Culture
California fires bring the hazy days of summer to OKC
My recollection of driving around Oklahoma City this past week is a bit ... hazy. As an artist, I generally look at landscapes and...
‘Time has come to discuss’ the 1911 Nelson lynching in Okemah
OKEMAH — The tragic story of Laura Nelson and her teenage son, L.D., took center stage last week at Okemah’s Crystal Theatre, a mere...
Woody Guthrie Festival features ‘pent-up’ pandemic emotion
OKEMAH — Woody Guthrie expert and historian Barry Ollman noticed something different about this year's Woody Guthrie Folk Festival as he sat in the...
Western lows: The unclear motivations of Western Heights board members
Another week, another education-related audit in the state of Oklahoma. This past week, it was the Western Heights Public Schools District that found officials...
Adapted Indigenous ceremonies offer support, healing during pandemic
PHOENIX — For the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, the Easter holidays normally are filled with traditional ceremonies. When COVID-19 put much of the...
Despite housing prices, more mosquitoes moving in
You may have recently noticed that a few new neighbors have moved into the area, and they are hungry. No, they're not the kind...
Oklahoma history: Century Chest offers glimpse of life in the early 20th century
On April 22, 2013, family, friends, historians and church members huddled around a copper vault in the basement of the First Lutheran Church of...
WoodyFest 2021 to feature lynching discussion, plus ‘music written by and for the people’
When the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival fires up its stages for five days next week, the music performed in honor of Okemah’s favorite son...
The photographs of John Margolies captured the everyday beauties of OKC
The photographer John Margolies loved buildings that other people found ugly, and he valued design that many considered worthless.
"People generally have thought that what’s...
Rep. Frank Lucas, others seek release of DOJ cattle industry investigation report
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK3), along with two other House members, have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to release a...
