Culture
Photo essay: 36 hours of livin’ on Tulsa time
In late August, Buddy Guy performing at Tulsa's storied Brady Theater was the destination. It afforded an opportunity for the wife and me to...
Resonator: Norman’s ‘gallery that could’ turns 1 Saturday
Without a bar, restaurant or neighboring gallery in sight, the art space Resonator is disconnected from both Norman’s nightlife and the public money that...
Blake Shelton’s Ole Red venue to open Saturday in Tish’
TISHOMINGO, Okla. — For the past month on Twitter, Blake Shelton, country music star and judge of The Voice, has teased fans with images...
David Boren rides off into the sunset
The last comic I made as an employee of the OU Daily and a student of OU was a ridiculous depiction of President David...
Nigerian poetry: ‘This house has fallen’ and ‘Ekun Iyawo’
This house has fallen
by Nelson Vincent
Since there is no way before
Let me turn back
I am Lot's wife
A known friend betters the unknown enemy
If I...
Normalization of swastikas poses troubling trend
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Here’s the thing about swastikas: They’re easy to draw. The simplest of minds can hammer one out in a matter...
Silenced Cries: A poem on the Tulsa Race Riot
Silenced Cries
by James Coburn
I don’t remember the terror in Greenwood.
I wasn’t there. Never was it taught to me in history books.
1921 burning of the...
Bodega box concept a supposed threat to mom-and-pop stores
With creators of the Bodega box apologizing for upsetting people, Mike Allen laughs at the notion it will kill mom-and-pop stores.
Do you find the...
Weeks after OKC gathering, Juggalos march for rights in D.C.
When the Gathering of the Juggalos drew thousands of people to northeast Oklahoma City in July, jokes abounded on local social media about Insane...
Intense Oklahoma road rage video shows gun, bikes, fight
(Update: On Tuesday, Sept. 19, NewsOK reported that three men in the video above have been charged with felonies for the road rage incident.)
An Oklahoma...