Culture
The Bradford Pear needs to tone it down
The Bradford Pear tree has been in the news this spring, a lot. Just typing the name into Google results in pages and pages...
Spring is for the opportunities, not the birds
Spring is here, and nice weather along with it. I've had a drastic change of heart toward the seasons recently, and I think it's...
A past preserved: Watch this forgotten Oklahoma documentary
Embedded above, "Oklahoma: A Past Preserved" is a 12-minute film about the history of Oklahoma. Made in 1975 by the Oklahoma Historical Society, the...
At 90, Gene Rainbolt still causing change in Oklahoma
A print of Picasso’s “Don Quixote” leans against a wall alongside a second picture of the famous character in Gene Rainbolt’s downtown Oklahoma City...
Snakes to green beer: St. Patrick’s Day makes no sense
Exactly how we went from snakes being driven out of Ireland to green beer, I'm not sure. Frankly, St. Patrick's Day makes no sense....
What if social media captured 1994 OU tepee vandalism?
The spring air still felt a little like winter as five Indigenous students of the University of Oklahoma slept inside a tepee during the early...
‘Save the Egg,’ or else how will the aliens get home?
While not quite an extraterrestrial spacecraft, the First Christian Church located at Northwest 36th Street and North Walker Avenue has always had a "building...
United Nations delegate looks at status of women in OKC
Women in Oklahoma City have a chance to push for change through filling out a survey created by Cheryl Pennington to determine the status of...
Blending Colors: Recalling a 1963 minstrel show in OKC
My sisters teased their hair,
painted their faces black, their lips white.
Faces like a black and white television set;
Millwood Junior High School,
northeast Oklahoma City, 1963.
I...
In America, ‘money is a necessary evil’
Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus once said, “You must spend money to make money.”
In other words, there is no taking without giving. For some...
