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Some say the best part of any meal is dessert. While the desserts at Oklahoma City’s La Baguette Bistro & Bakery have assumed an exalted status, the rest of the menu is also worthy of exploration. Started in 1988 by brothers Alain and Michel Buthion, this happy little melt of French and American cultures is a regular stop for...

In a matter of weeks, trees covered in lush green leaves will soon break into their autumnal spectrum. Hazy summer bliss, however, lingers and bids late vacationers to make their plans before the first frosty morning. In Minneapolis, that’s usually around October, but in August, the western half of Minnesota’s Twin Cities is a balmy treasure of fine attractions,...

When commentators called the 2008 presidential election for Barack Obama, author and storyteller Clifton Taulbert celebrated, but not whole-heartedly. The child in him, raised in the segregated Mississippi Delta of the 1950s and 1960s, waited for the other shoe to drop. Surely there was a miscount. Or perhaps this was a practical joke unleashed on an impossibly large, national...

A vacation trip prevents drummer Don Hartzell from making a Friday morning gig at Reed Community Center, but the four other musicians who gather in a room at the west Tulsa recreational center every month are loose and jamming by a little after 9 a.m. As kids traipse by on their way to the basketball court, the men sit...

When starting a new medication, the more you know, the better, says Dr. Theron Bliss, a primary care physician at St. John Health System. “The better informed a patient is about their disease and their treatment, the better they usually do in terms of their care,” he says. He advises patients to start with the basics by educating themselves about their...

Ends Saturday, July 19 The best volleyball teams from eight countries continue to battle it out at the Cox Business Center, 100 Civic Center, Tulsa, for a chance to be the winner of the 2014 NORCECA U-19 Continental Volleyball Championship. The North, Central America and Caribbean Conference (NORCECA) brings together some of the top talent in volleyball from the U.S.,...

Monday, July 21, and Wednesday, July 23 Seventies rock band Steely Dan brings its best in two shows headed for Oklahoma. Best known for its signature jazz-rock sound on such songs as “Do It Again” and “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” Donald Fagen, Walter Becker and the band play at 8 p.m. Monday, July 21, at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 501...

Garth Brooks is, officially, out of retirement, and a world tour is in the works. The country megastar and Owasso resident has signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to record a new album. The announcement was made during a highly-anticipated press conference from Nashville Thursday morning. Doug Morris, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment made the announcement. “When you have the opportunity to...

Wednesday, July 9, 7 p.m. UPDATE (07/09/14): THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. REFUNDS AVAILABLE AT POINT OF PURCHASE. When you put a musical institution like Willie Nelson on stage with a superb act like Alison Krauss and Union Station, you know you’re in for an unforgettable night. Nelson and Krauss join forces for a tour that has drawn praise from fans...

Starts Thursday, July 10 If ever there was a more quintessentially American horse breed, it is the Pony of the Americas, which draws from a melting pot of heritage much like the continent it celebrates. The 2014 Pony of the Americas National Congress brings some of the best of the breed to Expo Square, 4145 E. 21st St., in Tulsa...