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Tulsa Lore

What’s A Truthstorian, Anyway?

Lee Roy Chapman didn’t fit the typical mold of a historian or a journalist. Good.

November 18, 2025

Sterlin Harjo Is Proud He Made Tulsa Look Like Tulsa

As ‘The Lowdown’ wraps up, we talked to Harjo about noir, skepticism, telling the truth about Oklahoma, and that land run scene

November 5, 2025

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

October 23, 2025

More Art For More People

A fresh downtown installation scrambles how Tulsa thinks about public art.

October 22, 2025

In ‘The Lowdown,’ I’m The Only Person Playing Myself 

You know him, you love him. He's probably helped you get home safe. Here's Big Fish, the Mercury Lounge's revered bouncer, in his own words.

October 15, 2025

The Soul Of The Game

As soccer made a comeback in the U.S. in the 2010s, a fight broke out in Tulsa for who would become the city's ultimate pro team.

October 13, 2025

“The Outsiders” Musical Almost Captures S.E. Hinton’s Tulsa

The Broadway production’s stunning direction and design deliver on the novel’s dimensions, despite surface-level music and too-tidy lyrics

October 10, 2025