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After a quarantined spring and early summer, you won’t need to ask friends and family if they’re ready to get out of the house and spend some time outdoors. One simple way to accomplish that is to take advantage of the great city parks in Oklahoma. “Oklahoma City parks are back open and ready for our residents to start using...

At many corners, vehicles are commanded to ᎠᎴᏫᏍᏙᏗ before they proceed into traffic. Along downtown avenues, signs stating Ꮭ ᎠᏗ ᏱᎩ mean drivers have to find other places to park. Street names and directions also appear in the Cherokee syllabary completed by Sequoyah in 1821. This is the heart of ᏣᎳᎩ. Tahlequah – the capital of the Cherokee Nation and the...

In the early 1970s, black and Latinx youth were influenced by a variety of sources – like gymnastics and martial arts – to create a dance known as ‘b-boying’ or ‘breaking.’ The dance that was once a way for rival gangs to fight for turf in New York eventually made its way into the mainstream and is now...

The rapport between two or more hosts makes a podcast shine, according to Oklahomans who produce audio shows. Levity is a good idea, too, even with serious topics, they say. And there’s one piece of advice all aspiring podcasters should take seriously: “The secret to a winning podcast is consistency,” says Ryan Howell, host of Story Club Tulsa. “No...

While travel may be in flux due to the pandemic, this time can be used to ponder and plan your next international trip. If you’re contemplating a sojourn to Peru, visit Cusco. Meaning “navel of the world,” Cusco was the sacred city of the Incas. With excitement as high as the elevation –11,200 feet – the sepia-toned splendor of the...

Whether it’s the cattle drive across massive runways or being the smallest city to support a U.S. Air Force base, Altus is unique given its remote location in far southwest Oklahoma. The wide-open air space and 300-plus “flyable” days allow the 97th Air Mobility Wing each year to train hundreds of airmen in some of the largest planes aloft: the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation and postponement of countless events across the state, including the annual Kolache Festival in Prague. However, what the festival symbolizes – Czech culture and the ubiquitous pastry often associated with it – remains alive in this Lincoln County town. The Prague Bakery, closed for about six weeks during Oklahoma’s stay-at-home directives, reopened May 2...

The drive to Eureka Springs from Oklahoma is a harbinger of what’s to come: The elimination of the word ‘hurry’ from your vocabulary. You really have no choice. As anyone who has driven the hilly, twisty-turny roads leading into northwest Arkansas will tell you, at some point, you come to grips with the fact that you’re just not going to...

In his career as an architect, Cecil E. Ricks, president of MATRIX Architects, Engineers, Planners, Inc., has designed a variety of renovation and remodeling projects. But a venture for First National Bank Broken Arrow ranks as “one of the most fun” he’s been involved with over the years.  The challenge of renovating the bank, located in the popular Rose District,...

What does the engaging new autobiography of top rock music record producer Ted Templeman, famed for his work with the likes of Van Halen, the Doobie Brothers, and Little Feat, have to do with Oklahoma?  As it turns out, quite a lot.  First of all, Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music (ECW Press) is an as-told-to tome written by...