Love Beyond Belief
When you have a church that is bound together by a promise rather than a belief system, you free people to be honest
Reverend Dr. Marlin Lavanhar
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Selling ‘Tulsa’ to Tulsans
There’s Tulsa the city, and there’s Tulsa the movie. For a brief spell in the spring of 1949, when the movie
Charles Morrow
This Is My Beloved Son
The fall of the first family of televangelism came swiftly. Two Oral Roberts Ministries employees crouched on a desk
Kiera Feldman
Marcello Angelini
How long does it take to dance from Italy to Oklahoma? For Marcello Angelini, almost 35 years. He began studying
Brooks Nickell
Mother Orpha
The 1970 Cole’s Cross Reference Directory—an avocado-green volume in the corner of the fourth floor of Central
Natasha Ball
Harold Dorsey
When I first encountered Harold Dorsey, he wasn't shining shoes at all. He was sitting high up in the chair usually
Michael Cooper
Poet Issues
I have an almost pathological fear of poets. Well, not all poets. I developed my phobia in a graduate poetry
Carol Johnson
Hunting for a Mayor
I have been reading a good deal in the news recently about your problems with our Mayor. The litany of charges you have
Beau Adams
Grocery Store Gospel
Once a week, community members gather in the Blue Jackalope grocery store and coffee shop for blues-and-barbecue
Abby Wendle
Endangered Pigs are Delicious
Commercial pig farms have a reputation for their smell, but Stephen Green was more troubled by the sound of all those
Abby Wendle
The Relief Office: Nancy Feldman
Longtime Tulsa "troublemaker" Nancy Feldman tells us about bringing the first black student to Holland
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Public Secrets: The White Dove Review
Historical savant Lee Roy Chapman takes us on a tour of the forgotten histories of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Today's episode:
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Tacos El Rinconcito
Under the overpass at I-44 and Yale, past the construction that slowly but surely progresses, the boulevard widens to
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Gateway
The developers of Gateway Plaza wanted a politically neutral moniker for the project they hoped would set off a new era
Denver Nicks
Oklahoma is Cooler than Ohio
When New York City author Ginger Strand passed through Tulsa, we sat her down and asked what she thought about our
Abby Wendle
George Matson
George Matson is a particularly beloved figure in the Southern Hills community, where he spent fifty five years with
Michael Cooper
The Reign of Creepy
Dental records proved the badly decomposed body that washed up on the Crystal Beach shores of Ontario, minus hands and
Steve Gerkin
Create, Control, Destroy
There’s a field, straddling an invisible property line several miles east of the Hard Rock Casino, somewhere in the
Joshua Kline
Holy Jokes: Rabbi Marc Fitzerman
You're going to need to know a couple of Jewish terms in order to fully appreciate Rabbi Fitzerman's joke--but learning
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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
Michael Cooper
True Tulsa: Indian Elvis
Michael Loman is a Choctaw Elvis impersonator, Fancy Dancer, and flute player living in Midtown Tulsa. Here, he teaches
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Wanenmacher Arms Show
Gilded guns and rusted relics dominate the tabletops that stretch end to end across the QuikTrip Center, covering both
Sarah Szabo
Big Time Pawn
Big Time Pawn is a family-owned pawn shop located on Route 66 at 11th and Pittsburg in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Over the years
Lee Roy Chapman
Tower of Power
As you loop along a curve on Interstate 244, downtown Tulsa drifts across the windshield, floating atop the fringe of
Justin Taylor
Big Time Pawn
Big Time Pawn is a family-owned pawn shop located on Route 66 at 11th and Pittsburg in
Lee Roy Chapman
Jim and Linda
The question, “Have you always been this way?” causes Jim Elmore to grin. “What, nomadic?” he asks. “My
Rebekah Greiman
Jennifer Mansell (1962-2011)
They met as softball rivals but wouldn’t compete for long. “We weren’t on the same team,” Toni Hill
Shawna Lewis
Pwned! HBGary vs. Anonymous
For those of you who don't subscribe to This Land, you're missing out on one of the most intriguing stories buzzing
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Tulsa’s Segregation Zoning
Many factors have influenced settlement patterns in Tulsa, but a difficult question persists: Why is Tulsa,
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Dana LeMoine (1960-2011)
“He loved tornadoes,” wife Lynne LeMoine remembers. “When a bad storm was coming, he would be up on the roof with
Shawna Lewis
Azizeh Jazayeri Tehrani-Hadavi (1924-2011)
“There were two sides to my mother,” Pat Hadavi remembered. “She was a Muslim, and she was a
Shawna Lewis
Grady Walker
Entering the home of Grady Walker is like stepping into another century. As he guided me through several
Michael Cooper
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
Michael Cooper
James Hewgley
James Hewgley, Tulsa's 30th Mayor, is known for mostly for his work in providing for Tulsa's low-income and minority
Michael Cooper
Roger
He spent the whole afternoon sitting there on the old wicker chair, smoking donated cigarettes and watching Brookside
Michael Cooper
Sara Bowersock
Though the weather forecast for this year's spring art festivals was enough to keep most spectators away from Downtown
Michael Cooper
Joyce Harbolt
Joyce Harbolt: veteran drama teacher at Jenks High School. Or, Joyce Harbolt: mentor and surrogate mother to
Michael Cooper
Gaylord Oscar Herron
Many Tulsans know him as "G. Oscar," the name that resides over his bike shop in downtown Tulsa. Hell, I embarrassingly
Michael Cooper
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
Michael Cooper