Show Buzz by NANCY HERMANN ELTON JOHN: The incomparable entertainer returns to the BOK Center on Feb. 9. Remember when people feared Y2K would create global chaos? That anxious time leading up to 2000 is now two decades old. Here we are in 2019, Y2K-wiser and, as a matter of course, dealing with whatever personal, […]
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Red Dirt Founding Father Steve Ripley Remembered
Searching for the Sound by BRYAN CANTRELL OKLAHOMA BLUES: Guitarist, songwriter, inventor, engineer, radio host and currator Steve Ripley passed away at his home in Pawnee County on Jan. 3. Courtesy photo “I love Nashville country and Texas Tex-Mex and Cajun and Motown soul, but in the heart of America, we got the beat that’s […]
Duet Restaurant and Jazz Club Shines Downtown
Local Dining By BLAKE AUSTYNContributing Writer WELCOMING GUESTS: Duet bartender Samantha Hathaway welcomes guests to the excellent facility. Duet sits at 108 N. Detroit Ave. in downtown Tulsa’s Arts District. It opened in August 2018 as part of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Archer Building, which features a slew of local businesses. GTR Newspapers photo he […]
Voters choose Gathering Place as USA Today’s Best New Attraction
Gathering Place is adding “Best New Attraction” to their list of accolades after winning the Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice 2018 Best New Attraction award. On Friday, Jan. 18, Executive Park Director Tony Moore was joined by Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum in the Williams Lodge to announce the Park receiving the national honor at the same […]
Famous Tulsan Leon Russell to be Celebrated
By TERRELL LESTEREditor at Large EARLY SOUNDS: Russell Bridges, who would later become rock star Leon Russell, at the organ with two of his Will Rogers High Schools classmates in the late 1950s. Courtesy photo Russell Bridges will be remembered and celebrated on Feb. 9 with a concert at his high school alma mater. In […]
Tulsa Boat, Sport and Travel Show to Highlight Bravo’s Captain Lee
CAPTAIN LEE ROSBACH The Tulsa Boat, Sport and Travel show will host The Stud of the Sea, Captain Lee Rosbach from Bravo TV’s “Below Deck,” on January 28 and 29. The reality TV icon is known for captaining luxury yachts and hosting vacationers on their open sea adventures. “Below Deck” focuses on his crew as […]