Commentary
Randall N. Briggs
I disagree with Joe Quigley’s critique (Letters, “Respecting teachers,” Oklahoma Gazette) of State Superintendent of Education Janet Barresi.
Saturday 18 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Tulsa
Down on Quigley
Commentary
Randall N. Briggs
I disagree with Joe Quigley’s critique (Letters, “Respecting teachers,” Oklahoma Gazette) of State Superintendent of Education Janet Barresi.
Emergency functions
OKC leaders consider revamping the current arrangement for emergency medical services.
News
Clifton Adcock
The City Council is considering whether to continue with the current arrangement for ambulance services or turn the management over to the city or fire department.
Tulsa time
FreeTulsa! is making a name for itself during the hiatus of DFest.
Music
Joshua Boydston
FreeTulsa! 2011 featuring Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Fiawna Forte, The Pretty Black Chains and more
Friday and Saturday
Blue Dome District, Tulsa
freetulsa2011.com
Free
His cups runneth over
'Bout how much you think this thing's worth?
CFN
Gazette staff
An Oklahoma man got some good news during an “Antiques Roadshow” taping in Tulsa when one of the PBS show’s appraisers valued a set of Chinese rhinoceros-horn cups to be worth between $1 million and $1.5 million.
Ben Kilgore on 'The VDub Sessions'
Soulful Tulsa singer gets in the van.
This might just be my favorite-ever installment of “The VDub Sessions.”
For one thing, you’ve got Tulsa’s strongest male singer, and for another, you’ve got him covering one of the GOATs (greatest of all-time). What more do you need? Here’s Ben Kilgore singing Otis Redding’s immortal “These Arms of Mine”:
Y’know, this kinda begs the question: Do you prefer Mr. Kilgore’s earnest-to-goodness Redding cover to Kanye West and Jay-Z’s recent tribute-sample track, “Otis”? I certainly do. But you decide for yourself.
by Matt Carney
08.11.2011
1 year ago
For one thing, you’ve got Tulsa’s strongest male singer, and for another, you’ve got him covering one of the GOATs (greatest of all-time). What more do you need? Here’s Ben Kilgore singing Otis Redding’s immortal “These Arms of Mine”:
Y’know, this kinda begs the question: Do you prefer Mr. Kilgore’s earnest-to-goodness Redding cover to Kanye West and Jay-Z’s recent tribute-sample track, “Otis”? I certainly do. But you decide for yourself.
Blame it on the rain (and wind)
Wet lips.
CFN
Gazette staff
If you thought twice before heading up the turnpike to catch The Flaming Lips and Primus in T-Town, you didn’t miss much besides one hellacious storm and $800,000 in equipment damage, according to Billboard.com.
Space-age wine
Two native Oklahomans apply space program thinking and technology to their California Chardonnay.
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Greg Horton
Tulsa resident Chris Large sold his boutique wine shop in Utica Square in 2009. He and his wife, Natalie, were ready for a change.
Ambulance alert
Debate over EMSA’s future heats up at City Council.
News
Clifton Adcock
The debate about whether the city should switch its ambulance service from Emergency Medical Services Authority to the fire department is heating up.
Tower trouble
Security guards? They probably should've just called mom.
CFN
Gazette staff
What do you do when you’re just slightly in trouble? We’re talking “ate the roommate’s leftovers without asking,” not like “ran over Grandma’s prized poodle.” Sheepishly hide in your room?
‘Race’ is the prize
In creating an album based on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has created harmony out of history.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
9:30 p.m. Friday
The Deli
309 White, Norman
thedeli.us
321-7048
$10
