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Orbit’s trajectory
Books on wheels
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Theater becomes more accessible in Tulsa.
Helping children avoid the ‘summer slide’
Gary Black of Black Optical
Where to spend a day on the farm. Are you Tulsa Tough? A generous donation to St. Jude. A spotlight on shadow art.
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Rise and shine for breakfast at El Rio Verde. Meet The Reserve’s new chef. Remembering Boot’s Drive-in.
A trip to southcentral Oklahoma. Tulsa-themed barware. A new perspective on dementia. Connie Cronley reflects on the sycamore tree.
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SUMMER TRAVEL DESTINATIONS June 2019
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For me, summer means listening to cicadas and
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help check several sites and cities off my Oklahoma
june bugs while sitting on the patio. Growing up,
the Wichita Mountains. A road trip like that will
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cricket chirps of my rural Tulsa neighborhood.
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Berry picking is another tradition I’ve tried
to carry into adulthood. There are several farms near Tulsa that cater to us city folk who yearn for the juicy taste of country life. I’ll be one of
many venturing to the outskirts of Tulsa to pick blueberries and blackberries at farms like the ones featured in this month’s Where To on p. 14.
Picnics are aplenty in the spring, summer and
fall. Recently, most of my picnics have occurred
bucket list, too.
June in Tulsa means many realized traditions as
have become a seasonal mainstay. Tulsa Tough and days of racing. Read about this year’s event and the pink-wearing Tulsa Tough Divas on p. 11. Our
calendar on p. 12 has a bevy of summer traditions, annual Chautauqua showcase, the Starlight Drillers games, and countless outdoor concerts around the city.
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Whether you are new to Tulsa or have lived
at a Tulsa park or attraction. We’ve come up with
tradition this month with friends and family.
along with several recipes and places to pick up
picnic items, in Natalie Mikles’ feature on p. 38.
Tulsa is special. Start your own Tulsa summer I promise you, it’s worth it. See you around. TP
I tend to preview her recipes before they hit the
Chopped Salad has already become a Brockman There’s nothing quite like a summer road trip.
It’s a tradition I think we can all recollect and
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savor. There are several spots on my summer road
trip itinerary, including Santa Fe, Kansas City and Eureka Springs. For some Okie-inspired fun, I’ll
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C A L E N D A R + E N T E R TA I N M E N T + C U LT U R E Members of the Tulsa Tough Divas train for Tulsa Tough on Wednesday evenings.
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eidi Blackmon and Jennifer Donnelly aren’t just friends. They’re members of the 207-strong Tulsa Tough Divas female cycling group. They will soon join 3,000 riders converging on downtown Tulsa and Riverside Drive for the 2019 Saint Francis Tulsa Tough from June 7-9. Three days of criterium races and Gran Fondos — non-competitive
timed rides around Green Country averaging 30 to 100 miles in length — conclude with Sunday’s grueling trek up the infamous “Cry Baby Hill” on West Galveston Street from Riverside Drive to South Denver Avenue. After completing Tulsa Tough, the women both say they feel exhausted and exhilarated. “For many ladies, it is a huge accomplishment,” Blackmon says. “I mostly feel proud of the ladies I helped and encouraged.” TP
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C OMPIL ED BY JUDY L A NGDON the Japanese art of origami in 1 Learn the ONEOK Boathouse at Gathering Place’s STEM Saturday, an interactive, hands-on experience to spark curiosity in science, technology, engineering and math for kids and their families.
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The Woody Guthrie Center presents Grammy winner, songwriter, author and arts activist Ani DiFranco, with special guest Diane Patterson, for an intimate concert at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Take the kids to experience Nickelodeon’s “JoJo Siwa D.R.E.A.M. The Tour” at the Brady Theater.
Rainbow 5K, an Icona 1-2 The Pop concert, the annual Pride
Parade and a fine arts exhibition are just a few downtown activities during the Tulsa Pride Celebration.
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Attention, Parrotheads: Jimmy Buffett returns to T-Town with his “Son of a Son of a Sailor” tour at the BOK Center. Broken Arrow’s Central Park is the site this month for weekly evening concerts at Tuesdays in the Park. Bring a blanket or lawn chair.
presents 4-8 Chautauqua “The Spanish Influence on
America,” free interactive presentations by local scholars given nightly in the large white tent on the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum lawn.
up on fresh foods by shopping 5 Stock the Brookside Farmers’ Market at East 36th Place and South Peoria Avenue. Also June, 12, 19 and 26.
Treat your four-legged best friend to Dog Day Wednesday at Gathering Place. Fiddler Kyle Dillingham and Horseshoe Road bring toe-tapping music to the Tulsa PAC’s Brown Bag It free lunch series in the Westby Pavilion.
for some classic rock? The 6 Ready Fabulous Mid Life Crisis Band
returns to Utica Square’s free Summer’s Fifth Night for dancing, listening and grooving. Seating provided, or bring a lawn chair. Series continues June 13, 20 and 27 with pop, rock and jazz. Circle Cinema commemorates the 75th anniversary of D-Day with a free screening of the Oscar-nominated film “D-Day Remembered.” Plus, hear interviews with Oklahoma veterans and see D-Day memorabilia.
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Relax when Groves Blues Machine plays this month’s free First Friday Concert in the Gardens of LaFortune Park. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.
converge on 7-9 Cyclists Tulsa’s Blue Dome District, the
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Tulsa Arts District and Riverside in the Saint Francis Tulsa Tough. Who can top Sunday’s final race on Cry Baby Hill? (For more, see p. 11 and 22.)
Broken Arrow Community Playhouse closes its season with the musical “Godspell,” based on the Gospel of Matthew. Repeats June 14-16. Band Concerts are back 11 Starlight in full swing with “American Review” at Guthrie Green. Also June 18 and 25.
crooner Trace Adkins 13 Country visits The Joint at Hard Rock Casino and Hotel.
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Tulsa Juneteenth is a celebration of African-American history and culture featuring entertainment from nationally acclaimed artists Morris Day and Sheila E. in the Greenwood District. Museum’s Films on 14 Philbrook the Lawn presents the Kevin
Costner film “Field of Dreams.” Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Ticket required. June 28: “Almost Famous”
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Alt-Country band the Old 97s hit the Skyline Event Center at Osage Casino Hotel.
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15 “KIDZ BOP,” dubbed “the ultimate family concert experience,” with today’s biggest hits “sung for kids, by kids,” visits the BOK Center.
Gilcrease Museum’s quarterly Jazz Night in the Vista Room, includes live jazz, a buffet and a cash bar, with galleries open until 8 p.m.
to the East Village for the Attractions 15 Head 18-23 Celebrity inaugural Mayo Moto Street brings the Broadway Classic — an immersive motorcycle experience with racing — live music from the Paul Benjamin Band, JJ Grey and Mofro, food trucks and art.
MAYO MOTO: ROLAND SANDS DESIGN; CUSACK: COURTESY
Here’s your chance to see Hollywood actor John Cusack at the Cox Business Center for a screening of his 1989 film “Say Anything,” followed by a live conversation.
musical smash “Fiddler on the Roof” to the Tulsa PAC.
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Sand Springs Community Theatre presents the musical allegory “The Fantasticks” at Central Ninth Grade Center in Sand Springs. Glenpool celebrates its 41st annual BlackGold Days festival with carnival rides, food vendors and live entertainment in Black Gold Park.
Steve Miller Band and Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives present “Classic Rock Meets Classic Country” at Paradise Cove inside the River Spirit Casino Resort.
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Need to laugh? British stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard’s Wunderbar Tour visits Brady Theater.
race for adults at the corner of South Boulder Avenue and East Archer Street.
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See the latest in neighborhood amenities when you tour new homes across Tulsa at the Greater Tulsa Parade of Homes.
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“Show Me the Way” to Peter Frampton at the Joint at Hard Rock Casino and Hotel.
The Joint at Hard Rock Casino and Hotel presents country legend Hank Williams Jr.
again at Boulder 22 BeDash,a kida downhill tricycle
miss the Harsco 2019 25 Don’t Texas League All Star Game at ONEOK Field with a home run derby.
Bixby Green Corn 27-29 TheFestival brings a carnival, arts and crafts, food and live music to Bixby’s Charley Young Park.
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13 A Very Merry Un-Tea Party Benefits Portico Dance Theatre. PORTICODANCE.ORG 14 Relay for Life Benefits American Cancer Society. RELAYFORLIFE.ORG / TULSAMETROOK 15 Mallets and Moonlight: A Polo Event and Celebration Benefits the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges. TULSACENTER.ORG Summer Soiree Benefits Mother Road Market. MOTHERROADMARKET.COM 20 Paws and Pictures Benefits Tulsa SPCA. TULSASPCA.ORG / PAWS-PICTURES 21 WALTZ on the Wild Side Benefits Tulsa Zoo. WALTZONTHEWILDSIDE.ORG 22 Pathways Summer Carnival Benefits Pathways Adult Learning Center. PATHWAYSOK.ORG Annual Poker Run Benefits Broken Arrow Blue Star Mothers Chapter 5. BABLUESTAR.ORG 27 Press Your Luck Benefits Tulsa Press Club. TULSAPRESSCLUB.ORG 30 Tulsa Awards for Theatre Excellence Benefits Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust. TULSATHEATRE.NET / TATE
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SPEND THE DAY ON THE FARM Try out the rural life with these three Oklahoma farms. From berry picking to roping to eating caramels, there is something for the whole family to enjoy.
Twisted Acres
Straw Family Farm
Lola and Stephen Carter moved to a farm to help Stephen, a disabled veteran, with his post-traumatic stress disorder. After they discovered two members of their family were lactose intolerant, they decided to raise dairy goats. But they struggled to find a market for their excess milk. “After a lot of late-night Google searches, I decided to try caramels,” Lola Carter says. “I gave the first batch away, and my friends and family fell in love.” This summer, Twisted Acres will be open from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays. Visitors can see the goats and purchase milk, soap and caramels, as well as goods and produce, from other local veterans at the farm store.
Straw Family Farm is an animal lover’s dream. Visitors will see a wide variety of animals, including a longhorn steer, a sheep herd and some rescue animals that the owners have bottle-fed back to health. Children can ride a horse as well as handfeed numerous baby animals. “They’re born in the spring, but they’ll still be babies all summer long,” says horse trainer RJ Straw. The farm offers tours from 1-5 p.m. every day except for Wednesday and Thursday throughout the summer. Visitors can add lessons in goat milking, roping, spinning and crocheting to their tour for an additional fee.
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Thunderbird Berry Farm Picking berries can be a family affair at Thunderbird Berry Farm. Don Hansen first started growing berries after finding salvage plants at an area store at the end of the season. Now with over a decade of berry growing under his belt, he shares the joy of fresh berries with others through his farm. His primary crop is blueberries. Other vegetables and berries are available seasonally. “My advice is to pick the berries one by one, since they ripen individually,” Hansen says. “You cannot believe the beautiful berries that some pickers fill their buckets with.” TP 32100 E. 71ST ST., BROKEN ARROW FACEBOOK.COM/THUNDERBIRDBERRYFARM
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A LOCAL FACE FOR NASA Cherokee Nation citizens Ashley Andoe, Amanda Clinton and Jennifer Loren of the Cherokee Nation Film Office at Netflix studios in Hollywood, California
Storytelling — communicating heritage and history from one generation to the next — has always been a cornerstone of Cherokee culture. The new Cherokee Nation Film Office (CNFO) provides another avenue to share those stories, while promoting northeast Oklahoma and cultivating Native American filmmaking. According to Amanda Clinton, Cherokee Nation Businesses’ vice president of communications, the CNFO has been busy since its launch in January, meeting with Netflix, consulting on film and TV projects, and even finding authentic photos of former Chief Wilma Mankiller for use on the film set of “The Glorias,” a biopic about the life of Mankiller’s good friend, social/political activist Gloria Steinem. Inspired by the success of the award-winning “Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People,” a TV series created, produced and hosted by Jennifer Loren and co-created and co-produced by Clinton, the office wants to provide an outlet and incubator for indigenous talent. The CNFO is working on a database of Native American filmmakers to connect with producers and directors filming in the state and plans to hold workshops to help Cherokees learn the industry. “As more indigenous filmmakers get the opportunity to exercise their skills, more native voices are amplified in a way they never have been before,” Clinton says. The office has already assisted on numerous projects including movies, TV ads, podcasts and plays, with more in the works. — JULIE WENGER WATSON
Cheyenne Smith was named a NASA Solar System Ambassador earlier this year through a program that works with volunteers across the nation to share the latest science and discoveries of NASA’s missions through events that inspire their communities. Smith, an entrepreneur and program assistant at Tulsa Artist Fellowship, will spend her year focusing on minorities in the field of astronomy and astronomy’s applications for astrobiology. She also will host events throughout the year dedicated toward NASA’s astrobiology program, careers in astronomy and the importance of space exploration. “I want to encourage more individuals in minority communities to get interested and involved in the field of astronomy,” Smith says. “I’ve been a space cadet since I was a little girl. My curiosity about life on other worlds sparked my interest.”
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“ … One of my standard questions to the customer was, ‘Who is your worst vendor?’ I’d ask numerous airlines this, and they’d always say the same few vendors that they didn’t like because their quality or their service wasn’t any good, or whatever their problem was. … So we go out and develop another, better method for that product or buy the company or merge it or something. And so many of our products we found in the marketplace; we were not engineers that invented a widget.”
Fishing pro Andrew Upshaw of Tulsa won the Fishing League Worldwide Tour on April 14 at Cherokee Lake in Tennessee. Upshaw’s four-day cumulative total of 20 bass weighing 67 pounds, 10 ounces, earned him the first win of his FLW Tour career and $100,000.
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Photographer Ace Cuervo bends metal and minds with his shadow art creations. BY MORGAN PHILLIPS
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n bright light, the framed art is a rat’s nest of tangled metal. But when the room is darkened and a switch on the frame is flipped, an intricate design appears, like magic, on the wall inside the frame. Children flying a kite. A motorcycle against the Tulsa skyline. A horse and her foal. All shadows. When Ace Cuervo isn’t photographing luxury weddings and debutante balls, or spending time with his wife and children, he’s creating shadow art. “It goes back to my black-and-white photography days,” explains the self-taught photographer who spent seven years shooting for the Tulsa World before starting his own company. Cuervo also is a former special assignment photographer for TulsaPeople. “It was always about shooting the shadow more than the actual thing.” A do-it-yourselfer, Cuervo learned how to weld his own steel photo frames about eight years ago. Then he started experimenting with adding metal scraps onto empty frames. He mounted a light above and wired the frame for electricity. Voila, an interactive piece of art. A fan of Tim Noble and Larry Kagan, other artists known for shadow effects, Cuervo says his pieces are more personal; they’re meant to be hung in someone’s home. “I’m not reinventing anything, but I have yet to discover somebody doing this the way I do it,” he says.
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A finished example of Ace Cuervo’s shadow art. Above, he works on another piece.
Cuervo creates the pieces in his backyard shop, working in dim lighting to get the shadows just right. He creates some for charity auctions, but he has a waiting list for commissions. Many are given as gifts “for the person who has everything,” Cuervo says. Each piece takes 80-100 hours; prices start at $2,500. Why laborious shadow art, out of all the artistic mediums Cuervo might have chosen? He enjoys a good DIY challenge. They’re puzzles, he says. “I do it because it’s fun, it ties into my photography, and I wanted to show myself I can do it.” TP
“ART IS EVERYONE’S RIGHT, and the creation of it can happen regardless of where you live,” says Jeremy Stevens, learning and development coordinator for the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Stevens oversees the Orbit Initiative, the PAC Trust’s new educational program that works with community partners across the city to bring free arts education to those who might not normally feel at home in a traditional theater setting. The program provides teachers for classes in disciplines like dance/movement, poetry and improvisation at seven citywide locations, including the Greenwood Cultural Center, Hicks Park Community Center and the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. The free classes occur throughout the year and are open to anyone who wants to participate, regardless of age. “For the past 42 years, I’m not sure the PAC has been everyone’s place,” Stevens says. “What we want is to bring down all of those obstacles that have excluded people so that everyone knows this is truly their place, and they’re at home when they’re here.” The Orbit Initiative culminates in a free performance of a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” June 8-9 at the PAC. Participants in the initiative will be a part of the cast, with the PAC Trust providing transportation and meals for the performers on rehearsal and performance days. “We are using three words to guide us during this journey: kind, generous and brave,” Stevens says. “This isn’t just about theater. This is about living your life as a good human.” — JULIE WENGER WATSON JUNE 8-9 COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE OF ‘THE TEMPEST’ 7 p.m., Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday. Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. Second St. Free; for all ages. Reserve tickets at tulsapac.com or in person at the box office.
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: GREG BOLLINGER; ORBIT: VALERIE WEI-HAAS
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BIZ WHIZ Earlier this year, Mariana Aguilar expanded the size of her Slate Organic studio in Tulsa and opened a second location in Oklahoma City.
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hen Mariana Aguilar opened Slate Organic airbrush tanning studio three years ago, she brought a little piece of her native Sunshine State to Brookside. In Miami, Florida, where Aguilar is from, suntans are everywhere. However, she says her MexicanIrish heritage took her complexion from olive to lobster in no time flat. She had tried spray tans, but they always looked orange. That was, until she came across the product she now uses at Slate: an organic, brown sugar-based, spray-on solution. Clients undress as much as they want in a private room, and a trained staffer sprays their body and face with solution. Then, they stand in front of a fan to dry. Their new color deepens in four to eight hours and lasts 7-10 days on average. After airbrushing in Miami for a few years, Aguilar says her former business partner told her an airbrush tanning studio would be a hit in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he’d previously lived. Aguilar, however, had never set foot here. “I came 20
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to Tulsa and got spray tans at our competitors in town, and I realized he was right,” Aguilar recalls. “There wasn’t anything like this.” A week at the Mayo Hotel was another market test: Aguilar offered free airbrush tanning appointments from a hotel room and was booked solid from morning till night. So she hung her shingle at 3638 S. Peoria Ave., eventually bought out her business partner and moved to Tulsa full time. She has been basking in the glow of entrepreneurship ever since. Before Aguilar started airbrush tanning, she was a high-end concierge — a personal assistant on call 24/7 — who worked with celebrities and NFL players. It was a challenging schedule for a single mother, plus “it was unsatisfying,” she recalls. “Business ownership is stressful, but in a different type of way. “I wanted to be in an industry that would make people feel great about themselves. I was meant to be here.” TP
If you listen to FM stations KWGS (89.5) and KWTU (88.7), you have heard Rich Fisher, general manager of Public Radio Tulsa and longtime host of “StudioTulsa.” Missy Kruse’s “Mr. Low Key” July 2003 cover story mentioned Fisher and Bryan Byrne, his producer at the time, “doing their darndest to compete on what has become the highly sophisticated playing field of public radio.” Sixteen years later, Public Radio Tulsa’s audience has grown by 20,000, thanks to its streaming signal on the internet and podcasting. Fisher, who has been at KWGS for 32 years, says that between the two stations the weekly audience is around 100,000 listeners. Fisher has hosted “StudioTulsa” for 27 years, and has learned a few shortcuts to prepare for the wide-ranging interviews he conducts. “I’ve always been a quick reader,” he says. “It really depends on how much I know about the guest and their subject beforehand.” In 2003 Fisher, also a musician, spent his free time playing trombone with Signature Symphony (and still does) and with Mezclave Latin jazz band. Nowadays he also performs with touring musicals and the Starlight Concert Band, and conducts the Starlight Jazz Orchestra. Empty-nesters Fisher and his wife, Holly, are both active musicians and love to travel, he says. “I also hear from a close personal source (a high-ranking official in the Fisher family), an RV may be in my near immediate future.” — JUDY LANGDON
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Heidi Blackmon and Jennifer Donnelly, members of the Tulsa Tough Divas
Longtime camper Torie Dinsmore and Hope’s Crossing founder Bob Degen at Camp Loughridge, the site of Hope’s Crossing summer day camp
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Hope’s Crossing is a summer camp for children with physical challenges. BY JILL VANTREASE
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argaret Dinsmore takes great joy in knowing that her daughter, Torie, is experiencing a rite of American childhood: summer camp. Torie, 19, has some physical challenges that prevented her from a typical camp experience. Beginning in 2012, Torie attended Hope’s Crossing, a summer day camp for “differently abled” young people. She returned the next five summers. “I knew my daughter would experience some adventurous activities while being very well supervised,” Margaret says of Hope’s Crossing. “Knowing the counselor-to-camper ratio is 1-to-1 and that they have a full-time nurse and doctor on site at all times was such a comfort.” Bob Degen, a Tulsa retiree who volunteered at Camp Loughridge, founded Hope’s Crossing in 2012 after meeting two young cancer survivors. Degen says he realized their psychological pain was just as significant as their physical challenges, and he believed kids like them could benefit from the confidence and fun summer camp provides.
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And so, Hope’s Crossing was born. It has grown from 12 campers in 2012 to 40 campers in 2019. “We’re the only camp of this kind in northeastern Oklahoma,” Degen says, “and all of our counselors (high school- and college-aged students) are volunteers.” The five-day camp experience is free of charge to campers, kids ages 8-16 who canoe, fish, swim in the wheelchair-accessible pool with life vests, climb rock walls and ride horseback. What was Torie’s favorite part about Hope’s Crossing? Her answer sounds familiar to any camper: “Swimming and working with my counselor.” This summer, she and her mother plan to volunteer at the camp that has given so much to them. TP JUNE 3-7 HOPE’S CROSSING Camp Loughridge, 4900 W. Oak Leaf Drive. Camp is full; volunteer counselors are still needed. Register at hopescrossingcamp.org.
When Carol Bush, Malcolm McCollum and Shawn Brett created the Tulsa Tough Divas in 2012, it was “to get more women to ride in the Gran Fondos,” recalls cyclist Heidi Blackmon. “They looked at the number of women who would run a marathon and said, ‘Why can’t we help ladies on bikes?’” And so, the Tulsa Tough Divas was formed. The group now includes teenagers through women in their mid-70s. Its main aim? “Getting women to feel empowered and get fit and healthy,” Blackmon says. The Divas have been preparing for this year’s Tulsa Tough since mid-March. But they don’t compete. Each woman is encouraged to set a long-distance goal and stick to it. Divas member Jennifer Donnelly says the group accommodates all skill levels — from women riding a bike for the first time, to those who can ride 100 miles, and everyone in between. “It is the most supportive and welcoming environment for women cyclists I have ever seen,” Donnelly says. Blackmon and Donnelly joined Tulsa Tough Divas for different reasons. “I was out of shape and looking for a way to get active,” Donnelly says. Six years later, it’s a family affair. “My husband has ridden with me, my son did a Fondo with me. My kids have volunteered registering and cheering.” Blackmon started as a Tulsa Tough spectator in 2007, then became a Fondo rider. She says, “I love empowering women, watching them be independent and empowered by fixing flats, going out for longer distances and doing it with the support of other women.” — JUDY LANGDON
JUNE 7-9 SAINT FRANCIS TULSA TOUGH Downtown Tulsa and surrounding area. For a full schedule of events, visit tulsatough.com.
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Seen and felt Taylor Painter-Wolfe’s “City on a Grid” appears so tactile, it can be hard not to reach out and touch it. Painter-Wolfe makes her own felt from wool, then dyes the felt by hand for the pieces she calls abstract landscapes, which are frequently based on actual places. She takes a satellite image and distills it to its basic shapes and lines with bright, bold colors. “I always hope that people enjoy my work on an aesthetic level, of course, and take a moment to appreciate the hard work and craftsmanship I put into it,” she says. “I also really enjoy when people take an interest in the materials I use. “Felted wool is not a material used in fine art all that frequently, so for some viewers it might be the first time they have seen it or heard of it. I love it when people approach me and ask me, ‘What is that made of?’ or ‘How did you make that?’” “City on a Grid” was inspired by satellite images of Tulsa and will be one of about 10 pieces by Painter-Wolfe in the June installment of the “Conciliation Series” at the Black Wall Street Gallery, 101 N. Greenwood Ave. Work from Tailynn Tindall also will be displayed. Painter-Wolfe says being part of the series is a huge honor. “I’ve been so impressed with the curation and quality of shows at the gallery thus far, and with the fact that it has made a great impact in Tulsa in such a short amount of time,” she says. “The mission of the gallery and this series of shows is fantastic and just the kind of work we need to see in Tulsa.” — SARA PLUMMER
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‘Larry Clark: Tulsa’
‘Please Touch the Art’
Wine, Eats and Easels
The first Oklahoma exhibition of the world-renowned photographer/filmmaker’s Tulsa work, it follows 18-year-old Clark photographing the daily lives of his friends in 1963. Over the next several years, he revisited the project, which ultimately culminated in the 1971 publication of the book “Tulsa.” JUNE 1-NOV. 10 PHILBROOK DOWNTOWN, 116 E. M.B. BRADY ST.
The exhibition will engage all five senses, with a particular focus on accessibility for visitors who are blind or visually impaired. Now in its third year, the exhibition and associated programming are attended by thousands of visitors. The public also will enjoy a free opening reception on June 7 with free limo bus rides to and from the Tulsa Arts District. JUNE 7-JULY 30 TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE MCKEON CENTER FOR CREATIVITY, 910 S. BOSTON AVE.
Each year this Broken Arrow Neighbors fundraiser brings people together to share a mutual love of jazz music and artwork from more than 30 artists in the Rose District of Broken Arrow. Activities throughout the evening include a wine pull, beer garden, photo booth and live art demonstrations. For those 21 and older. JUNE 21 BROKEN ARROW ROSE DISTRICT PAVILION, 400 S. MAIN ST., BROKEN ARROW
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Kirby Mackenzie, librarian and assistant director of Gaining Ground Literacy, and Gaining Ground director Lisa Shotts, a fourth-grade teacher and the 2019 District Teacher of the Year for Union Public Schools. Gaining Ground operates a mobile library from a repurposed school bus, which travels across Tulsa during the summer, bringing books to children.
BOOKS ON WHEELS A nonprofit is helping children avoid the ‘summer slide.’ BY MADISON SCHULZ
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ore grade-schoolers will enjoy the pleasures of reading on a lazy summer afternoon, thanks to Gaining Ground Literacy, a nonprofit devoted to helping children who don’t have access to summer reading materials. Founded in 2017, Gaining Ground will provide 25,000 books to 2,000 students this summer. The nonprofit currently serves students in Tulsa and Broken Arrow who attend Gilcrease Elementary and Unity Learning Academy in Tulsa Public Schools and McAuliffe and Ellen Ochoa Elementary schools in the Union school district. Gaining Ground visits its partner schools monthly during the academic year, providing free books, building relationships and helping maintain reading habits. Throughout the summer, the Gaining Ground Bus — a mobile library — makes stops in every student’s neighborhood, where the kids can swap their books for new reads. Students also have weekly opportunities to write about their reading and hear read-alouds. Founder and director Lisa Shotts, who teaches fourth grade at Ochoa, conceived the successful
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formula to put a stop to the “summer slide” — the notion that students lose reading or other skills that aren’t cultivated over summer break. And the program is working. Children who participated 5-10 times last summer maintained their reading level or improved. According to Shotts and Assistant Director Kirby Mackenzie, the librarian at Ochoa, it’s crucial the books are current, interesting and in great condition because children are more likely to read if they’ve chosen their own books. “We want to be one of the pillars in their life that’s communicating to them, ‘You deserve brand-new, you deserve the best of the best, and you deserve the thing you want,’” Mackenzie says. “And what better way to do that than with books?” TP New this summer, Gaining Ground Literacy will provide families with activities to do at home via its Facebook page. It also will offer tutoring services at its two Tulsa Public Schools for select students. For more information, visit gaininggroundliteracy.org.
FOR SEVERAL YEARS, Stone Canyon development in Owasso has donated the land for the St. Jude Dream Home. With 11,250 tickets up for grabs this year, and the winner announced this month, the 2019 giveaway looks to raise over $1 million for the pediatric cancer research hospital. St. Jude partners with Epic Custom Homes to build the home itself, which this year features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, 3,500 square feet and an estimated value of $600,000. After Epic Homes comes up with its design, the team at Stone Canyon finds a feasible lot for the home. Susan McKeon, Stone Canyon sales manager, says the donation is the least they can do. “We’re impacting children and families that are dealing with a deadly disease,” she says. “And hopefully this small piece of dirt that we can donate can help.” For the children at St. Jude, the importance of donations such as these can’t be understated, says Astrid Rodriguez, development specialist at St. Jude. “It takes $1 billion to run the hospital every year, and none of the families ever receive a bill,” Rodriguez says. “All a parent should worry about is supporting their kiddo, so we want to make sure that’s the focus, and that’s why projects like the Dream Home are so important.” — MADISON SCHULZ
2019 ST. JUDE DREAM HOME 6118 N. Water Way St., Owasso. Open house tours offered weekends through June 22. Tickets are $100 and may be purchased until they are sold out. Drawing is June 23; need not be present to win. Benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. dreamhome.org
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Tulsa’s own Olivia Jordan, Miss USA 2015, emceed the 25th annual Memory Gala on March 1 at the Cox Business Center. The Alzheimer’s Association benefit abandoned plated meals and reserved tables for a mix-and-mingle environment. Chef Devin Levine served hors d’oeuvres, and guests enjoyed “Oklahoma’s longest bar,” according to organizers. Entertainment included Atlanta-based band Party on the Moon and an unexpected light show by TPC Studios. A total of $3.7 million was raised for the 2019 and 2020 Memory Galas, which will support Project ECHO, a continuing education program for physicians treating dementia.
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The 28th annual Sip for Sight “Luck of the Iris” Gala was March 16 at the Mayo Hotel. A separate Grand Tasting on March 23 at the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center featured samples from 16 local restaurants and wine tastings from top vintners. Vizavance (formerly Prevent Blindness Oklahoma) hosted both events, raising $220,000 to support vision screenings for children in all 77 Oklahoma counties. The Mayo Hotel prepared food for the gala, and the Harmon Williams Trio provided live music. Local chef and philanthropist Shannon Smith received the inaugural Sherry Walkabout “Eye on the Community” award for her contributions to Vizavance.
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A live auction, dinner, dancing, live entertainment and presentation of the 2019 Patricia Chernicky Luminary Award were highlights of Tulsa CARES’ largest annual fundraiser, the Red Ribbon Gala, on March 2 at the Cox Business Center. Tulsa CARES provides social services to people affected by HIV/AIDS. Its goal is to create a community in which they have an equal opportunity to healthy living through empowerment, inclusion and creation of hope through advocating for the removal of stigma. More than 600 people attended the Red Ribbon Gala at which Ty Kaszubowski, this year’s Chernicky Luminary Award recipient, was recognized for his vision, leadership and compassion in service to others.
Philbrook Museum of Art hosted the “Silver Social” Feb. 28 at the museum to celebrate the hanging of multimedia artist Sharon Louden’s “Windows” installation in the Philbrook rotunda. Approximately 200 guests attended. Prairie Fire Pie served dinner. DJ Scott Sulen, who also is Philbrook’s executive director, provided live entertainment for dancing. 1. Louden’s “Windows” installation is made from warped, crumpled aluminum suspended in air. 2. Nothing’s Left Brewing Co. served local beer at the event. 3. Amanda Lair, Philbrook membership specialist, and Lindsey Neal Kuykendall, the museum’s special events manager 4. Guests Kayla Costner Morris and Logan Morris 5. Guests enjoyed conversation and art.
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1. Guests Jeff Cox and Shannon Watson 2. Guests Rachel Weaver Smith and Ron Smith 3. The Turn It Up theme encouraged awareness, advocacy and support. 4. DJ Lucy Wrubel mixed tunes during the evening dance party. 5. Guests Sid and April McAnnally and Mary Catherine and Jared Scott
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Simmons Bank expands Tulsa team Hideaway Pizza names 2019 Teacher Appizziation Winners Nineteen winners were chosen from more than 900 nominations to Hideaway Pizza’s fourth annual Teacher Appizziation contest this year. The winners were selected by region, and voted on by each region’s staff at the restaurant in the region. The winners include teachers and support staff currently employed in grades pre-K through 12, at schools in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Each winner was surprised at their school with a $600 Hideaway Pizza gift card — enough dough to buy one small pizza every week for a year — a certificate and a Hideaway Pizza box full of Hideaway Pizza gear. In 2018, the contest generated almost 800 nominations and Hideaway Pizza surprised 12 teachers with their awards and prize packages totaling over $7,500. This year they were able to increase the number of awards to 19, one for each restaurant location, totaling $11,400. “Being able to give something tangible and help bring recognition to those who perform the most essential services to our children is the goal with our Teacher Appizziation Awards,” says Janie Harris, marketing director for Hideaway Pizza. “Teachers are superheroes, every single day. We all need superheroes in our lives, and we are sure glad they are there for our children. Sometimes even superheroes need a little support, so that is what we are doing!” Local 2019 Teacher Appizziation Winners are: • Marina Allison, Bell Elementary • Rachel Langley, Jenks High School, Jenks • Leah Schuster, Northeast Elementary, Owasso • Katelynn Whitt, Cooper Elementary, Tulsa • Jennifer Phenicie, Bixby Ninth Grade Center, Bixby • Sarah Brewer, Wright Elementary • Victoria Chaplin, Broken Arrow High School, Broken Arrow Hideaway Pizza was founded in Stillwater in 1957 and aside from the original Stillwater location, currently has 16 Oklahoma locations and two Arkansas stores with a third under construction. Visit hideawaypizza.com for more information. 32
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Jace Dawson and Chuck Stanton join newly appointed Tulsa Market President Rex Horning as the latest additions to Simmons Bank’s commercial banking team. Dawson and Stanton will both serve as vice president, commercial banker in the Tulsa market. JACE DAWSON Oklahoma State University alum Dawson is returning to the financial sector after eight years in various business development and management roles. He most recently served as director of stewardship and engagement for OSU Athletics and as executive vice president and chief strategy officer for the OSU Alumni Association. Dawson also has been president and CEO of the Stillwater Chamber of Commerce and COO of Central Rural Electric Cooperative. CHUCK STANTON A veteran and graduate of Northeastern State University, Stanton has spent the past nine years in banking, with a focus on business banking. He has extensive experience as a commercial lending officer and business relationship manager at banks in Oklahoma, and has also served as an audit associate at Stanfield and Odell, P.C. REX HORNING Rex Horning brings 45 years of banking experience to his new role as Tulsa market president, including 17 years at Simmons Bank. He previously served as market president in Stillwater before transitioning into the vice chairman role for both the Stillwater and Tulsa markets. An OSU graduate, Horning serves his alma mater in numerous ways, including as a trustee for the OSU Foundation and as a member of its Board of Governors. Horning is a previous chairman of the OSU Alumni Association and OSU Spears School Associates, and a former board member for both the OSU Center of Innovation and Economic Development and Cowboy Technologies. Horning received the Spears School of Business Orange Star Award in 2010 and was named as one of the school’s “100 For 100” in 2014 when OSU celebrated its 100th anniversary. Simmons Bank is an Arkansas state-chartered bank that began as a community bank in 1903. Through the decades, Simmons has developed a full suite of financial products and services designed to meet the needs of individual consumers and business customers alike. Simmons has grown steadily to approximately $17.6 billion in assets (as of March 31, 2019) and today operates more than 200 branch locations throughout Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Simmons is the subsidiary bank for Simmons First National Corporation (NASDAQ: SFNC), a publicly traded bank holding company headquartered in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. For more information, visit simmonsbank.com.
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The Salvation Army The William Booth Society recognizes and unites friends and supporters whose compassion makes possible the many programs of the Salvation Army. The William Booth Society Gala was April 25 and celebrated community members whose financial and volunteer time impacts Tulsans every day. Rik Helmerich, left, pictured with wife Janelle, received the Others Award. Mike Borden, right, pictured with wife Louise, was honored with the William Booth Award.
Montereau Montereau resident Evelyn Nienhuis, pictured with Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Executive Director Eileen Bradshaw, was recently selected by CFBEO to receive the 2019 Sara J. Waggoner Hunger Awareness Award, which was presented at the Empty Bowls Dinner in April. Nienhuis has been involved with the Food Bank since its early stages. Nienhuis’ support over the past 30-plus years has enabled the CFBEO to increase in size and service, offering more support to the community at large. According to Nienhuis, “There is a tremendous need for this resource in the community. It is critically important to provide good food to those in need.”
Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma For the 27th year, Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma presented the Juliette Low Leadership Society Luncheon on April 18. The organization recognized honorary chairwoman Robyn Ewing, retired senior vice-president and chief administrative officer of the Williams Cos., former board chairwoman of the Williams Foundation, community leader and Girl Scout alumna. The speaker was Meridith Rojas, author of “Selfie Made” and co-founder and CEO of Digitour Media, a leader on the subject of Gen Z, entrepreneurism, marketing and digital communications, and yes, a Girl Scout alumna, as well. GSEOK presented scholarships to 13 graduating Girl Scouts.
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LEGENDS James Goodwin grew up in Tulsa and the community of Alsuma. He graduated from Notre Dame University and the University of Tulsa. He has practiced law for 54 years and is the publisher of The Oklahoma Eagle, Tulsa’s only black-owned newspaper.
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ames Osby Goodwin, 79, is a lifelong Tulsan, an accomplished attorney and the owner of Tulsa’s only black-owned newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle. He is an advocate for the city’s reconstruction of the Greenwood District, for its history both before and after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. It’s a part of his family’s story, and he is devoted to restoring and revitalizing Greenwood while carving out the massacre’s proper place among not only Tulsa’s, but also America’s, history. Goodwin is one of eight siblings who grew up next door to Tulsa’s St. Monica Catholic Church, before his father purchased a 150-acre farm in the community of Alsuma at East 51st Street and South Mingo Road. Nearby railroad tracks separated whites and blacks. At 9 years old, Goodwin became an amputee when he lost his right arm in a horseback riding accident that involved a train on the Katy Railroad. Despite his disability, Goodwin has never allowed it to stand in the way of his academic and professional success.
was that I was very active in academics, theater and student government, but I didn’t feel I was as informed as I ought to be. So, I asked my folks if I could go to school elsewhere. After I finished Cathedral Boys High School, I attended Notre Dame. As a sophomore I got into a program that was just beginning at many universities, where you studied the great books of the Western world. It had a special curriculum with limited admission of students. My greatest crowning moment at the end of my college career was when I wrote a paper about “Ulysses” by James Joyce. (He scored the highest on the assignment.) I graduated from Notre Dame in 1961 and went straight to law school at the University of Tulsa. YOU MENTIONED HOW YOUR EARLY DAYS WERE INFLUENCED BY THE CATHOLIC FAITH AS A PARISHIONER AT ST. MONICA’S. IS CATHOLICISM STILL IMPORTANT TO YOU TODAY? I’m still a practicing Catholic. At Cathedral Boys High School, I reconnected with my Catholicism. Being close to the nuns and convent as a child, we were baptized when we were young. My mother would say, “I don’t care (to) which church you belong just as long as you’re in church.” Prior to my 10th grade year, I grew up under the influence of Baptists and Methodists. In the Baptist church as a youngster, I could be inspired by the sermon with a burst of hope and truth, but 30 minutes later I was hungry again. I never knew why I felt the way I felt. When I got to Cathedral Boys High School, I was introduced to the logic of our faith and it gave me a reason for believing, so that I could better understand the nature of my feelings as I read the Bible. WHAT WAS ONE OF YOUR MOST DEFINING MOMENTS IN LIFE? Probably the amputation of my arm. It was a time of reflection. I had a horrible temper as a kid, and that sort of tempered it. It made me stronger and redirected my energy. WHAT KEEPS YOU FEELING YOUNG AND WHY? My practice of law — I’ve been at it for 54 years. It’s still an inspiring endeavor to which I look forward every day. There’s never a dull moment. HOW WOULD YOUR FRIENDS DESCRIBE YOU? I can’t answer that, really. My mother always referred to me as “gentleman Jim.” WHAT WOULD PEOPLE BE SURPRISED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? I’ve been involved in a men’s group for over 25 years with some very interesting people. We’ve met every Thursday. We meet to talk about our lives in context of, “What would Christ do?” It has had both ex-gang members and the very wealthy in it. WHAT IS YOUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF TULSA? We are at a very propitious and redemptive moment in the history of Tulsa. We are about to come upon our centennial of the massacre. I wrote an article in our paper called “How to Make Greenwood Great Again.” There’s ambivalence about
our history that even in 100 years Tulsa has not reckoned with the root causes of the 1921 massacre. Why is it that Tulsa has one street with two names, divided by a street that, before 1921, separated white Tulsa from Tulsa’s black belt? Why is it that on Greenwood there are two state universities, side by side, one historically white and the other historically black, managed by the same board of regents, when only one university should suffice? Finally, other evidence of that ambivalence manifests itself in perennial debates on whether to refer to the 1921 carnage as a “riot” or a “massacre” or change the name of the business district, adjacent to the Greenwood District, named after a white supremacist, who participated in the bloodletting. I believe the centennial is a moment that we can, as a city — a body politic, turn a tragedy into triumph. It’s not about vilification, but rectification. Emphasis should be devoted to the reconstruction of Greenwood, not its gentrification nor reparations. The history of Greenwood should be told in bricks and mortar on the outside, and its history on the inside. I’d like to see in the immediate future the creation of a destination for the world to come visit and recreate Greenwood through high-tech virtual reality. There could be an interactive series of places where people could come and witness the events of before, during and after the massacre. Hundreds of thousands of people can come here to Tulsa and view that reality. There’s a shame that people feel even today — a certain kind of guilt that we can resolve by embracing the good and looking at the bad. This should be a communitywide effort to tell a story, make it a tourist destination, which would then provide business opportunities, jobs and income within the neighborhood and blend in with other adjacent cultural sites. If you could walk into an interactive museum and hear the sounds of the bombing and the stories of people, it could be a phenomenal experience. It would uplift Tulsa. We need to call it what it is and preserve that history. It’s a part of Tulsa’s story and a part of Oklahoma’s story — a story not only about a people who suffered from racism, but a story of their resolve. WHAT KIND OF LEGACY DO YOU HOPE TO LEAVE FOR GREENWOOD? All my life, I’ve tried to bring some leveling force of influence in this community because when I was growing up, many black folks were consigned to being maids, butlers and chauffeurs. When urban renewal came through here, I asked my father to negotiate for me an option to purchase all of the buildings left on Greenwood. He bought it as an option from the Tulsa Development Authority, and I held onto it for 15 years. When Jimmy Carter became president, I assigned my option to the Greenwood Chamber to buy. It was then able to get a redevelopment grant. I did that because I understood, as a kid, the historic significance. I saw the hustle and bustle of commerce after ’21. The reconstruction of Greenwood will be the city of Tulsa’s affirmation that black
Tulsans are an integral part of America, and part of the American Dream. WHAT ABOUT YOUR ROLE WITH THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE — WHAT KEEPS YOU SO INVOLVED? I would like as a legacy, if I could, to have a media institute that specializes in evaluating the impact that black, Hispanic and Native American journalism has had alongside jazz, gospel and blues, on American society. We will always need the press, investigative reporting and a vehicle to fight for the underdog. That’s why I think the black press is so important today. There are few left to champion the cause. That’s what keeps me running The Oklahoma Eagle — a necessity to often times be that voice crying in the wilderness. WHAT WAS A “WORST TIME,” AND HOW DID YOU PULL THROUGH IT? We’ve filed bankruptcy twice at this newspaper. Those were the worst times. It was a matter of faith, really, a deep faith. Benefactors at the time — including the former head of Williams Co. Keith Bailey; the two leaders of ONEOK, Larry Brummett and his successor David Kyle; and another unsung hero, Stuart Price (in addition to Goodwin’s wife, children, brothers, sisters and other members of the community) — they were wonderful people who saw our efforts and generously supported us. WHAT CONCERNS YOU TODAY? The prevalence of racism and bigotry engrained in our society. Racism and racial superiority is visibly creeping itself back into society today, the kind of racism which expressed itself in the complete annihilation of 36 blocks of Greenwood at a time when it was a microcosm of New York City. HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? It’s certainly not the size of your bank account, house or car. It’s the quality of how you deal with people. There were two guiding principles etched in my mind as a kid. My mother would say, “For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?” My father would often remind me, “A man who does not take care of his family is worse than an infidel.” It’s amazing how you don’t necessarily know how they impact you but you can, in reflection, realize those principles. WHAT IS A FAVORITE TULSA MEMORY, OR WHAT PLACE IN TULSA DO YOU MISS THE MOST? The prosperity that was once here in Greenwood that I experienced as a child is what I miss the most — the vitality of the area. DESCRIBE A PERFECT WEEKEND IN TULSA OR ELSEWHERE. I like going to dinner with friends and spending time with family over the holidays. I love the arts and music that Tulsa has to offer. It’s a precious place. I love horseback riding. I had a horse since I was 7 years old until the 1970s. After my children grew up and graduated from college, I bought another Palomino, Bailey. TP TulsaPeople.com
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P ROV I S I O N S CREATE THE PERFECT PICNIC WITH THESE MAKE-AT-HOME OR PICK-UP ITEMS.
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t’s hard to think of a better way to celebrate good food, good friends and beautiful weather than with a picnic. And the many green spaces, shade trees and parks in Tulsa make it a perfect picnic city. A little planning makes a picnic more fun, but don’t put off lunch on a blanket or picnic table because you don’t have cute gingham napkins or a wicker basket. June is a great month for picnicking. Beat the heat with an early lunch and play time at the park with kids. Or, if it’s for a date night or fun with a group of friends, go in the evening, and find a big shade tree. Bring a blanket or two and a few pillows for watching the sunset. Something as simple as eating sandwiches at the park is how some of the best memories are made. So go out and make them! Here are some of our favorite picnic recipes.
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PRESSED PICNIC SANDWICHES Serves 4
1 ciabatta baguette, halved lengthwise 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 garlic clove 8-10 ounces deli meats (salami, capocollo, turkey, ham) 1 pound fresh sliced mozzarella Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 large tomatoes, cut into slices ½ cup roasted red bell peppers, sliced 1 cup fresh basil, leaves separated 1 bunch arugula, rinsed and dried Balsamic vinegar
Brush the bottom half of each piece of bread with olive oil and rub with the cut end of the garlic. Top with a layer of deli meat, mozzarella and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Top with the tomato slices and roasted bell peppers. Top with basil leaves and arugula. Brush the remaining bread with olive oil and drizzle with balsamic vinegar, then place on top. Tightly wrap sandwich in wax paper or parchment paper. Set a heavy skillet or brick on top of the sandwiches while you prepare for the picnic.
WHERE TO PICNIC You only have to go as far as your backyard to have a fun picnic. But there are so many other spots in and around Tulsa perfect for picnicking. The best picnic spots have three things: shade, water and green space.
CHANDLER PARK, 6500 W. 21st St. GATHERING PLACE, 2650 S. John Williams Way GUTHRIE GREEN, 111 E. M.B. Brady St. OXLEY NATURE CENTER, 6700 Mohawk Blvd. RAY HARRAL NATURE CENTER AND PARK, 7101 S. Third St., Broken Arrow TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE, 15 miles north of Pawhuska on County Road 4201 TULSA BOTANIC GARDEN, 3900 Tulsa Botanic Drive TULSA ZOO, 6421 E. 36th St. N. WOODWARD PARK, 2101 S. Peoria Ave. 40
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Sub spinach for arugula or sundried tomatoes for the roasted peppers in this forgiving (and delicious) sandwich.
LEBANESE CHOPPED SALAD Serves 4
This fresh and pretty salad is great to take on a picnic because it can be made ahead without getting soggy.
½ head romaine lettuce, chopped 1 pint cherry tomatoes 1 cucumber, chopped 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained ⅓ cup chopped fresh parsley ⅓ cup chopped fresh mint ⅓ cup chopped fresh basil ½ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 teaspoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon black pepper ½ cup olive oil 8 ounces feta cheese Toasted pita bread, for serving
In a large salad bowl, place the lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, chickpeas, parsley, mint and basil and gently toss to combine. In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper. Slowly whisk in the olive oil. Pour the dressing over the salad, tossing to coat. Add feta. Serve with toasted pita bread.
This is such a fun recipe, and will be a nice surprise at the end of a picnic.
STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE IN A JAR
Serves 6 12 vanilla wafer cookies, finely crushed 2 tablespoons butter, melted 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 6 (½-pint) canning jars with lids 1-pound package strawberries, sliced 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup heavy cream, whipped In a bowl, stir together cookie crumbs, butter and 2 tablespoons sugar. Divide mixture evenly among six jars, and gently press into bottoms. Chop strawberries, leaving a few whole for garnish. With an electric mixer at medium speed, beat together cream cheese, lemon juice and sugar in bowl until smooth. Fold in whipped cream and chopped berries, and divide evenly among jars (about ½ cup each). Garnish with whole berries, and cover with lids. Chill at least 2 hours. Transport to picnic in cooler.
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Cherry Street Kitchen
PICNIC PICK-UP Putting together a picnic is fun for some, but a chore for others. If you would rather spend your time watching the clouds drift by than stuck in the kitchen, stop by your favorite spot to pick up food to-go to fill your picnic basket. Here are some of our favorites. CHERRY STREET KITCHEN | 1441 S. Quaker Ave. This is our favorite spot for picnic packing. Just call ahead and let them know how many will be at your picnic, and the staff at Cherry Street Kitchen will have you covered. Chicken salad sandwiches with chips and a pickle ($10.50) are perfect, and if you have kids along, order peanut butter and honey ($4) or turkey and cheddar cheese ($4.50) on fresh wheat-berry bread. Iced tea and lemon bars, chocolate crinkle cookies and carrot cake are the perfect finishes for your picnic basket.
LAMBRUSCO’Z | 1344 E. 41st St. Opening a box lunch from Lambrusco’z is like opening a present from a great gift giver. You just know you’re going to love whatever is inside. Any sandwich can be transformed into a box lunch for a $1 upcharge. One of our favorites is the Fiesta Wrap ($10), a wrap filled with jalapeño pimento cheese, lettuce, tomato and either ham, turkey, chicken or roast beef. It comes with chips and a cookie (the snickerdoodle and soft ginger are wonderful). If you want something more substantial for your picnic, try the meatloaf sandwich ($10) or a beef tenderloin pita with horseradish mayo ($10).
KITCH | 377 E. Main St., Jenks Take-out sandwiches, cookies and salads at Kitch in Jenks are great for picnics. Food here is super fresh — just what you want when sitting in the sunshine at a picnic table. A banh mi ($11) is a good choice for a picnic food because it’s sturdy enough to hold up to travel. Here, a French baguette is filled with marinated pork, daikon, carrots, onion, cilantro and a spicy aioli. Kitch’s muffuletta ($11) is another sturdy sandwich. Kitch also has cookies worth the calories and other dreamy desserts, like 13 flavors of cupcakes.
WANDA J’S | 111 N. Greenwood Ave. One of the most classic picnic foods is fried chicken. And let’s be real — almost none of us are frying chicken to pack for a picnic. So call ahead and order some of the best fried chicken in Tulsa at Wanda J’s. A two-piece meal is $10.59. All of the sides at Wanda J’s are good, but for a picnic you’ll want something that doesn’t need to be reheated. We suggest the coleslaw and brown beans. Wanda J’s turkey club sandwich ($8.59) is also good for tucking into a bag for an outdoor lunch. And don’t forget the sweet tea. 42
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These old-fashioned bars get a pop of color from M&M candies.
MAGIC COOKIE BARS Makes 16 bars
½ cup butter 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs (about 11 whole graham crackers) 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk ½ cup milk chocolate chips 2 cups M&Ms (divided) 1 ½ cups flake sweetened coconut
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place stick of butter in an 11-by-7-inch pan. Let the butter melt while the pan is preheating, but watch carefully after about 4 minutes to make sure butter doesn’t burn. When butter is melted, remove pan from oven and sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs over the melted butter. Press lightly with the back of a spoon. Pour sweetened condensed milk over the crumb layer. Sprinkle chocolate chips and 1 cup of the M&Ms over the sweetened condensed milk layer. Sprinkle all of the coconut on top. Then sprinkle with remaining half of M&Ms. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool completely before cutting into squares. TP
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W H AT’S COOK ING? The buzz on Tulsa’s tastiest products, restaurants and events BY NATALIE MIKLES
Romona Gonzalez
CHEERS!
MARGS AT THE ’YARD
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he unofficial drink of summer has to be the margarita. But the classic vehicle for tequila has come a long way since the syrupy days of sweetand-sour mix and Cuervo. Sabores in The Boxyard, 502 E. Third St., has an extensive variety of tequilas — from the crisp, clean tequila blancos, to the smoky repasado and anejo, to the earthy and funky mezcals. These are, of course, available by the shot, or in one of their margaritas. Their classic Cadillac margarita ($12) is a fan favorite with a classic preparation, but the Saborita ($6) is a fruitier option, with add-ons like passion fruit and watermelon available for $1 each. All juices are fresh-squeezed daily; no bottled or powdered mixes are used behind this bar. Enjoy your summery cocktail inside the cozy cantina, or step onto the patio and sip to the rhythm of downtown Tulsa. Sabores is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and, in addition to cocktails, serves up some flavorful Tex-Mex fare.
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Rise and shine
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l Rio Verde’s wet burrito is one of those dishes that has reached legend status in Tulsa. If you’ve ever ordered it, you would remember. It’s huge, taking up the whole plate, and is rarely placed on the table without a subsequent “Whoa!” But if you only know El Rio Verde, 38 N. Trenton Ave., from the wet burrito, you’re missing out. Its breakfast menu is one of the best-kept secrets in Tulsa. The idea to serve breakfast came about in a purely practical way. Cooks arrive each day before sunrise, making everything for the day from scratch. Tomatoes are cooked down for the salsa, refried beans are simmered and meats are prepped and seasoned. Owners Roman and Romona Gonzalez saw they were missing an opportunity. Since the cooks were there anyway, why not open the door to customers? The menu is simple, with six choices: breakfast burrito, breakfast quesadilla, huevos rancheros, huevos a la Mexicana, bistec and eggs, and huevos con chorizo. On the weekends, they also make menudo, a soup made with honeycomb tripe, and posole with pork and hominy. The most popular is the huevos rancheros, which comes with beans, flour or corn tortillas and either hash browns, home fries or potatoes cooked with bell peppers, onions and cilantro. The over-
Huevos rancheros
easy eggs in this dish are the perfect balance to the seasoned, shredded beef on stacked corn tortillas. El Rio Verde isn’t for early birds. The restaurant opens at 8:30 a.m. to accommodate the waitstaff, many of whom drop off their kids at school before coming in for the day. The lunch and dinner menus are served all day. So if you want a wet burrito and OJ, go for it. Briana Gonzalez, daughter-in-law of Roman and Romona, says everything at El Rio Verde is based on her mother-in-law’s recipes. The Gonzalezes have owned the restaurant for 20 years.
SUMMER SNACKER We want summer snacks that are easy to put together, light and cool. Cheese plates with fresh berries, cold dips with veggies, chopped tomatoes on pita — this is what you want when drinking wine on the patio or sipping lemonade by the pool. When you want something fresh and light, try this dip. If your summer herbs are popping up, snip a few of them to mix in with the ricotta. This dip is delicious on toasted baguette slices or with fresh veggies.
CREAMY HERB DIP
1 container ricotta (about 2 cups) 2 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs (try a combination of flat-leaf parsley, basil and chives, though you can also use tarragon, cilantro or any other combination) ¼ teaspoon kosher salt Black pepper, to taste
In a bowl, combine ingredients until smooth. Serve dip with slices of toasted baguette drizzled with olive oil.
BOOTS: COURTESY TULSA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM; EL RIO VERDE: VALERIE WEI-HAAS; SABORES: GREG BOLLINGER; MAZZIO’S AND THE RESERVE: COURTESY
NEW CHEF AT GROGG’S
Andrew Donovan
Mazzio’s Combo pizza on cauliflower crust
The Reserve, the restaurant at Grogg’s Green Barn, debuted its season with a new chef. Chef Andrew Donovan is in familiar territory at the Reserve, a farm-to-table restaurant using vegetables, herbs and eggs right from the store’s 2-acre chef garden. From 2010-2014, Donovan and his wife owned the farm-to-table concept Brine and Bottle in Nags Head, North Carolina, which was featured on the Food Network. Donovan was most recently an executive chef in Pompano Beach, Florida. Seasonal menus at the Reserve change each month through October, with eight-course dinners by reservation only on Friday and Saturday evenings. Vegetarian dinners are available. The Reserve and Grogg’s are located at 10105 E. 61st St. To reserve a spot for dinner, go to reservetulsa.com.
Mazzio’s offers cauliflower crust The new cauliflower crust pizza at Mazzio’s is perfect for those craving pizza who want to pass on the dough. The cauliflower crust is thin and crispy, and is made in a personal pizza size, so diners can choose their favorite toppings. Mazzio’s has other low-carb options like a crustless pizza, made in a tin filled with sauce, cheese and toppings. “We were asked daily by customers if we have a keto-friendly menu or crustless pizza,” says Eric Selby, vice president of brand development for Mazzio’s. “We specialize in pizza but work diligently to meet our customers’ needs and offer new menu items based on current foods trends.” The keto-friendly menu and cauliflower crust are available for a limited time. Mazzio’s also offers a gluten-free pizza. Visit mazzios. com for locations.
Boots Drive-In 1701 S. SHERIDAN ROAD
Lost restaurants of Tulsa
Restaurants might come and go in Tulsa, but many have made their mark on our city’s history for their food, service, owners and atmosphere. Here’s one serving of Tulsa’s gastronomic history from “Lost Restaurants of Tulsa.” Bob Boots of Carthage, Missouri, opened Boots Drive-In in 1962. After changing hands a few times, Boots came under the ownership of Basil Blackburn in 1968. The restaurant had two sections: a traditional dining room and a drive-in area with 60 spaces. Basil (known as Mr. B) ran the operations and the drive-in section while his wife, Arlene, worked the dining room. The place was perpetually packed with students. “Will Rogers and Hale high schools were on opposite sides of the drive-in,” Blackburn recalled in 2018. “Those teenagers ... they were my main customers.” During football and basketball season, people flocked to Boots in such numbers that off-duty police officers were hired to direct traffic. Boots was sold in 1972. Basil was later a partner at the Argentina Steakhouse on South Lewis Avenue and owned the Steakfinger House downtown for many years. He didn’t retire until 2015 at 89 years of age. — RHYS MARTIN TulsaPeople.com
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The following pages are the results of the 2019 A-LIST readers’ choice voting. Readers named their favorite businesses in 105 categories. The top five winners in each category are listed, with exceptions made when a tie occurred. Editors’ Picks: Although there are endless ways to enjoy Tulsa’s warm weather, the editors of TulsaPeople insist you pencil in some of these summer musts. Our editors’ picks give you a taste of what summer can be. PHOTOS BY VALERIE WEI-HAAS
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Asian
KEO keorestaurant.com
Breakfast First Watch firstwatch.com
Pei Wei peiwei.com
Brookside By Day brooksidebyday.com
P.F. Chang’s pfchangs.com
Bramble bramblebartulsa.com
Roka rokatulsa.com
Savoy Restaurant savoyrestaurant.com
Yokozuna yokozunasushi.com
Tally’s Good Food Cafe tallyscafe.com
Bakery
Burger
McAlister’s Deli mcalistersdeli.com Lambrusco’z Deli lambruscoz.com Subway subway.com
Fine Dining
Mahogany Prime Steakhouse mahoganyprimesteakhouse. com/locations/ mahogany-tulsa The Lounge (Bull in the Alley) bullinthealley.com
Local Cheap Eats
New Restaurant
Seafood
Nola’s Creole and Cocktails nolastulsa.com
White River Fish Market whiteriverfishmarket.com
Duet duetjazz.com
Bonefi sh Grill bonefishgrill.com
Tally’s Good Food Cafe tallyscafe.com
Peacemaker Lobster and Crab peacemakerlobstercrab.com/ tulsa
Red Lobster redlobster.com
Chick-fil-A chick-fil-a.com
Black Bear Diner blackbeardiner.com
Coney I-Lander coneyi-lander.com
Old Favorite
Taco Bueno tacobueno.com
Sonic Drive-In sonicdrivein.com Tacos Don Francisco facebook.com/ tacosdonfrancisco1
Local Coffee Shop
Savoy Restaurant savoyrestaurant.com
Shades of Brown shadescoffee.com
Tally’s Good Food Cafe tallyscafe.com
918 Coffee tulsa918coffee.com
Kilkenny’s Irish Pub tulsairishpub.com
Ruth’s Chris Steak House ruthschris.com/restaurantlocations/tulsa
The Coffee House on Cherry Street chocstulsa.com
Pizza — Gourmet
The Lounge (Bull in the Alley) bullinthealley.com
Ron’s Hamburgers and Chili ronsburgersandchili.com
Ludger’s Bavarian Cakery ludgersbavariancakery.com
Smitty’s Garage eatatthegarage.com
Esperance esperancebakery.com
Society societyburger.com
Pancho Anaya panchoanaya.com
Arnold’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers arnoldsoldfashioned hamburgers.com
McGill’s dinemcgills.com
R Bar rbartulsa.com
Goldie’s Patio Grill goldies.com
Mondo’s Ristorante Italiano mondositalian.com
Laffa Medi-Eastern Restaurant and Bar laffatulsa.com
Hodges Bend hodges-bend.com
Catering
Ti Amo Ristorante Italiano tiamotulsa.com
India Palace theindiapalacetulsa.com
Olive Garden olivegarden.com
Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe tazikiscafe.com
Dalesandro’s dalesandros.com
Desi Wok desiwok.net
Valkyrie valkyrietulsa.com McNellie’s mcnellies.com Kilkenny’s Irish Pub tulsairishpub.com
Barbecue Burn Co. burnbbq.com RibCrib ribcrib.com Albert G’s albertgs.com Oklahoma Joe’s okjoes.com Billy Sims Barbecue billysimsbbq.com 48
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Italian
Villa Ravenna villaravenna.com
Local Brewery
Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern/ Indian Zoe’s Kitchen zoeskitchen.com
Mexican
Andolini’s Pizzeria andopizza.com Hideaway Pizza hideawaypizza.com East Village Bohemian eastvillagebohemian.com Upper Crust Wood Fired Pizza ucpizza.com Savastano’s savastanospizzeria.com
Pizza — Takeout/ Delivery Mazzio’s mazzios.com
El Tequila eltequilatulsa.com
Hideaway Pizza hideawaypizza.com
Charlie’s Chicken charlieschicken.com
Marshall Brewing Co. marshallbrewing.com
Calaveras calaverasmexicangrill.com
Domino’s dominos.com
PartySERVE partyserve.com
Cabin Boys Brewery cabinboysbrewery.com
Los Cabos loscabosok.com
Andolini’s Pizzeria andopizza.com
Bricktown Brewery bricktownbrewery.com
Chuy’s chuys.com
Pizza Hut pizzahut.com
Trenchers Delicatessen facebook.com/trenchersdeli
American Solera americansolera.com
Chimi’s chimismexican.com
Jason’s Deli jasonsdeli.com
Prairie Artisan Ales prairieales.com
Deli/ Sandwiches
Steak
Mahogany Prime Steakhouse mahoganyprimesteakhouse. com/locations/ mahogany-tulsa
Starbucks starbucks.com
Antoinette Baking Co. antoinettebakingco.com
Bar
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The Brook Restaurant and Bar brookrestaurant.com
Fat Guy’s Burger Bar fatguysburgers.com
Ruth’s Chris Steak House ruthschris.com/restaurantlocations/tulsa
Charleston’s charlestons.com
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DoubleShot Coffee Co. doubleshotcoffee.com
Merritt’s Bakery merrittsbakery.com
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar flemingssteakhouse.com/ locations/ok/tulsa
Saltgrass Steak House saltgrass.com
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Fun for all Adult Education Tulsa Community College tulsacc.edu Tulsa Tech tulsatech.edu
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Tulsa State Fair tulsastatefair.com
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Tulsa International Mayfest tulsamayfest.org
Tulsa Oilers tulsaoilers.com
Linde Oktoberfest Tulsa tulsaoktoberfest.org
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa tulsa.okstate.edu
Empty Bowls — Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma okfoodbank.org/events/emptybowls
Oklahoma City Thunder nba.com/thunder
Hop Jam thehopjam.com
Tulsa Roughnecks FC roughnecksfc.com
The University of Oklahoma-Tulsa ou.edu/tulsa
White Party — Family and Children’s Services whitepartyok.com
Tulsa State Fair tulsastatefair.com
TU Golden Hurricane tulsahurricane.com
Bowling
Tulsa International Mayfest tulsamayfest.org
Scotfest okscotfest.com
Movie Theater
The University of Tulsa utulsa.edu
Dust Bowl Lanes and Lounge dustbowllounge.com Andy B’s bowlandybs.com Main Event Entertainment mainevent.com AMF Sheridan Lanes amf.com/location/amfsheridan-lanes-ok Broken Arrow Lanes brokenarrowlanes.com
Casino River Spirit Casino Resort riverspirittulsa.com Hard Rock Hotel and Casino hardrockcasinotulsa.com
Event — Run/ Walk/Cycle
Tulsa Federal Credit Union Tulsa Run tulsarun.com Saint Francis Tulsa Tough tulsatough.com Williams Route 66 Marathon route66marathon.com The Color Run thecolorrun.com/locations/ tulsa Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure komenoklahoma.org
Family Attraction
Osage Casino Hotel osagecasino.com
Gathering Place gatheringplace.org
Riverwind Casino riverwind.com
Tulsa Zoo tulsazoo.org
Event — Nonprofit Heart Ball — American Heart Association tulsaheartball.heart.org
Oklahoma Aquarium okaquarium.org Main Event Entertainment mainevent.com Incredible Pizza incrediblepizza.com
Hands-on Art Studio
Regal Warren Broken Arrow regmovies.com/theatres/regalwarren-broken-arrow/1448#/
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AMC Theatres amctheatres.com
Purple Glaze Studio purpleglazestudio.com
Circle Cinema circlecinema.com
Tulsa Glassblowing School tulsaglassblowing.org
Cinemark Tulsa and IMAX cinemark.com
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The Mayo Hotel themayohotel.com
Gilcrease Museum gilcrease.org
Ambassador Hotel Tulsa ambassadortulsa.com
Woody Guthrie Center woodyguthriecenter.org
River Spirit Casino Resort riverspirittulsa.com
Discovery Lab — Tulsa Children’s Museum discoverylab.org
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino hardrockcasinotulsa.com Hotel Indigo hotelindigo.com/tulsadwtnok
ahha Tulsa ahhatulsa.org Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium tulsamuseum.org
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The Joint — Hard Rock Hotel and Casino hardrockcasinotulsa.com Tulsa Theater (formerly Brady Theater) bradytheater.com
Hunter Park tulsaparks.org
Paradise Cove — River Spirit Casino Resort riverspirittulsa.com
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Tulsa Ballet tulsaballet.org Tulsa Performing Arts Center tulsapac.com Philbrook Museum of Art philbrook.org Tulsa Symphony tulsasymphony.org
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Spain Ranch spainranch.com
The Mayo Hotel themayohotel.com Philbrook Museum of Art philbrook.org Dresser Mansion dressermansion.com White House Mansion whitehousemansiontulsa.com Glass Chapel glasschapeltulsa.com
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Add a dose of nostalgia and charm to your summer movie season with a visit to the Admiral Twin Drive-In, 7355 E. Easton St. Now in its 68th season, Tulsa’s only drive-in theater has twin screens that show double features each weekend throughout the summer. It’s the largest drive-in in the state. Arrive early, park, visit the concession stand and tune in on your radio for the summer blockbusters.
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In our opinion, Tulsa is home to some of the best burgers in the country. Many of Tulsa’s burger joints have been around for decades, and many have created beverages, sides and desserts that have garnered their own accolades. One of those is Brownies Hamburgers and its legendary, mile-high pies. Hand-made meringue pies are made every day in flavors like chocolate, banana, butterscotch, coconut and lemon. Buy them by the slice ($3.50) or whole ($23.99; return the glass pie plate for $5 back). Brownie’s has three area locations: 2130 S. Harvard Ave.; 6577 E. 71st St.; and 422 Plaza Court, Sand Springs.
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Mary Murray’s Flowers marymurraysflowers.com
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Fine Jewelry Moody’s Jewelry moodysjewelry.com
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Aldi aldi.us
Don Carlton Honda doncarltonhonda.com
Whole Foods Market wholefoodsmarket.com
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Local Auto Dealer — Luxury
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Ranch Acres Wine and Spirits ranchacreswine.com Old Village Wine and Spirits 918-712-2115 Tulsa Hills Wine Cellar tulsahillswinecellar.com B and B Liquor Warehouse bbliquortulsa.com Aspen Liquor aspenliquorbrokenarrow.com Biergarten Wine and Spirits biergartenjenks.com
Local Auto Dealer — Domestic
Mark Allen Buick GMC | Chevrolet markallenbuickgmc.com
Jackie Cooper Imports jackiecooperimports.com Lexus of Tulsa lexusoftulsa.com Don Thornton Automotive Group donthorntonauto.com BMW of Tulsa bmwoftulsa.com Volvo Cars of Tulsa volvocarsoftulsa.com
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Jim Norton Chevrolet jimnortonchevy.com
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Experience public art! In the past several years, Tulsa’s public art scene has boomed. All those murals, sculptures and installations have been the perfect backdrop to many-aTulsan’s selfies. In April, Tulsa’s Young Professionals partnered with the Tulsa Art Alley to present its annual Street Cred event, which transformed an alley between East Fifth and Sixth streets, just west of South Boston Avenue in the Deco District, into an artcentered destination.Nearly two dozen artists created works specifically for the space, including SAM DOUGLAS’ impressive blue jay, pictured here. We’ve spotted other new works throughout the city, including a piece by Sullystring on the south façade of Retro Den, 1216 S. Harvard Ave. Five new murals, dubbed Whittier Walls, just popped up in the Kendall Whittier District thanks to the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation. CODAK SMITH, a Tulsa Artist Fellow and contemporary muralist, recently unveiled “Roam Home” at the Center for Employment Opportunities, 803 S. Peoria Ave. The project was funded through the TYPros Foundation and Tulsa Artist Fellowship.
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Nothing says summer quite like a picnic. Find a shady spot and spread a blanket wide for tempting dishes perfect for dining al fresco. (See p. 38 for some delicious recipes and some of our favorite places for picnics to-go.) Gathering Place, 2650 S. John Williams Way, is sure to be on many Tulsans’ to-do lists this summer. Spots for a picnic are nearly limitless, such as under the majestic Reading Tree and near the many playgrounds and facilities. Gathering Place, named the 2018 Best New Attraction by readers of USA Today and Favorite Park by readers of TulsaPeople, will be buzzing this summer with activities for the entire family. Keep in mind that no glass bottles are allowed in the park. TP
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Explore Northwest Arkansas Summer is an exciting time of year to visit “naturally fun” Northwest Arkansas! Enjoy the perfect mix of nature's sights and urban delights. Hike the stunning Ozark mountains, paddle sparkling lakes and rivers, and shred the 200-plus miles of internationally recognized mountain bike trails. Savor award-winning High South cuisine and explore the many distinctive downtowns — from Bentonville to Fayetteville, Siloam Springs to Eureka Springs, Rogers, Springdale and more — and discover the world-class Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. From bountiful farmers’ markets and lively summertime festivals and events, to the state’s largest live-music amphitheater, collegiate and minor league baseball, an ever-evolving craft brew scene and a public art movement that is transforming the ordinary into something truly extraordinary — Northwest Arkansas has it all. Come discover for yourself why more than 4 million people visit annually! Plan your trip today at northwestarkansas.org.
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Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). Daisies, Arles (detail), 1888. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. Photo: Travis Fullerton. © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Opening June 22 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, “Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts” features more than 70 works by French and European masters such as Degas, Manet, Monet, Picasso, Renoir, Rousseau and Van Gogh. After first becoming interested in British sporting art, Paul Mellon began to collect 19th century French art in the 1940s with his second wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon. While their collection largely consists of Impressionist paintings, it also includes masterpieces from every important school of French art — from Romanticism and the Barbizon School through Cubism and the School of Paris. Taken together, these works exemplify the Mellons’ personal vision and highly original collecting strategies, which provide a context for understanding this unique collection. Exhibition organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. OKCMOA, located at 415 Couch Drive in Oklahoma City, will host several special events in conjunction with the exhibition. Visit okcmoa.com for exact dates and details. OKCMOA.COM
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Exploring Dallas along the Margarita Mile Last year, Dallas staked its claim as the “Official Home of the Frozen Margarita” by launching the Margarita Mile — a curated collection of the best and most brazen margaritas across Dallas’ unique neighborhoods, all collected in a colorful mobile app. Dallas’ history with the frosty concoction dates back to 1971 when the first frozen margarita machine was invented by local restaurateur and living legend Mariano Martinez. That original frozen margarita machine now lives in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Nearly 50 years on and Mariano’s Hacienda in East Dallas is still dishing out the quintessential cocktail. The margarita has become so imbedded in Dallas culture you can find them just about anywhere — from traditional Tex-Mex spots to upscale Japanese restaurants, swanky cocktail bars and beyond in an array of flavors and preparations. The Margarita Mile includes delectable variations with infused tequilas, liquid nitrogen, house-made syrups, fresh herbs and even full popsicles dunked right in. The Margarita Mile app takes users on a curated, self-guided tour of nearly two dozen spots. As users taste their way through the app and check in at each location, they rack up points that help them earn fun gifts along the way. This colorful and user-friendly app is a jumping off point to discover neighborhoods all over Dallas, from East Dallas to Deep Ellum, Uptown to Downtown and beyond. The app encourages locals and visitors to step outside the norm to discover only-in-Dallas restaurants and bars. Get started today by downloading the app in the Apple Store or Google Play.
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You might recognize the “K-5” by Kuboraum’s striking black-etched frames — they’re a favorite of Oprah Winfrey. Starts at $475.
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five styles, and this one will probably be about 10 frames in various colors.” So how does Black Optical keep up with the eyewear trends? “We don’t really follow trends because if it’s a trend, we feel that it has already passed,” he says. “We do go to a couple of trade shows, one in Paris and another in New York, but we’re also very curious about what people are wearing, whether it’s on someone local or someone in the streets. We are always looking. That’s the fun for us. We like to discover new things and pass them along to our clients.” The next goal for Black Optical is to design its own branded collection of eyewear, something Black is hopeful will happen in 2020. “I just can’t believe 12 years has passed,” he says. “We’re going to keep creating and want to start producing frames that we dream of that you can’t find anywhere else.” TP
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The popular “Cole” frame is named after Black Optical’s Dallas store location on Cole Avenue. This frame is made of handcrafted acetate and comes in several colors, giving it that perfect ’70s vibe. Starts at $275.
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MEDICINE PARK, Oklahoma Highway 49, east of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Located northwest of Lawton, the small town of Medicine Park was created as a tourist resort in the early 20th century and bills itself as “America’s Cobblestone Community.” There is a robust event schedule each year, too, including Rock’n the Park American rock music festival July 6-7. Check the website, medicinepark.com. MUSEUM OF THE GREAT PLAINS, 601 N.W. Ferris Ave., Lawton The Lawton museum covers the history of North America from Mexico to Canada between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. Exhibits range from modern-day cultures to prehistoric geology. One of its most popular exhibits focuses on “Terrible Tuesday,” a tornado outbreak in the Wichita Falls area in the late 1970s. There are plenty of hands-on activities for the kids throughout the museum, too. TP
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The Virtual Dementia Tour puts a person in the shoes of someone with dementia. The immersive experience alters one’s senses and is intended to help one better understand the condition and build empathy. Senior Star hosts regularly scheduled Virtual Dementia Tours each month.
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these individuals are in some stage of Alzheimer’s or dementia. Burgundy Place holds a Virtual Dementia Tour the last Tuesday of each month. The entire program lasts about 90 minutes, though the experiential part is brief but intense. “It’s a fully immersive experience that actually alters your senses that we follow with a debrief so people can talk about it,” Bennett says. “It helps you to understand the behaviors of people with dementia that those of us with healthy cognitive function can find so frustrating.” Elements of the tour include experiencing hearing and visual deficits along with physical impediments. Participants are given instructions they can’t fully hear or comprehend. To have your eyes — and your heart — opened to the plight of those with dementia, you can schedule a free Virtual Dementia Tour at either Senior Star location. Call Burgundy Place at 918299-0953 to reserve a spot at its June 25 demonstration; call 918-250-3631 for a reservation at Woodland Terrace’s June 20 demonstration; or check out Senior Star on Facebook. CONTINUED ON P. 102
Mayor G.T. Bynum recognizes the Tulsa Fire Department for its participation in Dementia Friendly Tulsa training.
Tulsa named Dementia Friendly City With baby boomers arriving en masse into their golden years and joining millions of Americans already there, Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness has never been more important. That’s why Tulsa became a Dementia Friendly City two years ago as part of the Dementia Friendly America Network. Being a Dementia Friendly City means city government departments, first responders and other civic organizations ranging from churches and nonprofits to businesses are trained or are receiving training about Alzheimer’s/dementia, their impacts and how to deal with these conditions. “The purpose of the training is to change social attitudes and stigmas so the public knows how to engage those with cognitive impairment,” says Susan Dornblaser, a volunteer trainer with Dementia Friendly Tulsa. “We want people with dementia to stay engaged in the community as long as possible.” The free training is open to any interested group. To schedule a training, call 918-596-7411 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
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Warning signs
Where are my car keys? What’s that cell number again? That name is on the tip of my tongue! All of us can have moments like these — whether we’re 23 or 83. However, there’s a big difference between these episodes and actual Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. “Everyone may experience forgetfulness from time to time,” says Heather Duvall, director of programs for the Oklahoma Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, “but Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that really begins to disrupt daily life.” Alzheimer’s can creep up slowly, with the brain undergoing changes up to 20 years before any significant cognitive impairment manifests. After its symptoms become apparent, the disease might progress for four to 20 years before death occurs. According to Duvall, some telltale signs someone with Alzheimer’s might have include: • Forgetting important dates and events • Asking the same thing repeatedly • Taking notes and leaving notes as reminders • Difficulty planning and solving common problems that once were easy • Confusion and growing inability to complete everyday tasks. “Early, accurate detection will allow people in the early stages of the disease to start planning and making decisions,” Duvall says. “That way, a patient’s wishes can be carried out and their quality of life can be improved. Caregivers don’t have to guess.” Broaching the topic with an undiagnosed loved one can be tricky, but it’s critical, Duvall explains. People in the early stages of the disease might be aware of their difficulties and are often feeling anxious and fearful, and this can lead to denial. Be gentle, she says. “You might start a conversation like, ‘Mom, I feel like you’ve been more forgetful lately. Do you feel like you are?’ And then you might point out some of the specific things you see going on.” After having that conversation, take your loved one to a doctor for a cognitive assessment. If a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or dementia is made, get in touch with the Alzheimer’s Association. “It’s a devastating diagnosis, but we can help provide you with the support and resources to help you navigate through the journey of this disease,” she adds. You can learn more from alz.org and its 24-hour helpline, 1-800-272-3900.
On Aug. 6, Montereau will host “Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters” in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Association. The presentation will include how to identify the 10 warning signs, hearing from people with the disease, and how to recognize the signs in yourself and others. More information at montereau.net.
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What is Alzheimer’s? “Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia and causes actual physical changes to the brain,” says Jessica Vagin, Montereau memory care program manager. “The brain becomes smaller and shriveled. Alzheimer’s causes problems with thinking abilities, behaviors and an individual’s memory. This is a progressive disease that becomes severe enough to affect daily life, and it is terminal. Alzheimer’s accounts for 60-80% of all dementia cases.”
Are there different forms of dementia? Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe the loss of memory and other thinking skills, Vagin says. There are 200-plus forms of dementia.
The unsung heroes
Megan Linn describes her mother’s descent into the abyss of Alzheimer’s disease as a nightmare. Her mother, Connie, 72, was once a vibrant, outspoken, tenacious and independent woman, who made her career as a college professor. About five years ago, the family began to notice significant changes, though upon reflection, subtle signs of the disease had been there for a decade prior. By the time of Connie’s diagnosis, she was in the full-blown stages of Alzheimer’s and needed 24-hour care. “It’s a nightmare beyond what you can imagine,” Linn says. “You mourn for what you’ve lost and what you won’t have.” Suddenly, the family, and particularly her father, was thrust into a role they never anticipated. Ironically, perhaps, it is the caregivers who are too often forgotten in the story of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. It is the wives, the husbands, children and friends who end up caring for the patient, bearing a huge burden — at great personal and even professional cost. Jobs can be lost, careers derailed and blissful, relaxed retirement years might turn into a long, heartbreaking slog. They are the unsung heroes in the battle against Alzheimer’s. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 16 million Americans are providing unpaid care to people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias at an estimated value of $234 billion. In Oklahoma, 224,000-plus are serving as unpaid caregivers at an estimated value of $3.2 billion. Typically, it takes three people to provide care for just one person with Alzheimer’s. Susan Dornblaser, a volunteer trainer who educates the public about Alzheimer’s, struggled as a caregiver for her mother, who passed away from the disease in 2010. Her father, also a primary caregiver, died 10 weeks prior to his wife of vascular dementia brought on by the stress of caring for his ailing wife. Frequently, caregivers end up overlooked and marginalized as caring for a loved one takes over
their lives, she says. In her case, she had to end a 30-year practice as a communications consultant. “I closed the doors of my PR practice,” she says. “People don’t think about how caregiving impacts the careers of people. We need to educate employers so they can understand.” Employees who find themselves in that situation are far more likely to be tardy, leave work early, request leaves of absence, turn down promotions and even quit their jobs. Linn says that there have been silver linings. She credits the care her mother now receives at Inverness Village retirement center, as well as the support the family continues to get through the Alzheimer’s Association, which she calls a “lifesaver.” “Don’t be afraid to let other people in on your journey,” she says. “Our family was pretty private, and we didn’t want to burden anyone, but accepting help from others has been incredible. Strangers have now become our extended family. “To help my mom, we had to have people helping us,” she says. “It has saved us.”
On the horizon
Alzheimer’s has no cure, but there are promising therapies on the horizon for sufferers. Although most existing trials focus on earlier stages of the disease, one new therapy — if successful — will focus on improving quality of life for those already diagnosed with and experiencing the effects of Alzheimer’s. Called troriluzole, the drug is undergoing clinical trials at 40 sites across the U.S., including in Tulsa through Tulsa Clinical Research. “Th is is for people experiencing mild to moderate symptoms of Alzheimer’s,” says Christy Lisenbee, operations manager and certified clinical research coordinator for Tulsa Clinical Research. “There have not been many studies or therapies for this group, which is already using available treatments.” The study, formally called T2ProtectAD, is open for those age 50-85 with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. It is a 48-week trial that requires 10 clinical visits, the fi rst one being a clinical eligibility assessment. There is no cost to the patient for participating. Biohaven, a New Haven, Connecticut-based pharmaceutical company, has developed troriuzole, which it hopes will protect against and slow down memory loss and even improve memory and thinking problems. The drug aims to regulate a vital brain chemical called glutamate. “What troriuzole does is it makes glutamate levels in the brain normal, which allows nerve cells to communicate more effectively with each other,” says Dr. Irfan Qureshi, executive director of neurology at Biohaven. “It is a promising investigational treatment for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s.” Qureshi warns this is not a cure, but animal trials showed significant promise. They are hoping it shows the same impact in humans. If you are interested in participating in the study, call Tulsa Clinical Research at 918-7432349, ext. 106, or visit t2protectad.org. TP
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Crape danger BY ALLEN ROBINSON
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he crape myrtle has been a longtime favorite ornamental shrub of homeowners as it blooms profusely throughout Tulsa’s scorching summers. The leaves and bark add color and interest to our fall and winter landscapes. However, it is not without its problems, the most notable of which is a vulnerability to the crape myrtle bark scale, an insect that diminishes the appearance of these wonderful shrubs. The bark scale is relatively new to the south and now has become fairly prevalent in northeast Oklahoma. It came to the U.S. from Asia and fi rst appeared in north-central Texas in 2004, and has subsequently spread northward into the Tulsa area. Always inspect nursery crape myrtles for scale insects before purchase. The life cycle begins with either the female scale or eggs overwintering on the crape myrtle under loose bark. When the eggs hatch, small mobile “crawlers” are produced, which migrate on the plant and might be spread to other crape myrtles by wind or birds. There might be two to three generations produced per year, depending on temperatures. Once the female is fully developed, she mates and attaches to the stems and trunks of the crape myrtle, where she remains fi xed and lays eggs for the next generation. She dies shortly thereafter, but the eggs survive under her covering until they hatch. As the scales feed, they release liquid called “honeydew.” Th is is similar to the behavior of aphids. The sugars in honeydew support the growth of a fungus called “sooty mold,” which produces large black patches on the bark. The crape myrtle bark scale is easy to identify
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Crape myrtle bark scale
because it is the only scale insect to infest crape myrtles. The adult female is usually about 2 mm long and has a distinctive gray-white, felt-like covering. When one of the females is crushed, a pink blood-like fluid is released. The current recommendations for control are both removal by hand and the use of winter dormant oils. Scrub down the trunk of the crape myrtle with a mild solution of dishwashing soap and water, using a long-handled brush to remove both the scale and sooty mold. Th is method is highly effective. Another recommended treatment is to spray the trunks of the trees with dormant oil in late winter. Winter dormant oil spray is a stronger concentration of the petroleum-based oil than is used in summer. Neem oil, while useful in other applications, will not be effective for this scale in winter. Previously, systemic insecticides in the neonicotinoid family were recommended. These chemicals enter the circulation of plants and kill the pest when they feed on the sap. They have been shown to be quite competent against the crape myrtle bark scale, but are no longer recommended due to concerns that these insecticides enter the blossoms of crape myrtles and would become harmful to bees and other pollinators. Although the mold is unsightly, the good news is that it is not significant in terms of the plant’s overall health. TP
Thank you to Tulsa County Master Gardeners for their expertise in this subject matter. Allen Robinson has been a Master Gardener since 2010.
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was outside first thing the other morning, apologizing to the giant sycamore tree in my front yard. I pulled out two nails I had driven into the tree for a decorative hobbit’s door and recanted my thoughtless act of brutality. It might not harm, but it must have hurt. I don’t think I am anthropomorphizing when I say the sycamore tree didn’t reply, at least not in words. I consoled myself with a quote from the late poet and essayist C. D. Wright, who wrote about forests and backyards, “A tree is a resilient fighter. Likewise poets, single mothers and teachers.” The great sycamore towers over my house, but I was seeing her with new eyes. Late into the previous night I’d read Richard Powers’ novel “The Overstory,” fl ipped again through Peter Wohlleben’s nonfiction “The Hidden Life of Trees,” and pulled a short stack of other tree books off my library shelf. My tree reading reminds me of the consciousness-raising meetings with other young women in the 1970s, but this time it’s about trees instead of feminism. What could she tell me, my Grandmother Sycamore tree, if I were quiet enough to hear her? I could learn her biblical heritage because a sycamore tree is what short Zacchaeus climbed in Jericho to get a better look at Jesus. That’s how in Christianity the sycamore became a symbol of clarity. In Judaism, it is the tree of life because it gives both fruit (the sycamore fig variety) and wood. In Egyptian mythology, the sun rose each morning from the sacred sycamore of turquoise that stood at the gates of heaven. The American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) can be gargantuan, growing up to 120 feet tall with a massive trunk. In 1770, George Washington recorded the girth of a sycamore on the Ohio River that measured 45 feet around. The largest sycamore in the state is located in Tulsa’s Maple Ridge. When last measured, it stood 108 feet tall with a crown spread of 114 feet. The property owners say it drops leaves the size of dinner plates.
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The sycamore in my yard is about 90 feet tall and 80 years old, probably planted when the house was built in 1928 as a shade tree against the west sun. That’s why I refer to her as Grandmother Sycamore; she’s old and, God willing, she’ll grow older. She is a member of one of the oldest plant families in the world that dates back a 100 million years. Sycamores can live to be 500 years or older. At about half that age, they become hollow but still healthy. Natives used hollow sycamores for canoes, and settlers used them for storage. I can see several holes in my sycamore where two squirrels pop in and out, using them as entrances for their personal high-rise condo. They share the tree with an assortment of birds, some of whom stop by for only a few minutes and others who build nests and raise families. One year, red-tailed hawks lived there. Sycamores aren’t as popular as backyard trees as they once were, certified arborist Tim Nall of We B Trees told me. Their seed balls are messy maintenance, and they are too large for smaller contemporary lots. Plant a sycamore away from the house, he says, because they need space. Oklahoma winds keep them to about 75-80 feet in height, on average. Sycamore balls can be composted or rubbed with peanut butter and rolled in seeds for a winter bird feeder. I might try that. The inner bark can be made into a medicinal tea for colds and cough. I won’t try that. Sycamore bark is one of the tree’s most appealing features: pale and smooth on its top branches, thick and brown on the trunk. As the tree ages and the girth spreads — I know just how that feels! — the outer bark dies and flakes off in chunks. That’s where I drove the nails for the hobbit door. Maybe Grandmother Sycamore didn’t even feel it. Still, it was rude behavior. A song popped into my mind from the old “Mr. Zing and Tuff y” TV show: “Don’t put your feet on the furniture, a sofa doesn’t sit on you.” Same thing with trees and nails. TP
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MIDTOWN 2619 E 33rd Street, Tulsa This custom build home sits on a beautiful Midtown Street at 33rd & Birmingham. Master bedroom downstairs with a private patio. 4 bedrooms, a large game room & an additional laundry room upstairs. Kitchen opens to family room that looks over swimming pool. $1,350,000
FOREST HILLS 1840 E 27th Street - An exquisite home in Forest Hills built in 1992. Features include formal living and dining rooms, kitchen combined with family room, game room, and study. Master bedroom w/ en-suite luxury bathroom on first floor, 3 bedrooms upstairs with 2 bathrooms. 4,904 square feet.$1,299,000
5 ACRE ESTATE 6845 E 181st Street S, Bixby Newer gated estate with exquiste details thru-out. Located on 5 acres with outdoor living. Fireplace, pool, spa, waterfall, sport court, pond & shop. Chef’s Kitchen, fab master, study, mud room, Safe room, 1st floor Theater. 2 bed down/3 up with game room & study niche. Additional land available. $995,000
GRAND LAKE South Grand Lake waterfront, one hour from Tulsa, 2.5 acres, 231 feet of shoreline, protected cove, large well maintained 3 story home with a full walkout basement, 4 BR, 7 BA, 4-car detached garage, 4-car carport, 3 enclosed boat slips, 27’, 30’ & 42’, and an enclosed fishing dock, screened-in porch with wrap around deck, great views of Scotty’s Cove! $849,000
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GRAND LAKE Pelican Point 4 BR, 3.5 BA, open living space, incredible views of Grand Lake, very gentle slope to the lake, new powder and master bath, stainless appliances, completely furnished inside and out, two fireplaces, brand new deck and very close to Ketchum! $750,000
5802 S Indianapolis Avenue - Kleinco Construction built this home in 1996 for the present owner. Vaulted & beamed ceiling living room. Study with wet bar w/ half bath. Remodeled granite countered kitchen open to family room w/ gas log FP. Spacious master bedroom w/ dual closets. Upstairs are 2 beds, 2 baths, game-room, exercise studio, and office. $775,000 LEGENDS 9322 E 110th Street, Bixby Beautiful 5 bedroom home in Legends. Formal dining, spiral staircase wrought iron, large kitchen opens to family room. Covered patio, walk in closets, breakfast nook, 80 bottle wine storage, study. 2 bds down. 3 car garage. $480,000
MID TOWN 209 E 21st Street - Maple Ridge area. Home with natural light & original hardwoods. Living, Formal Dining, Den with FP & built ins. Powder bath. Kit with bar & nook. Master with Spa bath. Laundry/ mudroom. 2 staircases. Sunroom. New paint & roof. Quarters over detached garage. Close to Gathering Place, Cherry St & Utica Sq. $375,000
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11619 S Hudson Place $425,000
Gated area in South Tulsa is a beautiful listing that was custom built by the current owner. Open formals having hardwood floors and vaulted ceilings. Butlers pantry with storage and sink. Kitchen has been updated with new appliances and granite. Master suite located on 1st floor. Office with French doors and hardwoods. 2 additional bedrooms. Sun room. Beautiful grounds.
246 E. 27th Street $379,000 Sunset Terrace Bungalow has been updated and is very charming. Glassed in sun porch. Hardwood floors. Formal living and dining room. Kitchen has serving bar, breakfast nook and period appropriate appliances. 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. Deck. 2-car detached garage.
3849 S Atlanta Place $699,000
2132 E 60th Street $195,000
Beautiful new listing with lots of charm and unique touches. Spacious formal living room has wide planked flooring and fireplace the room opens to a private patio. Dining room opens to second outdoor living space. Large kitchen with lots of cabinets and original indoor BBQ. 2 bedrooms located on the 1st floor each having private baths and walk-in closets. Office on first floor with lots of shelving and decorative fireplace. Family room with vaulted ceiling, wall of built-ins and fireplace. 2 additional bedrooms and bath located on the second floor. Lots of landscaping.
Gated Garden Park- Located all on one-level with open living area with beamed ceilings and fireplace. Spacious eat-in kitchen with beautiful cabinetry. Master bedroom with sitting area, walk-in closet and spacious bath. 2nd bedroom also has walk-in closet and full bath. Garden Park offers residents two pools, walking-trails, on-site manager and 24 hour security.
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3112 E 88th St, gated Wellington South neighborhood. Stately home with 6 large bedrooms. Master wing with study & large closets. Spacious living areas, media room, game room, office. Half acre, circle drive, incredible pool. $998,000
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10625 S Irvington Ave, 5 beds, gameroom, 4 car garage w/ storage space & storm shelter. Repainted + new carpet, spacious kitchen & 3 living areas, formal dining room + breakfast nook. Office & master bed downstairs. Large backyard. $525,000
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1426 E 37th Place, Clean & move in ready! Brookside, newer construction. Jay Rambo Cabinets. Granite. 2 beds up, 2 beds down. Master Bath retreat! Outdoor Fireplace. Transitional to Modern Flair. $649,000
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1903 S Florence Ave, Charming English cottage in Florence Park on a corner lot. Granite in kitchen, extra large master closet, washer & dryer upstairs, vaulted ceilings in living with exposed beams & fireplace, formal dining, large back patio, oversized garage with extra storage space. $269,000
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4344 S Lewis Place Custom home in gated Greenhill. Beautiful finishes, impeccable detail. 4 bed, 3.5 baths, beautiful hardwood floors; kitchen/ family room combo w/stone fireplace opens to outdoor entertaining space including fireplace & spa. Oversized garage w/storage. 929,000
9410 S 74th East Ave Gated Ashton Hollow in Jenks Schools: dry stack stone & brick ext., wood floors & high ceilings. 4 bed, master suite on 1st floor w/patio; Stainless kitchen w/granite opens to large family room w/FP; study, game room & media room; safe room. $349,900
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8231 S Kingston Avenue Beautifully updated home in gated Stonewall Estates; 1.65 acres with mature trees & heavy landscaping; 2 large bed down, 3 up, each with walk-in closet & private bath. Game room, theater, office & gym. Outdoor living with kitchen, Fireplace, pool, spa & tree house. $2,490,000
2631 E 14th Street Updated house in desirable Renaissance Heights. 2 living areas, 3+ bed & updated kitchen and baths. Just built 2 car garage with storage and inviting pool and patio out back. Great entertaining home! $349,000
1425 E 21st Street Updated Midtown home across from Woodward Park. 3 bed, 2.5 baths & large living room with new brick fireplace. First floor master suite with walk-in closet and separate shower and tub. Office with private outside entrance and courtyard. Charming! $335,000
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2531 S Cincinnati Avenue | $565,000
Stately Sunset Terrace home w/ 3 bed 3.5 bath on a double lot. Kitchen Ideas Bill Powers designed kitchen and master bath remodel. Beautiful hardwoods, lots of original charm, 2 downstairs living areas, spacious vaulted master bedroom retreat. 4 car total garage. Natural light throughout. Meticulously maintained. Large park like yard. Old Master bedroom could be 4th bedroom or upstairs living area. 110
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2943 E 56th Place | $319,000
Stunning one level home with 3 bedrooms plus study. 2 or 3 living rooms. Very open floor plan. In ground diving pool. Vaulted ceiling. Gorgeous landscaping. Beautiful large master suite. 2 car rear entry garage. Large living room with vaulted ceiling. Sprinkler system. Pool.
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Backing to 17th Fairway of Cedar Ridge CC, stunning Contemporary NEW CONSTRUCTION on .83 acre lot will take your breath away! Walls of glass allow for light and magnificent views. Top of the line Kitchen, luxurious Master Suite w/spa-like bath, 2 huge Patios (up & down) with fireplaces. 4 Bd, 5 Bath, Office, Game Room. $1,150,000. 4611 S Retana Place
Contemporary/Farmhouse at its best! 4 Bd./4 full, 2 half Baths NEW CONSTUCTION! Open Kitchen, Dining, Family flooded w/ light. Office w/ closet. Master w/shiplap ceiling; incredible Bath. Huge Game w/sink; frig. Adjoining Theater Rm. behind barn doors. Energy Star. $649,000.
5 Bd. New Construction. 3 Bedrooms down, 1 of 2 up bedrooms has double built-in bunk beds. Laundry/craft room. Deluxe Pantry w/wine cooler & space for frig. Huge Game Room w/full bar seating, sink, & microwave. Outdoor FP. $689,000.
6106 W. Charleston Place
3704 S. Sequoia Avenue
Mostly one-story contemporary New Construction. Open kitchen/ Family/Dining. Pantry w/space for a 2nd frig. Beautiful lit built-ins flanking fireplace. Three Bedrooms down. Two offices. Huge Game & Theater Rooms up, plus full bath. Outdoor grill. $615,000.
Impeccable home w/outdoor Kitchen, pool/spa. Chef’s Kitchen w/2 sinks, warming oven, beverage frig. Luxurious Master Suite w/FP & sitting area. Wood shutters throughout. Huge Game Room+ bonus room. New Roof! $549,000.
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3519 S Troost Avenue - $699,000 Stunning! New hardwoods 2019. Beautiful kitchen with new quartz counters opens to great room with vaulted ceiling & fireplace, Wall of French doors overlook pool with covered patio & mosquito mister, Beautiful master suite with large closet. 3 bedrooms down with 2.5 baths down with granite counters, Office up with built in plus a full bath. Large master suite, Quality throughout with many upgrades!
1245 S Newport Avenue - $457,000 Historical Home located between Pearl District & Cherry Street, Updated kitchen has new stainless appliances, eating space & hardwoods, Formal living with fireplace, formal dining, separate office, Hardwoods throughout, Master Suite w/Fireplace, 2 Closets, Large master bathroom, oversized rooms & high ceilings, New High Efficiency H/A Units, Separate updated living quarters, Corner lot with large backyard has deck with built in kitchen area.
1 level new construction finished March 2018, 0.47 acre. Grand entry vaulted ceilings. Hardwood floors living/master. Master and other 3 beds separate. Office. Expansive master w/ huge closet + area for 2nd closet or sauna. Bed 2 en suite. Bed 3 + 4 jack and jill bath. 3 1/2 car garage. Room above 3rd garage stubbed out can finish as 5th bed/4th full bath. Private yard, mature trees. Fenced front/back + gated entry. $939,000 TulsaPeople.com
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VISIT TULSAPEOPLE.COM Read TulsaPeople’s coverage of the 2007 raising of the Plymouth Belvedere Time Capsule.
Looking east near 515 S. Denver Ave. Luther Williams, Sunray DX refinery public relations officer, and the Belvedere and DX fuel to be placed in the trunk for burial. The vault can be seen on the ground behind him.
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n June 1957, Tulsa celebrated Oklahoma’s 50th birthday in a big way. Besides parties and parades, a time capsule was prepared for the centennial and at the last minute gained a companion, a donated 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that also was to be buried. The Time Capsule Burial Committee touted the car as “an advanced product of American ingenuity … to be in style 50 years from now.” A contest awarded the Belvedere to the person with the closest guess to what Tulsa’s population would be in 2007. A total of 812 entries were cast and placed inside the capsule with other items. An underground concrete vault, said to withstand a nuclear blast, was constructed outside the city courthouse. In the heat of the atomic age, and with the uncertainty of a nuclear-powered future, gasoline and motor oil were added to the vault.
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Spectators attending the entombment volunteered belongings to be placed inside the vehicle, while others hurried to sign their names to the white walls of the tires. The Belvedere and capsule were sealed underground for the next 50 years. A half-century later, the lifting of the Plymouth from its vault was simulcast June 15, 2007, in the Convention Center and online. The unveiling took place at the Convention Center later that night and was televised on KOTV Channel 6. All 7,300 seats for the unveiling activities were sold. The car was found in poor condition and in standing water in its capsule. Before the car was unveiled, Dwight Foster of Pennsylvania volunteered to care for it at his company’s New Jersey warehouse. After his family won the car in the population-guessing contest, Robert Carney of Frederick, Maryland, agreed to let Foster de-rust the car. As far as Tulsa Historical Society and Museum staff know, the Belvedere is still in a garage in New Jersey. TP
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