Let’s be overindulgently honest for a moment: no one really goes to the Great State Fair of Oklahoma for the dumb games or the lame rides or even the z-list concerts. The hefty truth is most people...
In my many years of writing for various publications across Oklahoma City, I have received almost every kind of death threat one possibly can. While they usually elicit laughter more than anything...
I awoke from my most recent harrowing surgery to a bleaker version of our already-bleak state, one where it had just been announced that the Great State Fair of Oklahoma, the annual tradition of...
This weekend, Oklahoma’s second city, Tulsa, will be overflowing with visitors from all over the state and surrounding areas to hear the words of the great healer of this heartbroken nation, Donald...
Always looking to promote his reign as Oklahoma City’s camera-friendly Mayor, David Holt recently tweeted what I’m sure is an oft-told tale about the time he hobnobbed with heart-attack advocate...
Let the Irish festivities commence! We know St. Patrick’s Day is actually next Tuesday, but Oklahoma City is so impatient for fun, we’re kicking off the celebrations this week. From...
The old refrain of ‘There’s never anything to do in this town!’ has become less and less common in recent years, what with OKC’s rapid development. The new Oklahoma...
Along with his band the Mavericks, for thirty years Raul Malo has been bringing that classic country swagger back to the mainstream and earning great acclaim for it. But, during the cold winter...
Rogelio Almeida, best known for his 2009 film Yveete—the first Spanish-language film to win the Grand Jury Award at DeadCenter—can usually be found behind the camera, working on a new film. But...
In Oklahoma’s ever emerging Lucha Libre scene, the newest rising star is a Native warrior hailing from Broken Arrow, Elijah Sparks. In a field that’s predominantly known for being Latino...
From the Blue Whale and various Route 66 museums, to Eischen’s and the grave of the horse who allegedly played Mr. Ed on TV, Oklahoma is a hotspot for nifty and quirky day trip destinations. The...
(Throughout the month of February, every Thursday TLO will celebrate and highlight various Black-owned eateries across the OKC Metro. – Louis) There are very few Oklahoma Cityans that haven’t...
Growing up with both my father and mother as law enforcement officers in a small Texas town, I have seen firsthand the bloody mess that improperly handled firearms can do when in the wrong—and...
(Throughout the month of February, every Thursday TLO will celebrate and highlight various Black-owned eateries across the OKC Metro. – Louis) When people learn that I’m a piecemeal...
For those ready to live it up one last time before saying goodbye to this entire hashtagged decade, we thought it would be appropriate to be fun and social, and provide a list of 7 things to do in...
Though it has become an oft-told tale—usually relayed by cruel stepmothers trying to impart life-lessons to their very chubby children—the week I had my now-legendary stroke, my dog of so many...
The jig is up and the news is out! Progressive rockers Styx have been in the music business since 1975, taking America on a stylistically cacophonous grand illusion, playing the largest New York...
Norman’s Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main Street, continues to be my favorite live theatre spot in Oklahoma, churning out the best movie-to-stage adaptations that Broadway has to offer. And even though...
Comedian Cristela Alonzo is not only one of my comedic heroes, but one of my personal heroes as well, a hilarious human that I can truly identify with: we’re both Latinos from Texas that grew up in...
For many years, I have had a recurring sugarplum-infested holiday dream that I’ve held very close to my enlarged heart: to hear Mannheim Steamroller’s yuletide declaration of holiday thunder...
The American tradition of the dysfunctional family fighting and crying during the holiday season has become a quintessential comedic stereotype in TV and movies, one that plays out, usually, with a...
Over the past year or so, I’ve been to many small towns all across Oklahoma, sampling the diverse cultural pleasures (and cultish plagues) that each rural municipality of this state has chosen to...
As the Hellish holiday of Halloween quickly approaches, this past weekend I needed a Heavenly break from the goblins and ghouls by taking in a Friday night showing of the Broadway musical Sister Act...
Oklahoma City, in case you didn’t know, has got a whole Hell of a lot of ghosts. Jeff Provine, a Professor of English at Oklahoma City Community College, moonlights as Oklahoma’s premier spectral...
It seems like most of Guthrie is a ghost-town by the early evening. As an old steel sign swayed unsettlingly in the wind as the shadows grew longer on the walls with each passing light, a lone couple...
