Tulsa’s Downtown Midweek Market moved from Chapman Green in 2023-2025 to Santa Fe Square in 2026. It is just a few blocks from Tulsa Community College’s Metro Campus, located on historic Route 66. The market’s new season opened on April 15, 2026. The Downtown Midweek Market was organized by the Downtown Tulsa Partnership, which is on a mission “to champion a prosperous, vibrant,…
Tulsa Community College Theatre has announced that its next production will be Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” It is scheduled for Oct. 1, 2, and 3 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. at the VanTrease PACE Studio Theatre on the TCC Southeast Campus. The play is directed by Bethanie Frank. Considered one…
Tulsa County has created a new way to explore Route 66 for both residents and travelers. As part of its Vision 2025 master plan to revitalize Route 66, the City of Tulsa has installed 29 historical informational signs highlighting key locations along the Mother Road, according to the City of Tulsa Planning Office. David Hoffer,…
Stephanie Janét, a Tulsa Community College alumna, mother, and entrepreneur, has just self-published her first book, a 12-chapter, 564-page memoir titled “The Journey of a Mighty Warrior: Trying My Hardest – A Timeline Testimony of Pain, Perseverance, and Purpose.” It is a book all about the late passing of her daughter, Makayla, and her journey…
Tulsa Children’s Summer Theatre in its 34th season will perform “Beetlejuice JR.”at the Kelly Clark Theatre at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education, 10300 E. 81st St., July 23-26. Performances are scheduled for July 23, 24, and 25 for 7 p.m. and on July 26 for 2 p.m. Based on the blockbuster motion picture turned…
There are thousands of theaters in America, but only one place has had plays running for more than 70 years without interruption, and it is in Tulsa. “The Drunkard” is a unique play from Tulsa, and the only one to run on stage in the history of the United States, celebrating its 73rd season this year. More than 3,000 people have been involved, onstage or offstage,…
Tulsa’s Philbrook Museum of Art presents “Silver Clouds,” an avant-garde work by Andy Warhol, a renowned icon of American pop art. The exhibition opened on Feb. 11 and will be on view until June 14, 2026. To say that the exhibit is different hardly captures its uniqueness, because Andy Warhol was a highly unconventional artist who gained fame with his Campbell’s soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles, and paintings and prints…
Rising high above the Tulsa skyline, the Golden Driller remains one of Oklahoma’s most iconic landmarks and one of the tallest statues in the United States. Standing 76 feet tall at Expo Square, it immediately captures the attention of passersby while representing the resilience and determination that shaped a city built on the oil industry. With one hand gripping an oil…
I had been hearing about this place downtown that was sort of a food court of up-and-coming restaurants in Tulsa. It had a catchy name, The Mother Road Market. When given this assignment, I realized it was positioned on Route 66. Also known as the Mother Road and as a market is (by definition) a gathering of people for the purchase…
On Oct. 1, 1960, Nigeria declared its independence, joining the sovereign states of the world. This day stands as a testament to Nigeria’s resistance and the unyielding spirit of a people determined to shape their own destiny. Decades later, for Nigerians both in Nigeria and in the diaspora, Oct. 1 every year remains a day to hold dear to their hearts and cherish because of what it represents. Nigeria is home…
