Matisse Exhibit Comes to OKC
Henri Emile Benoît Matisse was born on Dec. 31, 1869, in a tiny weaver's cottage on the rue du Chêne Arnaud in the textile town of Le Cateau-Cambrésis.
On A Wing and a Prayer - Eagle Aviary Takes Flight With Tribal Traditions
Jennifer Randell of Shawnee didn’t know if Kyla would ever be a true wild bald eagle.
Kyla, a young female bald eagle, had been kept in a pet kennel for most of her young life in Montana.
Choctaw Code Talkers of WWI
October 1918 The Americans were losing World War I, the Great War, when 19 men from Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation set foot in southern France to fight for a country that did not even recognize them as citizens.
Lesser Prairie Chicken Makes a Comeback
Though US Won't Appeal Court Rulings on Lesser Prairie Chicken, Conservation Efforts See Success In Habitat, Population Numbers By Heide Brandes
South Africa Safaris Beckon Visitors
I was riding in the spotter seat of the safari jeep, located on the hood of the vehicle, giggling wildly and screaming with joy as misty rain pummeled my face and our safari guide Mitchell sped 40 miles an hour down the rough dirt trails.
10 Things to Try in OKC This Year
As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."
More than a Zoo - Oklahoma City Zoo Leads Conservation Efforts Locally and Globally
Elephants in Africa are facing threats daily thanks to poaching, dramatic loss of habitat, disease and more. In the past 25 years, the population of African elephants dropped from 1.6 million to less than 500,000.
How Zane Woods Will Change the World
Zane Woods is going to change the world.
That change may not come today, it may not come tomorrow and it may not even come during Woods’ own lifetime, but he will, without a doubt, change the world.
Take a Hike Naked! It's a Thing and It Has a Day
They marched nude by the hundreds through forests, by lakes and along mountain trails, with many hoping to go unnoticed.
Urban Wilderness - Oklahoma's best urban hiking trails
Kathy Dinh of Oklahoma City is an outdoorsy kind of girl.
She likes to get out with her two Labradors and explore the wild places in Oklahoma and beyond. But when it comes to hiking, sometimes it’s easier to stay within the city limits and find those wild, lonely paths hidden among the sprawling urban landscape.
Welcome Home - OCU School of Law
Special publication for the grand opening of the OCU School of Law new facility. Majority of copy written by Heide Brandes
Long Road To Liberty
Long Road to Liberty Defining the African-American experience in Oklahoma, these pioneers came to settle one of America's last frontiers and create a new state.
Evolve or Dissolve - the Ongoing Evolution of Desmond Mason
“I’ve always been the outsider,” Desmond Mason said, his tall, NBA-sized frame squashed in the small metal coffee shop chair. “I’m an outsider in the art world. I was an outsider in the basketball world.
Battle Lines drawn as Oklahoma Lawmakers Take Aim at Gays
OKLAHOMA CITY – A raft of proposed laws in socially conservative Oklahoma, criticized for being discriminatory measures aimed at limiting the rights of gay and transgender people, has prompted a pushback from human rights groups seeking to sink the proposals.
Want to See Chinese Art? Visit Taiwan
After more than a half hour waiting in a line with what seemed to be hundreds of Chinese tourists, I stared at a cabbage.
After Spoiled Butterfly Bash, One Oklahoma Town Tries to Help Monarchs
(Reuters) - The small town of Blanchard, Oklahoma, threw a big party this fall, but the guests of honor did not show up. Residents suspect foul play somewhere on the guests' international trek to the festivities.
Trap, Neuter, Release
On a dark Thursday night that promised rain, MaryDoris Casey was creeping around some dumpsters behind a row of fast food restaurants and wading through overgrown lots filled with the detritus of empty soda cups and food bags.
Oklahoma unveils new execution protocols
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma set up new procedures on executions that include increasing by five times the dosage of a controversial sedative that was among the drugs used in a botched execution in April, which prompted the state to suspend lethal injections.