There’s No Better Time To Start Reading Eddie Faye Gates
One of the great historians of the Tulsa Race Massacre has some lessons for this moment
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A Night With Brooklyn Rider At WOMPA Delivered Strings, Glass, And Grit
Who knew Philip Glass would sound so good in an industrial warehouse?
A Fake Story About Rumble The Bison’s Death Gained Traction Online. It’s Part Of A National Disinformation Scam.
Thousands of Facebook users were told that their teams’ mascot performer had been killed in an accident. But Rumble's not dead, says the OKC Thunder.
Searching For Simón Bolívar At Tulsa’s Plaza Of The Americas
A look back on a rare visit from the president of Venezuela in 1991 underscores how much American politics, oil and Tulsa have all changed since.
Tulsa Opera’s “The Pirates of Penzance” Was As Touching As It Was Hilarious
Set, cast, stage management, and orchestra were all top-notch in director Eve Summer’s version of the classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta
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Theatre
Tulsa Shakespeare Company & Theatre North Cure What Ails The Doomscroller
Like the Bard himself, these companies aimed their “Othello” towards the groundlings
Heller Theatre Company Won’t Let Me Avoid Reality In Peace
Heller’s Double Feature showed two skillful Tulsa playwrights
Bread & Puppet Theatre Combined Innocence And Gravity
The legendary politically radical circus brought its "Revolution in Progress" show to Oklahoma City
In “The Just Assassins,” Little Shop Of Productions Wrestled With The Ethics Of Revolutionary Violence
Director Anna Seat made the 1949 play by Camus feel eerily resonant
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Gaslight Theatre’s surprising directorial additions make an old play feel fresh
The Week’s Best Tulsa Events: February 4-10
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Here Are 18 Art Shows To See In February
This month's exhibits highlight Black womanhood, environmental preservation, and more—plus "I Heart Art" week and four new shows at Philbrook
Otto Duecker, Who Made Hyperrealism His Own, Dies At 77
The Tulsa artist was known for his oils, his teaching, and his laughter
My Memories With Magic Mark
Looking back on my friendship with Tulsa’s enigmatic party legend
The Week’s Best Tulsa Events: January 28-February 3
This week: Tulsa Asia Fest, Philip Glass string quartets, a talk about phobias in early America, Motown, and more
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I’m A Little Dubious Of The $66.66 I Was Charged To Talk To My Dead Friends
A journey through Tulsa mediums
I Went To The Dark Heart Of Tulsa MAGA And It Was Just Kind Of Lame
An evening with Donald Trump Jr. at 41st and Memorial.
In ‘The Lowdown,’ Lee Raybon’s Name Might Suggest Another Influence: Bill Rabon, Real-Life Tulsa Vagabond
The Tulsa artist helped shape some of the best Tulsa art of the ‘70s and remains a well-collected painter after his death in 2017
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What’s So Wrong With Oklahoma City Building A Tower To The Heavens?
On Legends Tower, a fishy nonprofit, and Oklahoma being for dreamers
ICE Separated A Family In Midtown Tulsa
Immigration detentions in Oklahoma are on the rise. One case shows how ICE’s cooperation with Tulsa County makes it possible.
Grace in Broken Arrow
How power, greed and denial corroded a suburban megachurch
I Triggered Respiratory Distress In An Attempt To Honor My Heritage
I could have bought gochugaru at the grocery store. I did not want to.
