The first time I met an Asian person—Vietnamese, to be exact—it was in 1990, when I transferred to the Classen Fifth Year Center for the last month of the school year. Having grown up in a small...
In honor of this state’s most reverential nut, this past Saturday was a blissfully warm afternoon for the annual tradition of the Okmulgee Pecan Festival to take place; among all the famous treats...
Around this time last year, God and the Devil decided to have a cinematic battle for my soul, as I lay in a hospital bed, near to death and clinging to life. The worst part of it all, however, is...
Welcome back to another edition of the monthly OKC Metro Music Calendar, where we highlight some of the best live music and concerts for you to check out over the next month! The feature is brought...
Your most trusted-trusted source for all-things Oklahoma City is back with its weekly feature, TLO Weekend Radar, highlighting a few of the most promising happenings in the metro. This week...
The edible piece of history that is the spiritually Oklahoma-owned Onion Burger dates back to the Great Depression, with many conflicting accounts as to who did what and where it was done still in...
Many years ago, the mighty buffalo roamed the plains of Oklahoma. Hunted to near extinction by colonizers, it seems these days the closest place to find a herd anymore are the en masse paintings...
Your most trusted-trusted source for all-things Oklahoma City is back with its weekly feature, TLO Weekend Radar, highlighting a few of the most promising happenings in the metro. Of course, the...
It’s crazy to believe, but Norman Music Festival, made possible by community superheroes Fowler VW, is entering the second decade of what must be the largest event of its kind in the entire...
Growing up in Oklahoma, many feared our great state would be one of the last bastions of support for the archaic principle of marijuana prohibition. As the buckle of the Bible belt, our state’s...
With discount DNA tests all the rage online these days, I recently took a 23 and Me and, jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, found out that my grandmother was an Irish princess! I’m kidding, for the most part...
St. Patrick’s Day is this Sunday, and we could not be more excited! Our green hair spray, obnoxiously large green bow tie, and borderline-offensive jokes about Irish drinking habits have been...
Having seen pictures online throughout the day of the various treasures that were being scored at the annual Friends of the Library Booksale, I decided to brave the fearsome Okie winds and head out...
Your most trusted-trusted source for all-things Oklahoma City is back with its weekly feature, TLO Weekend Radar, highlighting a few of the most promising happenings in the metro. Our picks this...
I believe that when our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was on the cross, hanging off the fresh cedar while being in the most intense pain possible, that when he cried out “Why have you forsaken...
As Lucas noted in our weekend recap, (basic) people (with mainstream music tastes) of all ages, nationalities and colors flocked to downtown Oklahoma City over the weekend to lay witness to the...
Your most trusted-trusted source for all-things Oklahoma City is back with its new weekly feature, TLO Weekend Radar, highlighting a few of the most promising weekend happenings in the metro. Yeah...
Oklahoma is a pretty scary place right now—especially if you have a uterus or a heart. To lighten things up, we thought it might be fun to explore some of the spooky shindigs happening this weekend...
Your most trusted-trusted source for all-things Oklahoma City is back with a new weekly feature, TLO Weekend Radar, highlighting a few of the most promising weekend happenings in the metro. This...
As Latino culture and especially its artistry is becoming a more prevalent thing in Oklahoma and beyond—ya era hora!—Oklahoma Contemporary* is teaming with the Oklahoma Latino Cultural Center to...
Happy Friday, my fellow Oklahomans! This is the first time in 12 years that I am not scheduled to work any of the three glorious days of Labor Day Weekend. I would say hell has frozen over, but my...
Congratulations, my fellow Oklahomans! You have made it to Friday. But not just any Friday! You’ve made it to Friday August 24th. No? Still not feeling #psyched #ready #HashtagBlessed for the...
Happy Friday, my fellow Okies! It feels like Oklahoma has experienced 3 full seasons of weather in the last seven days, so it seems longer than a week since I’ve brought you the Fridays...
Summer’s wearing on, and even though school is starting across the metro, we’re in the middle of those boring days of summer. You know what I’m talking about. No basketball. College football...
Oklahoma City may not have as many superheroes as Metropolis, vigilantes as Gotham or mythological goddesses as Themiscyria, but when it comes to comic book writers, artists and creators, the Big...
