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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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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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: 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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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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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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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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Joyce Harbolt
Joyce Harbolt: veteran drama teacher at Jenks High School. Or, Joyce Harbolt: mentor and surrogate mother to
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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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