Sports abound this month. FC Tulsa is taking to ONEOK field for a soccer match on Oct. 7. At the University of Tulsa, watch some of the top tennis athletes compete at the ITA Men’s All-American Championships through Oct. 8. At the BOK Center, WWE Smackdown takes to the ring live on Oct. 13. On Oct. 14, Nitro Circus...
October is here! Don’t worry; we’ve got one spooky film this month as well as some other great looking heavy hitters.
Starting strong, we have the highly anticipated Killers of the Flower Moon. The next massive film from Martin Scorsese (buckle up – it’s over three hours long!) is finally here, and boy does it look to deliver. Based on...
Jeremiah Matthew Davis, the inaugural director at OKC-based Oklahoma Contemporary, serves in the primary leadership role for the institution and is helping to grow it into a new, central location downtown. With seven years under his belt at the art center, Davis has overseen a variety of curatorial programming while working to strengthen youth and adult education programs.
Originally from...
One of Oklahoma’s latest developments is a $2 billion theme park that will contend with major amusement parks like Disneyland and Universal Studios. Named the American Heartland Theme Park, the 1,000-acre development centers around a nostalgic Americana theme, paying homage to the budding nation’s entrepreneurial and adventurous spirit.
Behind this large-scale project is the Mansion Entertainment Group, a performing arts...
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Wildlife Diversity Program (WDP) was established in 1981. Focusing on rare, declining and threatened species, as well as common species not hunted or fished, the program has an important impact on the health of Oklahoma’s ecosystem.
As an example of the program’s efforts, Oklahoma State University led a state wildlife grant project in 2003...
One of the biggest characteristics of the Stillwater-born music known as Red Dirt is its emphasis on lyrics that are honest, real and sometimes painful. As befits a musical style that rose up in our agrarian state, it’s usually very close to the soil, metaphorically speaking, rooted deeply in the earth.
And, at the risk of torturing that metaphor, I’ll...
Ever since the Land Run of 1889, territory has been an essential part of the identity and history of Oklahomans. Immortalized in our state song, “Oklahoma!” by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the words “we know we belong to the land / and the land we belong to is grand,” seem to typify the importance of our beloved red dirt. In...
“Since mid-2021, Tulsa International Airport (TUL) has welcomed twelve new non-stop destinations from four carriers – American, Southwest, Allegiant and Breeze,” says Andrew Pierini, Tulsa International Airport’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer.
And our state’s capital is staying competitive as well. Stacey Hamm, Oklahoma City public information officer and marketing manager for the department of airports, reports similar...
Travel – first by horse and buggy, then rail and automobile – has been important to Weatherford since its late 1800s birth on the western Oklahoma plains. Its importance continues today as Weatherford draws visitors who come for a variety of reasons. There, they find a bustling college community that boasts a thriving economy with a prosperous outlook.
A major...
