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[8 Jun 2009 | One Comment | 2,317 views]
A torch is passed at The Blue Door

by Danny Marroquin

You may not know the burgeoning songwriter John Fullbright, who’s currently planning his first 5 or 100 albums in the solitude of the East Oklahoma countryside. If you do, anything I write here is obsolete with what your ears have already told you. The best I can do is throw a few links, write some anecdotes and tell you about this really cool thing that happened at The Blue Door on a Friday in May…

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[9 May 2009 | No Comment | 1,043 views]
The Homeless Next Door: families on the street

by Ajit Bhand

At 8 a.m., dark clouds were already gathering outside to signal another gloomy day full of rain. A baby carriage came to a halt, and the solitary passenger seemed perturbed. At the front of the line, a young boy in a green Incredible Hulk t-shirt was greeted by a friendly voice…

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[9 May 2009 | One Comment | 1,006 views]
The Homeless Next Door: photo essay

Photos by Ajit Bhand.

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[9 May 2009 | 6 Comments | 2,771 views]
Being Okie: part two

by Lindsay Hodges Anderson

I have betrayed Oklahoma. I no longer have its rich, red soil beneath my feet. It gave me my first home in America, and now I am half the country away. But I will be back, and I can not wait to see it again…

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[9 May 2009 | One Comment | 1,549 views]
Kiowa calendar exhibit offers rare perspective on Oklahoma history

by Gene Perry

A new exhibition at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is providing a rare glimpse at a Native American perspective on 19th and early 20th century America. “One Hundred Summers: A Kiowa Calendar Record” features hand-drawn illustrations by renowned Kiowa artist and calendar-keeper Silver Horn…

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[9 May 2009 | One Comment | 3,314 views]
Local circus enlivens Okie art scene

by Gene Perry

A crowd has gathered on the streets of Norman. Maybe it’s the Norman Music Festival or the 2nd Friday Art Circuit. Everyone is enjoying the music, art, and food. But then the sound of approaching drums heralds a more unorthodox entertainment…

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