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Oklahomans of the Year

All four of the Oklahomans of the Year – the late musician Roy Clark, social justice advocate Moises Echeverria, Cherokee Principal Chief Bill John Baker and brand-new U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn – have earned their places in the public eye by embracing leadership and giving others the opportunities to shine.

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LET TER FROM THE EDITOR Here at Oklahoma Magazine, we welcome 2019 with another issue chock-full of interesting, insightful articles about Oklahoma and the colorful people who hail from this state.

Our Oklahomans of the Year share their stories of success, which include focusing on the needs and talents of others while guiding those collective energies toward a common goal (page 30). And if your New Year’s resolution is to get fit, check out our Health and Wellness feature on page 36.

Learn about Little Free Libraries popping up in city parks across the state (page 9), and consider whether taking up the sport of curling might be a fun winter activity for you (page 15).

January is also the time for our annual wedding section, starting on page 53. From flowers and cake to food and the all-important gown, we have weddings in Oklahoma covered. We help you choose which traditions to keep, which to leave behind and which to change to suit your own day, and we consult the experts on which dress styles and accessories will help you look your best.

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Take a Book – Leave a Book

Little Free Libraries bring a sense of community and a love for reading to kids and adults throughout Oklahoma.

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heena Ireland has lectured a child in her care about greed … but in a good way.

The mother of twins baby-sits three other children after school and is a regular at Tulsa’s Zeigler Park, home to a Little Free Library.

“Every time we go to the park, the

kids want to get a book,” says Ireland, adding that one of her charges once “tried to fill up her backpack.”

Ireland understands such enthusiasm because “I was very into reading as a child,” she says.

Zeigler is one of 15 Tulsa parks targeted for a tiny library by Transporting Education and Literacy into Open Spaces; seven are installed.

Tulsa already had a number of the libraries when the nonprofit began in August 2017; there are scores throughout Oklahoma and more than 75,000 across the world, including one in Siberia that serves reindeer herders.

Often handcrafted from recycled materials, Little Free Libraries typically hold 20 to 100 books. They might be stocked initially by sponsors or through used book drives.

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the all-volunteer group chooses parks near underperforming campuses.

“It’s a fun way to promote reading,” Younis says. “My kids love it. We’ve benefited from it quite a bit.”

Younis says the group seeks $1,000 sponsors to build and stock the libraries. It also needs volunteers and has had help from Girl Scout troops, including one in Owasso that gathered 1,200 books. For more information about Transporting Education, email telos.tulsa@gmail.com.

In northwest Oklahoma City’s Lansbrook neighorhood, Craig Quinalty says the library near his house is in Kensington Park.

“In the spring and summer, it’s not uncommon to see people sitting at a picnic table reading,” Quinalty says happily. “We are so confined to walls.”

Quinalty’s younger children use the library often.

“They usually stick with the classics, such as Dr. Seuss and the cartoons,” he says.

“Reading is about more than reading; it’s about learning. Even if they use the book as a prop to get the table level, that’s engineering.”

The Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma has long supported Little Free Libraries, executive director Georgie Rasco says. His group partnered with the Central Oklahoma Architects Association to find people to build about 20 libraries that fit the architecture of their respective neighborhoods.

“It absolutely builds community in one of the best ways possible,” Rasco says.

“It gets people out and sharing ideas. We know from studies that the more people are out and about in a neighborhood, the less crime that neighborhood is going to have.”

The eye-catching library designs make them fun for children, Rasco says, “and they might find something in the Little Free Library that’s very different, that nobody thought they would be interested in.”

Rasco says one parent told her that his 4-year-old selected an old auto mechanics magazine.

“He would look at the cars and the auto parts,” she says. “He would sound out the words and want to know what the parts were.”

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residents of the Gatewood Historic District and Classen-Ten-Penn neighborhood.

“It’s bright yellow, about 8 feet tall and looks like a tall square pencil,” Crank-Clements says. “It’s fun to stop by and see what new books have been left since you were there last and which ones have been taken.

What’s really fun is if there’s a new book out you have wanted to buy but haven’t, and somebody left it.”

Doug Kupper, Oklahoma City’s director of parks and recreation, is sold on Little Free Libraries. With 165 parks, his depart-

“Reading is about more than reading; it’s about learning. Even if they use the book as a prop to get the table level, that’s engineering.”

ment contributes to physical health through activity, mental health with green grass and trees, “and your quality of life by providing books for these little children that might not be able to go and buy them.”

In Stillwater, six Little Free Libraries are branches of the public library in partnership with businesses and neighborhood associations. The first one was built by a staff member’s husband and is in a downtown coffee shop.

Stacy DeLano, adult services supervisor, says the Stillwater library committed to help keep them stocked but seldom needs to. She does not think Little Free Libraries detract from the traditional brick-and-mortar versions.

“We just want to get reading materials into the hands of as many people as possible,” she says.

For help finding a library or learning how to start one, visit The Little Free Libraries website (littlefreelibrary.org). The nonprofit was founded in 2009 by Wisconsin resident Todd Bol, who died in October of pancreatic cancer. He built the first library in his yard with wood from an old garage door as a tribute to his mother, a teacher and book lover.

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CHEROKEE NATION PRINCIPAL CHIEF BILL JOHN BAKER Cherokee Nation congratulates Principal Chief Bill John Baker on being named one of Oklahoma Magazine’s 2018 Oklahomans of the Year. A champion for the betterment of Cherokee people, his impact will be felt for the next seven generations.

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An Inside Look at the Boys in Blue Sean Larkin, part of Tulsa’s gang unit, provides analysis for two law-enforcement shows on the A&E network.

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ergeant Sean “Sticks” Larkin with the Tulsa Police Department’s gang unit wants people to know that, despite hot-button events across the nation, police officers care.

“Officers are just regular men and women that chose to go into law enforcement,” he says. “We have the same problems at home and in our personal lives that everyone else has. Sometimes people have this perception that we are robots and don’t care about what someone is dealing with or going through, and that’s just false.”

To provide insight into law enforcement’s successes and struggles, Larkin serves as an analyst on the A&E network’s LivePD, which airs Fridays and Saturdays.

During the program, a crew follows various police units and broadcasts live as officers respond to calls and perform stops.

“The goal of LivePD is to show an unfiltered look at law enforcement across the country,” he says.

“The news typically only shows a few seconds of an event that law enforcement was involved in. This show gives the viewers the full story on the various calls that the officers are dealing with on the show.

“I was extremely excited that the Tulsa Police Department was a part of it. Policing was – and still is – a hot topic in the media. I know that despite what was being reported about policing across the country, our agency was very good, with well-trained officers.”

The opportunity to participate in LivePD came as a surprise.

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years in the making. The LivePD production company, Big Fish Entertainment, approached the Tulsa Police Department several years back about doing a show featuring the gang unit. A crew came to Tulsa and produced a pilot in hopes of getting a contract with a network.

The pilot had a ton of action and great police work, but none of the networks picked it up because there were already similar types of police shows on television. Even though the show never went anywhere, a couple of the people from Big Fish and I periodically kept in touch with each other through the years.

“Fast-forward to the summer of 2016. Big Fish reached out to me and said that they were going to do a live television show that showed police work across the country.

This was a first of its kind … because of new technology. LivePD hit the air in October 2016 and the Tulsa Police Department was one of the original six agencies on the show. When LivePD was in Tulsa, they rode with our gang unit, and I was one of the officers that the crew rode with.”

After the contract with the Tulsa Police Department ended, LivePD’s producers invited Larkin back to be an analyst. He works from New York City with the other analyst, Dan Abrams, and host Tom Morris Jr. “I give explanations on what officers are doing, why they are doing it, as well as policies and procedures and law,” he says.

The show has allowed Larkin to form a bond with his TV colleagues.

“Dan Abrams and Tom Morris Jr. have turned into genuine friends,” he says. “The connection between

the three of us on air is real. We all hang out with each other off the air as time allows there in NYC.” Larkin was recently offered his own A&E show. LivePD Presents: PD Cam premiered in July and returned to the air in November.

Rather than being live, the show presents footage from police dashboard cameras, body cameras and helicopters. Larkin comments throughout the footage.

“PD Cam basically shows events that are more intense for officers,” he says. “At the end of each show, I have an in-studio interview with one of the officers whose footage was shown. The interviews allow the officer to explain … what was going on at the time. Some of the interviews get very emotional.”

Larkin has been with the Tulsa Police Department for 22 years.

His parents served for decades in the military, and Larkin knew from the time he was a teenager that he wanted to be a police officer. He acknowledges that everyone has an opinion about police work.

“Outside of politics, there is not another profession that people think they know how something is to be handled,” he says. “It’s a daily occurrence for an officer to deal with someone telling them how they should do their job, what the law is and so forth.”

Larkin wants LivePD and PD Cam to help people intimately understand law enforcement and the challenges officers encounter.

He enjoys direct interaction with viewers. Larkin tweets throughout the show with the hashtag #LivePD. Viewers can follow him on both Twitter and Instagram at @sean_c_larkin.

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PHOTO BY TODD OLSZEWSKI COURTESY BALTIMORE ORIOLES

Looking to Bounce Back

Owasso High product Dylan Bundy is optimistic about his and the Baltimore Orioles’ chances after a disappointing season.

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here’s simply no way to avoid it – 2018 was tough for the Baltimore Orioles, the team for which Owasso High School-ex Dylan Bundy has pitched the last three seasons.

The O’s lost a franchise-record 115 games, traded most of their best players and fired manager Buck Showalter at season’s end.

Bundy, 26, started a career-best 31 games but lost 16, tying him for the American League lead.

“Yeah, it’s tough,” Bundy says.

“We had high expectations in spring training, especially after we signed [Alex] Cobb and [Andrew] Cashner.

We started out not very well and really couldn’t get out of the hole we created for ourselves in April.

And then obviously, when we had to trade all those guys away – a totally different team now.”

Late in the 2012 season, the Orioles added Bundy to their 40-

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man roster and he made his Major League debut at age 19 after signing with the organization the previous year. He went back to the minor leagues for three years before returning to Baltimore in 2016. Bundy has pitched in 97 games for the Orioles, all for Showalter, who led them to three playoff appearances in nine seasons.

Bundy will pitch for a different manager in 2019 but he relished the time with Showalter.

“As far as situations and knowing the game, the rules of the game, stuff like that on a baseball field, he’s probably one of the smartest human beings as far as situational stuff in-game and situations like that,” Bundy says. “It’s pretty impressive.”

Bundy spends the offseason in Owasso and enjoys hunting season – a nice retreat from two months of spring training in Arizona and 162 regular-season games.

“I’ve got a house a small golf shot away from where I grew up,” Bundy

says. “I plan on staying in Oklahoma. That’s where I want to be and that’s where all my family’s from. I just like the area also – big fan of it.

There’s not many people and there’s not [traffic] congestion.”

During the season, he enjoys seeing fellow Oklahomans around the big leagues, including two other Owasso High products, Brian Flynn of the Kansas City Royals and Pete Kozma of the Detroit Tigers.

“I was able to talk to [Flynn] when they came to us,” Bundy says.

“It’s always cool to see small-town people from that area get to the big leagues and hopefully stay there.”

Another silver lining from 2018 is that Bundy was again able to stay healthy, something he doesn’t take lightly after battling injuries early in his career.

“I’m just learning every single day, every single year, then trying to build on that and trying to get better each year,” he says.

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Where Stones Find Homes

Curling is a fun way to make friends, share beverages with opponents and stay in shape during the winter.

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ince its re-introduction to the Olympics in 1998, curling has gained popularity across the world, including in Oklahoma.

You probably know it from watching on TV – teams of two or four furiously sweeping a sheet of ice in front of large granite stones to make them slide, or curl, toward a target area. It’s like a frozen, interactive game of shuffleboard.

Several clubs give Oklahomans a chance to try the sport for the first time or refine their skills. Jeremy Witzke of the Oklahoma Curling Club in Edmond says the group began in 2010 and has about 100 members.

“It was started by a gentleman from Canada who moved here to teach at Oklahoma University,” Witzke says. “He was driving to Dallas each weekend to curl and decided to start a [nonprofit] and promote the sport here in Oklahoma.”

Highly social, curling emphasizes sportsmanship and camaraderie.

“Each game is started and ended with a handshake and well wishes,” Witzke says.

A match typically lasts about two hours.

Each person on a four-member team slides two stones (or four stones on two-member teams). The object is to have your stones stop closer to the middle of the “house” (a 12-foot circle) than your opponents’ stones. The more stones you have closer to that mark, the more points are scored.

The Edmond group has open houses and Learn to Curl classes for those new to the sport.

“We also run curling leagues on Sunday evenings for those who would like to compete on a regular basis,” Witzke says. “Members of our club have participated in playdowns for national curling championships and in bonspiels [tournaments] all over North America.”

Competitions can be great social events due to broomstacking, which “is quite possibly one of the best traditions in curling,” he says.

After matches, the sport’s early participants – some evidence points to curling’s invention in Scotland in the 1500s – would stack their brooms in front of a fire near the frozen pond and enjoy beverages with their opponents. The

tradition continues. A modern bonspiel usually has a designated broomstacking area of tables. The winning team buys the first round of refreshments for the other team. The players then exchange club pins and stories with one another for a generally good time.

Eric Vardeman formed the Tulsa Curling Club in 2012 after commuting for two years to participate with the Edmond group.

“It’s also fairly inexpensive for beginners to start as well,” says Vardeman, adding that newbies need about $40 for shoes and gear.

Curling also contributes to fitness.

“It provides a good workout for your core and leg muscles,” says Vardeman, explaining that an elite-level sweeper can burn as many as 1,500 calories during a match.

The average beer, however, is about 154 calories, so be careful with how much you consume during the broomstacking at a bonspiel.

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Coming Full Circle Long after his Asleep at the Wheel days, Tulsan Dean DeMerritt awakens listeners with a socially conscious jazz album.

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or many people attracted to the arts, their college years are the final time they’re allowed to devote their energies toward what they really love, their last chance to immerse themselves in acting or writing or music before the real world and the business of making a living burst the dream of a life rooted in the joy of creating.

But then there are the lucky and talented ones, like veteran bassist Dean DeMerritt, who, some 40 years ago, literally sped from the University of Tulsa to his first postcollege employment as a working musician, which has been his job description ever since.

“I took my last final that morning, hopped in the station wagon, drove as fast as I could to Austin and got there when Asleep at the Wheel was setting up to play at the Broken Spoke,” he says. “That was my first gig with them.”

He’d auditioned for the job a couple of months earlier, when the hard-touring, western-swing group had made a stopover in Tulsa. Its personnel at the time included saxophonist Pat “Taco” Ryan, a Tulsa musician and contemporary of DeMerritt.

“Taco got me the gig,” DeMerritt says.

“Asleep at the Wheel’s bass player was quitting, and I went over to the Magician’s Theatre [the legendary basement club in Tulsa]. Taco was there, and [Wheel leader] Ray Benson, and their drummer, and their fiddle player, Danny Levin. They asked me to play the bass line for their version of ‘Route 66,’ which is kind of a hard line – a boogie-woogie, eighth-note deal, in F, and

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I had the chops to play it.

“Ray said, ‘OK. Your first gig’s May 12th’ – or whenever it was – ‘at the Broken Spoke in Austin.

Here’s our records.

Listen to ’em. See you then. Bye.’ That was basically it. I thought, ‘Well, OK. I’ll figure it out.’”

And he did, well enough to stay with the band for the next four years, a period that not only saw DeMerritt and Ryan in the group, but two other Tulsa musicians – keyboardist Falkner Evans and drummer Billy Estes – as well.

“It was Taco, then me, then Falkner, then Billy,” he says. “We were all in there together for a while.”

After leaving Asleep at the Wheel, DeMerritt relocated to Fort Worth and played in that city’s symphony orchestra and with a number of area jazz and blues groups. By 1996, he was in Atlanta with his own band, the Dean DeMerritt Jazz Tribe.

Then, about four years ago, he returned to Tulsa, where – as had happened with Asleep at the Wheel in the late ’70s – he linked up again with some of his comrades, who, not coincidentally, happened to be among the top jazz names in the area.

“It’s the real deal here,” he says. “The jazz guys, especially, we all know each other. I know what tunes and arrangements Mike Cameron likes, what Scott McQuade likes, and they know what I like. It’s a constantly rotating pattern of jazz musicians,

SARAH MAUD, SEAN AL-JIBOURI AND DEAN DEMERRIT RECENTLY RELEASED COMPARED TO NOW. PHOTO COURTESY DEAN DEMERRITT

all playing together, a very close-knit community.”

Pianist McQuade and saxophonist Cameron are among the stellar lineup of Tulsa-jazz guests on DeMerritt’s latest disc, Compared to Now, which finds DeMerritt sharing top billing with vocalist Sarah Maud and guitarist Sean Al-Jibouri. It’s a fascinating record, with elements of rap, classic rock, pop, reggae and other musical forms stirred into the grooves. That’s in keeping with DeMerritt’s mission to make his music as accessible as possible.

“I don’t want my stuff to be so obtuse that only stone-jazz musicians will listen to it,” he says. “I want people to like the music, man. I want people who don’t normally like jazz to listen and say, ‘Hey, I guess jazz is OK after all.’”

While there’s no doubt that Compared to Now is firmly rooted in the jazz idiom, with songs composed by the likes of Charles Mingus and Wayne Shorter, those more familiar with other genres will find their own entry points. For fans of ’60s rock and pop music, for instance, there are a couple of erstwhile Top 40 hits, Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” and Spiral Staircase’s “More Today Than Yesterday,” given jazzy

reworkings by the trio and guest players, including organist Jerry Thomas, drummer George Toumayan, Cameron and McQuade.

Since Maud and Al-Jibouri are just about half DeMerritt’s age, you might think he was the one who chose those two oldies for the disc. And you’d be right – almost.

“Yes, I was responsible for those,” says DeMerritt, “but maybe not so much ‘For What It’s Worth’ because Sean – who’s 30 or so – had been listening to it, and he liked the guitar harmonics and wanted to take them to another level … which he sure did.”

Maud, meanwhile, has arguably her finest turn on the record with an all-scat version of the late 1940s Woody Herman standard “Four Brothers.”

“Sarah loved doing that tune,” DeMerritt says. “She is very much into her voice being an instrument; she scats more than any singer I’ve ever played with. She’s always saying, ‘Can I take a solo, too?’ The trumpet player wants a solo, the guitar player wants a solo, and she wants a solo, too. And she’s always raring to go to scat.”

With all of that going on in Compared to Now, however, the piece that’s likely to leave the most lasting impression on the listener is the first song, “Compared to What.” Beginning with a spoken-word introduction by

Atlanta-based rapper Daylynn Brown, the track segues into a powerful vocal from Maud that drives home a hard set of righteously angry lyrics.

“I want people to like the music, man.

I want people who don’t normally like jazz to listen and say, ‘Hey, I guess jazz is OK after all.’” “‘Compared to What’ is a jazz protest song that was recorded by [vocalist-pianist] Les McCann and [saxophonist] Eddie Harris back at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival,” DeMerritt says. “It was basically a protest about the social injustices of the time. I’ve been wanting to do it for a long, long time, and I convinced Sarah to do it, and Sean as well.

“There was a rapper in Atlanta who used to walk down the street near where I did a jazz gig in midtown. He was a friend of my son’s. He’d be walking down the street, just free-styling, and people would be listening, and when he’d come by I’d knock on the

window and say, ‘Hey, come on in to the club, listen to some jazz.’ And he’d come in and listen to us. He was really into it.

“So, I approached him with the context of the song and asked him if he’d update it with some fresh spoken word, applicable to the times we live in now. He gave it scholarly thought. It wasn’t just something he just came up with on the street. He put it together, and we mixed it in the studio in Atlanta.”

As the similarities in the titles indicate, that was the song that inspired the name of the new disc.

“We call the record Compared to Now,” he says, “because, really, not a whole lot has changed in economic and social-justice terms since 1969.

“I wish we’d done a little more with the social-justice theme, but I’m not really much of a preacher or whatever. We kept it with ‘For What It’s Worth’ and maybe with ‘Weird Nightmare,’ the Wayne Shorter tune, but that was about it. If there’s a thematic strand to this record, it’s that we took a lot of songs that were 40 or 50 years old, or more, and refreshed them for today, updating them to a more modern sound.”

Compared to Now is available online at amazonmusic.com and cdbaby.com.

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Keep the Spirit Alive PHOTO BY JOSH NEW

Ice rinks in Tulsa and OKC remain open this month to help you beat the post-holiday blues.

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t’s that time of year: The holidays are over, bills and cold weather creep in and you may feel down. It seems easy to give in to the temptation of lying on the couch and binge-watching TV, but studies show that inactivity during the winter months can lead to depression and the ever-dreaded weight gain.

Instead of becoming a couch potato in the new year, keep your festive spirit alive – and burn off the extra calories you likely consumed in December – by going ice skating. Maybe you didn’t have time at the end of the

year to visit the rinks around Oklahoma, or maybe you did and you’d like to plan a repeat visit. In either case, you’re in luck: Skating rinks are still open in January.

Arvest Winterfest runs through Jan. 6 in downtown Tulsa. Enjoy a brightly lit, decorated outdoor rink complete with hot chocolate, or take a spin on a horse-drawn carriage with loved ones around the BOK Center. Those in OKC can go to the Devon Ice Rink, which is open through Jan. 27.

Visit tulsawinterfest.com and downtownindecember. com for more information.

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An Architectural Tribute Work spaces at Saxum public relations capture the essence and integrity of the nearby OKC National Memorial.

By M.J. Van Deventer

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magine working in a corporate environment specifically designed to be user-friendly for its employees.

That was the precise challenge the designers at HSE Architects in Oklahoma City faced when they were commissioned to create these inviting spaces in a building on the National Register of Historic Places.

The old Journal Record Building, home to a business-oriented daily newspaper, suffered extensive damage during the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building across the street. After the rubble of the Murrah was cleared, work eventually began on the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum in the western third of the Journal Record. The eastern two-thirds of the building was rechristened The Heritage in 2016 and houses the Saxum public relations firm on the top two floors.

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Renzi Stone, Saxum’s CEO and chairman, envisioned a creative work space not characterized by the traditional office environment of confining cubicles and little privacy.

The design team consisted of HSE’s principal architect Todd Edmonds, project manager Adam Edge and interior designer Anh Weber. The main challenges for the team were understanding structural limitations, spatial relevance and visual cohesion between two floors.

The original building design involved only five floors. An added sixth-floor penthouse shell, formerly the roof, was included in the restoration. Over time, the fifth floor had housed mechanical equipment, drainage pipes and electrical lines.

A bonus for Saxum and the HSE team was that penthouse, which features glass walls on the north, east and south with vast views of the skyline. Skylights bring sunshine and shadows

ABOVE: BUILT-IN LOUNGE AREAS, KNOWN AS NOOKS, ARE AN UNUSUAL FEATURE IN THE LONG RECTANGULAR SPACE THAT COMPRISES THE SAXUM RECEPTION AREA. LEFT TO RIGHT: STUDY THE TABLE BASE IN THIS RECEPTION AREA AND IT’S EASY TO SEE THE RESEMBLANCE TO AN OIL WELL DERRICK. OIL AND GAS CLIENTS ARE A MAJOR FOCUS FOR THE FIRM. AN EXPANSIVE STAIRCASE IS A FOCAL POINT ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. IT’S ALSO A FAVORITE GATHERING PLACE FOR STAFF TO VISIT WITH EACH OTHER. PHOTOS BY JOSEPH MILLS PHOTOGRAPHY

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The reception area is defined by a large wooden-slat canopy and features a custom desk inspired by an oil rig, a nod to one of the industries Saxum represents. Adjacent is a work lounge featuring custom, flexible furniture and large, wall-mounted boxes serving as seating nooks.

“These lounge nooks are customized to allow employees to nest inside with a laptop and do work, in lieu of a standard cubicle setting,” Weber says.

Between these two floors is a “communicating staircase” showcasing integrated, stadium-style seating. This allows employees to meet in small groups at the steps or hold large meetings in the arena. A parents room allows employees with preschoolers to bring their children to work … in case babysitters don’t show.

A significant idea that drove the project was Stone’s desire to have a relationship with the emotional environment.

Weber says: “We walked around the bombing memorial and were inspired by the balance of structured landscaping and materials used on the monumental ‘Gates of Time.’ So throughout Saxum’s space, we used natural wood materials mixed with raw steel finishes.”

Because Saxum wants to inspire its employees and clients as they talk and walk through the space, part of what they discuss involves five large, steel-framed, acrylic-and-glass light boxes representing Saxum’s core self-descriptions: bold, brave, driven, original and lively.

These key words apply to Saxum employees as well as the design team that created this award-winning work environment.

“This project was a dream to work on,” Weber says. “Mr. Stone had high expectations and big goals. He really trusted us and we enjoyed working with him and his team. It truly felt like a collaborative effort, with the addition of Lingo Construction. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience or a better group of people to work with.”

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TOP TO BOTTOM: THE RECEPTION AREA REVEALS THE MIX OF TEXTURES AND MATERIALS THAT PROVIDE A HIGH-TECH, MODERN LOOK FOR SAXUM. BLUE IS AN ACCENT COLOR USED THROUGHOUT SAXUM’S INTERIOR DECOR. THESE BOX CUBICLES ARE ALL MOVABLE TO OTHER AREAS WHEN NEEDED. PHOTOS BY JOSEPH MILLS PHOTOGRAPHY

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Maritime Mountain Meeting Belize’s coast has stunning views of the Mayas, scuba diving, hiking, fishing … and the world’s narrowest main street.

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here’s something enchanting about the idea of being on your own secluded island. In the 1950s musical South Pacific, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein expressed it this way: Bali Ha’i will whisper On the wind of the sea: “Here am I, your special island!

Come to me, come to me!”

Little Harvest Caye in the Caribbean, just off the coast of Belize, goes far beyond special. The 1.5-acre island has a handful of villas (for a total of five bedrooms and six baths) and capitalizes on the amazing sea, views of the Maya Mountains and cool trade winds.

And yes, you can make it your very own private tropical paradise. On-site staff include a chef, a concierge, housekeeping, laundry services and a masseuse.

The brightly painted, stand-alone detached suites feature open-air architecture, lovely hardwood ceilings, bedroom air-conditioning, separate living and dining areas, baths with showers, Wi-Fi, satellite TV and access to full kitchens. Plenty of chaise lounges and a walk-around

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bar embellish common areas.

Water sports are plentiful. The caye (pronounced kee) has its own white-sand beach and swimming area along with a freshwater swimming pool, a large private pier, ocean kayaks, paddleboards, snorkeling and scuba diving.

Some of the best fishing in the world is found here, too – bone, permit, tarpon, snapper, snook – much of it right off the island. And from March to June, elusive whale sharks come a-calling. This largest of all fish (as heavy as 21 tons) moves slowly, feeds off small fish and plankton, and poses zero threat to humans.

Little Harvest Caye is the new kid on the coast; it was completed three years ago. The best of all worlds, the caye is off the beaten path, yet only five minutes by boat from the mainland, specifically the Placencia Peninsula, known as the “island you can drive to.” Bleached-sand beaches face the Pacific Ocean, and on the other side is a large, mangrovelined lagoon packed with colorful birds and flora.

Guests have access to a boat and captain whenever the urge strikes to shove off to nightspots, dining or shopping in Placencia, or to engage in outdoor activities like swimming at the base of a jungle waterfall, floating down a

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: LITTLE HARVEST CAYE BOASTS FIVE BEDROOMS AND SIX BATHROOMS. GUESTS HAVE ACCESS TO A BOAT AND CAPTAIN IF THEY DESIRE TO VISIT THE MAINLAND DURING THEIR STAY. A PRIVATE BEACH IS JUST ONE OF MANY PERKS OF STAYING AT LITTLE HARVEST CAYE. AN OUTDOOR PATIO AREA ACTS AS A RESPITE FROM THE SUN. A PRIVATE POOL, COMPLETE WITH HAMMOCKS AND LOUNGE CHAIRS, IS THE CHERRY ON TOP OF A FANTASTIC RESORT.

lazy river or zip-lining from tree to tree in the middle of a rain forest.

Placencia Village holds an unusual spot in Guinness World Records for having the narrowest main street in the world. About 4,000 feet long … and 4 feet wide (the breadth of an average golf cart), what amounts to a sidewalk is lined with stunning murals, boutique eateries, beachside bars, cozy cafes and dive shops.

A 13-minute walk from the caye brings you to the Belize Barrier Reef. The fishing is terrific, and the scuba diving and snorkeling are so good that the reef is the country’s top tourist destination. The Great Blue Hole, made famous by Jacques Cousteau, waits nearby.

Farther inland, ancient Mayan ruins attract adventurers from across the globe, while the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary provides great hiking. Boarding a boat on the Monkey River brings visitors up-close to native wildlife and plants.

In February, the annual Arts Festival fills the 48-inch-wide main street. In June, Lobsterfest takes center stage.

Year-round warm temperatures mean smaller suitcases – daytime temps range from 70 to 85 degrees and evening lows are from 70 to 77. Fly into Belize City, then catch a flight or shuttle to Placencia.

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FUN FACTS POPULATION 210 PHEASANT HUNTING Jet is prime for pheasant hunting; the season ends Jan. 31.

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Eagles Make a Jet Landing

SIX BACHELOR BROTHERS Joseph, Trigg, Newt, Warner, John and Richard Jett homesteaded adjacent parcels of land in the Cherokee Strip in 1892.

The Salt Plains wildlife refuge in Alfalfa County has its annual watches for our national bird.

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he common image of a bald eagle swooping over a lake or river to snag a fish with its outstretched talons can evoke chills or patriotic thoughts.

But Shane Kasson, manager of the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, reminds that the national bird isn’t always so regal.

He sees it every year when up to 2,000 bald eagles spend the winter in Oklahoma.

“They’ll eat just about anything,” Kasson says. “The salt plains have a lot of the eagles’ food – ducks, geese and cranes.

Eagles prey on those birds. They’ll find an injured, sickened or weakened bird and separate it from the flock.

“They’re an opportunistic predator.

They’ll eat turtles, carrion, whatever.”

The Salt Plains refuge, off Oklahoma 38 in Alfalfa County, has its annual eagle watch Jan. 4-5 and Jan. 11-12 by reservation only.

(Call 580-626-4794 to hold a spot.)

“We take 12 to 15 people out to an area that’s normally closed to the public,” Kasson says. “We leave the headquarters between 3:30 and 4 p.m. and stay out until dark or a little later. On the lake, we could see as many as 75 to 80 eagles and maybe 15 to 20 come in to roost at that site.”

One might figuratively call the wildlife refuge a hidden gem because of its remote location (tiny Jet is 14 miles south); the literal sense can also apply since unique selenite crystals draw thousands of people

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to the park each year.

Some crystals are shaped like hourglasses, formations not known to occur anywhere else in the world.

The digging area is closed from Oct. 16 to March 31 because the refuge is a crucial stop for endangered whooping cranes on their vernal northern migrations and autumnal southern migrations. They stay from a day to a week, Kasson says.

“We see about 25 to 50 whoopers a year,” he says. “There are only 430 non-captive left in the world.”

Kasson says the best place to see a whooper is off Eagle Roost Trail, which the species prefers because, as the tallest North American bird, it can espy humans from a distance.

The interior least tern, another endangered species, also nests at Salt Plains.

“The salt flats are important to a lot of migratory birds,” Kasson says. “For instance, the snowy plover – designated as a species of concern – nests right on the flats. This refuge supports about 25 percent of that bird’s entire population.”

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THE DROPPED T Mayor Jim Blackledge, a resident for 55 years, says the legend is that the original post office lost a T in Jett on the sign in the late 1890s and people forgot about it. When a new post office was built decades later, the name Jet went with it.

SHOOTIN’ BALLOONS Dena and Eddie Miller have a horse arena in Jet where they conduct clinics for the sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting, in which marksmen and women on horseback take aim at balloons attached to fixed poles.

H E A LT H

Avoiding Winter Illness

Common sense and simple precautions can keep you from getting sick during the cold and flu season.

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hen everyone around you is sneezing, coughing and complaining of body aches, you may feel destined to join them – but you don’t have to. By following these practical steps, you can outsmart Old Man Winter and keep germs at bay.

Wash Your Hands

Brian Thatcher, a primary care physician with INTEGRIS in Yukon, says scrubbing your hands with soap and water is the most effective way to kill germs.

“I recommend washing hands for at least 20 seconds, but possibly up to a minute,” he says. “This should happen every time you touch someone else, touch your face, after restroom use or before eating.

“In the absence of soap and water, alcohol sanitizers are the next best thing. They are not quite as effective, but do kill 98-99 percent of germs. I would recommend sanitizing any objects you touch in public and the frequent application of hand sanitizer.”

Watch What You Eat

“Nutrition is often underrated as a contributor to the immune system,” says Adam Greer, a primary care physician with St. John Clinic in Tulsa. “For the majority of the population, the closer you can get to a whole-food, plantbased diet, the better. Getting at least five fruits or vegetables per day – along with nuts and legumes, while limiting or eliminating sweets, processed foods and meat – is a great way to help keep your immune system at its peak performance. The antioxidants in fruits help fight off infection and fuel your immune system to work well.”

Get a Flu Shot

More than 900,000 people were hospitalized and more than 80,000 people died from the flu last winter, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu season typically runs from October to April and, while it’s best to vaccinate early, January isn’t too late to get a flu shot.

“With the restart of schools, the peak is usually somewhere around February or March, so the flu shot is better the earlier you get it,”

Thatcher says. “The flu shot is not 100 percent protective, and it is not a guarantee that you will not get the flu. However, those who do get the flu tend to have a milder illness.”

He adds that the flu vaccine not only protects you, but it helps protect those around you as well.

“There are many in the community who are unable to get the flu shot,” he says. “Having more people in the community immunized slows the spread of the flu and helps protect those who cannot be immunized.”

Exercise

“Getting 150 minutes of moderate-level-intensity exercise per week for at least 15-minute intervals is a very good way of keeping your immune system in top shape,” Greer says. “A sedentary lifestyle of sitting or lying in one place for over an hour should be avoided.

Frequent breaks to get up and walk or move around are helpful for pumping white blood cells through our lymph system and throughout the body to fight off infection before we realize that a virus has gotten into our system.”

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Front row L-R: Mo Anderson, David Rainbolt, Ree Drummond, Paul Allen, Carrie Underwood, Jon R. Stuart; 91st Oklahoma Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony, Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Tulsa

Kim Coretz, Steffanie Bonner, Rob Coretz; National Philanthropy Day, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Tulsa

Kimberly Johnson, Peggy Helmerich, Hilary Mantel; Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Gala, Tulsa City-County Library

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Pat Gordon, Mike McGuire, Michael Collins; Fur Ball 2018, Oklahoma Alliance for Animals, Tulsa

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Dave & Ginger Kollmann, Linda Bridges, C.B. Rowan; Stock the Bar Party, The Parent Child Center of Tulsa

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O k l a h o m a n s of the Year

By John Wooley, Tara Malone and Brian Wilson

It’s a difficult balancing act – focusing on the needs and talents of others while guiding those collective energies toward a common goal. Our Oklahomans of the Year have shown how to level those scales in divergent arenas.

All four – the late musician Roy Clark, social justice advocate Moises Echeverria, Cherokee Principal Chief Bill John Baker and brand-new U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn – have earned their places in the public eye by embracing leadership and giving others the opportunities to shine.

For the Cherokee Nation, the historic agreement makes sense socioeconomically, culturally. For Principal Chief Bill John Baker, it is palpable, personal.

In October, Baker announced a partnership with the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences to begin the first tribally affiliated medical school in North America. The Cherokees’ W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah, as part of a 469,000-square-foot expansion of the campus, will welcome its first students in September 2020 in a separate facility.

The landmark medical school in the heart of Indian Country strikes Baker emotionally. The 66-year-old has to pause to collect himself when he considers how the institution affects him as an individual because it addresses generations of injustice and imbalance involving Native people.

“I might sit on my front porch,” says Baker, his voice quavering at the thought, “and have a smile on my face when I see the disparity of health care eliminated. I’ll be complete.”

The medical school will have about 50 students per class with a mission of practicing in rural towns, many of which have little access to health care. Discussing policy nuts-and-bolts, Baker eschews sentiment and becomes fervent, bold.

“The average age of doctors in rural towns in Oklahoma is 59,” Baker says. “Our rural clinics need doctors, especially young ones. We want Oklahoma to be a primary-care oasis in rural areas, not a primary-care desert.

“We want our kids to stay and raise their children around their grandparents. To make that happen, our kids must have a good education, and we have to create quality jobs for them when they graduate from college. These young doctors will want to stay home and serve their people in rural Oklahoma.”

Principal chief since 2011, Baker says the tribal capital’s medical school is the Cherokee Way of keeping the big picture in mind.

“There’s no doubt it’s symbolic,” he says. “This is going to change the quality and speed of health care in Oklahoma and Indian Country for the next seven generations. Our ancestors, when they needed teachers, grew their own teachers. We’re growing our own doctors with this partnership.

“We don’t look at next week or next year. Everything we do is about the great-great-greatgrandchildren of the future.”

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Chief Bill John Baker

Baker says the medical school extends its relationship with OSU, which has recruited Cherokee students to its science, technology, engineering and mathematics schools for seven years with its Operation Orange program. The tribe, in turn, has pushed its high schoolers to pursue bachelor’s and graduate degrees in those fields.

“OSU would bring in medical faculty and interns who gave our students the idea that they could be doctors because they excelled in math and science,” he says.

“These kids’ eyes opened up. As time passed, we began to get more Cherokees into the OSU College of Medicine in Tulsa. This school in Tahlequah is just the next step.”

Baker says the Hastings expansion, with completion this year, “was a game-changer even before we announced the medical school because it will pump $100 million annually into the Cherokee health system.” The federal government agreed to pay for operations if the tribe expanded the hospital. Such a deal was possible, he says, because transparency is a hallmark of his administration.

“It’s the only way that we can have partnerships,” Baker says. “That’s why the federal government comes to us with contracts. They say, ‘We like that your dollars go to education, housing and health care.’ You’ve got to be transparent.”

The medical school and the hospital will tackle increased medical demands in the Cherokee Nation.

“We had 1.2 million patient visits to our clinics last year, all of them rural,” Baker says. “Our mission aligned with OSU’s mission.”

These milestones reflect Baker’s commitment to 365,000 tribal members.

“The only reason for the office of principal chief is to make the lives of Cherokees better,” he says.

The Cherokee Nation, which employs 11,000 people, gave more than $5 million in 2018 to school districts within its jurisdiction – an average of $180 per student.

“Those dollars are outside the school funding formula, so they really appreciate it,” Baker says. “Some superintendents have told me that without the money they would have had to drop art or band programs.”

The monetary commitment extends to collegians, too.

“We have 5,000 Cherokees on scholarship,” Baker says. “We don’t want to export our students to any other state. We invest heavily in them.”

His financial savvy is also personal; he has run Baker Furniture in Tahlequah, his hometown, for 46 years. He connects his experiences as a small-business owner to running a tribal enterprise that pumps $2 billion annually into the economy.

“Every side job that came with running the store, such as being a contractor to build homes, has helped in running the tribe,” Baker says. “There was no learning curve when I took over.”

His knack for making money began as a boy.

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Kendra Horn

After more than 40 years of Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District being red, Kendra Horn decided it was time for a new color.

On Nov. 6, voters ushered now-U.S. Rep. Horn into office over incumbent Republican Steve Russell to flip the Oklahoma City district blue in a historic upset. She is the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1975.

Horn, who has worked as an attorney and in the aerospace industry, has also spearheaded two nonprofits aimed at empowering women politically.

“I joined Sally’s List – an organization that recruits, trains and supports women running for office – because Oklahoma has historically ranked at the bottom of the nation when it comes to women serving in public office,” Horn says. “That inequality has a direct impact on Oklahoma families in policy areas like education, health care, criminal justice and equal pay. I wanted to make an impact to help Oklahomans who were struggling but had very few people in power listening to them.

“Building on that, I started Women Lead in part because of my experience with Sally’s List. Women Lead is an organization that encourages women to become

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more involved in civic engagement. We brought training to women about issue advocacy and empowered them to go to their city councils and state legislature to promote issues that were important to them. When they ran into elected officials who didn’t listen, we found – not accidentally – that more women would be interested in running for office in order to be heard.”

Horn’s experiences in leading these two organizations heavily influenced her run for Congress.

“I’ve always tried to be involved in my community,” she says. “I think the Girl Scouts helped with that growing up, and my parents and grandparents certainly modeled and encouraged getting involved.

And then at some point working with Sally’s List and Women Lead, I decided that I had to take my own advice, step up and run. I felt the time was right.”

Horn faced an uphill battle against entrenched expectations about Oklahoma’s 5th District and the leadership that was needed.

“I think the most challenging thing was overcoming the idea that a woman couldn’t possibly win this seat, especially a Democratic woman with no experience as a candidate,” she says. “It is important to note that

there were also so many people who supported this campaign, and their enthusiasm was contagious.”

Although winning was important, Horn says other experiences during the race inspired her.

“One of the most rewarding things was helping young people get involved,” she says. “We made a commitment early on that young people would be valued and have ownership in the campaign. We started a Fellows Program, where we recruited young people to get involved and gave them responsibility, brought in guest speakers, did everything we could do to help them feel valued. And when it came time to work, they got to work knocking on doors and making phone calls.

“So, when this historic election night rolled around, there were two groups of people on stage with me when we announced our win: my family and our Fellows. They were and are that important to me, and it’s a program I plan on continuing.”

Horn, a Chickasha native, comes from a long line of small-business owners passionate about service to their communities.

“Taking care of others is something that generations of my family have valued,” she says. “I think a lot of Oklahoma families value helping a neighbor out, or a friend who could use a hand up.”

Horn plans on taking these Oklahoma values straight to Washington, where, in addition to working toward her platform issues of education and health care, she is determined to focus heavily on service.

“Members of Congress help constituents with Social Security problems, veterans’ claims, disability benefits and a host of other government services that are the difference between economic or health security and falling behind on a mortgage or health care costs,” Horn says. “People won’t care if I’m a Democrat or Republican, a man or a woman. All they will know is their family may be in some trouble and we might be able to help. That’s a huge responsibility, and I have very high expectations for my office and our staff.”

In her work with the Space Foundation advocacy group, Horn learned that today’s infrastructure means more than just roads, bridges, drainage projects and levees, so she wants to bring awareness in Congress to “our electric grid, information technology supply lines and satellite systems. Aerospace and related industries are some of the top employers in Oklahoma and play a huge role in national security.”

Thousands celebrated Horn’s victory and many were surprised, including Horn herself. But the election was just the beginning for her. Now she’s ready to fight for the 5th.

“The voters here at home came out and said we need new leadership in Washington,” she says. “I will admit it was a bit surreal, but it will no doubt be counted as one of the most memorable moments of my lifetime. I felt energized and hopeful. I still feel that way.

“But now it’s time to roll up my sleeves and get to work.” – TM

Moises Echeverria, president and CEO of the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice, sees activities and services under his watch like children.

“It’s difficult to pick which one is my favorite,” the 33-year-old Echeverria says. “I’m so involved with all the programs.”

Since late 2016, when Echeverria had the word interim removed from his title, the nonprofit – founded in 1934 as the Tulsa chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews – has added staff, opened an office in Oklahoma City and increased the number of schools where it gives presentations each year.

In some ways, Echeverria is a homegrown product for OCCJ; in others, he embodies the organization’s mission of inclusion and diversity. He is an immigrant himself, who has defied stereotypes.

Echeverria’s family left Monterrey, Mexico, in 1998 because of drug-related gang violence and settled in Tulsa. While he attended East Central High School in 2002, Echeverria’s academic counselor, Carol Axley (now vice chair of programs at OCCJ), pushed him to attend Anytown Leadership Institute, OCCJ’s weeklong conference for sophomores, juniors and seniors.

“She saw something in me that I didn’t,” he says.

Echeverria, who felt demeaned by anti-immigrant rhetoric across the nation after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, says Anytown helped because “I had internalized all these messages of not being welcome and that I was a problem. At Anytown, I was celebrated because of my diversity.”

The program elicited “a leadership component in me to go along with my sense for social justice. It opened my eyes to the systemic level of injustice.”

He became a leader his last two years at East Central and at OCCJ, where he was a student member of the board of trustees.

Echeverria continued the association with OCCJ during and after getting a degree in business administration at Oklahoma State University, where he was the first in his large family to attend college.

He became a counselor at Anytown and gave presentations before going full time with OCCJ in 2013 as programs coordinator. He kept moving up.

Echeverria’s life mirrors OCCJ’s Different and the Same outreach in more than 100 Oklahoma schools.

“It’s an anti-prejudice program that focuses on the saying, ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover,’ only with race and religion,” he says. “It’s touching to go into a classroom of second graders and see their light bulbs come on and begin to articulate how and why it’s dangerous to stereotype people.”

Echeverria says OCCJ’s voice is vital.

“We want rights for everyone because rights

alone give access and opportunity,” he says. “Access levels the playing field. It’s the equitable distribution of opportunities.

“I never use the pie analogy of expanded rights taking away from someone else. We use the analogy of a table where everyone can have space and share their voice. Sometimes there are no seats, so you have to stand for a while, but ultimately the table becomes bigger for everyone.”

Interactions between people from different socioeconomic, racial, religious and gender backgrounds lead to understanding, Echeverria says.

“We’ve learned that research and data alone do not change a person’s perspective,” he says. “Once they have a stance on a particular issue, it stays, even if information challenges and refutes that belief. But if people come together as individuals and acknowledge particular prejudices, then they can have reconciliation internally and grow and expand their minds because of these experiences.”

Last year, Echeverria was chair of Tulsa’s Young Professionals, whose mission is to keep young talent in the area via inclusion and diversity.

“That was such a fun experience,” he says. “When we talk about the future leaders of this state, I get to rub shoulders with them now. We had one of the most diverse classes of leaders in 2018. That’s no surprise because the younger generations are the most diverse in history. I love the people I serve with.

They have become a second family to me. We have passionate disagreements, but we all want to see our city thrive.”

TYPros, as the group is called by members, will bring back its popular StreetCred project in 2019.

“It will re-envision what an alley can look like,” Echeverria says. “We will reinvent an alley with public art and a restaurant with seating. There other cities that have mastered this. We’ll ask, ‘How can we find creative ways to maximize our space?’ The alley behind Elote Cafe [downtown] is a whole block long and we’ll work on that.”

Also in 2018, Echeverria was part of the 32nd class of Leadership Oklahoma, a statewide program. He says his constant optimism may have been why he was chosen.

“I look for silver linings,” he says. “I look to improve situations personally and professionally. We are not doomed. It’s hard, but we can come together and create a state where people want to be and raise their children.

“Empowerment is the way to change. It’s not necessarily what I can do, but who I can inspire and motivate and provide the right resources for so that we can collectively create the change we want.” - BW

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Roy Clark

For the first half of his life, the late Roy Clark wouldn’t have qualified for Oklahoman of the Year simply because he wasn’t an Oklahoman.

The Virginia native, who got his first exposure as a performer in the Washington, D.C., area, resided in Maryland until 1976, when he moved to our state. That was at the suggestion of his longtime manager, the music impresario Jim Halsey, who was running his highly successful booking and management agency out of Tulsa.

By that time, Roy was one of country music’s biggest stars, blazing his way through hit records, industry awards and arena tours that showcased his prowess on a variety of instruments as well as his underappreciated vocal skills. (Just listen to one of his biggest hits, the excruciatingly wistful “Yesterday When I Was

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Young,” to get an idea of the nuances and meaning he could deliver with his voice.)

For all of that, however, Roy, who died in November at age 85, will likely be remembered most for being one of the top television personalities America has ever produced. It wasn’t only because of Hee Haw, which went from being a countrified knockoff of the late ’60s network program Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In to a bona fide phenomenon. Roy was all over the small screen well before Hee Haw began; he appeared on and often guest-hosted The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and showed up on sitcoms (The Beverly Hillbillies, The Odd Couple) and variety shows, from the rock-’n’-rolling Shindig! to the Dick Clark-produced daytime series, Swingin’ Country. He first appeared on local TV in the early

’50s as a member of Jimmy Dean’s D.C.-based band, so, when the opportunities for national exposure came along, he was ready.

“I grew up in television,” he told me in 2006, “so I felt very comfortable with it. I looked at a television camera, and I didn’t see it as a mechanical device. I saw people, and I identified with those people.”

That included those well outside our borders. In 1976, after a couple of years of negotiation, Roy headed a musical delegation to the then-Soviet Union to play a series of shows that were, according to Halsey, broadcast to an incredible 781 million people.

What they saw was exactly what American audiences saw: a wildly talented performer who was warm, trustworthy and funny – the kind of person you’d want to invite into your

home. He became the face of America to a country that deeply mistrusted us, and there are many who say his televised concerts went a long way toward changing that perception.

So, as far as I’m concerned, any state resident who could have put “helped thaw the Cold War” on his resume richly deserves to be an Oklahoman of the Year – even in the year of his death.

(An Oklahoma Magazine columnist and contributing editor, John Wooley was asked by Roy Clark to write the text for the 2006 tour book celebrating Clark’s 60th anniversary in show business. Wooley interviewed, wrote about and worked on various projects with his friend Roy for more than three decades.

Roy Clark passed away at his home in Tulsa on November 15, 2018.) – JW

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Prevention Better than finding a cure is not getting sick in the first place.

We offer suggestions to keep you healthy all year long.

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By Rebecca Fast

Natural Remedies

Many people, possibly more than ever before, seek natural remedies before opening their medicine cabinets. Here are some everyday items in the grocery aisle that can support your health and withstand illnesses.

Turmeric

Used historically as a seasoning and medicinal herb, turmeric possesses the compound curcumin, a polyphenol that gives the spice its yellow color. As its main active ingredient, curcumin is an antioxidant with anti-inflammatory effects. Some studies suggest it may help to prevent and treat type 2 diabetes, fight viruses such as the flu and ease arthritic pain and inflammation.

Pistachios

Nuts and seeds offer several health benefits, with pistachios packing a big punch because of their high levels of antioxidants. Research suggests they may reduce the risk of some cancers, prevent diabetes and help to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Pistachios also contain the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which reduce the risk of developing eye conditions such as age-related macular degeneration and cataracts.

Cranberries

Known for preventing and treating urinary tract infections, cranberries are high in vitamins and contain antioxidant proanthocyanidins. Being rich in nutrients, they may also affect certain cancers by slowing tumor progression and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Walnuts

Higher in omega-3 fats than any other nut, walnuts may help to reduce the risk of heart disease. Also, the polyphenols in walnuts may help to fight internal inflammation, a main component in many chronic diseases, and reduce the risk of breast, prostate and colorectal cancers.

Fennel

A Mediterranean plant, fennel helps to support bone health by providing essential minerals, including calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium and zinc. It is also a good source of fiber and potassium. Potential benefits include lowering blood pressure, supporting heart health, increasing iron absorption, aiding in digestion and helping to prevent some cancers.

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Diets

The No. 1 resolution that people make in the new year has to do with losing weight. For most of us, after the holiday season, that means planning to eat healthier meals throughout the next 12 months. For 2019, turn over a new leaf in your eating habits and try one of these popular diet plans to help those extra pounds melt away.

DASH

For the eighth consecutive year, the DASH diet was ranked as the best overall diet by U.S. News and World Report. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension was developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to lower blood pressure without medication. The plan consists of eating fruits, vegetables, low-fat or nonfat dairy, whole grains, nuts, beans and lean meats, fish and poultry. While the original diet emphasizes lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, modified versions include a weight-loss plan and a vegetarian option.

Mediterranean

Gleaned from the cooking styles of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, this traditional diet has proved to reduce the risk of heart disease. It’s also associated with a reduced incidence of cancer, along with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. The plan’s signature trait is its focus on healthy fats. Olive oil and canola oil replace butter, and regular servings of certain fish (salmon, mackerel and tuna, for instance) provide high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, which carry a variety of health benefits. The Mediterranean diet is rich in plantbased foods, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts.

Instead of salt, herbs and spices are used to flavor foods, and red meat is limited to only a few times a month.

Flexitarian

This diet, a portmanteau of flexible and vegetarian, offers a plant-based diet with the option of animal products in moderation. Considered more of a lifestyle than a diet, the flexitarian plan follows a few basic principles – build meals around fruit, vegetables, legumes and whole grains and include more protein from plants than from animals. Try to eat more natural and less processed forms of food while limiting added sugar and sweets. There’s no independent research available on the effects of the flexitarian diet, but the health benefits are thought to be similar to that of a vegetarian diet, since it’s predominantly plant-based.

MIND

Targeting brain health, the MIND diet combines foods from the Mediterranean and DASH diets to help prevent dementia and loss of brain function. Standing for Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, MIND doesn’t have set guidelines. Instead, the plan encourages you to eat foods associated with improved brain function and limit foods with saturated and trans fats.

Recommended foods include green, leafy and non-starchy vegetables, berries, nuts, olive oil, whole grains, fish, beans, poultry and wine (no more than one glass daily). Foods to limit are butter, margarine, cheese, red meat, anything fried, pastries and sweets.

TLC

If you want to lower your cholesterol, consider the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes diet, focused on limiting saturated and trans fats to help to lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol and increase your HDL (good) cholesterol. The TLC diet works in percentages. In relation to your total caloric intake for the day, saturated fats should be less than 7 percent and monounsaturated fats up to 20 percent. Carbohydrates are set at 50-60 percent and protein at 15 percent. You should also have 5 to 10 grams of soluble fiber and less than 200 milligrams of cholesterol a day.

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Get Moving It’s time for Americans to start moving more. Recently updated federal guidelines for exercise highlight that any amount of physical activity has health benefits. But studies show that more than 80 percent of adults don’t meet the guidelines for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

For adults, the recommended amount of exercise is at least 150 to 300 minutes

of moderate-intensity aerobic activity a week and strength training at least two days a week.

Previously, for activity to count toward these goals, you had to exercise for 10 minutes or more.

Under the updated guidelines, Americans are encouraged to move as frequently as they can, with no minimum time limit, to reach the recommendations. To help you get moving, consider these creative ways to exercise.

Diet and Climate Change

Rev Your Social Calendar Community Service Instead of drinks after work or Saturday morning brunch, enlist friends to go for a walk or hike, or take a dance class.

Change Your Routine

Take the stairs at work, walk around the block during lunch or park in the farthest spot in the parking lot.

Feel Like a Kid Again

Spin a hula hoop around your waist, throw a Frisbee or jump rope to get your heart pumping.

Join a local community group to help clean a park, build a house or walk a shelter dog.

Exergame

Part video game, part exercise – fitness video games keep your body in motion during play.

Pick a Cause

Sign up for a local walk or run that benefits the charity of your choice.

As alarming reports on climate change stress the critical need for environmental sustainability, scientists say changing the way we eat could help save the world.

Addressing the impact of agriculture, experts say the global food system is a major driver of climate change by diminishing freshwater resources and increasing run-off pollution through the excessive use of nitrogen and phosphorus, according to the journal Nature. By 2050, with expected population growth, we will move “beyond the planetary boundaries that define a safe operating space for humanity.”

However, by adopting a more plant-based, flexitarian diet, humans could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 56 percent. Other critical actions include improving farming practices and reducing food loss and waste. It’s estimated that more than one-third of all food produced is lost before it reaches the market, or is wasted by households. By reducing the amount of wasted food by half, humans could reduce the environmental impact of agriculture by 16 percent. And that makes these all good reasons to reconsider what you put on your plate.

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A Speakeasy for Our Time In the heart of downtown Tulsa, Boston Title & Abstract has an ambiance from the Prohibition era.

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n a few short blocks of glorious, gilded spires, Boston Avenue epitomizes downtown Tulsa’s glory days as Oil Capital of the World. As the sun sets on a wintry evening, the century-old

palaces seem haunted – a place of tunnels and secrets.

Just west of Boston, an alley runs north toward Fifth Street, hemmed in by tall brick cliffs. You look for a tiny door, marked only

by a signboard with a knife and goblet. Open that portal and, like Harry Potter at Platform 9¾, you pass into a magical world.

Down a narrow gray staircase you go, until suddenly you enter an enormous room that – with its 18-foot-high ceiling, Art Deco chevrons and Greek meander wall motifs, all dimly glowing in the light of chandeliers – seems like a survivor from a bygone age.

“Actually it was built in the 1950s,” Greg Donnini says of the building that houses Boston Title & Abstract restaurant.

Donnini – tall, voluble and kindly – and his partner, chef Paul Wilson, seem to have stepped out of an epic tale like The Lord of the Rings.

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Taste “When Paul and I found it, it was an empty concrete shell flooded with a foot of water,” Donnini says.

“I designed every inch of this place. There were lots of speakeasies along Boston Avenue in the 1920s, and I wanted it to look as if this was one of them, abandoned and just discovered a few days ago.

“We don’t advertise; you have to work to find us, and that’s part of the cachet.”

There are eye-catching decorative touches everywhere (and a lot of floor space with only 12 tables),

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: THE CHARCUTERIE BOARD INCLUDES AN ARRAY OF MEATS, CHEESES AND BREAD. THE CASSOULET INCLUDES BEANS, TRUFFLES AND ROOT VEGETABLES. CO-OWNER GREG DONNINI TENDS BAR AT THE RESTAURANT.

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but inevitably your eyes are drawn to the front.

“It’s an auditorium,” Donnini says, “and this is the stage.”

There, Donnini presides over a long bar, and behind its left side is the kitchen, the domain of Wilson, who’s in constant balletic motion. He chops.

He stirs. He flits from stove to counter, pours sauce from a pan, pauses to swig water, checks a bubbling pan on the stove, confers with four servers and goes back to the pot.

“I do simple stuff,” Wilson says as he shrugs, while making it seem easy – simplicity born from two decades of hard work behind restaurant stoves.

And simple never means predictable. There are always traditional French bistro classics like coq au vin or cassoulet (“I put my own spin on them,” Wilson says), but there are also envelope-pushing weekly specials like wild boar chops with pear compote and lentils; lamb with smoked grapes; and even, for one week only, kangaroo chili Frito pie.

“Paul loves to cook,” says Donnini, “and he is fearless.”

A few months ago, successful chefs from all over the country (including Wilson) converged on New Orleans. There, they attended the memorial service for their mentor, Rene Bajeux, a titan of French cuisine. Wilson worked with Bajeux for more than five years and learned the rigorous French technique that is the backbone of all his cooking.

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traditional peasant dishes. He was taught to achieve balance in every dish. He developed an openness to all cooking styles, ingredients and national cuisines, and that’s why, when cooking lentils from India, he might throw in Thai bird’s eye chilies and a bundle of herbes de Provence.

Yet the most important technique he garnered from Bajeux is interpersonal.

“I learned a new style of management,” Wilson says. “A restaurant is a team and not just one chef.

I hate the distinction between servers and kitchen staff. We are all one big family.”

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Small Plates in the Plaza Shelby Sieg leads the charge at The Pritchard, where seasonal fare and creative flare abound.

D

uring her time in college, Shelby Sieg felt uninspired.

Working toward a degree she had little interest in, she surprised herself when someone asked her to name the first happy career choice that popped into her head.

“I blurted out, ‘Pastry chef,’ and the rest is history,” Sieg says.

Today, as executive chef of The Pritchard in Oklahoma City’s Plaza District, Sieg tries her hand at a lot more than just pastries.

“When I heard about the concept and the location, I was excited to be involved,” she says.

“My background is in pastry, so this was really my first jump into fully running the savory side of things. The menu is seasonal and fresh.

“We feature a lot of small plates and like to encourage the tapas style of eating where you order a few things, then maybe order a few more and just share it all with friends.

It encourages a really social atmosphere that makes things a lot of fun. It’s definitely a place I would hang out at frequently, even if I didn’t work here.”

Sieg, who has lived in nine places around the world as the daughter of an Air Force general, earned her culinary chops at an early age while helping her mother with home-cooked meals – sometimes for a crowd.

“WE FEATURE A LOT OF SMALL PLATES AND LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE TAPAS STYLE OF EATING,” SAYS SHELBY SIEG, EXECUTIVE CHEF AT THE PRITCHARD. PHOTOS BY BRENT FUCHS

“My mom was a phenomenal home cook, and my parents used to host large office parties at our house every year during the holidays,” she says. “Any sane person would have had a 50-plus-person party in their home catered, but my mom always cooked everything and it was always the most amazing food.”

Sieg brings that inspiration to the kitchen and turns it into magic. The menu constantly changes – dishes are seasonal, and Sieg says she gets bored and likes to create new fare – but some standbys, like Brussels sprouts with Spanish chorizo, have a permanent place in the lineup. One of Sieg’s latest creations is Frico Friulano, a dish she sampled in northeastern Italy and was eager to create.

“It’s essentially a mix of fluffy mashed potatoes with this incredible Italian cheese

that gets all browned in a pan and topped with prosciutto di Parma,” she says. “I have been dreaming of it ever since I got back, so I finally decided to re-create it for our diners.”

Sieg thinks The Pritchard has found its home in a neighborhood that has boomed over the past decade.

“I love being part of the Plaza District family,” she says. “The restaurant concepts here really complement each other. There’s everything from great pizza to incredible ramen to every beer you could want. We feel like The Pritchard fits into that really well. We have the best wine selection around, unique and delicious food, and a casual vibe that really feels right in this district.”

The Pritchard is at 1749 N.W. 16th St. Reservations are available through OpenTable.

TARA MALONE

DELICATA SQUASH WITH BURRATA AND CRISPY SAGE 1-2 whole 2 tablespoons Vegetable oil 6 1 ball

delicata squash butter varies on size of pot sage leaves burrata (cheese)

Cut squash in half lengthwise and scrape out

seeds, then cut into 1-inch pieces resembling semicircles.

Place butter in a saute pan over medium heat and toast until golden brown. Do not let it go past this stage.

Add the squash and salt to taste. Cook the

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squash while tossing it every 2-3 minutes until tender and golden.

Fill a sauce pot with 1 inch of vegetable oil and heat to 350 degrees while the squash cooks.

Place sage leaves in hot oil and fry 10-15 seconds until crispy. Place leaves on a paper towel-lined plate to drain.

Place squash on a serving platter.

Top with a couple of hearty spoonfuls of burrata.

Finish with crispy sage leaves and large flake sea salt before serving.

PHOTO COURTESY FUJI JAPANESE CUISINE & SUSHI BAR

R A N D O M F L AV O R S

That’s How They Roll

IN SEASON

THE CITRUS CURE

January typically means sniffles and sore throats, but not if you combat the cold virus with citrus fruits, the best sources of vitamin C in the winter months. They also contain bioflavonoids, which strengthen the immune system and help to prevent seasonal colds and the flu.

Be sure to eat them whole to better absorb their active ingredients – with the exception of the peel, which may have pesticides in it from the growing process. If you can’t find fresh citrus in your area, try dried fruits. They are nutritious and give you an energy boost as well.

At Fuji, the oldest Japanese sushi bar in Tulsa, you can sample some of the most mouthwatering rolls in town. Chef Nobu Terauchi grew up in Japan and worked in his family’s ramen shop; he brought those authentic Japanese tastes to Oklahoma. Standard sushi rolls are available, but you should definitely give Nobu’s 5 Fish Roll a try, along with any of Fuji’s other specialty items.

If you’d like to learn to make the dish

TRADITIONS

GADGETS

READY IN AN INSTANT

yourself, Fuji and Terauchi host a sushimaking event the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Or, if you’d like to try something new but you’re not sure what, sign up for Terauchi’s authentic Omakase dinner.

Offered by reservation only every Saturday at 6:30 p.m., this authentic Japanese meal is filled with dishes selected each week by the chef. 8226 E. 71st St., Tulsa; 918-250-1821; fujitulsa.com.

At some point in the last six months, you have probably seen or heard of an Instant Pot. This little whiz on the kitchen counter can do almost everything imaginable. It serves as a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker and vegetable steamer. Depending on the size and type of the device, you can insert different dishes directly into it, such as cupcake molds or springform pans. Some models can even make yogurt or poach an egg.

The 3-quart size is perfect for a group of two to three people; the 6-quart works best for four to six people; and the 8-quart is ideal for six or more. People like the Instant Pot because it cooks quickly and naturally, without losing flavor or nutrients, in a short amount of time. And the cleanup is a snap: You can cook an entire meal in one pot, saving yourself time and effort.

EAT ’EM FOR LUCK – AND GOOD HEALTH Black-eyed peas have been eaten traditionally for good luck in the new year since Civil War times, but this legume also brings you healthy nutrition. Just one cup gives you 20 percent of your daily intake needs for calcium, magnesium and iron – along with folate, manganese and vitamin A. Prepare them with ham or bacon, onions and tomatoes, and enjoy good luck – and good health – all year long.

LO C A L F L AV O R

BURGER PUNK AIN’T MESSIN’ AROUND

When your next burger obsession strikes, satisfy it at Burger Punk, a pink mohawk-wielding food truck created by 84 Hospitality, curator of other OKC hot spots like Empire Slice House, Goro Ramen and Ponyboy.

The eye-catching truck usually hangs out around Ponyboy and at breweries on the weekends, but, in true millennial fashion, you can always find its location by following the truck on Instagram @burgerpunkokc. The no-fuss menu offers six burgers, including the Eggy Pop with fried egg and marmalade, the Clash with nacho Doritos, lime and jalapeno, and the Green Daze, a veggie delight with “punk sauce” and dill pickles.

For a side, there are crinkle fries, with a loaded option including all the fixin’s. Finish with a fountain drink or a Punk Shake (vanilla ice cream, Butterfinger pieces and caramel), and you’ll be hooked for life. burgerpunkokc.com.

MISFITS IN YOUR MOUTH PHOTO COURTESY QUIT NGUYEN COURTESY 84 HOSPITALITY GROUP

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BRIAN SANDERS

MIKE COLLIER

Where & When

G R E AT T H I N G S TO D O I N O K L A H O M A

Hi ing the Trail Once Again

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The Chisholm Kid, a groundbreaking comic strip from the ‘50s, is part of a Gilcrease exhibition featuring African-American cowboys.

n 1950, heroes featuring African-Americans were few and far between; black comic strip heroes were even more scarce. Trailblazing and in full color, The Chisholm Kid was the exception.

Running in the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation’s prominent African-American newspapers, The Chisholm Kid championed a positive image, namely a heroic cowboy on par with his white comic strip contemporaries, including Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger.

A new exhibit at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa showcases this revolutionary strip and honors the many reallife black cowboys who, just after the Civil War, found work driving cattle on the Chisholm Trail from Texas and across Indian Territory.

With the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the end of the war in 1865, former slaves took their skills

working with livestock and put them to use as drovers. In the following decade, at least 25 percent of the cowboys on the Chisholm Trail were believed to be AfricanAmerican.

The Chisholm Kid, Lone Fighter for Justice for All – the exhibition’s title – showcases comics from Gilcrease’s archives, including those run by the Pittsburgh Courier and other strips featuring African-American heroes.

These unique art forms foreshadowed the upcoming civilrights era.

The collection, curated by the Museum of UnCut Funk, also has comics from the University of Michigan’s Special Collections Library.

The exhibit runs through March 17. For more information, visit gilcrease.org.

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The Oklahoma Wedding Show

The question has been asked. You said yes.

Here are the next steps for the happy couple.

First, attend the Oklahoma Wedding Show, presented by Oklahoma Magazine, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 12 at Expo Square Central Park Hall in Tulsa.

Second, get help with your flowers, cake, venue and the gown of your dreams. With so many wedding experts under one roof, planning your special day becomes a breeze.

Enjoy personal consultations with some of the state’s finest bakers, caterers, photographers and florists.

You can also sample cake and food.

Your decisions not only become easier – they’re delicious, too.

Vendors from every part of wedding planning are represented in an array of specialties: lighting, entertainment, decor, registry, travel and attire. Guests are treated to a runway bridal fashion show with all the latest styles and gowns from boutiques.

You can also enter to win one of over $12,000 worth of prizes in the Dream Wedding Giveaway or participate in the cake dive for a chance to win the grand prize: a Mikimoto

IN TULSA PERFORMANCES TULSA SYMPHONY PRESENTS: CLASSICS III – PROKOFIEV'S ROMEO AND JULIET Jan. 5 TULSA PAC Sublime and

sparkling, this program features a delightful variety of music from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Michael Gandolfi and Sergei Prokofiev. tulsasymphony.org

THEATRE TULSA PRESENTS: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jan. 11-26 TULSA PAC Experience

DAVID SPADE Jan. 19 HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINO One of

America's most acerbic comedians takes the stage.

hardrockcasinotulsa.com

DEMETRI MARTIN Jan. 20 COX BUSINESS CENTER

The stand-up comedian is on his Wandering Mind 2019 Tour. bokcenter.com

this tale as old as time as the brutish Beast breaks a witch’s curse by winning the heart of the intelligent Belle.

BRIAN REGAN Jan. 25 BRADY THEATER Enjoy

theatretulsa.org

bradytheater.com

TULSA BALLET PRESENTS: PETER AND THE WOLF

SIGNATURE SYMPHONY PRESENTS: BACH AND SONS, INC. Jan. 26 TCC VANTREASE PACE To celebrate its 40th

Jan. 18

ZARROW STUDIO, BROKEN ARROW This new children’s series matinee performances

of Ma Cong’s Peter and the Wolf are perfect for ballet’s youngest fans. tulsaballet.org

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jewelry piece from Bruce G. Weber.

Expo Square Central Park Hall is at 4145 E. 21st St. For more information, visit oklahomawedding.com.

LIVING ARTS PRESENTS: HELLO, PENUMBRA Through Jan. 18

LIVING ARTS OF TULSA

Hello, Penumbra showcases four Tulsa Artist Fellows with works that stretch into and reach for spaces not frequently seen, visited or explored through installative aesthetics. livingarts.org

CULTURA FRONTERIZA

Through Jan. 20

AHHA TULSA Cultura

Fronteriza is an incisive look at some of today’s most contentious topics: immigration, identity and

the U.S-Mexican border.

ahhtulsa.org

GODS, SAINTS AND MARTYRS: NORTHERN RENAISSANCE PRINTS Through Feb. 10

PHILBROOK For centuries,

sacred figures in virtually all cultures have provided artists with subject matter.

philbrook.org

THE EXPERIENCE Ongoing AHHA TULSA The Experience

is an artist-driven, large-scale, fully immersive installation that invites participants to explore a fantastical multimedia environment. ahhatulsa.org

SPORTS OILERS HOCKEY GAMES Jan. 4-6, 8, 25-27, 29-30

BOK CENTER See the

Oilers host other teams in the East Coast Hockey League. bokcenter.com

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES Jan. 4, 9, 19, 29 REYNOLDS CENTER See

TU play host to foes from the American Athletic Conference. tulsahurricane.com

TULSA SHOOTOUT Through Jan. 5

EXPO SQUARE The Tulsa

Shootout is the largest event

for micro sprint auto racing in the country. exposquare.com

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES Jan. 5, 10, 16, 27, 30 REYNOLDS CENTER Cheer

the Golden Hurricane against opponents from the American Athletic Conference. tulsahurricane.com

CHILI BOWL NATIONALS Jan. 14-19

EXPO SQUARE Two weeks

after Christmas, the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals are like a late gift from Santa Claus.

exposquare.com

COMMUNITY 918 FITNESS EXPO Jan. 12 COX BUSINESS CENTER

for Architecture offers popular walking tours highlighting some of downtown Tulsa’s architectural treasures.

coxcentertulsa.com

TULSA MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARADE Jan. 21 DETROIT AVENUE AND JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN BOULEVARD Join other

This event showcases fitnessrelated services throughout Northeastern Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA MAGAZINE PRESENTS: THE OKLAHOMA WEDDING SHOW Jan. 12 EXPO SQUARE CENTRAL PARK HALL The state’s

anniversary, the symphony re-creates its first program, performed in February 1979. signaturesymphony.org

CHAMBER MUSIC TULSA PRESENTS: KENARI SAXOPHONE QUARTET

Jan. 26-27

TULSA PAC The

award-winning Kenari Quartet delivers engaging performances through creative programming and a compelling stage presence.

chambermusictulsa.org

CONCERTS METALLICA Jan. 18 BOK CENTER Metallica

MIDLAND Jan. 25 CAIN'S BALLROOM Enjoy

returns to North America on its WorldWired Tour.

the refreshing tunes of country trio Midland.

JOSH ABBOTT BAND Jan. 18 CAIN'S BALLROOM Enjoy

REEL BIG FISH Jan. 27 CAIN'S BALLROOM Reel

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the tunes of Josh Abbot and his group. cainsballroom.com

BOYZ II MEN Jan. 19 RIVER SPIRIT CASINO RESORT Enjoy one of the

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Big Fish is one of the Southern California ska-punk bands to edge into the mainstream in the mid-1990s. cainsballroom.com

most popular bands around.

riverspirittulsa.com

ART FIRST FRIDAY ART CRAWL

Jan. 4

THE TULSA ARTS DISTRICT

This year-round, monthly event features works from galleries, artists, studios and museums. thetulsaartsdistrict.org

premier wedding show, presented by Oklahoma Magazine, is the one event you can’t miss and features spectacular vendors who have one goal: to make your big day a dream come true.

oklahomawedding.com

SECOND SATURDAY ARCHITECTURE TOURS

Jan. 12

TULSA FOUNDATION FOR ARCHITECTURE Each month the Tulsa Foundation

tulsaarchitecture.org

Tulsans as they celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. mlktulsa.com

GREEN COUNTRY HOME AND GARDEN SHOW Jan. 25-27

EXPO SQUARE Get a jump

start on your spring home improvement projects at this expo. exposquare.com

TULSA BOAT, SPORT AND TRAVEL SHOW Jan. 28-Feb. 3 EXPO SQUARE Get all that you need to travel, fish, recreate and explore this summer. exposquare.com

IN OKC PERFORMANCES OKC PHIL PRESENTS: POPS 3, REVOLUTION – THE BEATLES SYMPHONIC EXPERIENCE Jan. 4-5 CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL The Beatles come to life in Revolution, the authorized tribute to the Fab Four, accompanied by rare and unseen photos from the historic London-based Abbey Road archives. okcphil.org

OKC BROADWAY PRESENTS: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Jan. 9-20 CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL

This production boasts many exciting special effects, including the show’s legendary chandelier. okcbroadway.com

LYRIC THEATRE PRESENTS: CURIOUS GEORGE, THE GOLDEN MEATBALL Jan. 23-Feb. 17

LYRIC AT THE PLAZA

PHOTO BY NATHAN HARMON

Where & When

COMMUNIT Y

Everyone’s favorite mischievous monkey and The Man in the Yellow Hat spring to life in this adventure-filled family musical. lyrictheatreokc.com

OKC PHIL PRESENTS: CLASSICS 3 – INDEPENDENT CREATIVITY Jan. 26 CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL This concert features a reflection of a newfound independence, free thinking

and creativity as it sprang forth during the American Revolution. okcphil.org

ARMSTRONG AUDITORIUM PRESENTS: SWAN LAKE Jan. 29

ARMSTRONG AUDITORIUM, EDMOND The Russian National Ballet returns for its fifth appearance with a track record of breathtaking artistry.

armstrongauditorium.org

CONCERTS WADE BOWEN Jan. 11 TOWER THEATRE With five

independent albums and a decade-plus of touring, singer Wade Bowen has amassed a string of regional hits and awards. towertheatreokc.com

SAM RIGGS Jan. 12 TOWER THEATRE Given

SPORTS

A THUNDEROUS LOT OF GAMES The Oklahoma City Thunder, the state’s only major professional sports team, has a full slate this month at Chesapeake Energy Arena with seven games in a little more than three weeks.

The Thunder host the Washington Wizards on Jan. 6, the Minnesota Timberwolves on

Jan. 8, the San Antonio Spurs on Jan. 12, the Los Angeles Lakers on Jan. 17, the Portland Trail Blazers on Jan. 22, the New Orleans Pelicans on Jan. 24 and the Milwaukee Bucks on Jan. 27.

For information, go to nba.com/thunder.

JESSE COOK Jan. 24 TOWER THEATER Jesse

Cook is a Juno-winning master guitarist known for his intoxicating fusion of world music. towertheatreokc.com

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Jan. 26

the choice, Sam Riggs would take skydiving over watching movies. That sense of daring is a key element in his brand of country music.

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA See international pop sensation Justin Timberlake on his Man of the Woods Tour.

chesapeakearea.com

towertheatreokc.com

ART

Through May 12

NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM Men and women

from across the American West played critical roles — both "Over There" and on the homefront — in helping the Allies win World War I.

nationalcowboymuseum.org

OFF THE WALL: 100 YEARS OF SCULPTURE Through May 12

OKCMOA Off the Wall: One

Hundred Years of Sculpture features more than 30 sculptures from the museum’s permanent collection. okcmoa.com

HORSEPLAY Through July 14 NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM The museum’s

Dickinson Research Center is home to more than 700,000 photographs and 44,000 books, and (perhaps unexpectedly) at least 1,000 horses.

nationalcowboymuseum.org

PHOTO BY ZACH BEEKER COURTESY OKC THUNDER

COWBOYS IN KHAKI

SPORTS UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES Jan. 2, 13, 27 LLOYD NOBLE CENTER, NORMAN The Sooners

OKC PATRIOT QUALIFIER TEAM ROPING EVENT

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES Jan. 5, 12, 16, 26, 28 LLOYD NOBLE CENTER, NORMAN See the Sooners

INTERNATIONAL FINALS RODEO Jan. 20-21 STATE FAIR PARK The best

entertain Big 12 Conference opponents. soonersports.com

host Big 12 Conference foes.

Jan. 18-20

STATE FAIR PARK See

ropers earn qualifying points for the International Finals Rodeo. statefairparkokc.com

cowboys and cowgirls in the country compete at this rodeo. statefairparkokc.com

PERFORMANCE

A Divine Comedy

Celebrity Attractions brings the Broadway tour of The Book of Mormon to Tulsa for a

soonersports.com

COMMUNITY OK HOME AND GARDEN SHOW Jan. 18-19 STATE FAIR PARK Make

improvements to your home or garden by coming to this expo. statefairparkokc.com

MLK HOLIDAY PARADE

Jan. 21

MARTIN LUTHER KING AVE.

Enjoy a day among friends as they celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. okcmlk.org

65TH ANNUAL OKC BOAT, RV AND OUTDOOR SHOW Jan. 25-27

STATE FAIR PARK Get ready to hit the lake, campsite or open road after visiting this show. statefairparkokc.com

DEVON ICE RINK Through Jan. 27

MYRIAD BOTANICAL GARDENS Each holiday

season, the Myriad Botanical Gardens transforms its seasonal plaza into an ice rink.

oklahomacitybotanicalgardens. com

DOWNTOWN IN DECEMBER Through Jan. 27

DOWNTOWN Presented by Devon, this festive events and attractions are in the heart of OKC. downtownindecember.com

PHOTO BY JULIETA CERVANTES COURTESY CELEBRITY ATTRACTIONS

limited engagement in January.

This outrageous comedy follows a mismatched pair of missionaries with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sent from America to Uganda to spread the Gospel.

The Book of Mormon is a nine-time Tony Award-winning musical by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, with music by Robert Lopez, co-creator of the hit musical Avenue Q. It is choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (from Monty Python’s Spamalot).

Eight performances are scheduled Jan. 8-13 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Visit celebrityattractions. com or tulsapac. com for information or tickets.

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PERFORMANCES 1964: THE TRIBUTE Jan. 5 7 CLANS PARADISE CASINO, RED ROCK See

one of the greatest Beatles tribute bands rock the 7 Clans stage. sevenclans.com

THE OFF COLOR COMEDY TOUR Jan. 19 WINSTAR WORLD CASINO AND RESORT, THACKERVILLE Keenen

Wayans, David Alan Frier, Tommy Davidson and Shawn Wayans return to Oklahoma.

DAVIS-WALDORF PERFORMING ARTS SERIES PRESENTS: MISSOURI CONTEMPORARY BALLET Jan. 31

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA, CHICKASHA

Missouri Contemporary Ballet celebrates diverse perspectives in Intersections, a performance of six unique works by five choreographers. usao.edu/dwpas-ballet

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CONCERTS LEANN RIMES Jan 19 7 CLANS PARADISE CASINO, RED ROCK Lauded

country artist LeAnn Rimes performs. sevenclans.com

THACKERVILLE Legendary

musician John Fogerty returns. winstarworldcasino.com

SCORPIONS Jan. 26 CHOCTAW CASINO AND RESORT, DURANT Enjoy the

JOHN FOGERTY Jan. 25 WINSTAR WORLD CASINO AND RESORT,

German rock band Scorpions. choctawcasinos.com

ART

Surrealism, Intrigue & Risk

The Golden Globes, a Blu-ray of Notorious, M. Night Shyamalan’s latest and a bullied kid with Excalibur highlight the month.

Around Town

okstate.com

motorheadevents.com

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES

TROUT FISHING TOURNAMENT Jan. 26 CCC LAKE, PERRY Anglers

The most important film event of January is out of reach for most Oklahomans: The Sundance Film Festival takes place in Park City, Utah.

While Oklahoma doesn’t offer its own film festival this month, January does bring the good old-fashioned entertainment of an absurd awards show. Nobody would confuse the Golden Globe Awards with high culture, but they do have a surrealism that begs to be seen. Run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, with plenty of inside baseball and intrigue, the show is more circus than somber celebration of the movies, which makes it a refreshing contrast to the selfserious Oscars. The Globes is honest about its nonessential approach.

Spectacle like this is best caught in a crowd, so if you’re in Tulsa, head to Circle Cinema for a watch party at 7 p.m. Jan. 6.

GALLAGHER-IBA ARENA, STILLWATER The OSU

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At Home

ART FOR A NEW UNDERSTANDING: NATIVE VOICES, 1950S TO NOW Through Jan. 7 CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, BENTONVILLE, ARK. The exhibition presents

PERSONAL SPACE

crystalbridges.org

crystalbridges.org

works of art by important Native American artists.

Through March 1

CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, BENTONVILLE, ARK. Personal Space looks

at depictions of space within modern and contemporary art, including sculpture, photography and installation.

SPORTS OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES Jan. 2, 8, 14, 23, 26

GALLAGHER-IBA ARENA, STILLWATER The Cowboys

chase victory against Big 12 Conference opponents.

Jan. 6, 12, 26, 30

Cowgirls play to win against Big 12 Conference competition. okstate.com

RED RIVER SHOWDOWN

Jan. 18-19

STEPHENS COUNTY FAIR AND EXPO CENTER, DUNCAN Go-kart racers from

across the region compete.

travelok.com

MAD DOG DEMOLITION DERBY Jan. 19 CLAREMORE EXPO CENTER

Come to see the metalcrushing, car-smashing Heroes of the Mad Dog Derby Tour.

of all skill levels are encouraged to attend.

SOUTH CENTRAL ROLLER GIRLS VS. BENTON COUNTRY ROLLER DERBY

Jan. 27

STAR SKATE, ADA South

Central Roller Girls is a flat-track roller derby league.

southcentralrollergirls.com

COMMUNITY BIG OM YOGA RETREAT

Jan. 11-13

SEQUOYAH STATE PARK, HULBERT The Winter Big

Om Yoga Retreat's focus is called Renewal and Rebirth, helping to facilitate strong new friendships and bonds. bigomyogaretreat.com

FOR MORE EVENTS IN TULSA, OKC AND AROUND THE STATE, HEAD TO OKMAG.COM.

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Alfred Hitchcock is so well known as a master of psychologically disturbing thrillers that people easily forget his fun, exhilarating direction.

Notorious, his 1946 nail-biter starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, shows the lighter side of Hitchcock, relatively speaking, with intrigue, glitz and glamour. A tale of espionage, Notorious is ultimately about false fronts; the underlying mystery pales next to the sheer charisma of Bergman and Grant, not to mention a great supporting turn from Claude Rains.

This month, the Criterion Collection releases a new Blu-ray of this underappreciated gem with the company’s usual lush treatment. A 4K restoration highlights this

package – sure to be the best picture quality available for the film – but don’t overlook special features, including several documentaries and a commentary by David Bordwell, a master film scholar.

In Theaters

January film-going is like a box of chocolates, to paraphrase Forrest Gump: You never know what you’ll get.

Traditionally a dumping ground for movies deemed unworthy of critical or commercial consideration, the month can produce a fair share of worthwhile films, whether of the genuinely good or guilty-pleasure variety. Two recommendations might fall into either category.

M. Night Shyamalan’s stock has fallen mightily over the past 10 years, but his last two films have been a welcome return to form. His next, Glass, acts as a sequel to both 2016’s Split and 2000’s Unbreakable, with James McAvoy, Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis reprising their roles from those films. Split was trashy fun, with McAvoy chewing scenery left and right, and, with fellow ham Jackson on board, Glass could reach dizzying heights of campy pleasure.

Meanwhile, faith in The Kid Who Would Be King rests squarely on the shoulders of director Joe Cornish, whose Attack the Block was excellent. He tackles a story that looks a bit hackneyed – bullied kid discovers great powers, here through acquiring King Arthur’s sword, Excalibur – but Cornish excels at blending humor with action, as well as accessing the inner lives of kids. Here’s hoping he can do more with the premise than might be expected.

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Where & When

AROUND THE STATE

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Ann Felton Gilliland

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nn Felton Gilliland, chief executive officer and chairwoman at the Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity, took over the organization in 1991, when it built two to three houses per year with little funding and staff. Today, the Oklahoma City chapter is the nation’s seventh largest with more than 50 full-time employees, 45-50 homes built each year and two retail stores in operation. We caught up with Gilliland and got her thoughts on …

According to a Feb. 6, 2018, report on okpolicy.org, Oklahoma fell from 37th to 40th place on the “Prosperity Now Scorecard,” which provides insight into the economic health of our state. At the time of the report, the Oklahoma income poverty rate was still above the national average. This creates a cost burden for homeowners, many of whom are paying more than 30 percent of their income to own a home. Because of these factors, the need for affordable housing continues to increase.

… the need for affordable housing.

This need for affordable housing is an ongoing concern worldwide, here in Oklahoma the demand is greater than one might expect.

A study presented by the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency at the 2016 annual housing summit assessed the need for affordable housing at 66,821 total housing units needed between 2016 and 2020 (43,942 for ownership; 22,879 for rent). The numbers are alarming, but at the Central Oklahoma chapter of Habitat for Humanity, we know these numbers can be reduced through the efforts of a community working together to provide affordable housing. Our chapter has provided affordable housing for over 950 hardworking limited-income families since

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… the state’s housing market.

1990 – families who are not looking for a handout, but merely a hand up.

… Habitat’s role.

The Central Oklahoma chapter has served the Oklahoma City metro community for more than 30 years by providing affordable housing for hardworking, limited-income families.

The significance of homeownership to a family who has struggled with substandard living conditions, high-crime areas and exorbitant rent is great. The stability that homeownership provides means better grades for children, a safer environment, more economical utility costs and a sense of security. It also allows families to use more of their discretionary income for things that are important

to their well-being, such as health care and nutrition. Homeownership also improves the economy of entire communities.

… Oklahomans’ volunteerism.

Whether it’s in response to a natural disaster or just the ongoing need of an organization, Oklahomans are always quick to respond to the need for volunteers in our state. The Central Oklahoma chapter of Habitat for Humanity is only one of many organizations that rely heavily on volunteers to make a positive impact in our community. In 2018, we had more than 7,000 people lend a hand to our organization alone. It is because of traditional values that Oklahoma will always be a region that will provide assistance to people in need.

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Galia Lahav high-low corseted dress with sheer, draped top and handkerchief skirt, price upon request, Bridal Reflections.

Alessandra Dona 18-carat white south sea pearl and diamond suite: earrings, $3,940; necklace, $3,715; ring, $3,475; Penny Preville 18-carat pave thin hinged bangle, $7,000; platinum Precision Set 2.06 round solitaire bridal ring, $25,220, Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels. Jimmy Choo metallic slingback sandals, $950, Saks Fifth Avenue.

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Galia Lahav open back keyhole mermaid gown with 3-D floral embroidery, lace and peplum, price upon request, Bridal Reflections.

Roberto Coin blue sapphire diamond princess flower earrings, $10,400; 14-carat 3.08 EC bridal ring, $50,400, Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels.

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Ysa Makino jeweled halter illusion sweetheart neckline mermaid fitted gown, price upon request, Bridal Reflections. Penny Preville 18-carat starburst diamond earrings, $4,485; Roberto Coin 18-carat princess flower diamond bracelet, $17,500; Penny Preville 18-carat diamond crossover ring, $2,645, Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels.

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Oleg Cassini organza A-line gown with ballerina bodice, $1,358, David’s Bridal. Penny Preville akoya pearl and diamond drop earrings, $3,000; Mikimoto akoya and diamond bracelet, $3,640; Alessandra Dona 18-carat white south sea pearl and diamond ring, $3,475; platinum Precision Set 2.06 round solitaire bridal ring, $25,220, Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels.

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Brianna nude and ivory gown, $1,698.88, Alyssa’s Bridal and Tuxedos. Penny Preville 18-carat starburst diamond earrings, $4,485; Penny Preville 18-carat diamond Y necklace, $4,885; Penny Previle 18-carat pave thin hinged bangle, $7,000; Penny Preville pave cluster bangle, $6,790; Roberto Coin 18-carat princess flower diamond bracelet, $17,500; platinum Precision Set semi mounting bridal ring, $12,460, Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels.

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The State Elizabeth sleeved o-the-shoulder gown, $1,399.88, Alyssa’s Bridal and Tuxedos. David Yurman 18-carat pearl and diamond solari earrings, $1,700; David Yurman 18-carat chatelaine pave diamond ring, $5,600; platinum 18-carat Forevermark bridal ring, $12,400, Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels.

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Managing Expectations Etiquette may have changed in recent years, but good manners never go out of style. Avoid these common faux pas surrounding the big day.

Invitations

Brides and Grooms

Regardless of your social or environmental consciousness, it’s important to send a paper invitation for the actual wedding and reception. For other events, such as the rehearsal dinner, invitations can be sent via email. And no matter how much you might want to get the word out for where you’ve registered, don’t list this information on the invitation.

If a potential guest is married or engaged, invite her/his significant other; otherwise, it is a kind gesture to include “plus one” on the invitation, but it isn’t required.

Guests

If you receive an invitation, respond by the due date (regardless of your attendance

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or absence) and in the same manner as the invitation was sent. (If you received a paper invitation, return the reply card in the envelope. It helps the bride and groom keep track of their guest list. No texting.) If you are not engaged or married and “plus one” is not on your invitation, don’t bring a guest.

Gifts

Guests

If you receive an invitation to a wedding, even if you can’t attend, get the couple a gift – at least the price of your plate at the dinner (barring financial limitations). It should go without saying that “re-gifting” for a bride and groom is never a good idea.

If your finances are tight, you can take up to a year after the wedding to buy a present, but it’s nice to give it by the wedding date or shortly after.

In choosing a gift, you may be tempted to go “out of the box” and get the couple something off the registry, but they created the list for a reason; it’s almost always better to buy them something you know they want.

Brides and Grooms

No matter what gift you receive, be gracious about it – and send a written thank-you note within three months of receiving it.

Wedding Party

Brides and Grooms

Your bridesmaids and groomsmen will do

a lot for you. Show your appreciation with gifts. For the bridesmaids, this could include paying for the cost of professional hair and makeup on the big day.

And be sure to feed them. The wedding day itself is strenuous, so consider catering a meal to keep everyone’s energy levels up, especially with an evening ceremony.

Attire

Brides and Grooms

If possible, the bride and groom should help to pay for the clothing worn by the party on the big day. If the bridesmaids buy their own dresses, give them some freedom in the choice of color and style. The cost should be reasonable, regardless of socioeconomic status. The last burden anyone wants is for the attendants to be frustrated about shelling out a ton of cash for something they will never wear again.

Guests

The old rule about not wearing white to the wedding still holds true. The good news is that you can wear black – as long as it is fun, not funereal. If you’re not sure about how to dress, ask other guests about their outfits; you don’t want to wear a tuxedo to a brunch wedding or jeans to a black-tie affair.

Smartphones Guests

Couples typically fall into one of two categories regarding smartphones at weddings: wholly for or wholly against. Make sure you know which it is.

By all means, silence your phone during the wedding.

Whatever photos you take, do not post them on social media before the couple does.

When in doubt, don’t post anything until you have checked with them.

If you try to snap a great photo during the ceremony, watch what you’re doing. Don’t get in the way of professional photographers.

They’re paid to shoot photos, not you.

The best advice is to ditch your phone throughout the event and be present in the moment.

Venues

Brides and Grooms

It’s your wedding – so make it a day to remember. If you want to have an outdoor wedding, be sure that you prepare for the changing Oklahoma weather. After all, it has snowed here in April, so, even in the spring, have a contingency plan such as outdoor heaters for your guests. If you want to have your reception in a ballroom or in a rustic setting, do it, even if it is miles away from where your ceremony is held. Your guests won’t mind traveling the distance for your special day.

Odds and Ends

Brides and Grooms

If you have guests from out of town, it remains a kind gesture to include them at the rehearsal dinner in addition to your close friends, family members and the wedding party.

Guests

Toasts are a fun way to allow friends and family members to share their thoughts and memories. Remember that it is customary

for family members to give more intimate speeches at the rehearsal dinner, while at the reception, the wedding party toasts the happy couple.

You may be invited to a wedding ceremony conducted in a religion different from your own. You may be tempted to skip the ceremony and arrive at the reception. Don’t.

Honor the traditions of the bride and groom by attending all events. Be on time and don’t leave early. In addition to your wedding present, the couple will cherish the gift of your time and respect.

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Something Old …

Something New Traditions can add a lovely touch to your nuptials, but they don’t have to rule your day. Here are some traditions to keep, some to discard, and some to make your own.

Large cake

New tradition

Gourmet dessert bar

Wedding cakes will always be popular, but some couples choose to have a smaller official cake so they can include gourmet desserts, appealing to a variety of guest preferences. If you choose this route, consider the favorite desserts of your friends and family members. Cheesecake and pie are some of the most popular and delicious desserts that couples offer their guests.

New tradition Shared cost

New tradition Sharing the

The old dowry system, in which the bride’s family foots the bill for the entire wedding, is giving way to an egalitarian approach. Couples are getting married later in life (the average ages for first-time brides and grooms are 28 and 29, respectively), so they have more resources to pay for the wedding themselves. Also, grandparents and significant people in the couple’s lives are stepping up to contribute financially.

Old tradition Two-week

New tradition Small wedding

New tradition ‘Mini-moon’

party … or none

Years ago, when a couple got married, the bride asked her best friend, her sisters, her cousins and her future sisters-in-law to stand with her at the wedding. These days, some couples do away with the huge ensemble and keep the wedding party small … or eliminate it altogether. As Ashley Farthing-Porto of Farthing Events says, “The age of the receiving line is lonnnnnnnng gone.”

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Old tradition Huge

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honeymoon

Because of work commitments, fewer couples are traveling to faraway locales for extended honeymoons; in exchange, they go for shorter trips to fun-filled cities closer to home, like San Francisco or Nashville.

the bouquet bouquet

Instead of the grabby, sometimes awkward bouquet toss to all the single ladies in the crowd, a bride may want to share her wedding flowers. Or she might give the bouquet to the longest-married couple in attendance … or split the whole arrangement by giving a flower to honor each person who means something special in the couple’s lives.

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Beautiful You

Each bride or bridesmaid wants to look her best on the big day. We offer tips and tricks for bringing out your gorgeous side.

Accessorize Try

• Elongated or statement earrings to accentuate your cheekbones or jawline and draw attention to your face.

• Drop necklaces or Y-necklaces, combined with a V-neck gown, to draw attention to your decolletage.

Avoid

• Any accessory that doesn’t make you feel like you.

If you don’t typically wear a statement earring, a classic stud or small dangle serves the same purpose – and you’ll feel more comfortable wearing it.

Pick a Color Brides

If you don’t want to wear wedding white, try a gown in a metallic sheen or a dusty neutral.

Bridesmaids

Shades of wine and pink are sophisticated and fresh. Colors like quartz, chianti or rose-gold metallic flatter nearly any skin palette. Blues are also popular, with marine, steel blue or ice blue adding a pop of color to the bridal party, no matter the season.

A-line – This is great for disguising bottom-heavy body shapes.

Mermaid/Trumpet – This style accentuates curves of an hourglass figure and adds curves to a straighter figure.

Empire – This dress is great for pear-shaped, curvy bodies.

Ballgown – This highlights your upper body while de-accentuating your lower body.

Sheath – This dress elongates your body and looks best on athletic or straight-body types.

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Petal Pushers Whether you fancy a classic, colorful or out-of-the-box bouquet, Oklahoma florists have what’s right for you.

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Layers of Delight The sweetest part of your day may be saying, “I do,” but the dessert is a succulent second.

Amy Cakes, OKC Photo by Aubrey Marie Photography

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Antoinette Baking Co., Tulsa Photo courtesy Antoinette Baking Co. Andrea Howard Cakes, OKC Photo courtesy Andrea Howard

Serving Hands Weddings & Flowers, Broken Arrow Photo courtesy Serving Hands Weddings & Flowers You Need A Cake, Edmond Photo courtesy You Need A Cake

Rosebeary’s Bakery, OKC Photo courtesy Rosebeary’s Bakery Sweet Devotion Cakery, Tulsa Photo by Ellie Be Photography

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At Your Service

Oklahoma restaurants and catering companies can do it all, from juicy cuts of meat to vegetarian options and light hors d’oeuvres.

Tulsa dishes photographed by Natalie Green OKC dishes photographed by Brent Fuchs Outside: BOK roll with salmon, sprouts, cucumbers and spicy sauce Middle: Jobe roll with tempura shrimp, crab, asparagus and eel topped with tuna, yellowtail, salmon and avocado in the raw, Tulsa

Cambodian spring rolls with shrimp, chicken with glass noodles, onions and cilantro served crispy with bib lettuce and house dressing KEO, Tulsa Spring vegetable ricotta canape with sweet peas, shaved watermelon radish, lemon ricotta and micro cilantro Duet, Tulsa

Fuyu persimmon salad with white cheddar, candied pecans, vanilla bean vinaigrette, olive oil and parsley Oren, Tulsa

Filet mignon with demi-glace, pan-roasted airline chicken breast with caper cream sauce, garlicwhipped potatoes and poached jumbo asparagus Boulevard Steakhouse, OKC

24-hour braised beef stack with garlic potato cake, grilled portobello and natural juice Aunt Pittypat’s Catering, OKC

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Korean barbecue short rib taco with Asian slaw, pickled cucumbers and Fresno chili on a grilled corn tortilla Duet, Tulsa

Black bean cake with avocado salsa and chipotle aioli Kitchen 27, Tulsa PHOTO COURTESY KITCHEN 27

Miniature beef Wellington wrapped in phyllo Museum Cafe, OKC

Poke served on wonton chips KEO, Tulsa

Braised rabbit and duck leg confit with white bean cassoulet and root vegetables atop a turnip puree Rococo, OKC

Mini pinto bean tostadas with charred tomato salsa Aunt Pittypat’s Catering, OKC

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Tuna tataki, roasted and charred bok choy, tamari emulsion, pickled peach puree Boulevard Steakhouse, OKC

Bruschetta made with balsamic glaze and heirloom tomatoes Andolini’s Pizzeria, Tulsa

Fried green tomato salad with olives, grilled corn and creamy Italian dressing Kitchen 27, Tulsa

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Shigoku oysters with pomegranate mignonette and yuzu gel Oren, Tulsa

Carnitas enchiladas with pablano and red pepper sauces Aunt Pittypat’s Catering, OKC

Top to bottom: Lobster tacos in a crispy wonton shell with pico de gallo and avocado mousse; beet and goat cheese bruschetta with honey; crab and sweet corn hoecake with basil creme fraiche 624 Catering, Tulsa

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Blackened tournedos, butter-toasted baguette, demi-glace and bernaise Boulevard Steakhouse, OKC

House-made cannolis: chocolate with cookiesand-cream filling and vanilla with espresso filling Andolini’s Pizzeria, Tulsa

Parmesan tuile with Caesar salad Museum Cafe, OKC

Beef samosas with ground beef, yellow curry, peas and onions KEO, Tulsa

Organic greens salad in a crispy wonton bowl with balsamic pearls Aunt Pittypat’s Catering, OKC

Wood-fired tenderloin with roasted root vegetables, grilled asparagus, striped roasted baby tomatoes and a rosemary demi-glace Kitchen 27, Tulsa PHOTO COURTESY KITCHEN 27

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HONEYMOONS

Dreamy Getaways a Deux

From one end of the globe to another, these five destinations offer breathtaking scenery, adventure and romance.

Bhutan

In the heart of the Himalayas, this land of ancient sanctuaries, stunning scenery and the last Shangri-La serves up over-the-top doses of captivation.

Bhutan’s Buddhist culture can best be sampled in Thimphu, whose temples induce the peaceful state of mind needed to shrewdly navigate the marketplaces offering delicacies, including a dizzying array of chilies and matsutake mushrooms.

Nearby must-sees are the Tashichho Dzong fort (home of the king’s throne room), the nearly 400-yearold Simtohka Dzong palace and the Tango Monastery.

Join local hikers for a cliff-side trek to the spectacular Paro Taktsang monastery.

Wrap up in cashmere blankets with warm Bhutanese cider as the sun sets behind lines of fluttering prayer flags.

Suggested hotel: Taj Tashi in Thimphu.

Florence, Italy

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Florence, Italy

Stroll the streets of Florence and pause before the marvelous Piazza della Signoria, the stunning Ponte Vecchio, Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera and Michelangelo’s David.

Architectural beauty is as abundant as romance. The city, a symbol of the Renaissance, offers the classic Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio) filled with arm-in-arm couples, Piazzale Michelangelo, the Church of San Miniato al Monte and the gorgeous gardens of Villa Bardini and Boboli.

Florence is synonymous with fashion. Browse the eclectic shops on Bella Firenze surrounding the Arno river for leather bags, high-end designer goods and, of course, shoes.

Take your love to new heights in the Arnolfo Tower or Brunelleschi’s Dome; all of Florence lies below.

Suggested hotel: Four Seasons Hotel Firenze.

Take equal parts Southern charm, inviting culture and natural beauty and you have Savannah.

Not much is lovelier than riding in a horsedrawn carriage on cobblestone streets – clipclopping past antebellum mansions, mossdraped trees, beautiful wrought-iron fences and historic landmarks. Slip off and enjoy one of the many romantic restaurants, like Vic’s On the River and Noble Fare.

Picnic in one of Savannah’s gracious public spaces, such as the 30-acre Forsyth Park with its massive, 160-year-old fountain.

Pack bathing suits – Tybee Island is 30 minutes away and offers a luscious stretch of pristine, white-sand shoreline. While on the island, take in the Fort Pulaski National Monument and hang around to dine at one of the island’s exemplary seafood restaurants.

Suggested hotel: the Bohemian Hotel Savannah Riverfront, Autograph Collection.

Cape Town, South Africa

South Africa blends Afrikaner, native and European philosophies, arts and cultivations in intoxicating ways. Nowhere is this more evident than in Cape Town, with its stew of architectural, musical and culinary styles.

On the tip of the continent, see where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet at Cape Point.

Then keep the exhilaration going with a cable car ride up Table Mountain – gasp-worthy views abound.

Watch adorable penguins marching at Betty’s Bay and Boulders Beach. Tour the popular vineyards in the Constantia Valley; take in both the views and the wines. Then finish up at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront for Ferris wheel and boat rides, shopping, a food market, aquarium and concerts.

Suggested hotel: 12 Apostles Hotel and Spa at Camps Bay.

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Vietnam

Vietnam

The country has come of age in terms of tourism: Da Lot, intimate and romantic; Nha Trang, mountains and beaches; and Hoi An, unusually good shopping.

Hanoi, however, has it going on – bustling, multicultural, hip and historic. In the Old Quarter, shop as they did in bygone eras, on Silk, Gold and Silver streets, with each avenue offering a different ware. Sit in on public tai chi practices and experience the quiet temples.

Grand opera houses and high-rise hotels populate the French Quarter, along with jazz clubs and swanky lounges.

Narrow buildings clustered together reflect the French-colonial influence – and be sure to catch a water puppet show and stunning Ha Long Bay. Suggested hotel: the Sofitel Legend Metropole in Hanoi.

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Timeless and Beautiful

After a celebratory proposal, Caitlin Armstrong and Bretton Crane have the nuptials of their dreams before family and friends.

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aitlin Armstrong and Bretton Crane were married June 9, but their love story began years before that.

They attended high school at Cascia Hall in Tulsa and were one grade apart, although they didn’t know each other well at that time. When

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Caitlin returned to Tulsa from Houston, a mutual friend encouraged the two to get together. By 2016, they were dating steadily, and eventually Bretton was ready to propose.

The Fourth of July in 2017 on Grand Lake was the perfect setting for his surprise. Caitlin’s mom pretended to throw her dad a birthday

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party, but the bride-to-be started to get suspicious as the holiday grew closer.

“There were a few accidental hints … and [my mom] couldn’t tell me hardly anyone who was coming,” Caitlin says. “As the evening approached, there were quite a few people at the house already, [but] I

thought there was no way Bretton would propose in front of a bunch of other people.”

She was wrong.

When Bretton got Caitlin out to the shore, he proposed with a vintage-looking ring from Israel Diamond Supply. When she said yes, she turned around to see the porch behind her filled with family members and friends who had flown in and were ready to celebrate with her.

“It was the absolute perfect night, which ended with fireworks from our family friends across the cove,” she says.

The wedding was as beautiful as the proposal. Her dress, designed by Isabelle Armstrong, was hand embroidered with blush underlining. Delicate blush dresses for the bridesmaids and flower girl dresses with heart-shaped cutouts complemented the look.

Caitlin’s special day was planned by Farthing Events, and the emotional, touching ceremony was held at First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, where the five flower girls (three of whom were under age 3) nearly stole the show.

The reception at Southern Hills Country Club featured hundreds of candles and a chandelier-style floral piece above the head table. The band Party on the Moon kept the dance floor packed until the grand finale confetti shower topped off the celebration.

The couple traveled to Sveti Stefan, Montenegro and San Sebastian, Spain, for their honeymoon, and they make their home in Tulsa in a house previously owned by Bretton’s grandmother that they have since renovated.

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Wedding Service Directory Bridal, Formal Attire

David’s Bridal Find the perfect dress and accessories for any special occasion at David’s Bridal. 10123 E. 71st St., Tulsa 877.923.BRIDE davidsbridal.com Glamour Gowns and More We carry the hottest formal dresses from popular designers. 124 S. Main St., Broken Arrow 918.872.7766 ggmdresses.com

Cakes/Bakeries

Red Rooster Bistro and Bakery Enjoy custom cakes designed to fit your every need and budget, plus wedding and rehearsal dinner catering. 220 E. Cherokee St., Wagoner 918.207.9412 theredroosterbistro.com Serving Hands Flowers Catering and Cakes Weddings are our passion. We are a full-service wedding company, specializing in flowers, cakes and food. 2113 W. Concord Circle N., Broken Arrow 918.519.7818 servinghandsweddings.com Sweet Devotion Cakery One-of-a-kind, homemade, hand-crafted cakes from the kitchen of owner Angela Taylor. Tulsa 918.697.7247 sweetdevotioncakery.net

Catering

Andolini’s Andolini’s catering can please any

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crowd or budget with pizza, pasta, salad, cocktail hours or appetizers.

Contact us for a complimentary tasting at catering@andopizza. com. Tulsa, Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso 918.728.6111; 918.701.3701; 918.940.2770; 918.272.9328 andopizza.com Aunt Pittypat’s Catering For more than 20 years, Aunt Pittypat’s has been Oklahoma City’s most trusted caterer for attention to detail and commitment to quality food and service – specializing in formal and casual weddings and reception dinners. 1515 N. Portland Ave., Oklahoma City 405.942.4000 auntpittypatscatering.com Celebrity Restaurant For nearly 50 years, Celebrity Restaurant has been a Tulsa favorite for its award-winning menu and fine dining experience. 1309 S. Yale Ave., Tulsa 918.743.1800 celebritytulsa.com Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar Plan your next celebration or event and we will take care of all the details. 1976 Utica Square, Tulsa 918.712.7500 flemingsteakhouse.com Freddie’s Bar-B-Que and Steakhouse Whether your occasion is formal, family, business or whimsical, our gifted staff will create the appropriate mood and menu that will delight your guests. 1425 New Sapulpa Road, Sapulpa 918.224.4301 freddiesbbq.com

Entertainment and Event Planners

Complete Weddings and Events Tulsa Complete Weddings and Events offers a wide array of services, including photography, video, DJ, photo booths and event lighting.

7107 S. Yale Ave. #274, Tulsa 918.947.9295 completeweddingstulsa.com RumbleDrum RumbleDrum takes pride in helping couples bring their stories to life through unique and meaningful wedding events.

Tulsa 918.724.7055 rumbledrum.net

Florist and Decor

Mary Murray’s Flowers We offer the highest quality fresh bouquets, designed with care and style. 3333 E. 31st St., Tulsa 918.986.1300 marymurraysflowers.com Stems Fresh wedding flowers for your wedding party and table decor. 1702 Utica Square, Tulsa; 510 W. Rogers Blvd., Skiatook 918.742.1410; 918.396.4147 tulsaflorist.net Toni’s Flowers & Gifts With complimentary consultation by appointment, Toni’s serves

all your wedding needs. 3549 S. Harvard Ave., Tulsa 918.742.9027 tonisflowersgifts.com

Gift Registry

Bed, Bath & Beyond Register for the brands you love along with the latest trends in home furnishings. 5352 E. Skelly Drive, Tulsa; 7410 S. Olympia Ave., Tulsa; 10011 E. 71st St., Tulsa; 2848 N.W. 63rd St., Oklahoma City 918.828.9677; 918.447.6880; 918.252.0304; 405.810.9025 bedbathandbeyond.com Dillard’s Bedding, towels and cookware are essential for every newlywed couple. Start designing your new life together here. 6919 S. Memorial Drive, Tulsa; 4169 S. Yale Ave., Tulsa; 1901 Northwest Expressway, Oklahoma City; 2501 W. Memorial Road, Oklahoma City 918.252.1890; 918.627.7700; 405.840.8495; 405.755.5220 dillards.com Richard Neel Home Create your perfect wedding registry at Richard Neel Home, which features a wide array of upscale designer furnishings, including new, vintage and one-of-a-kind lighting and art. 3742 S. Peoria Ave., Tulsa 918.742.4777 richardneelhome.com Williams-Sonoma Williams-Sonoma’s wedding and gift registry furnishes your home from the big day to every day. 2016 Utica Square, Tulsa 918.742.5252 williams-sonoma.com

Gown Preservation

Phoenix Cleaners Personalized, professional service to preserve your family and sentimental heirlooms.

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Johnny Carino’s Carino’s catering offers the perfect combination of variety, value and flavor. 6364 E. 41st St., Tulsa; 2905 W. Memorial Road, Oklahoma City 918.270.2000; 405.752.0087 carinos.com Whiskey Sisters Bartending We provide top-quality bartenders, cocktail servers and all bar necessities for any event. 563 S. Lakewood Ave., Tulsa 918.695.8905 whiskeysistersbartending.com

Health, Beauty and Wellness

Kimiko Medical Aesthetics Also known as the CryoMed Clinic, Kimiko Medical Aesthetics offers a full-service “all in one” clinic for aesthetics and weight loss. 4785 E. 91st St., Suite B, Tulsa 918394-2796 (CRYO) cryomedclinic.com Skin Care Institute Skin Care Institute was established in 1999 to provide men and women with products and services to address all of their skin care and wellness needs. 6565 S. Yale Ave., Suite #110, Tulsa 918.948.9639 skincareinstitute.net Sky Fitness Center We want to surprise, thrill and inspire our members with exceptional service. We understand that an exceptional experience is not a goal; it’s an ongoing process. 4103 S. Yale Ave., Tulsa; 10121 S. Sheridan Road, Tulsa; 1205 E. Kenosha St., Broken Arrow 918.641.5501; 918.299.5500; 918.994.4422 sky-fit.com Utica Square Skin Care This team offers medical skin care and a variety of services and therapies to help you look and feel your best. 1325 E. 35th St., Tulsa 918.712.3223 Battle Creek Golf Club Thank you for considering Battle Creek for your ceremony and reception venue. You’ve found your perfect fit in your beloved, and now it’s time to determine your ideal location. 3200 N. Battle Creek Drive, Broken Arrow 918.355.4850 battlecreekgolf.net Bond Catering and Events Located in Tulsa’s trendy East Village, the brick walls, original tin ceilings and large sunny windows create a timeless venue. 608 E. Third St., Tulsa 918.442.2993 bondtulsa.com

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and provide one-of-a-kind photo opportunities, comfort and beauty for your guests. 300 Aquarium Drive, Jenks 918.296.FISH (3474) okaquarium.org Osage Casino Escape the everyday and experience an unforgettable stay in the luxurious Osage Casino Hotel.

The Osage Event Center is also ready to make your event one to remember. 951 W. 36th St. N., Tulsa 918.947.5071 osagecasino.com Pecandarosa Ranch From roping lessons to a gorgeous wedding venue, or even visiting the bed-andbreakfast, Pecandarosa is a great environment to relax and have fun. 23606 S. Keetonville Road, Claremore 918.630.7092 pecandarosaranch.com River Run Wedding and Events Nestled in a rustic farm-like setting in the rolling hills of southwest Tulsa, we provide a secluded venue close to hotels, restaurants and shopping. 9550 S. 49th W. Ave., Tulsa 918.855.5032 riverrun-weddings.com Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center Beautiful sunset views complement this sparkling hotel and conference center. 200 W. Albany St., Broken Arrow 918.416.8100 stoneycreekhotels.com Summit Club Our premier banquet services, elegant atmosphere and exceptionally attentive staff combine to create a magical experience for you and your guests. 15 W. Sixth St., Tulsa 918.582.5243, ext. 23 summittulsa.com Tatanka Ranch Your ultimate wedding fantasy transforms into reality at the Tatanka Ranch. Say “I do” lakeside under a floral-adorned arch at sunset or in the intimate ambiance of our rustic-style barn. 820343 S. 3480 Road, Stroud 918.368.2251 thetatankaranch.com Tulsa Botanic Garden Make any special occasion unforgettable with the garden as a unique and stunning backdrop. 3900 Tulsa Botanic Drive, Tulsa 918.289.0330 tulsabotanic.org Tulsa Club Hotel The historic Tulsa Club Hotel offers elegant event spaces and is a local favorite destination for lavish events. 115 E. Fifth St., Tulsa 918.582.5722 curiocollection3.hilton.com White House Mansion The White House Mansion, a historic, charming mansion situated

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Campbell Hotel and Event Center We are a uniquely designed boutique hotel with 26 rooms, attached to Jane’s Delicatessen. We cater events and have two event centers.

2636 E. 11th St., Tulsa 918.744.5500 thecampbellhotel.com GAST House Event Center Built in 1929 and formerly a church, the German American Society of Tulsa is a Gothic-style mini-cathedral that makes a beautiful wedding venue. 1429 Terrace Drive, Tulsa 918.744.6997 gastulsa.org Glenpool Conference Center The new Glenpool Conference Center is a modern, beautiful and flexible space built for indoor and outdoor events. 12205 S. Yukon Ave., Glenpool 918.209.4632 glenpoolconferencecenter.com Golf Club of Oklahoma At the Golf Club of Oklahoma, we specialize in creating one-of-akind weddings and special events that reflect your personal style and create memories to last a lifetime.

20400 E. 141st St., Broken Arrow 918.486.6575 golfcluboklahoma.com Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa We offer a variety of event spaces for wedding receptions. Your out-of-town guests will enjoy our luxury hotel with a golf course and spa. Our in-house bakery specializes in all styles of wedding cakes – from simplistic to elaborate. 777 W. Cherokee St., Catoosa 918.384.7814 hardrockcasinotulsa.com Lancer Hospitality/ Oklahoma City Zoo Oklahoma City Zoo is a spectacular setting to host corporate events, weddings and company picnics.

Our new event space – Sanctuary Asia, overlooking precious wildlife – is set to impress. 2000 Remington Place, Oklahoma City 405.425.0289 saltandsurrey.com/oklahoma-city-zoo Mayo Hotel One of the most iconic places to see and be seen in Tulsa, this uniquely luxurious wedding venue offers nine individual event spaces, gourmet catering, state-of-the-art audio-visual capabilities and a fulltime wedding planning team. 115 W. Fifth St., Tulsa 918.582.6296 themayohotel.com Meadowlake Ranch A rustic ceremony and reception venue located beside beautiful spring-fed lakes with both indoor and outdoor options available. 3450 S. 137th W. Ave., Sand Springs 918.494.6000 meadowlakeranch.com Oklahoma Aquarium Imagine wedding vows being exchanged in the beauty of our underwater world. Receptions in the aquarium are equally stunning

on 10 acres, boasts a wide open ballroom with indoor and outdoor options, along with flexible catering and ample parking. 1 W. 81st St., Tulsa 918.313.0808 whitehousemansiontulsa.com

Jewelers

Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels At Bruce G. Weber, you get personalized service from professionals within your community and a collection of world-renowned brands encompassing the finest jewelry and watches available.

1700 Utica Square, Tulsa 918.749.1700 brucegweber.com

Lighting

Omni Lighting Omni Lighting is your one-stop shop for all your lighting needs.

We’ve been around since 1986 and know what you’ve come to expect from us: nothing less than creative and professional service with a smile. 1333 E. Fourth St., Tulsa 918.583.6464 omnilighting.com

Photography

Celebrate Your Sexy Book your bridal boudoir photo shoot with our all-female team of professional photographers, image consultants and digital artists. Oklahoma City 800.352.7664 celebrateyoursexy.com Epic Photography We are a full-service multimedia company that specializes in wedding photography. 751 W. Knoxville St., Suite B, Broken Arrow 918.794.2659 epicphotos.com Picturesque Photos I’m Amanda – I started as a photojournalist, turned wedding photographer and never looked back. I live for capturing genuine moments on your wedding day.

189 W. Hollandia Road, Sand Springs 918.694.9944 picturesquetulsa.com

Rentals/ Supply

ABCO Rents ABCO is a complete wedding and party rental company for rehearsal, ceremony and reception needs. 2033 E. 11th St., Tulsa 918.583.6557 abcoparty.com

Transportation/Travel

Warren Place Travel Warren Place Travel is a full-service, award-winning travel agency specializing in honeymoon and destination weddings worldwide. 6100 S. Yale Ave., Suite 100-P, Tulsa 918.492.4724 warrenplacetravel.com

Tuxedos

Al’s Formal Wear This premier tuxedo and suit shop provides world-class customer service and the highest quality outfits for rental or purchase. 7029 S. Memorial Drive, Tulsa 918.250.1441 alsformalwear.com Jos. A. Bank What makes Jos. A. Bank unique is a heritage of quality and workmanship, an extensive selection of tailored and casual clothing, and prices typically 20 to 30 percent below competitors. 1744 Utica Square, Space 15, Tulsa; Woodland Hills Mall, 8247 E. 71st St., Tulsa 918.749.2604; 918.252.2799 josbank.com

Video Production/Photography Captain Video Production and Photography For more than 30 years, Captain Video and Photography has produced wedding videos with state-of-the-art equipment. 1429 N. Umbrella Ave., Broken Arrow 918.521.4726 captainvideoinc.com

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