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Soup’s On: Dane Arnold’s Sunday Night Residency Is A Must-See

Like many Tulsa bands with residencies, The Soup is a collective of musicians who could front their own outfit (and often do). Music writer Becky Carman checked in on their latest Sunday night show at Mercury Lounge.

December 5, 2023

How To Quit Your Day Job With Anne Pollard James

Some become professional artists with a bulletproof business plan. Others go the nonprofit route. Anne Pollard did it the trust-fall way.

December 5, 2023

What’s Up With That $25 Sandwich At Gambill’s Jewish Deli? 

Our correspondent ate Tulsa's most divisive pastrami to determine if it was worth the dough.⁠ ⁠The answer, like the sandwich, is messy.

December 5, 2023

Zombies, Bugs, Defenestration & Good Times At Heller’s Haunted Play Fest

The theatre troupe's annual horror show turned 101 Archer into a mini Hex House

November 23, 2023

“Nobody Smokes Anymore” And Other Observations From Robert Ellis’s Visit To The Mercury Lounge

Are "evening with [insert artist]" shows supposed to be boring? If so, someone may want to let Robert Ellis know.

November 19, 2023

Boo, Hiss, Splat, Singalong

70 years of old-timey antics at "The Drunkard & The Olio"

November 17, 2023

Relentless Absurdity On The Trail To Oregon

In a production that could easily have been just a goofy time, everyone involved here delivered their A‑game.

November 9, 2023

Something Wicked (And Welcome) This Way Comes

Pembroke Players reimagine Shakespeare for a 21st-century Tulsa

November 8, 2023

An Original Play About Race In Tulsa Doesn’t Look Away From Reality

Local playwrights invite Tulsa to reflect on the Tulsa Race Massacre and its echoes in the present

November 5, 2023

Sometimes The Coolest Thing You Can Do Is Write A 40-Minute Classical Piece About One Of The Worst Things That’s Ever Happened

In Barron Ryan's “There Arises Light (in the Darkness),” the horrors of 1921 are not only keenly felt, but transformed

October 4, 2023