Support the Arts
I’ll be expanding on this idea Tuesday, but I want to get things started today: IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TONIGHT, GO SEE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK TONIGHT AT THE MYRIAD GARDENS!
I know, I know, it’s hot out there. But the performance starts at 8 p.m. and with the sun hitting the [...]
Supercool
I got the following email today from Beth Rutledge and a pdf of the above page from Metropolitan magazine:
I saw this article (attached) yesterday in Metropolitan Home magazine and thought it was supercool that the Shulman exhibit currently at OKCMoA received a full-page (editorial, not advertising) in the May 2009 edition. Cover is shown below. The write [...]
Goodbye Soliel, Hello LaBaguette
Way back when, going back to 1995, the owners of La Baguette opened a second location at downtown’s Journal Record Building. The restaurant was a hit, but the bombing of the neighboring Alfred P. Murrah Building ended the operation.
When I first learned Michel and Alain Buthion were planning to return downtown in 2006 to the [...]
It’s a Beautiful Morning in Downtown OKC
Yeah, it’s looking like it’s going to be one of those weeks. You know, “a chamber of commerce kind of week.” Downtown is looking great, the Festival of the Arts is gearing up and the weather forecast is looking like a winner all week long.
I’m talking with my editor this morning, and the reporter who [...]
Urban Renewal: The Blooming of the Myriad Gardens
Dennis Wells, you are the man. Just when I start to spiral into that dreaded blogger burnout, you provide me with exactly what I need to get going again.
So let’s get this discussion started. First, those of you who have attended presentations by Jack Money and I on our book, “OKC Second Time Around,” [...]
Thanking God and the Canal Extension
I knew it came close. I didn’t realize that destruction was flying above everything I cherish. Thank you God is all I can say.
On Tuesday (was that really yesterday?) I revealed in my Main Street column that a wide array of downtown leaders are seeking to add a potential Bricktown Canal extension to the discussion of [...]
Carolyn Hill: The Video
The Rest of the Story on Carolyn Hill
The story you’re reading this weekend in the Sunday Oklahoman is just a glimpse at the career of Carolyn Hill. What follows is my full story:
BY STEVE LACKMEYER
Business Writer
slackmeyer@opubco.com
During Carolyn Hill’s final days on the job at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, workers are busy replacing carpeting throughout the building’s hallways and lobbies.
Hill, who retires [...]
Getting to Know a Living Legend
When this job gets really tedious, when the grind threatens to burn me out, it’s then that I’m often reminded of how lucky I am - how blessed I’ve been to meet people of greatness.
One of the true legends in this town - a person I’d point my kids to and say “that’s a great person, consider [...]
The Latest from the Oklahoma City Museum of Art
December 17-22, 2008
Join us free admission Saturday
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Arts Council
Do you have relatives coming into town for the holidays? Need a break from the malls? This Saturday, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art will have a free admission Saturday. Bring the entire family! While here, you can:
See American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips [...]
