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The Tulsa Performing Arts Center is full to the brim with performances this month. First, visit for Fantastique on Feb. 3. The show, created by Tulsa Symphony, includes a solo by concert master Rossitza Goza. Stick around for Tulsa Ballet’s Strictly Gershwin, Feb. 8-11. For more dance, try Ailey II on Feb. 13; the group is “universally renowned for...

Basketball, Bulls and Brawls

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Escape the dreary February cold with a variety of sporting events around the state. In Tulsa, the Oilers hockey team plays at home, the BOK Center, throughout the month; Feb. 2-4, 14-16, and 23-25. Stick around the BOK for the Dynamite/Rampage event, presented by AEW. Both live professional wrestling shows, Dynamite and Rampage will be making their Tulsa debuts that...

A Feisty February

Mix-Tape Tunnel of Love by Justice Smithers
No matter your interests, Oklahoma has a community event for you to enjoy. In Tulsa, venture to Expo Square for the following activities: The Tulsa Boat, Sport and Travel Show, through Feb. 4; the 60th Annual Darryl Starbird Rod and Custom Car Show: The Next Generation, Feb. 16-18; and the Vintage Tulsa Show, also Feb. 16-18. Other gatherings to...
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...

Tony L. Corbell

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Executive director of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, Tony Corbell spent the majority of his career in photography. His accomplishments in that industry are extensive; he’s photographed world leaders, astronauts, models, celebrities and musicians, as well as taught photography workshops and seminars, and published myriad photographic works.  A couple of years ago, Corbell got involved with the OMHOF and...

Mood-Boosting Foods

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just eat our way into great moods, all while remaining healthy? Well, recent research claims that goal is well within the realm of possibilities. According to the Mayo Clinic, serotonin and dopamine play a major role in affecting our brain chemistry through the intake of certain foods. While it is no surprise to...

Scene

Stephanie Swicker, Debbie Lindsey, Shelly Douglas, Nathan Hart; Go Red for Women, American Heart Association, OKC Cathy Keating, Jane Jayroe Gamble; 2023 Induction Ceremony, Oklahoma Hall of Fame, OKC Leslie Lawson, Natalie Dooley, Karen Wille; AWARE Luncheon, Alzheimer’s Association, Oklahoma Chapter, Tulsa Jaiden Ford, Janieire Hagen, Nyla Lovell, Marjorie Atwood; Art Party, Tulsa Girls Art School Lori Decter Wright, Lyndon Meyer, Sarah Coburn, Aaron Beck; Sarah Coburn Benefit Concert, Tulsa...
The Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award is given by the Tulsa Library Trust and Tulsa City-County Library. Its purpose is to give formal recognition to acclaimed authors who have written a distinguished body of work and made a major contribution to the field of literature and letters. Alongside the recognition, the honoree receives a $40,000 cash prize and...

Staying Together

The 1990s axiom that “it takes a village” is proved year-round in the northern Oklahoma town of Tonkawa, where the community spirit is paramount in pulling off events such as giant Christmas and Independence Day celebrations, and the city’s very own film festival.   “We have many community partners,” says Cristy Crumrine, executive director of the Tonkawa Chamber of Commerce, which...
Every year, approximately 2.8 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and one in 60 people are living with a permanent brain injury-related disability, reports the Brain Injury Association of America.  Donald Thomas Schleicher, D.O., M.S., a neurosurgeon with Warren Clinic Neurosurgery in Tulsa, says that the qualifications for a traumatic brain injury are “any injury to the head...