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Tulsa Lore

Welcome To Goff Week

We’re celebrating Tulsa's wild wizard of modernism with a full slate of stories

March 3, 2026

Tom McCarthy On The Goffness Of Tulsa Club

Tulsa was once on the cutting edge, and Bruce Goff was a big reason why

March 3, 2026

Tulsa High Schools Used To Have Open Lunches. Then I Got Shot At A Wendy’s.

Reminiscing on one of the most important days of my life, 32 years ago now

February 12, 2026

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

February 5, 2026

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.

February 3, 2026

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

Lee Roy Chapman Was One Of A Kind

Here's our four-story tribute to a one-of-one talent with a nose for Tulsa lore.

September 22, 2025

This Greenwood Jazz Club Hosted Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Then It Disappeared.

Remembering the Down Beat Ballroom, Tulsa’s long-forgotten jazz club

August 20, 2025

Tulsa Dead Mall Nostalgia—On Ice!

Inside WeStreet Ice Center, where Promenade Mall meets Hemingway tragedy meets eclectic entertainment destination.