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Drag Variety Extravaganza

Drag Variety Extravaganza reinforces camaraderie

Drag culture exhibits its own traditions and expectations of both performers and spectators. There's a camaraderie among the performers that encourages sharing appearance and performance...
Norman Music Festival

Weather dampens Norman Music Festival, not spirits

An ash tray dangled by a chain from the ceiling in the dark, smoky dive they call the Bluebonnet Bar on east Main Street...

Sundaze: The actual cause of the Mandela Effect

I like to imagine something similar to this would be the actual cause of the "Mandela Effect." It's more fun to think about, and...
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Honeyguise: ‘We never knew it would start with the bees’

(Editor’s note: Honeyguise is a short story from Oklahoma author Keith Gaddie.) We never knew it would start with the bees. We always took the honeybees for granted....

‘My father barely spoke a word’

Hank by James Coburn My father barely spoke a word. I heard him roll rubber bands down inky, dry newspapers;... saw him sip black coffee, while covered in wheat dust, pass...
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Salli Denner, 19, set to soar (with help from a few angels)

Her move to college was three days away. Freshman-to-be Salli Denner had packed up her black Jeep Wrangler and was headed to Norman — no...
Nigeria

In Nigeria, think twice before shaking hands with a lady

Ile-Ife, NIGERIA — Sensitivity is one basic feature in mixed societies. In this part of southwestern Nigeria, growing individuals at the secondary school level...
MAPS walk

Growing pains: MAPS 3 and walkability

Friday night, I was struck at how difficult walking around downtown OKC is at the present time. The streetcar was one of the main reasons I...
James Coburn

The Lie and two other poems from James Coburn

The Lie by James Coburn Red clashes. Silence ignores menace. Blood spatters Running down canvas About to fall flat. Dark angel sanctifies vainglorious Cause primed by humans. Portraits fall. Parasites swarm innocence. The last blink...
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Amazing grace: Transgender violinist seeks to educate at Capitol

As the strains of Amazing Grace reverberated through the Oklahoma State Capitol on Wednesday, 19-year-old Suhaila Abu Amara focused intently on the violinist playing...

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