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Dynamic Duos

[dropcap]Batman[/dropcap] and Robin. Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Laverne and Shirley. Sometimes working with a partner is simply the...

A Championship Tennis Town

[dropcap]“[/dropcap][dropcap]Tulsa[/dropcap] is a great tennis city.” These are Vince Westbrook’s words, and he should know. Westbrook, head men’s tennis coach at the University of Tulsa,...

Taking Cover

[dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] that time of year when leaves and spring pollen are not the only things flying through the air: tornado season. Surviving a tornado, which...

Fueling the Talent Pipeline

[dropcap]Last[/dropcap] year, Gov. Mary Fallin launched the Oklahoma Works program, OU President David Boren called for a statewide initiative to raise teacher salaries and the...

In A Pickle

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] game invented to keep the kids out of the adults’ hair on a rainy day in Bainbridge Island, Wash., has grown into a popular national...

The King Of Friday Nights

[dropcap]Despite[/dropcap] growing up in Green Country, Bruce Hendrickson, the winningest high school football coach in Oklahoma history, spent most of his teaching and coaching years...

The Experience of the Mother Road

[dropcap]In[/dropcap] the 1920s, the future Father of Route 66, Tulsan Cyrus Avery, convinced the Interstate Highway Commission to take the proposed new highway through Tulsa...

Behold, The Buffalo

  [dropcap]“[/dropcap][dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s Oklahoma, and everyone likes buffaloes.” That’s the short story of why Tulsa artist Christopher Mantle began painting buffaloes. The long story involves flute-playing,...

Okie at Heart

James Pepper Henry, the new executive director of the Gilcrease Museum, has an impressive work history, as associate director for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of...

Learning By Doing

Rob Walenta and John Sulton, co-founders of Scissortail Farms, operate the aeroponic greenhouse farm in south Tulsa. Scissortail Farms provides greens and premade salads to...