Oct. 9 is recognized as Native American Day by the city of Tulsa. Tulsa is the first city in Oklahoma to officially recognize this holiday, setting a precedent that soon many other cities in the state may follow. Starting back in 2017, Tulsa City Council and Mayor G. T. Bynum approved a resolution to establish…
If you sing in the shower or in the car and think you deserve a better audience, Tulsa Sings! invites you to audition for the 2023-2024 vocal competition. Embedded with the Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College, the selected finalists perform with the professional orchestra and will work with New York City-based vocalist and concert performer, Scott Coulter. “Since we started…
Keystone Lake is a body of freshwater that leads from Mannford to Sand Springs and is 15 miles west of downtown Tulsa. There was once an entire “Old West Town” that was founded in 1900 that has since been flooded over with Keystone Lake’s waters. The Keystone Dam began construction in 1956 and ended construction…
The Student Life at TCC campuses offered a unique way to celebrate International Moon Day at the end of the semester for students and staff. Moon Day is officially recognized on July 20. The occasion was celebrated on July 27 at TCC. It is in celebration of the first landing on the moon during the…
On Aug. 5, the Taste of Summer Festival was held at Central Park on Main in Broken Arrow. The festival’s activities included water wars and water inflatables, active zone, arts and crafts, treasure dig, and various vendors. This year was its 21st year of hosting the event. For more information about the event and the…
At the Tulsa Community College West Campus Student Life, the Muffins and Maps event is held at the beginning of each semester for the student body, and the fall semester begins August 14, 2023. Visitors to Student Life are given a map to the West Campus, and muffins are provided for free by the college…
According to Google, an average American spends about $200 on Christmas décor per year. The number one selling item is a Christmas tree. In 2020, Americans spent $777 billion on Christmas décor and gifts. Michaels art supply store began to offer from 20 to 60 percent discounts on Christmas items.
If you are tired of hearing about the many local elections we have had this year (and getting ads in the mail, receiving texts about who you should vote for, and seeing tons of political commercials on TV), you are not alone. But do not worry, we are almost done. Often, people tend to skip…
In early February, my wife and I decided to start fostering for a local animal shelter in Tulsa. Since that time, we have been fostering for Street Cats, a local non-profit animal shelter. It has been a rewarding experience and can help place a cat in a home until the cat is ready to be…
OKSO held its eighth Tulsa Grandslam in May. The winner for this year’s event was Jordan Price. She won the top honor with a tragic story of her father’s surgery. Price shared a heartfelt story about her estranged father going into high-risk surgery to remove his five aneurysms throughout his arteries, and her healing through…
