Tag: Tulsa

For college basketball aficionados, March Madness provides ecstasy and heartbreak. For employers, it often leads to lost productivity. And for cities hosting games this month, such as Tulsa, hoops hoopla produces a sweet sound – not the thump thump of dribbles on hardwood, but the cha-ching cha-ching of cash registers … to the tune of millions of dollars. Tulsa’s BOK Center...

It’s not just about going up. It’s exploring the inaccessible … going places no one has been before, experiencing views that haven’t been seen. The sport of rock climbing encourages exploration and pushes you to your limits. While there is no single reason that leads someone to start rock climbing, it does drive participants to face fears and solve problems. “Almost...

If you have you ever witnessed a toddler throwing a real temper tantrum – smashing plates on the floor, throwing forks, basically flipping tables like a tiny Hulk – you may have thought to yourself, “I really, really wish I could get away with that as an adult.” Now you can. Across the nation, so-called smash rooms allow both the stressed...

Tony Moore, executive park director of Tulsa’s Gathering Place, got his start in the industry right out of high school as an operations host for SeaWorld. He also worked at Universal Studios Florida and was chief operations officer at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida. We caught up with Moore and got his thoughts on … … his path...

The BMX Sooner Nationals race back to Tulsa’s Expo Square with all the heart-pounding excitement expected from a top-flight bicycle motorcross competition. Enjoy courses full of obstacles, hills and dips as racers ride full-speed to achieve victory. Categories run across a variety of age groups for both men and women of differing skill levels. The fun begins Feb. 8 with...

Tulsa Opera returns to the Performing Arts Center stage for its second show of the season, The Little Prince. The story follows a young monarch who meets and befriends a pilot. When the pilot crashes his plane in the Sahara Desert, the prince learns a variety of lessons about appreciating the simplicities of life and never judging a book...

Oklahoma has more miles of the original Route 66 than any other state, and Tulsa’s Mother Road Market reminds people of the highway’s historical impact. The brainchild of the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, Tulsa’s first food hall on the iconic road combines innovation and learning space for food entrepreneurs, or “foodpreneurs,” as president and CEO Elizabeth Frame Ellison calls them...

Through a tiny door near Elgin Street, past a bar area full of people waiting for a table, past the open kitchen where chefs deftly cook lobster boils and plate New Orleans-style po’boys is a huge, high-ceilinged space bustling like a carnival, full of happy families eating. Ask them if they’ve ever tasted fresher lobster and chances are you won’t...

Whether social media and excessive screen time create mental illness is murky. Many factors contribute to poor mental health, and researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa aim to find answers. The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, started in 2016, observes how the brains of 10,000 children, ages 9-11, develop over the next 10 years.  Florence Breslin,...

What was once a property featuring a 1950s ranch-style home near Lewis Avenue and Utica Square has now assumed a modern persona, thanks to the designs of Brian L. Freese, a well-known Tulsa architect and the principal of Freese Architecture. That house was demolished to make way for a two-story home that is decidedly contemporary. It has an abundance of...