Tulsa Art Walk
More than 750,000 visited the 42nd Annual Festival of the Arts in downtown Oklahoma City.
About 6,000 music fans hit Main Street for the Norman Music Festival.
Not to be outdone, there was the Spring Art Walk at Tulsa’s RiverWalk Crossing. I spoke with event planner Danielle Raimo on Saturday….
The Art Walk featured artists, jewelry, paintings and music. Tulsa’s Alaina Whitaker, of American Idol fame, headlined the Saturday night concert.
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NewsOK nominated for EPpy award
NewsOK has won numerous national awards. And it’s amazing to be nominated for national awards, to get that recognition. It’s even better to win, which we have been very fortunate to do.
This year, we’re up for another EPpy award, which is Editor and Publisher’s big online award.
NewsOK has been nominated for the Centennial site and coverage.
Best Special Feature in a Web Site – News or Event, with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
* Arizona Daily Star’s iWait
* CaptureCincinnati.com, The Enquirer & Cincinnati.Com
* Oklahoma Centennial, NewsOK.com
Kelvin Sampson has a new job?
The Oklahoman’s Nolan Clay reports The NBA is complaining Seattle is “harassing” NBA Commissioner David Stern. The NBA wants a judge to block Seattle attorneys from questioning Stern. The attorneys are seeking testimony from Stern to gather evidence for a trial against the Seattle SuperSonics owners.
An Edmond police officer found the car belonging to an Edmond woman who has been missing since Wedneday.
There was a body in the car, but police would not give any details. The car also was partially burned. The body was taken to the medical examiner’s office for identification.
NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com on Thursday that former OU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and the Milwaukee Bucks are discussing an assistant coach’s role at the urging of new Bucks coach Scott Skiles.
Today could be a wet — and stormy — one in parts of Oklahoma. Your OKC forecast: mostly cloudy before turning mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid-70s. Northwesterly winds 15 to 20 mph. Twenty percent chance of thunderstorms in the morning.
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DnA: Arts Fest food (try the Coyote Chicken Sandwich)
People were howling. And those were the food vendors, uh, volunteers.
Seriously, Cafe 501, author of the Coyote Chicken Sandwich, has some amazing food. Their chopped salad is incredible. Great breads, sandwiches, breakfasts and desserts.
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DnA: Arts Fest kids
Angi: What do you think?
Kid: Yeah
Angi: What’s your favorite thing about getting your face painted?
Kid: Yeah
Angi: What’s your favorite things about the Arts Festival?
Kid: Yeah
Angi: Ha! Is that your favorite word? I like your heart it’s very pretty.
Kid: Thank you.
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CSI in OKC
We toured the new OSBI crime lab today. David Jones, Paige Dillard and Tanner Herriott spent a couple hours there interviewing and shooting footage.
We will have those videos online next week.
This is part of our Cold Case Oklahoma series. And it’s for an upcoming package on the new OSBI facilities.
It’s impressive how they have spent so much notice on details. Like how the air is not heated or cooled until it enters a specific room. This is to help with any contamination concerns.
Newspaper stocks bounce back big time
Everyone likes to bag on the declining newspaper industry.
Actually, “everyone” is probably more like only those in the media business who can’t help but notice the emerging new technologies (Internet, cell phones, iPhones, etc) that make news more immediate and on-demand. Truth is, the every day guy probably doesn’t even care where he’s getting his news. I doubt he has loyalty to newspapers or the local TV news. It’s convenience and what topics he’s interested in.
Wednesday was not a good day for a few newspaper chains’ stock. But Thursday was a different story: newspaper stocks bounce back big time.
Cat-dog food fight
No reason to post this really. But it’s funny. And in a foreign language.
Festival of the Arts video
Angi and I went downtown yesterday to shoot videos of the 42nd annual Festival of the Arts.
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Wednesday morning at the Arts Fest
A few headlines from a park bench at the Festival of the Arts.
Still the underdog in a contest that won’t quit, Hillary Rodham Clinton pulled off a feisty act of political survival in the Pennsylvania primary yesterday, defeating Barack Obama to keep her Democratic presidential hopes alive. Clinton won 55 percent to 45 percent.
Meanwhile, Gov. Brad Henry, who said earlier he would not endorse a Democratic presidential candidate until this summer’s national convention, announced this morning he is supporting Barack Obama.
The Oklahoman’s Darnell Mayberry is reporting the lead attorney for the city of Seattle and several Seattle politicians are now willing to negotiate a settlement in the lease dispute with the Sonics ownership group if those talks include the promise of a replacement franchise by the NBA.
This week’s celebrity casualty on Dancing with the Stars was Marlee Matlin. The actress, who is deaf, lost her timing at various points during her mambo Monday with professional partner Fabian Sanchez, and the judges took note.
Today in Oklahoma City, there is the possibility of thunderstorms, but it’s perfect this morning. Expect highs in the upper 70s. There is a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
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