Tulsans Improvise Music at the TCC’s ‘I Can’t Drum’ Workshop   

The summer series of the Tulsa Community College (TCC) “I Can’t” workshops began with the “I Can’t Drum with The bART” lesson on June 7.     Michael Bremo, an energetic young man and adjunct professor in music and jazz drum set at Oklahoma State University (OSU), shared his passion for drum playing with the audience gathered…

TCC’s Center for Creativity Hosts Green Country Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition   

Green Country Watercolor Society (GCWS) conducted an opening of its annual exhibition at the Tulsa Community College (TCC) Center for Creativity in June. Dozens of works by watercolor artists were presented at the show.     “GCWS has grown rapidly since its foundation in 2004,” the society’s website, www.greencountryws.com, states. “Our main purpose is to promote awareness…

Reporter’s Notebook: TCC Art Students Express a Protest, Make Emotional Impact   

TCC’s Annual Student Art Exhibition accumulated the best artworks, which are sure to blow someone’s mind. The show ran for about a week at the Center for Creativity Event Hall in April 2025.     Two remarkable artists, Sally C. Garner and Jason Rafferty, judged and selected the students’ works for the exhibit. According to the content…

Award-Winning Author To Participate In Book Signing At TCC

A Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Society program The Tulsa Community College’s college newspaper, TCC Connection (www.tccconnection.com), the Society of Professional Journalists Student Chapter, and the National Association of Black Journalists – Tulsa Chapter welcome noted author Nadia Salomon to the campus for a free lecture and autograph signing of her latest award-winning children’s…

TCC Connection hosts Mayoral Forum: Meet The Mayoral Candidates at the Metro  

The Tulsa Community College gathered on Oct. 28 to greet and meet the candidates for the City of Tulsa’s mayoral office. The event, held at the Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity, featured County Commissioner Karen Keith and St. Rep. Monroe Nichols. Local professional and student journalists and other members of the college community, including…

Review: Oklahoma Pastel Society Hosts Annual Exhibition  

A Vibrant Contest Awes with Beauty The Oklahoma Pastel Society held its annual brightly colored pastel art exhibition at a reception, where members displayed their artwork at the Tulsa Community College’s McKeon Center for Creativity.   The contest was judged on “creativity, originality, composition, color, value, shape/form perspective, and how did the subject communicate meaning to…

‘I Can’t Play Harmonica’ features a seasoned musician engaging beginning performers  

On June 22, the McKeon Center for Creativity featured harmonica player Dave Bernston, a member of the Route 66 Harmonica Club and who has played and taught blues harmonica for over 30 years.   As a part of C4C’s “I Can’t” workshop series, Bernston was the headliner for “I Can’t Play Harmonica.” He shared the basic…

Review: Beautiful performance of Tulsa Opera singers touches the hearts of viewers at the Center for Creativity 

The recent performance of Tulsa Opera singers at the “I Can’t Enjoy Opera” workshop changed someone’s opinion that opera is a boring art. Two opera singers and a pianist presented four arias at the Tulsa Community College (TCC) Center for Creativity on Feb. 24.  Maddie Breedlove, a singer and a Filstrup Resident Artist in the…

Hollywood actor and OU graduate shares tips on acting

On April 10 at the Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity, renowned on-screen actor Cody Mayo (who starred in Marvel’s “Runaways,” and ABC’s (formerly on FOX) “911”) presented us with a how-to crash course on acting. Audience members were used as volunteers in an exciting opportunity to express themselves and learn how to project themselves…