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John Wooley
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In the Afterglow
During a recording career that stretches back a remarkable 67 years, Tulsa’s Wes Reynolds has been inspired by a ton of different people, starting back...
An Angel on the Third Floor
When it comes to star-studded musical resumes, Steve Wilkerson’s is a tough one to top. A professional saxophonist since the age of 11, when he...
A Change of Direction
Tending a garden. Hiking. Camping out. Just a few of the little pleasures in reach of most of us, should we choose to indulge in...
Remembering Ruth
On July 31, 1956, Columbia Pictures released a movie titled Storm Center. Starring Bette Davis as a small-town librarian, it’s been called the first feature...
A Whole ‘Lotta History
I’m proud and happy to report that this is my 200th column for Oklahoma Magazine. Since it seems to me a fact I should acknowledge,...
Giving Mad Props
Like a lot of other nostalgic adults, Tom Biolchini – a Tulsa-based banking executive and immediate past president of the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce...
Staying Gold on Broadway
In March 1943, the musical Oklahoma! – based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Claremore native Lynn Riggs – made its Broadway debut....
A Farewell to Mr. Mystery
His name was Jim Millaway, but to a generation of Oklahomans, he was Sherman Oaks, or Mr. Mystery, or even sportscaster Stan Sharpe (“It’s not...
Horror as a Safe Space
In the summer of 1953, my father died of polio. I was four years old. A few years later, I was a full-blown fanatic for...
Tulsa Terrors
Thanks to RSU TV – northeastern Oklahoma’s public-television station – and its senior producer-director, Bryan Crain, I was recently able to co-produce and direct a...
