Original Okie: Johnny Polygon
It's been an assiduous two years for Tulsa native Johnny Polygon. After making a name for himself in the local rap
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Harold Dorsey
When I first encountered Harold Dorsey, he wasn't shining shoes at all. He was sitting high up in the chair usually
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Original Okie: Gwendolyn Ransom
It's a Saturday evening at a Brookside coffee house. The atmosphere is pretty relaxed. I'm chatting with an old friend
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Rabbi Marc Boone Fitzerman
In this installment of True Tulsa, Michael Cooper presents a black and white portrait of the beloved Rabbi Marc
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Original Okie: Grace Grothaus
New Orleans-born, South Carolina-raised Grace Grothaus moved to Tulsa only four years ago, but her influence in the
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Free Tulsa 2011 Snapshots
The Free Tulsa 2011 music festival was a hopping success! Photographer Michael Cooper offers up these impromptu images
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Original Okie: Andrew Bones
Andrew Bones is a percussionist for several Tulsa-based bands, including The Panda Resistance and
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Original Okie: David Horne
Eccentric street musician David Horne serenades his beloved companion,
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George Matson
George Matson is a particularly beloved figure in the Southern Hills community, where he spent fifty five years with
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Valentin Esparza
Locked away in a bedroom-turned-workshop is T-Town fashionista Valentin Esparza, whose designs have taken the city by
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Original Okie: Wess Young
Wess Young was only four years old when he survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, but has clear memories of it.
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Original Okie: Laurie Keeley
Laurie Keeley calls hers artform "yardistry." She's responsible for the eye-catching landscaping and design work you
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Original Okie: “Cajun” Ed Richard
"Cajun" Ed Richard founded the world-famous Cajun restaurant/specialty meat shop Hebert's, where Louisiana natives have
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Original Okie: Mary Beth Babcock
Mary Beth Babcock is ten pounds of Okie enthusiasm in a five-pound bag. She's the entrepreneur behind Dwelling Spaces,
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Chad, Jim, and Hunter Rodgers
Pictured left-to-right: Chad, Jim, and Hunter Rodgers are the three men behind Cain's Ballroom. Jim, a local
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Curtis Beckwith
Curtis Beckwith is an artist, political activist, and rare record dealer. You can typically spot him on Saturday
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Tom Dittus
Thanks to Tom Dittus, Riverside Drive has never been more bustling with activity--even in the winter. Long-time Tulsa
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Original Okie: Ren Barger
Ren Barger stands in what would be a graveyard of bicycle parts to many--but not to her. Barger finds herself in all of
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Ralph Bendel Jr.
As Ralph Bendel gave me a tour of the gardens at the Philbrook Museum of Art, I came to see the space with a new set of
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Christopher Mantle
Christopher Mantle's visual work has defined him to most patrons, but his art isn't limited to visual forms. Depending
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Grady Walker
Entering the home of Grady Walker is like stepping into another century. As he guided me through several
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The Tulsa State Fair: A Photo Essay
It isn't Fall in Oklahoma until the Tulsa State Fair comes to town. Ranked #21 on Carnival Warehouse's "Top 50 Fairs"
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Ariana’s First Tulsa State Fair
While most Tulsans I know have soft-hearted stories about their first experience at the Tulsa State Fair, I can't say I
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OK Sweetheart Bows Debut Record at The Church
Tulsa based band OK Sweetheart will celebrate the release of their debut record, titled "Home", next Friday (October
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Original Okie: Ben Kilgore
Ben Kilgore relaxes as he takes a drag off his cigarette. Life is good. Open for a year now, Shoe Gypsy (a store
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Elliot Nelson
In 2004, Elliot Nelson must have been slightly nervous about the business he was opening. That business was James E.
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Megan McKown-Miller
Megan McKown-Miller, former Tulsa Ballet dancer and artistic director/choreographer for Song of the Swimming Sun, an
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Marshall Bell
Tulsans covet hometown celebrities like Hanson, David Cook, Gary Busey and Kristin Chenoweth. But we often overlook
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Marc Matheos, Jeff Richardson, and Rob Robertson
You have to hand it to Marc Matheos, Jeff Richardson, and Rob Robertson: they have a big idea. That idea is the Free
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Original Okie: Scott Smith
Three years ago, I lived in a dilapidated old yellow house in Crosbie Heights (on the west side of downtown). At the
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Kathy Taylor
The last thing I remembered about downtown's new ONEOK Field, before it opened, is that a lot of people seemed to be
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Reflection
Here's your chance to tell about the Tulsa you know. Who is a True Tulsan? Is there a person or place that epitomizes
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Original Okie: Eric Marshall
Eric Marshall is a tall, open guy. With years of experience working at breweries in America and Europe before he came
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Original Okie: Benjamin David Lyman
Not too long ago, the Tulsa music scene earned national recognition. Spin Magazine had written about popular local
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Mike Whitten as The Golden Driller
Mike Whitten, owner of Brookside’s One Billiards gameroom design store, doesn't dress like this every day, but he
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James Hewgley
James Hewgley, Tulsa's 30th Mayor, is known for mostly for his work in providing for Tulsa's low-income and minority
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Roger
He spent the whole afternoon sitting there on the old wicker chair, smoking donated cigarettes and watching Brookside
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Sara Bowersock
Though the weather forecast for this year's spring art festivals was enough to keep most spectators away from Downtown
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Joyce Harbolt
Joyce Harbolt: veteran drama teacher at Jenks High School. Or, Joyce Harbolt: mentor and surrogate mother to
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Original Okie: Jim Economou
The first thing I noticed about Jim Economou is, at the ripe young age of 80, how much energy he has. I spent a couple
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Gaylord Oscar Herron
Many Tulsans know him as "G. Oscar," the name that resides over his bike shop in downtown Tulsa. Hell, I embarrassingly
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Melinda and Marcia Borum
Midtown Tulsa has a fairly diverse group of coffee shops--one for nearly each district. One favorite of mine is Shades
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Original Okie: Rocky Frisco
He's raced MG's and Mini Coopers, played gigs with the likes of J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton (among dozens of other big
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