Krystal Reyes, Tulsa’s Deputy Mayor, oversees education, youth and resilience initiatives, and also helped establish the City’s first Office of Children, Youth and Families. Reyes was formerly Tulsa’s Chief Resilience Officer, where she led major equity and community initiatives, including the Resilient Tulsa Strategy and the City’s Financial Empowerment Center. A longtime public servant with city leadership and nonprofit...
Development of the highly anticipated $1 billion arena in downtown Oklahoma City is well underway. Marking a major step in the project, Mayor David Holt unveiled preliminary design renderings of the arena in July.
Featuring a 360-degree glass curtain and optimized seating, the new arena has been fundamental to securing the Thunder as Oklahoma City’s NBA team for the next...
When Onikah Asamoa-Caesar added wine to the menu of her bookstore and coffee shop in July, it wasn’t just for fun. It was a strategic move to encourage even more folks — beyond readers and coffee drinkers — to gather at Fulton Street Books & Coffee in downtown Tulsa.
“It’s really about connection,” Asamoa-Caesar says. “I think everyone really wants...
Oklahoma has long faced challenges in education. But in July, WalletHub released its 2025 study, States with the Best and Worst School Systems. Using information from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Education, ACT scores and other components, the study ranked Oklahoma at 50th out of 51st (with Washington D.C. included) in quality of public schools, ahead...
A pair of binoculars and a guide to the most common birds of Oklahoma might be handy resources for ardent bird watchers in Oklahoma, but Neil Garrison of Oklahoma City has another tool: his ears.
Garrison, retired after a 30-year career as the naturalist at Oklahoma City’s Martin Park Nature Center, says he most enjoys identifying birds by their sounds. At...
Barndominiums — barndos for short — have emerged as a popular choice for home construction, particularly in rural and country settings, due to their unique combination of flexibility, cost-effectiveness and aesthetic appeal. These structures blend the rustic charm of a barn with the elegance of a modern home and offer several key advantages that set them apart from traditional...
Halloween is a celebration of the spooky and scary, which is fitting for a holiday whose origins are shrouded in mystery. The beginnings of Halloween are uncertain indeed, which can contribute to the fun around this trick-and-treat filled celebration.
The history of the holiday can be traced fairly confidently back through the eighth century, when Pope Gregory III moved the...
A couple of months ago, I wrote in this space about the Bluegrass & Chili Festival, one of Oklahoma’s longest-lived annual musical events. In that column, director Dell Davis explained how she’d had to move the festival from Pryor to Tahlequah for 2025 because of a date conflict with the Mayes County Fair.
Since its 1979 origin, the Bluegrass & Chili...
Okay, let’s see. Bolivia is landlocked, there’s not a beach in sight, daytime highs rarely hit 70 and the city of La Paz really is in the clouds. It’s twice the elevation of Denver and hillier than San Francisco — so why would anybody want to go there?
Three things: the food, the people and the magnificent Andes.
And because La...
Maybe it’s something salty, sweet or spicy, but there are times when we crave certain food flavors. Why? And why is it often an unhealthy choice? Lexi Wallace, a registered dietitian and diabetes educator with Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa, helps shed light on these common urges.
To begin, she explains why food cravings can occur when we’re not...
