destination, which was once a winter haven for plains Indians and later a stopover for wagon trains bound for the...
