On Sept. 26, a local tea lounge, Mi Tea Lounge, 427 S. Boston Ave., hosted a small event. This event helped citizens of the Tulsa area discover local artists and listen to music while having an excellent time. Similar to an earlier program, the new monthly sessions, “Tempo and Tea,” creates a space for anyone […]
Review: Lady Day arrives in Tulsa
Woody Guthrie Center hosts an exhibit of rare photographs of Billie Holiday In the year 1957, a photographer named Jerry Dantzic is hired by Decca Records to photograph one of jazz’s greatest icons, Billie Holiday. These photographs all took place during a weeklong run of performances at a nightclub in Newark, N.J., known as Sugar […]
Review: 918 Food Festival 2023: ‘918 Brought Their Appetite’
On Sept. 2, Tulsa residents brought their appetites to the 918 Food Festival at 18th and Boston near downtown Tulsa. The second annual program features local businesses joining forces to share their food, drinks, and sweet delights with the community. The festival is ideal for family fun and anyone looking for self-dates or simply to […]
Review: ‘Medusa Undone’ The Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous Monster
Tulsa Community College’s Theatre Department opened its fall season with the performance of “Medusa Undone” by Bella Poynton and directed by Mark Frank. This is the first of two productions planned for the fall semester. The performances were held Oct. 5-8 at the PACE Studio Theatre on the Southeast Campus. “We try to do a […]
Review: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’:
A Haunting Resurrection of Injustice Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of David Grann’s nonfiction book, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI,” takes the audience on a compelling journey back to the early 1920s in Osage County, Okla. During this time, the discovery of oil on Osage lands brought tremendous […]
Review: Students Celebrating the Final Bedlam: A Football Rivalry
On the eve of the last Bedlam game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys and the University of Oklahoma Sooners, Student Life provided tables full of football goodies for students at each TCC campus. Among the items given away were cups, candy, and footballs. The gifts were offered at the low price of turning in […]
Review: Favorite moments of 2023 Tulsa State Fair
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tanya Nyborg (@tanyanyborg) The cattle exhibition occurred at Tulsa State Fair 2023. (Video by Tatyana Nyborg) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tanya Nyborg (@tanyanyborg) Public enjoyed fun rides at Tulsa State Fair 2023. Nearly 25,000 Mega Ride pass wristbands were sold. (Video […]
Review: Christian band CAIN rocks and inspires at Tulsa State Fair!
On Oct. 2, the Christian band CAIN performed in a lively concert at the Oklahoma Stage as part of the Tulsa State Fair. The patron seating around the Oklahoma Stage was about three-quarters full. A large part of the audience consisted of families, many with younger children who seemed to enjoy the music too. Various […]
My (Sometimes) Halloween Movies
Spoiler alert: None of them are “Halloween” Many people binge on horror movies during October, though I know a few who do that all year long. But in October, it seems to have become a communal conversation. People posting about what they watch, discussing the relative merits of cinematic shockfests, both new and old, and […]
Review: Repo Man
Alex Cox’s punk masterpiece gets the 35mm treatment at Circle Cinema There was a time when the Reagan-esqe ideals of the Sharper Image catalog, conspicuous consumption, and upward mobility led to the capitulation of the free love movement and which tumbled into modern capitalism. A generation of people who spent their youths rebelling against the […]