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30 Unified voice A varied group of Tulsans make up the Greater Tulsa African-American Affairs Commission.

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32 Legends: Sam Daniel Pilot, outdoorsman and longtime attorney

BY GAIL BANZET-ELLIS Inside Sweets and Cream is a celebration of Tulsa and Route 66.

34 Curative creativity After a nightmarish loss, father and son heal through writing and art.

The readers have spoken! The 2018 A-LIST winners are named in 100 categories.

Plus, our editors have their say.

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Hit the pool in style. Pawnee brings the Wild West to life this summer. Water features for the yard. A neighborhood’s pet pig. Connie Cronley reflects about one day in June.

The new Kitchen 27 opens at Philbrook Museum of Art. Four summertime drinks. Meet the Burger Brothers. From doughnuts to wedding cakes.

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Where to cool your palate. Branjae Jackson strikes out on her own. The Admiral Twin Drive-in is an icon. Three Tulsans dedicated to volunteer medical care. Juneteenth festivities return. Four recent benefits dazzle.

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ON THE COVER Sweets and Cream is a dose of summer.

For more editors’ picks and the complete list of A-LIST winners, see p. 37.

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When you’re 4, everything is super.

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(Clockwise) 1. When I forget to pack lunch, I grab a “Sexy Yowza” from Ediblend. Bananas, cacao, cinnamon, maca, dates, almond butter, cayenne and almond milk are a yummy mix. • 2. After the kids explored Tulsa’s otherworldly Patrick Daugherty sculpture, “Prairie Schooners,” my husband and I spotted another Daugherty work while bingeing episodes of “Portlandia.” This made us feel global and relevant, as if we were not discovering a TV series seven years late. • 3. God bless you, Philbrook. I’ve made some of the best memories with my daughters on Second Saturdays. • 4. My recent girlfriend trip to the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska was a dream. Not having to wait in line for breakfast? A major bonus. • 5. There’s no shame in eating an ice cream cookie sandwich with a spoon. Thanks, Sweets and Cream.

Going to the zoo with friends — super fun.

Baby animals of any type — super cute.

Anything with glitter or rainbow colors — super cool.

New sneakers with glitter and rainbow colors — super fast.

In journalism school, I was taught that “super,” like “very,” is an unacceptable adverb. A stronger adjective can nearly always be substituted. Super excited — ecstatic. Super angry — livid. You get the idea.

However, in this rare exception, I will agree to disagree and say that June in Tulsa is super everything.

The month ushers in the best of summer. No school. Sunshine. Swimming pools. Road trips.

Grilling out. Ice cream. Snow cones. Bare feet.

Staying up late. Drive-in movies. I could go on, but that might be super excessive — exorbitant.

This month, you’ll find TulsaPeople spotlighting local musicians whose careers are picking up steam; celebrating African-American history, culture and leadership; and observing the season in style.

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The 2018 A-LIST showcases 575 of your favorite Tulsa businesses in 100 categories, and the A-LIST Editors’ Picks give our editorial team the opportunity to voice our opinions in print (another J-school no-no).

In that anything-goes spirit of summer, I present to you photographic evidence of some of my personal favorites in this great city.

Have a super month. TP

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C A L E N D A R + C A U S E S + C U LT U R E Tulsa native John Calvin Abney performs at the Tulsa Music Showcase at the South by Southwest Conference and Festival on March 15 in Austin, Texas.

For more on Abney and his new album, “Coyote,” see p. 16.

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ON THE MAP industries, and arts organizations. In 2017, Tulsa launched its own official SXSW Music Showcase.

In March 2018, a record 85 Tulsans, including 13 artists and bands, were part of the FMAC’s efforts at SXSW. “Tulsa is resonating with people attending SXSW,” Kurin says. “It was a phenomenal year in terms of growth and consistency for Tulsa’s presence to an international audience.” TP

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ore than 400 miles to the south, Tulsa is making a name for itself as a creative and cultural hub, says Abby Curin, director of the Tulsa Office of Film, Music, Arts and Culture (FMAC).

The office has had a presence at the South by Southwest Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, since 2015, when it launched the Tulsa Boom Factory official SXSW music day party. In 2016, a “Created in Tulsa” trade show booth was added to promote Tulsa’s entrepreneurs, film and music

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Vintage Market Days sets up shop outside the Oklahoma Aquarium for three days of art, antiques and furniture.

Cruise the music of legendary rock band REO Speedwagon at River Spirit Casino Resort.

First Friday Concerts have returned to the Gardens of LaFortune Park. Free; bring a blanket or lawn chair.

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The longstanding Tulsa Pride weekend celebrates with a downtown parade, a street festival and a family picnic at Guthrie Green.

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Stock up on summertime produce at the Farmer’s Market at the Farm Shopping Center. Repeats Saturdays through October.

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Head to Broken Arrow’s Central Park for Tuesdays in the Park Concerts.

Repeats June 12, 19 and 26.

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Hear from historical speakers of the 1920s at Chautauqua, “The Modern Age: Moving Forward from World War I,” at the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum.

Actor/musician Creed Bratton, former founding member of the Grass Roots, appears at the Vanguard. For all ages.

Visit the Brookside Farmers’ Market in the Brookside Church parking lot.

Repeats Wednesdays through September from 7:30 a.m.-noon.

Tulsa Tough rolls into downtown Tulsa with plenty of races, rides and activities to interest all ages.

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Cain’s Ballroom presents “An Evening with Brockhampton,” the Texas-formed, now California-based recording artists, for an all ages concert.

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The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino presents the Charlie Daniels Band and the Marshall Tucker Band on Thursday; John Fogerty on Friday.

Tulsa Jazz presents “Boogie Wonderland: An Earth, Wind and Fire Tribute,” and Portico Dance Theatre presents “WO,” a collection of dance pieces about women’s issues — both at the Tulsa PAC.

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Country and Americana artist Robert Earl Keen hits Cain’s Ballroom for an all-ages evening of music.

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Comedian George Lopez brings his “The Wall” tour to the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Explore intricate garden railroads on the Tulsa Garden Railroad Club Tour. Visit tulsagardenrailroadclub.com for locations.

A summer Tulsa tradition returns with Starlight Concerts at Guthrie Green in the Tulsa Arts District.

Repeats June 19 and 26.

River Spirit Casino Resort welcomes guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Brian Setzer’s “Rockabilly Riot.”

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“Janet Rutland Sings Gershwin” as part of the Tulsa PAC’s “SummerStage.”

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SEINFELD: COURTESY; TULSA TOUGH: CHRIS BARNES

Award-winning comedian and actor Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage at the Tulsa PAC.

CH A RITA BLE E V EN T S 2 RISE to Freedom Gala Benefits Restoring Identities After Sexual Exploitation.

RISESHELTER.ORG St. John Street Party Benefits St. John Health System Foundation.

STJOHNHEALTHSYSTEM.COM / FOUNDATION / STREET-PARTY 3 Putting for Pups Benefits Animal Aid of Tulsa.

ANIMALAID.ORG 4 Links for Little Ones Benefits Little Light House.

LITTLELIGHTHOUSE.ORG 7 Brookside Rumble and Roll Benefits Make-A-Wish Oklahoma.

RUMBLEANDROLL.COM 10th annual Top of the Town Benefits Community Service Council.

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Cox Business Center hosts the USA Wrestling Junior National Duals.

Tulsa Youth Opera presents Pierangelo Valtinoni’s “Pinocchio” at the Tulsa PAC.

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BOK Center welcomes legendary band the Eagles back for the venue’s 10th anniversary.

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At the Tulsa PAC, the South Asian Performing Arts Foundation presents artist Vidhya Subramanian in “Still I Rise,” a dance/ play combination based on the famous poem by Maya Angelou.

Celebrity Attractions presents the awardwinning Broadway musical “An American in Paris” at the Tulsa PAC.

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The Tulsa PAC hosts “Shades of White: A Play in Two Acts,” which tells a modern story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

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The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino welcomes stand-up comedian/TV personality Howie Mandel.

Steve Lancaster and Sponji the Clown (John Pansze) bring their Family Magic Show to the Tulsa PAC. The Tulsa PAC Trust brings Grammy-winning jazz artist Diana Krall to the Chapman Music Hall stage.

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Americana musician Shakey Graves performs an all-ages concert at Cain’s Ballroom.

9 Dirty Dog 5K and Fun Run Benefits the Bridges Foundation.

THEBRIDGESFOUND.ORG 9-10, 18-23 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway Benefits St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

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TULSAPRESSCLUB.ORG Red Shoe Shindig Benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa.

RMHCTULSA.ORG 15 Relay for Life of Tulsa Metro Benefits American Cancer Society.

RELAYFORLIFE.ORG / TULSAOK WALTZ on the Wild Side Benefits Tulsa Zoo. WALTZONTHEWILDSIDE.ORG 18 The Demand Project Golf Tournament Benefits the Cyber Tech Team.

THEDEMANDPROJECT.ORG 21 Taste of Brookside Benefits Youth Services of Tulsa.

TASTEOFBROOKSIDE.COM Paws and Pictures Benefits Tulsa SPCA. TULSASPCA.ORG 22 TU Uncorked Benefits University of Tulsa Alumni Association.

TUALUMNI.COM 23 Mallets and Moonlight Benefits The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges.

TULSACENTER.ORG Support Our Troops Poker Run Benefits Broken Arrow Blue Star Mothers — Chapter 5.

BABLUESTAR.ORG 25 Musical Mondays Concert Benefits LIFE Senior Services.

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COOL YOUR PALATE Summer living calls for sweet treats. From a one-day-only chance for unlimited ice cream to trendy spots to visit all summer long, here are three places to beat the heat.

BY ABIGAIL SINGREY

Ink’s Shaved Ice

Combine more than 20 flavors of unlimited Blue Bell ice cream with a car show and a kids’ zone, and you get Taste of Summer’s recipe for fun. The festival started in 2002 as the Broken Arrow-based ice cream company’s way of thanking the community and is now a partnership with the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.

“Every year someone challenges us on the allyou-can-eat part,” says April Sailsbury, senior vice president of the Broken Arrow Chamber. “It is so much fun to see people carrying around their used ice cream dishes, stacking them as high as they can, like a medal of honor.”

Ink’s Shaved Ice is an old-school mom-andpop business with a trendy feel. From the time customers enter the vibrantly painted (and airconditioned) shaved ice storefront, owner Glen Sykes wants them to feel excited and happy.

“It’s the passion we put into it that makes it special,” Sykes says. “We pay attention to every detail, including having big cup sizes.”

Customers can choose from more than 100 flavors, but Tiger’s Blood and Sunset Peach are some of the most popular. The shop recently added Dole’s Soft Serve, a fat-free, dairy-free and low-calorie treat in eight flavors.

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Rose Rock Microcreamery Rose Rock Microcreamery produces dense, super-premium ice cream in 2.5-gallon batches at a time. And, of the 18 flavors of ice cream, four are always vegan.

“I look at dairy as a painter’s canvas,” says owner Jason Decker. “We can create colors and flavors.”

The shop’s namesake flavor is made with the state fruit, strawberry, and the state nut, pecans. A chocolate ribbon representing oil rounds out the Oklahoma tribute. TP

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TCC student Megan Stevenson and her rain poem, “Understanding,” outside El Guapo’s Cantina in late April

Writing for rain

Voices of Oklahoma “Yes, he (Thomas Gilcrease) had a great sense of humor, but it was sort of a dry sense of humor.

He didn’t smoke, he didn’t drink, he didn’t curse, and you very, very rarely saw him without a tie on.

Outside, I don’t think I ever saw him without a hat on.”

— Gene Gilcrease, grandson of Thomas Gilcrease (pictured) “Voices of Oklahoma” is an oral history project supported by the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at the University of Tulsa. John Erling founded the project in 2009.

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TULSA NATIVE RELEASES NEW ALBUM

Coyotes are well known for their adaptability to many habitats: the desert, grasslands, wooded areas near cities. And so, the name for John Calvin Abney’s third full-length album, “Coyote,” perfectly sums up his life as a touring artist.

Released in May, the album chronicles a rough period of being on the road. “Being away from home is tough on the connections you have with loved ones,” explains the Memorial High School graduate. “It’s hard to be part of a community when you’re constantly gone.”

This month, however, Abney and fellow Tulsa native John Moreland will bring a taste of T-Town to Europe when Abney opens for Moreland on his European tour. Abney also is lead guitarist for Moreland’s band, and the friends recorded together on two of Moreland’s past albums.

Abney says the life of a musician has been romanticized “as a constant party,” but in reality it’s a lot of hard work. “It’s tough, but it’s rewarding,” he says. “It’s my job and what I love to do.”

“Coyote” is available in various forms at blackmesarecords.com.

BOOK INITIATIVE COMES TO TULSA PARKS Fifteen city parks and playgrounds will soon be home to Little Free Libraries, part of a national “take a book, leave a book” initiative, with the goal to help close the literacy gap in Tulsa.

The Tulsa Little Free Libraries Project is a partnership of the local nonprofit Transporting Education and Literacy into Open Spaces Inc. (T.E.L.O.S.), the City of Tulsa Parks and Recreation Department, and Tulsa Community College.

Locations were selected based on their proximity to low-performing public schools and residents’ limited access to traditional library services.

VOICES: COURTESY GILCREASE MUSEUM; TCC: COURTESY MEGAN STEVENSON; ABNEY: DYLAN JOHNSON

Tulsa Community College recently put a new twist on temporary art when a group of its students and staff stenciled rain-activated poetry onto downtown Tulsa sidewalks.

Four original poems by TCC students were selected for the project through a college-wide creative writing contest for Poetry Appreciation Month. “Not only is this a unique way to publish student work, it also engages the public in a new way to read poetry,” says Nicole Burgin, TCC spokeswoman.

The TCC Rainwriters then used giant cardboard stencils and a special hydrophobic solution to copy the poems onto concrete. The solution dries clear and is only visible when the sidewalk gets wet, creating what seems to be magically appearing street poems every time it rains.

Early childhood education major Megan Stevenson started writing poetry about a year ago. By press time, her rain poem, titled “Understanding,” will have been washed away by springtime rains. But her newfound love for poetry remains. “With poetry, I’m able to put into words how I’m feeling,” Stevenson says. “It’s a way to express myself.”

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Branjae performs at an event in the Pearl District. She says her new single, “Everybody Needs,” is a reminder that while we might not share politics or points of view, we all need and want the same things.

FLYING SOLO Branjae makes a splash in Tulsa and the region.

BY LINDSEY NEAL KUYKENDALL verybody wants someone to love.

“Everybody wants someone to touch.”

Branjae’s meaningful lyrics and catchy melody from her latest single, “Everybody Needs,” create the hook of the song while her spunk and benevolent pizzazz draw the audience in.

Tulsa songstress and entertainer Branjae Jackson has been known as a frontwoman of local act Count Tutu, but she continues to branch out as an artist, creating what she calls “genrefluid projects,” while stepping out as a soloist.

“I’m producing all the music, picking the band, the costumes,” she says of her solo venture. “I feel comfortable and wonderful leading it. I’ve built a team.”

Branjae is in entertainment for the long haul.

She says music is a business, much like her own hair salon business. Both require creativity and skill, in addition to the hard work needed to develop a fan base, manage bookings and market herself.

Her newest music video for “Everybody Needs” was directed by veteran award-winning Tulsa filmmaker and photographer Jeremy Charles. The

video features people of various ages and races — perhaps a subtle nod to Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” music video of the 1990s — with the goal of bridging racial and social gaps.

Branjae explains her new approach: “Instead of a full album, I’m creating shorter songs that are related — songs that tell a story. I’m developing visual creations behind these songs. I call them mini track visuals.”

Although she’s planning tours to Austin, Texas; New Orleans and beyond, Branjae says Tulsa will remain home.

“People have to really visit here to feel the energy,” she says. “I will travel and do business elsewhere — go see the world — but my home is in Tulsa. I used to think I had to move away from T-Town to be successful, but I don’t believe that way anymore.”

Lucky for Tulsa. TP Find more about Branjae and hear her music at branjaemusic.com.

NOT JUST FIDDLIN’ AROUND Retired businessman Bob Fjeldsted founded his Western

swing band, the Round Up Boys, in 1989 to focus primarily on music made famous by Bob Wills. But he didn’t stop there in honoring the “King of Western Swing.”

“Bob (Wills) lived here,” Fjeldsted says. “I wanted to bring recognition to our city and celebrate its rich musical heritage.” So, the longtime fiddler founded the National Fiddler Hall of Fame in 2007 in Tulsa.

The NFHOF’s mission is “to honor individuals for their contributions to fiddling and to preserve, educate and promote the art of fiddling and its historical and social significance.”

Six bluegrass musicians were recently inducted at its annual show and gala. Multi country music award-winner Ricky Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder presented a special concert at the 10th anniversary event. (Skaggs, pictured, also received the Special Recognition Award.)

But the NFHOF doesn’t only recognize career musicians who are household names. “Mentoring youth is very important to NFHOF,” says fiddler Jana Jae, an NFHOF inductee and board member.

That outreach includes programs in area schools, fostering bands, and hosting educational workshops and festivals.

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In March, Bixby’s Drew Pate and his nephew, Durant resident Anthony Pate, walked 320 miles in six days in support of Wounded Veterans of Oklahoma, a nonprofit that helps veterans adapt to civilian life.

Both men are U.S. Marines and combat veterans. TulsaPeople asked Drew Pate, who retired after 21 years in the military, to share more about their walk across the state.

Why did you choose this method to raise awareness and funds? I had been watching some stuff on TV where people were circumnavigating the globe … I thought, man, I would like to do that someday. Then I thought, I would want to do it for a cause. I called Anthony, and he agreed to do this with me. We were looking for an organization specific to Oklahoma. This is a great organization that does a lot to help wounded veterans. We raised just over $4,100.

How did you get from Muldrow to Sweetwater, Oklahoma? We tried to keep a 3-4 mile per hour pace. We took what we could carry, including some food. We slept outside along I-40 till we got to Oklahoma City and stayed the night in a hotel. We thought we might get into trouble sleeping outside in Oklahoma City, plus by that time we needed a good night’s sleep and to ice our knees and ankles.

Do you have injuries from your military service, physical or otherwise? I’ve had one total knee replacement and four spine fusions, so I have titanium plates holding my spine together. I experienced some of the PTSD stuff, too. Unfortunately, that’s a byproduct of the type of work we do. I am 100 percent disabled through the VA, but I wouldn’t trade my experience for anything in the world.

— MORGAN PHILLIPS

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Athlete expands Tulsans’ concepts of movement and recovery.

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professional bull rider, former mixed martial arts fighter and elite level gymnast, Venn Johns is no stranger to risk.

“If there’s a 51 percent or better chance that I’ll succeed and not hurt anyone else, I’m going to do it,” Johns says, laughing. “If it’s 49 percent or less, then I’ll wait until I can get it to 51 percent and try it.”

As a teenager, Johns read the works of motivational speaker Zig Ziglar and Maxwell Maltz’ self-help classic, “Psycho-Cybernetics.” That power of positive thinking, the mind-body connection and hard work guided him to a spot on the U.S. National Men’s Gymnastics team, a championship bull-riding title and, most recently, onto Season 9 of NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior.”

Although Johns didn’t make it to the finals last year, he was invited to return for Season 10.

He competed at the City Qualifiers in Dallas in March. Until the May 30 season premiere, he’s 20

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required to keep mum about his performance, though he says he “did very well.”

Meanwhile, Johns has turned his ninja training into a business. In March, he opened a multipurpose training facility at 11367 E. 61st St. in Broken Arrow. BA Ninja Warrior offers training in “American Ninja Warrior”-style obstacles, parkour (a movement method based on military obstacle course training) and functional movement, as well as therapies including LED LightStim, cupping, massage, compression and cryotherapy.

“How I teach and the message is the culmination of my life experience,” Johns says. “I start out with, ‘These are obstacles, just like obstacles in life.

You have a mentality, and there are only two of them.’ “‘You can choose to try and figure out a way, or you can just give up before you even start.’

We’re trying to persuade kids and adults that you shouldn’t have the ‘can’t’ mentality.” TP

June 13-17 TULSA JUNETEENTH 4-6 p.m., Wednesday: Young professionals networking event at Lefty’s on Greenwood, 10 N. Greenwood Ave. 6-9 p.m., Wednesday: “A Feast for the Ancestors” at Greenwood Cultural Center, 322 N. Greenwood Ave. 8 p.m., Thursday: “Movie in the Park: ‘Black Panther,’” Guthrie Green, 111 E. M.B. Brady St. 6 p.m.-midnight, Friday: Jazz Night 1-4 p.m., Saturday: Kids’ zone 6 p.m.-midnight, Saturday: R&B Night 5-8 p.m., Sunday: “Praise in the Park” with local church choirs Visit tulsajuneteenth.org for updates.

Editor’s note: Unless otherwise noted, events are in the field just north of Mt. Vernon AME Church, 311 N. Greenwood Ave., in the historic Greenwood District.

BIZ WHIZ: GREG BOLLINGER; TULSA JUNETEENTH: COURTESY

WARRIOR MENTALITY

Tulsa’s Juneteenth celebration of the ’80s and ’90s was an energetic jazz/blues festival and picnic drawing tens of thousands. The event was abandoned for many years, but organizers of the recently resurrected festival hope to make it a major citywide event once more.

New this year are an African-themed dinner presented by Tulsa’s African Ancestral Society and a gospel music night featuring local church choirs.

Juneteenth celebrations across the nation commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S. Sherry Gamble-Smith, Tulsa Juneteenth chairwoman, invites families across the city to celebrate African-American history and heritage.

“Even though it’s an African-American event, this is for the community — for all of us,” she says.

— MORGAN PHILLIPS

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original wooden structure burned down in a fire in 2010, but the screens were rebuilt and the theater reopened to enthusiastic crowds in summer 2012.

LOOKING BACK Summer 2018 is the

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and the addition of a second screen.

ON SET The theater got its own silverscreen moment when it served as a filming location for the 1983 film “The Outsiders.”

TUNING IN There’s not an app for

that — moviegoers must tune in to FM radio to add sound to the picture show.

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HELPING HANDS Three doctors volunteer to relieve patients’ suffering.

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Born in 1981 during the Lebanese Civil War, Trad and his family struggled to access clean water, food and medical care. Nevertheless, he was driven to attain higher education and help others.

After receiving a fellowship in invasive cardiology at Tulsa’s Oklahoma State University Medical Center, Trad traveled to Haiti and his native Lebanon to provide medical care to those in need.

“My experience in Haiti and Lebanon brought me to the realization that the biggest underlying barrier to basic necessities is poverty,” he says.

Trad founded CURA — which means “helping hand” in Latin — to help people remove that barrier through medical aid and permaculture. Since its inception a year ago, the Tulsa-based organization has provided medical care and has built food security programs for more than 8,000 patients in Haiti, Uganda, Tanzania and the Congo.

One of the most important lessons from medical school for Siddiqui was learning how to view his patients. “When you learn to see patients as your neighbor, you don’t want to merely abate their illness with medicine,” he says. “You want to heal them.”

Siddiqui, an ophthalmologist, volunteers with Project TCMS, a program of the Tulsa County Medical Society Foundation, which provides non-emergent specialty care for uninsured low-income residents in Tulsa. Over $4 million in donated care has been provided through Project TCMS by more than 175 physicians and hospital partners.

Progressive vision problems are non-emergent but can eventually lead to blindness for some people, Siddiqui explains.

“Then they’ll likely lose their job and become financially and physically dependent on someone else. Providing non-emergency medical care helps not only the person in need but the community as a whole.”

With over 15 years of experience as a general dentist in Tulsa, providing access to dental care has always been a focus for Henry. “As dental professionals, I believe we are tasked with using our talents to give back to those less fortunate,” she says.

Henry and other dentists volunteer with Oklahoma Mission of Mercy, which has provided over $11 million in treatment to more than 14,000 patients over the past decade. The two-day dental clinic offers free treatment to adults and children who are uninsured, under-insured or would normally not have access to dental care.

As the volunteer coordinator for OkMOM, Henry says she has heard countless stories that confirm volunteers benefit just as much as patients. “Every year we have new and repeat volunteers meet together to help their grateful neighbors,” Henry says.

“We strive to get patients out of pain and restore their smiles so they are healthier and more confident when they leave us.” TP

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Program for adults with intellectual disabilities focuses on mentorship.

BY MORGAN PHILLIPS

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lexis Smith draws the double-six domino from the box in front of her and tries to sneak it back. “No, no,” laughs her mentor, Rachel Morris, as Smith’s face breaks into a wide smile. She has been caught. “You can do this.”

Smith slowly counts the dots on each side of the line dividing the game piece, then counts all the dots, eventually writing “6 + 6 = 12.”

Smith is a student at Pathways, a nonprofit program for adults with intellectual disabilities. Besides math, Morris helps Smith work on reading and other life skills. Pathways Executive Director Monique Scraper says her team’s goal is to find mentors like Morris for each of Pathways’ 55 students.

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opportunity to recruit mentors for its students.

“One of our goals is to retain what our students learned from many years of school,” Scraper says.

“It’s important to practice those skills; otherwise, they could lose them.”

Morris is a college student who plans to become a special education teacher, but Scraper says mentors can be anyone who wants to help the students at Pathways. Mentors are asked to make a yearlong commitment to spend one hour per week with their mentee.

“The commitment is a bigger one, but the payoff is so great,” Scraper says. “Seeing the special bond several pairs are already building, we have big dreams for every student to experience that.” TP

For more information about becoming a Pathways mentor, call 918-859-0060.

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Rachel Morris, left, helps Pathways student Alexis Smith with math using dominoes.

The two were paired earlier this year through Pathways’ mentorship program.

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or Collinsville resident Andy Wilmes, a father and grandfather of Girl Scouts, volunteering for Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma’s Outdoor Adventure Program when his daughters were young was an easy task.

“I enjoy the outdoors and wanted to share the experience with them,” says Wilmes, who started as a troop co-leader with his wife. Now the couple’s daughters do the same with their own daughters.

The girl-led year-round Outdoor Adventure group meets annually to plan activities, which include trips to national parks, state parks and other sites.

On a trip to Arkansas last summer Wilmes remembers “assisting a young lady with Asperger’s Syndrome who had an overwhelming fear of heights and wearing a climbing harness. The joy of helping her overcome these challenges and rappel off a cliff for the first time was very rewarding.”

He says he is impressed seeing the girls gain personal confidence in all their Outdoor Adventure endeavors, as well as independence. They learn teamwork, while developing appreciation for the outdoors and nature.

Speaking from the perspective of a male volunteer, Wilmes says, “I feel it is important for girls to have committed, caring men as part of their life.”

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Overture: A Speakeasy Experience The glitz and glamour of the 1920s were part of Signature Symphony at TCC’s annual gala, Overture: A Speakeasy Experience, on March 3 at the Bond Event Center. Guests in Prohibition-era attire enjoyed dinner and libations provided by McNellie’s Group Catering.

Gala highlights included music from the Signature Symphony at TCC and pianist Donald Ryan, a rare 1929 Durant Roadster Model 40 and a live auction.

Proceeds from Overture: A Speakeasy Experience will support and strengthen the professional orchestra’s music education and community outreach programs from birth to adult.

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1. Overture chairs Cathy Campbell, Susan Harris, Signature Symphony at TCC Music Director Andrés Franco, Jane Primeaux and Marcia Brueggenjohann 2. Patrons Jerry Kirkpatrick and Jacqueline Wilson 3. Patron Vanessa Ortega Hicks 4. Patron Henry Primeaux and vocalist Cynthia Simmons, who performed at the gala

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Tulsa Area Alumnae Panhellenic’s Women of the Year Luncheon

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1. TAAP’s 2018 “Women of the Year” honorees. Not pictured is Stephanie Milburn of Sigma Sigma Sigma.

2. Kappa Delta honoree Amy Brown and Pi Beta Phi alumna Katherine Castleberry, TAAP vice president and luncheon event planner. Toni’s Flowers donated roses for the honorees.

3. Southwood Garden Center donated floral arrangements, which were then auctioned to raise scholarship funds.

4. Jill Metcalf of Delta Zeta and Cathy Luccock of Delta Delta Delta

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Tulsa Area Alumnae Panhellenic honored 17 “Women of the Year” April 6 at Tulsa Country Club. The honorees were acknowledged for their contributions to their sororities and their community. The luncheon theme was “No Matter the Letter, We’re all Greek Together.” Approximately 200 patrons attended.

The luncheon raised scholarship funds for collegians from the Tulsa area who are members of Greek communities at their universities and alumnae who have returned to school to further their education.

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Street School’s Street Party Street School’s annual Street Party on Feb. 23 raised $335,000. More than 400 patrons attended the Cox Business Center event, which featured live and silent auctions, a raffle, a wine pull and dancing to the music of Charlie Redd and the Full Flava Kings.

Auctioneer Rick Miller and emcee Adam Paluka, a Street School board member, were an energizing duo. A total of eight items were auctioned, including trips to Ireland and Honduras and an RV getaway, compliments of Bob Hurley RV. Street School provides therapeutic counseling and educational support for atrisk students in grades 9-12 who want to overcome the odds and become high school graduates.

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1. Patrons Terrie Berry and Cris Gilmore 2. Lynn and Kerry Fesperman preview the silent auction.

3. Dana Weber, Street Party 2018 chairwoman; Lori McGinnis-Madland, president and CEO of Street School; and Todd Martin, president of the Street School Board of Directors 4. Street School board members Shane Aaron, Adam Paluka and Megan Brown

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Route 66 Gurney Tourney Cold temperatures didn’t stop supporters of the Hospitality House of Tulsa on April 14, when approximately 200 people turned out for the organization’s Chapman Foundations Route 66 Gurney Turney fundraiser at the University of Tulsa. With the theme “Past Meets Future,” the event featured its namesake hospital bed racing, a car show, a kids’ zone, food trucks and a health fair.

The event raised $40,000 for Hospitality House of Tulsa, which provides home-like lodging, meals, prayer support and other services to more than 900 families each year that travel to Tulsa in medical crisis.

1. The winner of the gurney relay was TU’s Oxley College of Health Sciences team.

2. Gerald Ness-Hunkin, a team member for event sponsor GlobalHealth 3. Cancer Treatment Centers of America also sponsored the event. CTCA team members were Annie Hancock, Katherine Anderson, Donna Parsons and Sierra Krielling.

4. Oral Roberts University nursing students operated the health fair. Pictured are Hannah Albanese, Alyssa Perez, Jeslin Edakkalloor, Daniel Terrill, Mariana Barreiro, Lauren Woodberry and Brittany Allen.

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UNIFIED VOICE A varied group of Tulsans make up the Greater Tulsa African-American Affairs Commission.

BY ANNE BROCKMAN

Kojo Asamoa-Caesar, 31 Founding principal, Greenwood Leadership Academy

Our greatest strength is that our community is hungry for a commission like this, and that drives significant engagement from constituents and a desire to help the commission carry out its duties.

The African-American community has been glad to see that a commission that was long overdue has finally been established. I think they are hopeful that this can be a catalyst for driving positive and meaningful change in our community, but they’re also not just going to sit around and wait to see what happens. They want to get involved, they want to attend our meetings and testify, they want to be on subcommittees and propose solutions to our most pressing challenges.

Thomas Boxley, 45 Marketing/PR official with OU Physicians and founder, the Institute of Developing Communities; commission chairman

There are several issues that the commission will need to address within the African-American diaspora in the Greater Tulsa area — everything from small business contracting opportunities with the City and state to policing and criminal justice reform. These issues will be addressed via input from community members and organized action depending upon the issue at hand. There are some issues and problems that we will not be able to effectively address given our role, responsibility and vested powers, but we will work to identify solutions to problems that exist within the African-American community.

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ears of work and diligence became reality this past December when the Greater Tulsa African-American Affairs Commission convened for the first time.

Tulsa has had commissions for Hispanic Affairs, Indian Affairs and Women for years. Citizens had long requested the creation of an African-American Affairs Commission.

“Everyone said, ‘Absolutely it should have been done a long time ago,’” says Tulsa City Councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper. “I then made the request in writing on behalf of my community to the City of Tulsa’s human rights department and to Mayor (Dewey) Bartlett. I kept the community informed and engaged and provided leadership in how to fight for what is right.

“Frederick Douglass said, ‘Power concedes nothing without demand.’ We stood in our truth and refused to be quieted.”

With 23 seats, the commission is an advisory committee to the City of Tulsa, mayor and city council, with the goal to address pressing issues and promote unity, cooperation, historical preservation and development, according to the City of Tulsa Human Rights Office.

The commission has met monthly since December.

Priorities have included bylaw resolution, developing a strategic plan and creating a series of committees. Helming the commission are Chairman Thomas Boxley and Vice Chairwoman Kristi Williams. They sit on the commission with other community activists and mayor-appointed representatives from local organizations.

“I don’t want this to be a commission in name only,” Boxley says. “I want to set goals, and I want to accomplish them.

I want success.”

TulsaPeople asked the commissioners to share their thoughts on the most important issues facing the African-American community in Tulsa and how the commission plans to help.

For these commissioners’ complete answers, visit tulsapeople.com/gtaaac.

Cassia C. Carr, 31 Attorney; representative for the Tulsa Economic Development Corp.

The most important issue facing the commission is how to use the forum to foster trust between the black community and the City of Tulsa. We will plan to address this issue by being present in the community and following through with our promises.

The commission has the potential to shed light on issues that have been overlooked in the past by providing a seamless procedure for hearing issues from the community and addressing them.

Dewayne Dickens, 52 Tulsa Community College professor; representative for the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation

Tulsa’s African-American community has had many empty promises that have not always been followed through with, so the commission gives hope that this time the City will listen and respond in good faith.

The Tulsa community is watching. Other cities across the country are watching. Everyone wants to know if we can live up to the potential of our City’s values to advance the needs of all of Tulsa. People are watching to see if we will do the right thing based on serving all of Tulsa and not just certain pockets of the Tulsa community. We are all part of this test of trust.

If the commission can walk this quite delicate line that reconciles past deeds of distrust through new approaches that empower African-American communities along with other Tulsa communities, I believe the community will be pleasantly assured that a new page of Tulsa history has been turned and will serve as a true model for future generations.

Members of the Greater Tulsa African-American Affairs Commission include, seated, Vice Chairwoman Kristi Williams, Margaret Love, Bill White, Maybelle Wallace, Alicia Latimer, and standing, Cassia Carr, Reggie Ivey, Weldon Tisdale, Kojo Asamoa-Caesar, Burlinda Radney, Chairman Thomas Boxley, Eddie Evans, Darryl Bright, Harriette Scott Dudley, Lauren Oldham, Dewayne Dickens, Devin Fletcher, Carlisha Williams

Harriette Scott Dudley, 49 Tulsa Community College dean

I am always amazed when I hear the voices around the table. We all identify as African-American, and yet we have very different perspectives, backgrounds, experiences, and ideas for accomplishing the goals of the commission. I believe we have the capacity to accomplish all that the community expects of us and more.

However, we can’t do it alone, and we certainly can’t sustain it alone.

We meet the second Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. in City Hall. Come see us, pray with and for us, and join us in this work. We are here to listen, learn and act.

Eddie L. Evans, 70 Director (retired), Youth Services of Tulsa; president of the 100 Black Men of Tulsa Inc.

The deficiencies presenting themselves to the AfricanAmerican community are some of the most important issues facing the commission. I plan to become involved in the resolution process by providing input that can/will be considered by the Tulsa city government.

Devin Fletcher, 32 Chief learning and chief talent officer, Tulsa Public Schools

I believe that we have an opportunity to understand what our community is saying; develop an agenda that pushes for investment in high-quality reforms and initiatives; underscore the inequalities that exist, but truly elevate and celebrate our many successes as a community; and promote the urgency of “now.”

Raganald (Reggie) Ivey, 48 Chief operating officer, Tulsa City-County Health Department; representative for the North Tulsa Community Coalition

If I were to choose one issue that could be most challenging for the commission, it would be ensuring historical accuracy and requiring that the truth be told about the African-American experience in Tulsa, especially as it relates to the 1921 Race Riot. For Tulsa to heal and truly reconcile, we can no longer hide history, but must speak to how the residue from such a tragedy impacts the lives of African Americans today. The impact of historical trauma continues to affect the lives of African Americans and other marginalized groups.

Furthermore, systematic social inequities and institutional biases in areas such as the criminal justice system, educational system, corporations and neighborhood conditions continue to negatively impact African Americans

and others. The commission’s strategic plan will be the guide that will help us address these issues.

Margaret M. Love, 75 Retired social worker; adjunct professor at Langston University. Love is one of four individuals who contacted former Mayor Dewey Bartlett Jr. requesting to form the African-American Affairs Commission.

The commission’s greatest strength will be the ability to make recommendations to city government in hopes to facilitate equity.

This has been a long time coming, and the African-American community is excited about and willing to participate in this great process as needed as they see this commission and finally having a voice.

Lauren Oldham, 27 Attorney

One of the most important issues facing the commission is improving economic and health disparities for Tulsa’s African-American residents. Through our role as advocates and advisors to the mayor and other city officials, we can address these issues by utilizing research and community input to develop targeted programming relating to these issues.

The commission also has the potential to be a hub for community resources and engagement. Through community organization, the commission can be the focal point for addressing concerns affecting Tulsa’s African-American community.

Burlinda Radney, 55 Realtor and geophysicist; representative for the Business and Agents Networking Group

The African-American community of Tulsa faces a crisis in education as we confront persistently unsatisfactory elementary, intermediate and secondary school achievement. This issue directly impacts efforts to narrow the African-American wealth gap and to interrupt the schoolto-prison pipeline that too many black children fall into.

To address this issue and others, in the first year, the commission will focus on establishing a committee-based structure to link leaders and innovators in the community with commissioners in order to establish and empower citizens with a structure to strategize, develop and implement issue-specific action plans to redress concerns in the community.

Kuma Roberts, 43 Executive director of talent attraction, retention and Mosaic, Tulsa Regional Chamber

The most important issue facing the commission is how to best unify the African-American community toward one vision/voice. The community is fragmented, and the commission has to address that challenge.

If we can begin to leverage and communicate one voice/a unified vision for our community, we can make significant changes to education, health, economic development and empowerment while educating the others on just how far we’ve come since the 1921 Race Massacre.

Weldon Tisdale Senior pastor, Friendship Church

Tulsans should know that we exist to bring awareness and proposed solutions to the most important issues facing African Americans in Tulsa.

Maybelle Wallace, 88 Executive director, Theatre North

I consider the most important issue facing the commission to be the economic disparity between African Americans and the majority population of Tulsa. I plan on addressing this issue by identifying the major factors that impact the economic differences of Tulsans and working with individuals and groups to implement workable strategies to improve economic conditions for African Americans.

The commission’s greatest strength is the people we represent. The commission, as a collective, has a great desire to represent the African-American community to build stronger resources and relationships within and without the community.

Bill White, 48 Director of development, Greenwood Cultural Center

In all honesty, I can’t say there is one issue that is more important than the other. Some of it depends on where you live, but I do see several reoccurring themes: police interaction; education; employment opportunities; few, if any, African Americans in decision-making positions in the City.

The commission’s potential is unlimited if we focus on “all of Tulsa’s African-American community,” not just north. But with that being said, if we get things right in north Tulsa, the other parts of the city will be much easier to fix and change.

Carlisha Williams, 33 Executive director, Tulsa Legacy Charter School

There are many topics of pressing concern for African Americans in the city of Tulsa, such as education, criminal justice, economic development, health care and more.

The intersectionality of these issues makes it difficult to place one area of focus above the other. There are systemic changes that must be made for the African-American community to progress in our city. The commission is a vehicle to strategize, organize and advocate on behalf of our community.

Kristi Williams, 42 Health care billing specialist and political consultant; representative for the Tulsa African Ancestral Society; commission vice chairwoman

In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “The line of progress is never straight.” I want Tulsans to know that this commission is 50-60 years behind, and it will take time to catch up to the work that other commissions have done in the communities they serve. However, we will be dedicated and diligent in creating solutions to the problems that affect us as a people. Once we can solve problems that we as African Americans face, it creates a better Tulsa for us all. TP TulsaPeople.com

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LEGENDS Lawyer Sam Daniel has been involved with NatureWorks for decades.

A statue of a mother coyote and her pups at North Ninth and East Main streets in Jenks is dedicated to Daniel.

Sam Daniel PILOT, OUTDOORSMAN AND LONGTIME ATTORNEY

BY GAIL BANZET-ELLIS

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n a career that spans nearly six decades, Sam Daniel has become a respected family law attorney who has witnessed historic changes in Tulsa.

Briefly during grade school, he lived in Oklahoma City, where his next-door neighbor was Oklahoma’s own federal judge Alfred P. Murrah.

Daniel says his parents traveled frequently, so he spent many nights at the Murrah home. He looked up to Murrah as a role model and became best friends with his son.

Daniel loved the judge like a father and decided at an early age to follow in his footsteps. Now at 85, Daniel is a member of the downtown law firm Doerner Saunders Daniel and Anderson. With a supportive family, full work schedule, disciplined workout regimen and love for the law, Daniel shows no signs of slowing down.

WHERE DID YOU GO TO UNIVERSITY? WHY? My bachelor’s degree is from Georgetown in economics and philosophy. I came under the influence of an Augustinian priest at Cascia Hall where I went to high school, and he convinced my parents that I needed to go to a good school, that I needed to grow up a little bit and that I needed a Jesuit education. I’m not Catholic, but I went to 32

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Georgetown because my parents were convinced I needed a little more discipline before I emerged into the world.

I wanted to be a lawyer since the get-go, and I wanted to go to OU for law school. I graduated in 1959 and started practicing law that year. My first job was at a law firm in Tulsa, which has subsequently been merged into GableGotwals.

WHAT WAS ONE OF YOUR MOST DEFINING MOMENTS IN LIFE? When I received my officer’s commission in the United States Air Force. I was in the ROTC at Georgetown. When I graduated, I received my commission in the Air Force, so it was an interesting experience. I was the wing commander of the ROTC at Georgetown and led the ROTC contingent from Georgetown at (President Dwight D.) Eisenhower’s inaugural parade in 1953. I got called on active duty after one year of law school and spent two-and-a-half years at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, Arizona. When I came back from active duty, I went back to OU and finished law school.

WHAT AGE DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW AND WHY? I feel like I’m 70 years old because I have worked out regularly for 40 years. I didn’t start feeling any age at all until I was about 70 years old. My workout schedule is every other day and one day on the weekend. I do the treadmill, the elliptical, weights and calisthenics. I walk 2 miles on the treadmill.

I’ve been doing that for better than 40 years. I make it a priority. I have an extremely light lunch on the days I work out — usually a bowl of soup.

HOW WOULD YOUR FRIENDS DESCRIBE YOU? Energetic, multi-faceted, outgoing. That’s how I think my friends would describe me.

WHAT WOULD PEOPLE BE SURPRISED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? That I love to fly single-engine airplanes — in clear weather. I wasn’t an instrument pilot. I was a daytime pilot. I learned to fly in the Air Force and loved to fly single-engine airplanes and did for quite a while. I don’t anymore.

IF YOU COULD WITNESS ANY EVENT OF THE PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Being at Ike’s inaugural parade — that was probably No. 1. He was the first president I got to vote for. One of my favorite things when I was in the Air Force was to watch the Thunderbirds. They were stationed at Luke Field, so that was a very important event for me. I always participated in the ground aspects of it. I was not an Air Force pilot; I just learned to fly in the Air Force. But the Thunderbirds were incredible, and they still are.

WHAT WAS A “WORST TIME” AND HOW DID YOU PULL THROUGH IT? I had two alcoholic parents, and it was the worst time of my life when I was 10, 11, 12 years of age. I just ignored them and took care of myself. I did my own thing when I was 10 years old — as long as I was home in time for dinner. I grew up very fast.

“Marriage, family and career.

If you can work all those things out, that’s success.”

WHAT CONCERNS YOU TODAY? My work sometimes keeps me awake at night — thinking about what I haven’t done that day and what I’m going to do tomorrow. But my concerns in general are the divisiveness that exists in the United States today — among people, politics, religion — divisiveness in every aspect of our lives. It didn’t exist when I was a little boy.

HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? Marriage, family and career. If you can work all those things out, that’s success.

WHAT IS A FAVORITE TULSA MEMORY? Quaker Drug Store. It was at 18th and Boston. It was where all of the high school kids hung out who went to Central High School and some from Rogers High School. They all gathered and danced the jitterbug to the jukebox in the back of the drug store.

DOES THE QUAKER DRUG STORE BUILDING STILL EXIST? No, it’s where the Spirit Bank building is now. That was the place to go. If you ever had a few minutes, you went by the Quaker to see all of the gang. I remember Teresa Brewer was a (popular singer at the time), and she sang a song called (“Music!

Music! Music!”) (with the well-known line) ‘Put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon’. That song was on (often) when we were at the Quaker Drug Store. That was my favorite memory of Tulsa.

DESCRIBE A PERFECT WEEKEND IN TULSA OR ELSEWHERE. In the fall of the year, walking across the western Kansas landscape with my retriever hunting pheasants. It’s great.

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES YOU’VE EXPERIENCED IN TULSA? The proliferation of restaurants and infrastructure such as the Broken Arrow Expressway and The Loop (Inner Dispersal Loop).

ANY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS YOU’D LIKE TO MENTION? I’ve been a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1981, which is by selection. I’ve been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1983.

I was president of the Tulsa County Bar Association at one time. I’m very proud of being a lawyer, and I love what I do.

WHAT KINDS OF CHANGES HAVE YOU NOTICED IN YOUR FIELD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS? One of the things is the entry of women into the legal profession.

I’ve watched that happen, and it’s been wonderful for all us boys and for women. I deal with a lot of women lawyers. I do a lot of family law, and they’ve made a difference in the practice of law.

NO PLANS TO RETIRE? No. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. I have a middle son who is a lawyer in Dallas, and he’s given me two great grandchildren. My youngest son lives in Houston, and he has a son and a stepdaughter. My oldest son lives in Tulsa, and he has a son. I also have two stepdaughters who each has a daughter. My wife, Mary Lou, and I have been married for 35 years.

I HEAR YOU ARE QUITE THE OUTDOORSMAN. TALK ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN NATUREWORKS AND OTHER SPORTSMAN ACTIVITIES. Wildlife is very important to me, and being outdoors is very important to me. I’ve been with NatureWorks for a long time.

I’m also a board member of the George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartlesville, and I’m a retired director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Nature Conservancy. I don’t hunt pheasant as much as I used to. I’ve lost so much of my hearing; I want to try and save what’s left of it.

Something I’m very excited about is I have collected all but one of the species of waterfowl in North America and had them mounted. There are 43 birds, and Woolaroc Museum has accepted it as a permanent exhibit. So before the summer is over, my waterfowl collection will be exhibited in Woolaroc.

WHAT ELSE KEEPS YOU BUSY? We like to go see our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

We go to Dallas quite often. We have been involved in the Tulsa Ballet for some time, and we like the theater.

WHAT’S YOUR WORKLOAD LIKE RIGHT NOW, OR WHAT’S A TYPICAL DAY FOR YOU? My workload is 8:30 to 5, but I’m not putting as much pressure on myself as I did when I was 70. Nobody gets out of this life alive, and I just love what I do. I love being a lawyer. I love being here at the firm with all of my partners. TP TulsaPeople.com

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CURATIVE CREATIVITY AFTER A NIGHTMARISH LOSS, FATHER AND SON HEAL THROUGH WRITING AND ART.

BY JULIE RAINS

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att Stick sits alone at a small wooden desk in his room and begins to draw. More than a hobby, the practice is the 26-year-old’s way forward from a terrifying time for him and for his family.

In 2012, Matt stabbed and killed his mother, Veronica, while experiencing his first (and only) psychotic break. At the time, he believed he was saving his mother from demons that possessed her.

It took months for his psychosis to begin to fade and years before he was in recovery. Two years and eight months after his mother’s death, Matt was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sentenced to the Oklahoma Forensic Center, the state’s largest behavioral health facility.

He was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 Disorder with psychotic features.

Matt’s father, Michael Stick, is a teacher and pastor. He says that although he was not aware of his son’s mental illness at the time, he knew immediately after learning of his wife’s death that Matt was not in his right mind.

Initially, Matt was incarcerated at David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center. While grieving his wife’s death, Michael also faced the possibility of being permanently separated from his son. “I thought I’d lost both of them,” Michael says.

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As he and his other two adult children learned more about mental illness, Michael was able to express his feelings about their situation.

“What caused my wife’s death was not my son, but the psychosis,” he explains. “While his body did that, his mind didn’t. I don’t have to forgive my son for this. If I have to forgive anything, it would be the psychosis. But I can’t forgive the disease.

How can we?”

Michael began writing the family’s story soon after Veronica’s death in order “to remember (Veronica) and bring mental illness to light.”

His book, “A Father’s Love,” vividly describes Matt’s state of mind at the time of Veronica’s death. “I had to go into a real dark place to finish it,” Michael says. Working with Matt, Michael incorporated letters Matt wrote from prison, newspaper articles, court records and scriptural references into the book.

Grief still accompanies Michael, but when he finished the book, he says he “felt freer.” “Everything I was trying to remember was on paper,” Michael says, “and that weight was lifted off me.”

Matt had enjoyed drawing from an early age and, before psychosis, had begun to see art as his future career path. His graphite drawings are precise and extremely detailed, a style called realism.

During the worst days of his psychosis, Matt didn’t draw at all. “My mind was in a different universe,” he says in a letter to TulsaPeople.

As his medication began to take effect and his mind returned from the brink, Matt returned to art only to find that his skills had suffered, as well.

“My perception of depth and contrast and color was skewed to say the least,” he says. “Eyes would end up bigger than they were supposed to be. The shading was all off. Everything was a little bit different.” It would be years before his mind returned to normal and with it, his artistic abilities.

In jail awaiting sentencing, Matt drew greeting cards, tattoo designs and portraits for other inmates. “My art helped carry me through my time at David L. Moss,” Matt remembers. Because he had a skill that was valuable to other inmates, “(Art) helped protect me.”

Now symptom-free for three years, Matt believes that art saved his life and his mind. “(Drawing has) given me purpose and provided a creative outlet.”

In addition to working with his father on “A Father’s Love,” Matt wrote and illustrated a children’s book called “When Mama Cries.”

Veronica struggled with bouts of crippling depression. She would stay in bed and cry; she was even suicidal at one point, Michael says. Matt’s book explains depression from the perspective of children and portrays Matt’s and his siblings’ childhood experiences with their mother.

“Growing up,” Matt says, “I didn’t understand mental illness, and neither did my family. Children who grow up without knowledge of mental illness become adults who are also ignorant to it.”

Matt’s sister, Katie, formatted the book and colored Matt’s illustrations. Matt’s next children’s book will describe bipolar disorder. The book is written and illustrated, awaiting formatting and color. Michael started Brainstorm Publications to

Matt Stick and his father Michael meet weekly at the Oklahoma Forensic Center. The Tulsa father and son have overcome shared tragedy through creative outlets. Matt writes and draws, like the picture of Baker Mayfield shown at left. Both have written books to channel their emotions. self-publish the books. A release date has not yet been set.

Matt hopes his books will help children and families see mental illness as a sickness, and empower people to recognize signs of such illnesses in themselves or loved ones. “Mental illness is a disease of the brain, just as real as cancer or diabetes, and needs to be treated as such,” he says. “It is not a weakness, character flaw or spiritual fault.

It’s a sickness.”

For Matt and his family, the writing and illustrating processes have been healing in many ways.

“Working together with my family has been absolutely amazing. It has brought us so much closer,” Matt says. “(The books) helped us not only to grieve, but to find purpose and try to use our struggles to help others.”

“Matt wants to be an advocate,” Michael says.

“He doesn’t want to be silent about his illness. He wants to help others. That’s probably what I’m most proud of.”

Matt is currently planning a portrait series called “Faces of Recovery” in which he will draw

people in recovery from mental illness and is currently working on another series called “Memento,” in which he draws people who died by suicide.

He provides the “Memento” portraits to grieving families free of charge.

Matt is still a patient at the Oklahoma Forensic Center with an indefinite length of stay. The program is unclear as to the length or stipulations for conditional release. Someday Matt hopes to pursue his art education and work as an artist, using his skills to shed light on mental illness.

In the meantime, Michael visits every week.

Father and son talk about art, hope, guilt, forgiveness, the future and Veronica.

“My mother was my biggest supporter of my art,” Matt says. “With every piece I create, I like to believe that wherever she is, she gets to see it.” TP To view or purchase Matt’s drawings, “When Mama Cries,” or “A Father’s Love,” email Michael at dr.mstick@gmail.com.

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Thank you Tulsa!

Best casino Best Hotel

Riverspirittulsa.com 81st & riverside

A lot of people and a lot of opinions make up Tulsa. But, one thing is for sure: It’s home, and we can’t deny our love for it.

The following pages are the results of the 2018 A-LIST readers’ choice voting. Readers named their favorite businesses in 100 categories. The top five winners in each category are listed, with exceptions made when a tie occurred.

Our editors got in on the fun, too. We called out our picks for Dine Local, Fun, Services, Shop Local and Head to Toe. TulsaPeople.com

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DINE LOCAL ASIAN LOCAL

KEO keorestaurant.com Ri-Lê 918-496-2126 Yokozuna yokozunasushi.com Lanna Thai lannathaitulsa.com

Albert G’s albertgs.com Oklahoma Joe’s okjoes.com Billy Sims Barbecue billysimsbbq.com

BREAKFAST Brookside By Day brooksidebyday.com

Osaka Steakhouse and Sushi Bar osaka-steakhouse.net

First Watch firstwatch.com

Roka rokatulsa.com

Savoy Restaurant savoyrestaurant.com

NATIONAL

Dilly Diner dillydiner.com

Pei Wei peiwei.com

P.F. Chang’s pfchangs.com Panda Express pandaexpress.com

BAKERY

Merritt’s Bakery merrittsbakery.com Antoinette Baking Co. antoinettebakingco.com Ludger’s Bavarian Cakery ludgersbavariancakery.com Ann’s Bakery annsbakery.com Panera Bread panerabread.com

BAR

McNellie’s mcnellies.com Hodges Bend hodges-bend.com Valkyrie valkyrietulsa.com R Bar rbartulsa.com PJ’s Pub and Grill pjspubandgrill.com

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Bramble Breakfast and Bar bramblebartulsa.com

DELI/SANDWICHES

LOCAL CHEAP EATS

Jason’s Deli jasonsdeli.com

Ron’s Hamburgers and Chili ronsburgersandchili.com

McAlister’s Deli mcalistersdeli.com

Tally’s Good Food Cafe tallyscafe.com

Ted’s Cafe Escondido tedscafe.com

Bill and Ruth’s Multiple locations

Tacos Don Francisco facebook.com/pg/tacosdonfrancisco1

Abuelo’s abuelos.com

Lambrusco’z lambruscoz.com

Lone Wolf lonewolftulsa.com

Mi Cocina micocinarestaurants.com

FINE DINING

Mr. Nice Guys mrniceguystulsa.com

El Chico Cafe elchico.com

LOCAL COFFEE SHOP

NEW RESTAURANT

Trenchers Delicatessen facebook.com/trenchersdeli

Mahogany Prime Steakhouse mahoganyprimesteakhouse.com/ locations/mahogany-tulsa Polo Grill pologrill.com

Coney I-Lander coneyi-lander.com

Shades of Brown shadescoffee.com

The Lounge (Bull in the Alley) bullinthealley.com

Coffee House on Cherry Street chocstulsa.com

BURGER

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar flemingssteakhouse.com/locations/ ok/tulsa

DoubleShot Coffee Co. doubleshotcoffee.com

Ron’s Hamburgers and Chili ronsburgersandchili.com

Ruth’s Chris Steak House ruthschris.com/restaurant-locations/ tulsa

Goldie’s Patio Grill goldies.com

McGill’s dinemcgills.com

Tally’s Good Food Cafe tallyscafe.com

Fat Guy’s Burger Bar fatguysburgers.com

Smitty’s Garage eatatthegarage.com Brownie’s Hamburgers facebook.com/brownieshamburger

ITALIAN LOCAL

Ti Amo Ristorante Italiano tiamotulsa.com

Red Robin redrobin.com

Mondo’s Ristorante Italiano mondositalian.com

The Tavern taverntulsa.com

Villa Ravenna villaravenna.com

CATERING

Dalesandro’s dalesandros.com

Ludger’s Catering ludgerscatering.com Just Catering by Orr cateringbyorr.com 2 POPS Catering 2popscatering.com 624 Catering 624catering.com Lambrusco’z lambruscoz.com

NOTES A-LIST ADVERTISERS

Mary’s Trattoria marystrattoriatulsa.squarespace.com

NATIONAL Olive Garden olivegarden.com

Zio’s Italian Kitchen zios.com Carrabba’s Italian Grill carrabbas.com Johnny Carino’s carinos.com

Chimi’s chimismexican.com

NATIONAL Chuy’s chuys.com

Torchy’s Tacos torchystacos.com Amelia’s amelias.us

Oren orenrestaurant.com

918 Coffee tulsa918coffee.com

The Nook Bistro at the Market at Walnut Creek thenookbistro.com

Topeca Coffee topecacoffee.com

Smitty’s Garage eatatthegarage.com

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN/ INDIAN

OLD FAVORITE Charleston’s charlestons.com

Laffa Medi-Eastern Restaurant and Bar laffatulsa.com

The Brook Restaurant and Bar brookrestaurant.com

Zoës Kitchen zoeskitchen.com

Kilkenny’s Irish Pub tulsairishpub.com

Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe tazikiscafe.com

Tally’s Good Food Cafe tallyscafe.com

India Palace theindiapalacetulsa.com

Savoy Restaurant savoyrestaurant.com

Desi Wok desiwok.net

MEXICAN LOCAL

PIZZA — GOURMET

Andolini’s Pizzeria andopizza.com

El Tequila eltequilatulsa.com

Hideaway Pizza hideawaypizza.com

Los Cabos loscabosok.com

East Village Bohemian eastvillagebohemian.com

El Guapo’s elguaposcantina.com

Upper Crust Wood Fired Pizza ucpizza.com

Senor Tequila senortequilaok.com

Savastano’s savastanospizzeria.com

PIZZA — TAKEOUT/ DELIVERY

Hideaway Pizza hideawaypizza.com Mazzio’s mazzios.com Pizza Hut pizzahut.com

In the Raw intherawsushi.com

LongHorn Steakhouse longhornsteakhouse.com

STEAK LOCAL

SUSHI

Mahogany Prime Steakhouse mahoganyprimesteakhouse. com/locations/mahoganytulsa

In the Raw intherawsushi.com Yokozuna yokozunasushi.com

The Lounge (Bull in the Alley) bullinthealley.com

Sushi Hana sushihanatulsa.com

Papa John’s papajohns.com

PRHYME: Downtown Steakhouse prhymetulsa.com

Fuji fujitulsa.com

Andolini’s Pizzeria andopizza.com

McGill’s dinemcgills.com

SEAFOOD

Polo Grill pologrill.com

Domino’s dominos.com

Bodean bodean.net

White River Fish Market whiteriverfishmarket.com Red Lobster redlobster.com Bonefish Grill bonefishgrill.com Fish Daddy’s Grill House facebook.com/fishdaddys

Sushi Train sushitraintulsaok.com

WEEKEND BRUNCH

Bramble Breakfast and Bar bramblebartulsa.com

NATIONAL

Texas Roadhouse texasroadhouse.com Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar flemingssteakhouse.com/ locations/ok/tulsa Ruth’s Chris Steak House ruthschris.com/restaurantlocations/tulsa Outback Steakhouse outback.com

Waterfront Grill waterfrontgrilljenks.com Dilly Diner dillydiner.com

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RIBCRIB.COM © 2017 RibCrib, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Thank you for selecting us as a Best New Restaurant.

We are an intimate French-American eatery located inside The Market. Perfect for grabbing a delicious bite to eat while taking a break from shopping or work.

Inside The Market 8281 South Harvard Avenue 918-340-7010 thenookbistro.com

TAKEOUT AND DELIVERY PIZZA

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MOST GIGGLE-INDUCING DRINK ORDER

EDIBLEND SUPERFOOD CAFE’S “Sexy Yowza” made-to-order blend, 2050 Utica Square; 10115 S. Sheridan Road, Suite C; ediblend.com

Best new thing I didn’t know I wanted Lone Wolf’s soft serve ice cream at its downtown location. Rotating weekly flavors that we can’t lick enough: toasted marshmallow and salted caramel. 203 E. Archer St., lonewolftulsa.com

BEST VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN OPTIONS

ELOTE 514 S. Boston Ave. elotetulsa.com

NIBBLES, BEVERAGES AND DISHES THE EDITORS CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF

TACOS DON FRANCISCO 4008 E. 11th St. facebook.com/ tacosdonfrancisco1

CALAVERAS MEXICAN GRILL 2326 E. Admiral Blvd. facebook.com/calaverastulsa

TACOS SAN PEDRO 1402 N. Harvard Ave. 918-835-0033

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RI LÊ’S has been around for more than 30 years. It’s dedication to flavor and freshness — and no doubt its dedicated vegetarian section on its menu — has kept customers coming back.

4932 E. 91st St., 918-496-2126 Robust salads, perfect pita sandwiches and succulent smoothies have been a mainstay at BIG AL’S HEALTHY FOOD for 40 years. 3303 E. 15th St., 918744-5085

MR. NICE GUYS 111 E. M.B. Brady St. mrniceguystulsa.com

MI COCINA 1342 E. 15th St. micocinarestaurants.com

Ice cream lovers rejoice! ROSE ROCK MICROCREAMERY always has four vegan options in its case. 502 E. Third St., Unit 35; roserockcreamery.com

SUCCESSFUL SIPS WHERE THE AMBIANCE IS AS GOOD AS THE FOOD Amelia’s Wood Fired Cuisine 122 N. Boston Ave., amelias.us

BEST NEW PIZZA Prairie Fire Pie’s meatball pizza — a taste sensation.

1303 E. 15th St., prairiefirepie.com

I DON’T CARE BAR AND GRILL 11015 E. 590 Road, Catoosa; idontcarebarandgrill.com

POLO GRILL has been culinary couture since 1983. The Utica Square mainstay is known for its impeccable service, flavorful fare and extensive wine list. The restaurant’s wine inventory totals more than 22,000 bottles and 1,100 labels.

2038 Utica Square, pologrill.com

ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGIA BROOKS

LOS PRIMOS 1028 N. Sheridan Road 918-836-1121

DINE LOCAL

CHIMERA’s menu bursts with vegfriendly options, starting at breakfast with the Twinster’s Vegan Plate. It’s a tofu scramble with mushrooms, potato and adzuki strips over arugula and adorned with avocado. You can’t go wrong with their take on grilled cheese, the Monsieur Fromage, for lunch. 212 N. Main St., chimeratulsa.com

BEST APPETIZERS

DRINK WITH A VIEW

BODEAN’S salmon pate and crostinis, 3376 E. 51st St., bodean.net

SMOKE. WOODFIRE GRILL’s bacon jam, 1542 E. 15th St., smokewoodfiregrill.com

Tableside guacamole (or bacon guacamole!) from BRAVOS MEXICAN GRILL, 4532 E. 51st St., 8010 E. 106th St., bravosmexicangroup.com

ANDOLINI’S PIZZERIA garlic knots, 1552 E. 15th St.; 500 Riverwalk Terrace, Suite 100, Jenks; 222 S. Main St., Broken Arrow; 12140 E. 96th St. N., Owasso; andopizza.com

Some of our favorite spots to sip at sunset OPEN CONTAINER 502 E. Third St., Unit 39 opencontainertulsa.com THE PENTHOUSE BAR AT THE MAYO HOTEL 115 W. Fifth St. themayohotel.com/dining IN THE RAW SOUTH 6151 S. Sheridan Road intherawsushi.com THE ROOFTOP 214 S. Main St., Broken Arrow scarpa-rc.com

WORTH THE WAIT

SWEET SANDWICHES

There are no lack of ice cream options in Tulsa, but Sweets and Cream at 1114 S. Yale Ave. is special. It might be the kindness of the staff or affordability of the treat. To us, it is the simplicity of DIY ice cream sandwiches combined with the endless options. Try mint-chocolate chip ice cream between two chocolate-chocolate chip cookies, or vanilla inside lemon and strawberry cookies. sweetsandcream.com

TORCHY’S TACOS The line’s long, but the tacos are legendary. 3330 S. Peoria Ave., torchystacos.com

BUCKET-LIST MEALS BURN CO.’S baby back ribs, grilled potato salad, and mac and cheese.

1738 S. Boston Ave.; 500 Riverwalk Terrace, Suite 135, Jenks burnbbq.com Chicken fried steak, smothered in creamy gravy, courtesy of THE BROS. HOULIGAN. 4848 S. Yale Ave., 2508 E. 15th St. broshouligan.com Prime dry-aged rib-eye steak cooked to perfection at FLEMING’S STEAKHOUSE. 1976 Utica Square flemingssteakhouse.com

Golden Gate Express, 2620 S. Harvard Ave., goldengatetulsa.com

QT Kitchens, multiple locations, quiktrip.com

Burger night every Wednesday at McNellie’s, 7031 S. Zurich Ave., 409 E. First St., mcnellies.com

BEST USE OF CHEESE Bakeshop’s ooey-gooey grilled cheese sandwich made with fresh sourdough bread.

Find it at the new Mother Road Market, 1124 S. Lewis Ave, when it opens this summer.

BAKESHOPTULSA.COM Cheese Whiz never tasted so good. Phat Philly’s does it classic PA-style with its cheesesteak sandwiches.

1305 S. PEORIA AVE., PHATPHILLYS.COM Don’t be a dip. Dip into cheesy goodness at The Melting Pot. 300 RIVERWALK TERRACE, SUITE 190, JENKS; MELTINGPOT.COM The Brook’s cheese fries are legendary … and delicious.

3401 S. PEORIA AVE., 7727 E. 91ST ST., BROOKRESTAURANT.COM

DECOR FOR THE WIN TALLY’S GOOD FOOD CAFE takes Tulsans on a trip down memory lane as they eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. All the classic diner favorites are served, with neon and vintage vibes courtesy of Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe.

6100 S. SHERIDAN ROAD, 1102 S. YALE AVE., TALLYSCAFE.COM

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“One of the most enjoyable meals I’ve had in a while... Flavors were well developed and delicious.”

– Pam Vrooman, Tulsa

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“Delicious, fresh food. So well done. Really excited you’re adding to the Tulsa restaurant scene.”

– Sarah Winchester, Tulsa “Most delicious meal we’ve enjoyed in years... Absolutely loved all of it.”

– Douglas Fischer, Tulsa “Very much enjoyed this unique restaurant.”

– Trevor Hughes, Tulsa

“Since 1992, it has been our pride to provide Oklahomans with awardwinning smoked ribs, brisket and pork for enjoyment when dining-in, carrying-out or catering-in. We invite you to our newly remodeled Harvard location which now serves beer on-tap.”

— Chuck Gawey, Owner

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111 N. MAIN ST. • 918.728.3147 LAFFATULSA.COM

4111 S HARVARD AVE 918-794-5505

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SHOP SHOPLOCAL LOCAL ANTIQUES

JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores joann.com

Retro Den retrodentulsa.com

AUTO DEALER — DOMESTIC

River City Trading Post rivercitytp.com

Main Street Jenks jenkschamber.com/visiting-jenks/ historic-downtown/ I-44 Antique Mall i44antiquemall.com Tulsa Flea Market tulsafleamarket.net Windsor Market windsormarket.com

Jim Glover Auto Family jimglover.com Bill Knight Ford billknightford.com Jim Norton Chevrolet nortonchevy.com Bob Hurley Ford bobhurleyford.com Chris Nikel chrisnikel.com

APPLIANCES

Don Thornton Cadillac donthorntoncadillac.com

Metro Appliances and More metroappliancesandmore.com

AUTO DEALER — IMPORT

Hahn Appliance Warehouse hahnappliance.com

Lowe’s lowes.com Sears sears.com Best Buy bestbuy.com

ART GALLERY

Jackie Cooper Imports jackiecooperimports.com Jim Norton Toyota jimnortontoyota.com Don Carlton Honda doncarltonhonda.com Lexus of Tulsa lexusoftulsa.com

M.A. Doran Gallery madorangallery.com

South Pointe Honda southpointehonda.com

108 | Contemporary 108contemporary.org

BMW of Tulsa bmwoftulsa.com

Lovetts Gallery lovettsgallery.com Joseph Gierek Fine Art gierek.com

AUTO DEALER — LUXURY Jackie Cooper Imports jackiecooperimports.com

Living Arts livingarts.org

Lexus of Tulsa lexusoftulsa.com

ahha Tulsa ahhatulsa.org

BMW of Tulsa bmwoftulsa.com

ARTS/CRAFTS/ HOBBY STORE

Don Thornton Automotive Group donthorntonauto.com

Hobby Lobby hobbylobby.com

Audi Tulsa auditulsa.com

Michael’s michaels.com

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Tom’s Bicycles tomsbicycles.com

Phat Tire Bike Shop phattirebikeshop.com

NOTES A-LIST ADVERTISERS

T-Town Bicycles t-townbicycles.com

Kohl’s kohls.com

Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels brucegweber.com

Bicycles of Tulsa bicyclesoftulsa.com

Macy’s macys.com

Israel Diamond Supply israeldiamond.com

Spoke House Bicycles spokehouse.com

Men’s Wearhouse menswearhouse.com

Spexton Fine Jewelry spexton.com

CLOTHING — CHILDREN’S LOCAL RETAILER

CLOTHING — WOMEN’S LOCAL RETAILER

Kathleen’s Kids kathleenskids.com

Amber Marie and Co. ambermarieandcompany.com

Johnson Floor and Home Carpet One carpetonetulsa.com

Island Nation facebook.com/islandnation

Posh poshtulsa.com

Grigsby’s grigsbys.com

Just Between Friends tulsa.jbfsale.com

Amaranth Collection amaranthcollection.com

Mill Creek Carpet and Tile millcreekcarpet.com

Stash Apparel and Gifts shopatstash.com

Abersons abersonstyle.com

Floorhaus Design Center floorhaus.com

NATIONAL RETAILER

NATIONAL RETAILER

Renaissance Hardwood Floors renhardwood.com

Carter’s carters.com

Chico’s chicos.com

FLOWER SHOP

The Children’s Place childrensplace.com

Saks Fifth Avenue saksfifthavenue.com

Dillard’s dillards.com

Kohl’s kohls.com

Target target.com

Anthropologie anthropologie.com

The Lolly Garden lollygarden.com

Gap gap.com

CLOTHING — MEN’S LOCAL RETAILER Travers Mahan traversmahanapparel.com

Island Nation facebook.com/islandnation

Island Nation facebook.com/islandnation

Dillard’s dillards.com

JCPenney jcpenney.com

EYEWEAR Black Optical blackoptical.com

Star Jewelers starjewelers.com

FLOORING/ FLOOR COVERING

Toni’s Flowers and Gifts tonisflowersgifts.com

Mary Murray’s Flowers marymurraysflowers.com Ever Something eversomething.com Ted and Debbie’s Flower Garden tedanddebbiesflowers.com Mrs. DeHaven’s Flower Shop mrsdehavens.com

GROCERY STORE Reasor’s reasors.com

Pinpoint Resource facebook.com/mensclothingtulsa

Dr. Robert H. Zoellner and Associates drzoellner.com

Abersons abersonstyle.com

Empire Optical empireoptical.com

Trader Joe’s traderjoes.com

Echo Man echoshops.com

Hicks Brunson Eyewear hicksbrunson.com

Whole Foods Market wholefoodsmarket.com

Threads on Boston threadsonboston.com

Eyemart Express eyemartexpress.com

Aldi aldi.us

FINE JEWELRY

LIQUOR STORE

NATIONAL RETAILER Dillard’s dillards.com

Jos. A. Bank josbank.com

Moody’s Jewelry moodysjewelry.com

Sprouts Farmers Market sprouts.com

Parkhill’s Warehouse Liquors and Wine parkhillsliquor.com

Ranch Acres Wine and Spirits ranchacreswine.com B and B Liquor Warehouse facebook.com/bandbliquor Parkhill’s South Liquors and Wine parkhillssouth.com Primo’s Fine Wine and Spirits primosfinewine.com Tulsa Hills Wine Cellar tulsahillswinecellar.com

LOCAL FURNITURE STORE Mathis Brothers Furniture mathisbrothers.com

Ashley HomeStore ashleyfurniturehomestore.com Retro Den retrodentulsa.com Snow’s Furniture snowsfurniture.com Sunshine Furniture sunshineok.com

PET SHOP PetSmart petsmart.com

Southern Agriculture southernagriculture.com Wagology Shop facebook.com/wagology Dog Dish facebook.com/dogdishtulsa Petco petco.com

SHOE STORE — LOCAL RETAILER J.Cole Shoes jcoleshoes.com

Fleming’s Comfort Footwear flemingsshoes.com Fleet Feet Sports fleetfeettulsa.com MetroShoe Warehouse metroshoewarehouse.com Tulsa Runner tulsarunner.com

LOCAL GIFT SHOP

NATIONAL RETAILER

The Perfect Touch perfecttouchgiftstore.com

DSW dsw.com

The Market at Walnut Creek themarkettulsa.com

Famous Footwear famousfootwear.com

Summer Snow Gifts and Decor summersnowgifts.com

Shoe Carnival shoecarnival.com

The Snow Goose snowgoosetulsa.com

Payless ShoeSource payless.com

Ida Red idaredgeneralstore.com

Amber Marie and Co. ambermarieandcompany.com Margo’s Gift Shop themargoshop.com

NEW STORE

Ida Red Soda Fountain and General Store idaredgeneralstore.com

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Dillard’s dillards.com

Custom Picture Framing d Fine Art Home Accessories 6 N. LEWIS d 918.584.2217 d ZIEGLERART.COM

SHOPPING CENTER/ DISTRICT Utica Square uticasquare.com

Tulsa Hills Shopping Center shoptulsahills.com Woodland Hills Mall simon.com/mall/woodland-hills-mall

Magic City Books magiccitybooks.com

The Rose District rosedistrict.com

Cost Plus World Market worldmarket.com

Brookside brooksidetheplacetobe.com

Made shopatmade.com Modern Cottage shopmoderncottage.com Fine Apparel, Gifts & Home Decor

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SHOP LOCAL EDITORS DISH ON THEIR FAVORITE FINDS.

FIND YOUR NEXT HEIRLOOM Buying quality furniture is an investment. Big box accessories come and go, but quality pieces are passed down through generations. Many would find an Ethan Allen stamp on their most cherished pieces.

Tulsans can shop the 86-year-old brand at Castleberry’s Ethan Allen, locally owned and operated by the Castleberry family for decades. The shop, located at 6006 S. Sheridan Road, boasts a showroom of timeless pieces with a modern spin.

Plus, their design team is second to none. 6006 S. Sheridan Road, ethanallen.com

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WHERE TO GET FRAMED

ZIEGLER ART AND FRAME 6 N. LEWIS AVE., ZIEGLERART.COM

A MUG TO LOVE Joe Staskal is a potter, painter and sculptor whose FATCITYCLAY mugs boast a collection of one-liners.

The painted and stamped hand-thrown mugs are made in Tulsa. You’ve likely seen Staskal at the Tulsa Farmers’ Market. He has been a vendor there for 19 years. We love “Mug life,” “Namaste bitches,” “Tulsa AF” and various other Okie themes. The Nest also carries Staskal’s line, like the one pictured.

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THE RIGHT STUFF

The old Archer Building along East Archer Street between North Detroit Avenue and Martin Luther King Blvd. is the “new kid on the block” when it comes to downtown revitalization. The building underwent millions of dollars in renovations thanks to the George Kaiser Family Foundation, and is now home to some of the hippest digs in downtown. Magic City Books, Lone Wolf, Press, Made are open on the ground floor, with artist studios filling the top level. A board game cafe, Shuffles, will soon join the lineup.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGIA BROOKS

THE INVITING PLACE

WHERE TO GET REGISTERED On A Whim 9146 S. Yale Ave. shopatonawhim.com

MOST CURIOSITY-INDUCING STORE THE HUSSAR, 6029 S. Sheridan Road, sells military miniatures, military history books, diorama supplies and much more. thehussar.com

BEST LOCAL SOURCE FOR KILIM PILLOWS Jo and June 2313 E. Admiral Place joandjune.com

5 DATE-WORTHY SHOPPING DESTINATIONS With a helpful staff, these five shops help us in our time of need — whether we’re prepping for a dinner date or a romantic weekend getaway.

POSH 1701 S. Boston Ave., poshtulsa.com DONNA’S FASHIONS 10051 S. Yale Ave. donnasfashions.com AMARANTH COLLECTION 8007 S. Sheridan Road, Unit G amaranthcollection.com ON THE CORNER 106 S. Main St., Broken Arrow 918-872-1301 J. SPENCER 8303 S. Memorial Drive; 1722 Utica Square; 870 Hillside Drive, Broken Arrow shopjspencer.com

FAV O R I T E L O N G T I M E S H O P

MARGO’S 2058 Utica Square, themargoshop.com

HOUSEPLANT HEROES

These local shops are keeping our offices and homes stocked with live plants that provide a dash of color and good ol’ oxygen.

RETRO DEN 1216 S. Harvard Ave. retrodentulsa.com SOUTHWOOD LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN CENTER 9025 S. Lewis Ave. southwoodgardencenter.com TED AND DEBBIE’S FLOWER GARDEN 3901 S. Harvard Ave. tedanddebbiesflowers.com COHLMIA’S 1502 S. Cincinnati Place cohlmia.com

CUSTOMIZING QUEENS There are plenty of furniture options in the Tulsa market, but where do we go when we want something customized for our home? Luxe Furniture and Design’s staff take customers through the steps of designing custom home furnishings to match any style or existing pieces. The locally owned store at 9922 Riverside Parkway is a mecca for the design inclined and a refuge for those in need of help. luxetulsa.com TulsaPeople.com

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HEAD SHOP TO LOCAL TOE CHIROPRACTIC CENTER Snyder Chiropractic and Acupuncture drjustinsnyder.com Recover recovertherapy.com 918 Chiropractic 918chiropractic.com Care Family Medical and Chiropractic accidentinjuryspecialist.com Ochsner Chiropractic Centre oschnerchriopractic.com

COSMETIC DENTAL CENTER Perfect Smile Tulsa perfectsmiletulsa.com

Hope Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry hoperestorative.com Glisten Dental and Sleep Apnea Care glistendental.com Groves Family and Cosmetic Dentistry grovesfamilydental.com Mint Dental mintdentaltulsa.com Utica Dental uticadental.com Rigdon Dental and Associates tulsaimplantdentist.com

COSMETIC SURGERY CENTER Triad Eye Institute Aesthetics and Laser Center triadeye.com

Plastic Surgery Center of Tulsa pscoftulsa.com Plastic Surgery Associates of Tulsa psaoftulsa.com Whitlock Cosmetic Center whitlockcosmetic.com Center for Plastic Surgery cpstulsa.com

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E. Bradley Garber, M.D. bradgarber.com Rubis Plastic Surgery rubisplasticsurgery.com

DENTAL CLINIC Mint Dental mintdentaltulsa.com

Perfect Smile Tulsa perfectsmiletulsa.com Aspire Dental aspireok.com Glisten Dental and Sleep Apnea Care glistendental.com Raj M. Patel, D.D.S. rajpateldds.com Berkshire Dental Group berkshiredentalgroup.com Groves Family and Cosmetic Dentistry grovesfamilydental.com

DERMATOLOGY Tulsa Dermatology Clinic tulsadermatology.com Skin Care Institute skincareinstitute.net Midtown Dermatology lynnandersonderm.com

FITNESS STUDIO — PILATES/BARRE/ OTHER

10Gym 10gym.com

Tulsa Fitness Systems tulsafitnesssystems.com

Planet Fitness planetfitness.com

barre3 barre3.com

YMCA of Greater Tulsa ymcatulsa.org

Sky Fitness and Wellbeing sky-fit.com

HOSPITAL

Pure Barre purebarre.com Physiques by Monique physiquesbymonique.net

FITNESS STUDIO — YOGA SALT Yoga saltyogatulsa.com

Be Love Yoga Studio beloveyogastudio.com Sky Fitness and Wellbeing sky-fit.com The Yoga Room theyogaroomtulsa.com Press Cafe x Yoga presstulsa.com

HAIR SALON

Ihloff Salon and Day Spa ihloffspa.com

Hillcrest HealthCare System hillcrestmedicalcenter.com

Healthy Palate To Go healthypalatetogo.net

Oklahoma Surgical Hospital oklahomasurgicalhospital.com

ORTHODONTIST

Bailey Medical Center baileymedicalcenter.com

MASSAGE

Ihloff Salon and Day Spa ihloffspa.com

Emerson Orthodontics emersonbraces.com

Recover recovertherapy.com

Nowlin Orthodontics nowlinortho.com

Spa Lux spalux.org

Dr. Robert J. Herman Orthodontics drhermanbraces.com

Chinese Foot Massage facebook.com/ chinesefootmassagetulsa

Tulsa Braces tulsabraces.com

PHYSICAL THERAPY/SPORTS MEDICINE

Hair FX hairsalon-tulsa.com

MEDICAL SPA

The Eye Institute eyeinst.com

Tulsa Fitness Systems tulsafitnesssystems.com

Downtown Tulsa Eyecare downtowntulsaeyecare.com

Life Time Fitness lifetime.life

Cooper Chockley Orthodontics cooperchockleyortho.com Henry Orthodontics henryorthodontics.com

EYE CARE

Sky Fitness and Wellbeing sky-fit.com

Kirkpatrick and Lai Orthodontics klortho.com

Massage Envy massageenvy.com

Impressions Salon and Spa impressionssalontulsa.com

HEALTH CLUB/GYM

The Hungry Ninja thehungry.ninja

Dinner’s at 6 dinnersat6.com

Mather Hair Design and Cosmetic Studio mathersalon.com

Harrel Eyecare harreleyecare.com

Ediblend Superfood Cafe ediblend.com

St. John Health System stjohnhealthsystem.com

Warren Clinic Dermatology saintfrancis.com

Triad Eye Institute triadeye.com

Evolve Paleo Chef evolvepaleochef.com

Pure Food and Juice purefoodandjuice.com

Impressions Salon and Spa impressionssalontulsa.com

iidentity Salon iidentitysalon.com

NUTRITION/ PREPARED MEALS

Saint Francis Health System saintfrancis.com

Center for Dermatology centerfordermtulsa.com

Dr. Robert H. Zoellner and Associates drzoellner.com

NOTES A-LIST ADVERTISERS

Emerge Medical and Well Spa emergemedicaldayspa.com Jara Herron jaraherronsalon.com Skin Care Institute skincareinstitute.net Prime Medical Spa primemedspa.com Luminous Beauty Co. luminousbeautytulsa.com BA Med Spa and Weight Loss Center baweightspa.com

Recover recovertherapy.com

Redbud Physical Therapy redbudpt.com Tulsa Bone and Joint Associates tulsaboneandjoint.com Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center eooc.com Physical Therapy of Tulsa ptoftulsa.com

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Sixteen years ago a group of quality-minded Tulsa physicians had the vision for a new hospital that would provide the exceptional care and personalized service that their patients deserved. We are pleased to announce that their efforts continue today as Oklahoma Surgical Hospital has received a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

CMS’ new Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating combines 64 quality measures into one consumer friendly rating that is available on their Hospital Compare website. Oklahoma Surgical Hospital is one of only 84 hospitals in the nation to receive this prestigious rating.

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BEST SALON EXPERIENCE FOR THE LITTLES Mr. Will of KUTS FOR KIDS is a legend among Tulsa parents. He can convince even the wiggliest toddler to hold still for a haircut, and he’s fast. His brightly colored salon offers kids their choice of vehicle — car, firetruck or motorcycle — to sit on while getting their “ears lowered.” 8122 S. Lewis Ave., # A; 4936 W. Kenosha St., Broken Arrow. facebook.com/kuts4kidzbywill

HEALTHIEST WAY TO GET GLOWING

SLATE ORGANIC TANNING

THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE AT -220 DEGREES Here’s where to find cryotherapy, which safely uses liquid nitrogen to cool a user’s skin and environmental temperature. Proponents say health benefits include reducing inflammation and increasing circulation.

CryoMed Clinic 4785 E. 91st St., Ste. B; cryomedclinic.com Cryo in Motion a portable cryosauna based at Oklahoma Fit, 820 W. Main St., Jenks; cryoinmotion.com Recover three locations in midtown, south Tulsa and Broken Arrow; recovertherapy.com

FAVORITE FRAGRANT FIZZIES: BOMBDIGGITY

These Tulsa-made bath bombs will ruin you for all other brands.

Throw one in the tub and watch your worries fizz away. They’re kid friendly and use natural products. Find Bombdiggity at select local retailers or at bombdiggityok.com.

FOR REAL RESULTS: BA Med Spa and Weight Loss Center When exercise, diet and determination just aren’t getting you the results you want, the specialists at BA Med Spa know what to do. A consultation might direct you to some of the most innovative techniques known today, like CoolSculpting. 510 N. Elm Place, Broken Arrow; baweightspa.com BEST WAY TO REJOIN THE CONVERSATION: The Hearing Doctor Are your conversations a rendition of “Huh?” or “What?” Perhaps it’s time to talk to an audiologist who can help you rejoin the conversation. The Hearing Doctor, Dr. Brandy Vowell, urges those with hearing issues to schedule an appointment. It’s the first step toward better communication with the people you love most. Don’t miss out on your grandchild’s laugh anymore. 521 E. Main St., Jenks; thehearingdr.com BEST REASON TO GIVE UP WAXING: Best Threading Place Threading is a method of hair removal that has been used for centuries in Eastern countries. A skilled technician, like Best Threading Place owner Sandy Patel, twists cotton thread rapidly over a row of hairs, removing them quickly and by the root. It’s (mostly) pain free and perfect for facial areas. The shop is clean, quiet, affordable and quick — everything you want in a salon experience. 731 W. New Orleans St., Broken Arrow; facebook.com/bestthreadingplace

3 FEET TREATS Drop into SOLE MASSAGE’s new Center 1 location for a seated foot massage with organic massage cream and optional essential oils, 3509 S. Peoria Ave., Suite 200; solemassagetulsa.com The Elemental Nature Pedicure at IHLOFF SALON AND DAY SPA isn’t your regular pedi. An additional massage, exfoliation and foot masque bring your feet back into balance. Three area locations, ihloffspa.com More than a foot soak, the Ion Detox Foot Bath at EMERGE MEDICAL AND WELL SPA is said to pull out toxins and restore the body to optimal health. 9124 S. Sheridan Road, emergemedicaldayspa.com

MEN’S PICK FOR PAMPERING: ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Members of this locally owned men’s salon receive a monthly haircut and treatments such as a scalp massage and a hot towel treatment. An Xbox room makes this salon feel part man cave, part zen oasis. Three locations, eitrlounge.com 52

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Sun-kissed, beach-vacay skin: Good! Skin cancer and premature aging: Bad! Slate can transform even the pastiest among us into bronze goddesses, just in time for summer. With its brown-sugar derived formula, Slate delivers an airbrush tan that looks natural, and never orange. 3638 S. Peoria Ave., 918-992-5192, slatetulsa.com

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Thank You, x2 TULSA! Eye Care Cosmetic Surgery Center Ryan P. Conley, D.O. Mary Anne Ahluwalia, D.O. Neel M. Kumar, M.D. Ophthalmologist & Cornea Specialist

Ophthalmologist & Glaucoma Specialist

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CREDIT UNION NOTES A-LIST ADVERTISERS

Danny Myers dannymyers.com

Robertson Tire robertson-tire.com

Barron and Hart barronandhart.com

Same Day Auto Repair samedayautorepair.com

Thomason Design facebook.com/ thomasondesign

Karoll Martin martinpaintandbody.com

A-1 Auto Body a1autobodyrepair.com

GH2 Architects gh2.com

A-1 Auto Body a1autobodyrepair.com

Cartec Automotive cartecauto.net

Thomason Design/ HearthStone Construction facebook.com/ thomasondesign

KKT Architects kktarchitects.com

AUTO REPAIR

Jackie Cooper Imports jackiecooperimports.com

Shaw Homes shawhomes.com

KC Automotive kcautorepairshop.com

Capital Homes Residential Group LLC capitalhomes.com

ARCHITECT/ DESIGN FIRM W Design wdesignsite.com

Selser Schaefer Architects selserschaefer.com

Four Star Import Automotive fourstarimportok.com

AUTO BODY SHOP

Christian Brothers Automotive cbac.com

Hourglass Collision Repair hourglasscollision.com

BUILDER

Simmons Homes simmonshomes.com Farabough Homes LLC faraboughhomes.com

Ruhl Construction ruhlconstruction.com

TTCU Federal Credit Union ttcu.com Oklahoma Central Credit Union oklahomacentral.org

Air Comfort Solutions aircomfortsolutions.net Air Assurance airassurance.com

Red Crown Credit Union redcrown.org

Custom Services customservices-inc.com

Tinker Federal Credit Union tinkerfcu.org

A Best Heat and Air Inc. abestair.com

DRY CLEANING Yale Cleaners yalecleaners.com Fox Cleaners foxcleaners.com Spiffy’s Cleaners spiffyscleaners.com Brookside Cleaners and Laundry brooksidecleaners.com LaMode Cleaners lamodecleaners.com

Harp getharp.com

Airco Service aircoservice.com Houchin Electric Co. houchinelectric.com Gilley Electric Inc. gilleyelectric.com Firefly Electricians fireflyelectricians.com

HARDWOOD FLOOR SERVICE

Renaissance Hardwood Floors renhardwood.com Superior Wood Floors and Tile superioroftulsa.com

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Airco Service aircoservice.com

Tulsa Federal Credit Union tulsafederalcu.org

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HOME HEAT AND AIR

Brian’s Heat and Air briansheatandair.com

HOME PEST CONTROL Guardian Angel Exterminating okpestcontrol.com

Mother Nature’s Pest and Lawn mothernaturesinc.com Terminix terminix.com Orkin orkin.com Zoellner Exterminating lovepeoplekillpests.com

KITCHEN DESIGN

Kitchen Concepts kitchenconceptstulsa.com Renovations by Helms renovationsbyhelms.com Kitchen Ideas kitchendesign.com Austin Bean Design Studio austin-bean.com Pohlenz Cucine Moderne pohlenzcm.com

LAW FIRM Hall Estill hallestill.com

GableGotwals gablelaw.com

Mill Creek Carpet and Tile millcreekcarpet.com

Connor and Winters cwlaw.com

Johnson Floor and Home carpetonetulsa.com

Riggs Abney riggsabney.com

WoodGuys woodguys.com

Barrow and Grimm barrowgrimm.com

LAWN AND GARDEN CARE

Southwood Landscape and Garden Center southwoodgardencenter.com Green Leaf Lawn greenleafweedcontrol.com LawnAmerica lawnamerica.com TruGreen trugreen.com Fairway Lawns fairwaylawns.com

LOCAL BANK Bank of Oklahoma bok.com Arvest arvest.com Mabrey Bank mabreybank.com MidFirst Bank midfirst.com BancFirst bancfirst.com

PET BOARDING Pooches poochestulsa.com

Gracieland Hound Dog Hotel gracielanddogboarding.com Dogville Daycare and Boarding/Kitty City dogville-daycare.com Woodland West Pet Resort woodlandwestpetresort.com Camp Bow Wow campbowwow.com/tulsa Noah’s Bed and Biscuit noahsbedandbiscuit.com

PET GROOMING Pooches poochestulsa.com PetSmart petsmart.com

PLUMBING Mullin Plumbing mullininc.com

Roto-Rooter rotorooter.com/tulsa Williams Plumbing and Drain williamsplumbing.com Allied Plumbing Service alliedplumbingservice.com Airco Service aircoservice.com

PROFESSIONAL HOME CLEANING Merry Maids merrymaidstulsametro.com Nook and Cranny Homekeeping nookhomestulsa.com Clean Freaks cleanfreaks.info

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RETIREMENT COMMUNITY Montereau montereau.net

Oklahoma Methodist Manor ommtulsa.org Inverness Village invernessvillage.com Saint Simeon’s saintsimeons.org Zarrow Pointe zarrowpointe.org

VETERINARY CARE

Hammond Animal Hospital hammondanimalhospital.com

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Kindness Animal Hospital kindnessoftulsa.com

Muddy Paws muddy-paws.org

Woodland West Animal Hospital woodlandwestanimalhospital. com

Kelly’s Dazzle Dog Grooming Spa kellysdazzledog.com

Four Star Import Automotive Honda & Acura Repair

River Trail Animal Hospital and Pet Lodge rivertrailahandpetlodge.com City Veterinary Hospital of Tulsa cityvettulsa.com TulsaPeople.com

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RELIVE THE PAST Gone are the days of VHS. But what do you do with all those home movies and tapes of important family events? Take your VHS tapes to VIDEO REVOLUTION. A/V experts will digitize your tapes to DVD. 7030 S. Lewis Ave., videorevolution.com

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COMPLIMENTARY GIFT WRAPPING These local shops do more than just sell us great merchandise.

They generously save us from gift wrapping. That’s service!

RIBBONS 3525 S. Peoria Ave. facebook.com/ribbonsonpeoria SUMMER SNOW GIFTS AND DECOR 4111 S. Harvard Ave. summersnowgifts.com KIDDLESTIX TOYS 3815 S. Harvard Ave. kiddlestixtoys.com THE PERFECT TOUCH 4932 E. 91st St. perfecttouchgiftstore.com

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11TH HOUR SAVIORS Your computer crashed, and your presentation is tomorrow morning.

Who you gonna call? Mobile Macsters. 4817 S. Peoria Ave., Suite A; mobilemacsters.com

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN, NOT BE MADE TO FEEL STUPID Besides having one of the catchiest local jingles, Robertson Tire is King of the Road when it comes to service. Several of us ladies have taken our cars in for service or repair and felt like the friendly folks at Robertson weren’t trying to haggle with us or make us feel like we’re road hazards. Plus, they just do a good job.

What more can you ask? 14 stores across metro Tulsa, robertson-tire.com

CAR CARE

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Rocket Lube and Wash has friendly staff, gives a comprehensive clean and has a gift shop to peruse while you wait. 4529 S. Peoria Ave., rocketlube.net

GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT Sure, Travers Mahan is known for exquisite men’s apparel and casual attire. But it’s more than just the name brands that has kept customers returning for decades. It’s the service. From complimentary beverages and snacks to a rose for your darling on Valentine’s Day, the service at Travers Mahan harkens back to a familiar time.

8146 S. Lewis Ave., traversmahanapparel.com

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SHOP LOCAL ADULT EDUCATION Tulsa Community College tulsacc.edu Tulsa Tech tulsatech.edu The University of Tulsa utulsa.edu Oklahoma State University-Tulsa osu-tulsa.okstate.edu Jenks Community Education jenkscommunityed.com

BOWLING Andy B’s Tulsa andybtulsa.com

Dust Bowl Lanes and Lounge dustbowllounge.com AMF Sheridan Lanes amf.com/location/ amf-sheridan-lanes-ok Main Event Entertainment mainevent.com Broken Arrow Lanes brokenarrowlanes.com

CASINO

River Spirit Casino Resort riverspirittulsa.com Hard Rock Hotel and Casino hardrockcasinotulsa.com Osage Casino osagecasinos.com

EVENT — NONPROFIT

Heart Ball — American Heart Association tulsaheartball.heart.org Dance of the Two Moons — Indian Health Care Resource Center ihcrctwomoons.org WALTZ on the Wild Side — Tulsa Zoo waltzonthewildside.org The White Party — Family and Children’s Services whitepartyok.com Tulsa International Mayfest tulsamayfest.org

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Tulsa Federal Credit Union Tulsa Run tulsasports.org/tulsarun Saint Francis Tulsa Tough tulsatough.com

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Circle Cinema circlecinema.com

The Mayo Hotel themayohotel.com

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Cinemark Theaters cinemark.com

Guthrie Green guthriegreen.com

Admiral Twin Drive-in admiraltwindrivein.com

Cox Business Center coxcentertulsa.com

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Bond Event Center bondtulsa.com

The Mayo Hotel themayohotel.com Ambassador Hotel Tulsa ambassadortulsa.com

The Color Run thecolorrun.com/locations/tulsa

Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center marriott.com/hotels/travel/ tulbr-renaissance-tulsahotel-and-convention-center

FAMILY ATTRACTION Tulsa Zoo tulsazoo.org

Main Event Entertainment mainevent.com Oklahoma Aquarium okaquarium.org Guthrie Green guthriegreen.com Tulsa State Fair tulsastatefair.com

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Oktoberfest tulsaoktoberfest.org Tulsa International Mayfest tulsamayfest.org Blue Dome Arts Festival bluedomearts.org Scotfest okscotfest.com Tulsa Greek Festival htgoctulsa.org Tulsa State Fair tulsastatefair.com

HANDS-ON ART STUDIO Pinot’s Palette pinotspalette.com

Purple Glaze Studio purpleglazestudio.com Tulsa Glassblowing School tulsaglassblowing.org WaterWorks Art Center waterworksartcenter.com

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LOCAL BREWERY Marshall Brewing Co. marshallbrewing.com Prairie Artisan Ales prairieales.com Bricktown Brewery bricktownbrewery.com Cabin Boys Brewery cabinboysbrewery.com American Solera americansolera.com

LOCAL SPORTS TEAM Tulsa Drillers tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Oilers tulsaoilers.com Tulsa Roughnecks FC tulsaroughnecksfc.com Oklahoma City Thunder nba.com/thunder TU Golden Hurricane tulsahurricane.com

MOVIE THEATER Warren Broken Arrow 18 regmovies.com/theaters/ warren-broken-arrow-18 AMC Theaters amctheatres.com

Philbrook Museum of Art philbrook.org Gilcrease Museum gilcrease.org Tulsa Children’s Museum Discovery Lab tulsachildrensmuseum.org Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium tulsaairandspacemuseum.com Woody Guthrie Center woodyguthriecenter.org

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Woodward Park tulsaparks.org LaFortune Park parks.tulsacounty.org Guthrie Green guthriegreen.com River Parks riverparks.org Hunter Park tulsaparks.org

PROFESSIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATION Tulsa Ballet tulsaballet.org

Tulsa Performing Arts Center tulsapac.com ahha Tulsa ahhatulsa.org Living Arts livingarts.org Philbrook Museum of Art philbrook.org

VENUE — EVENT BOK Center bokcenter.com

Cain’s Ballroom cainsballroom.com

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino hardrockcasinotulsa.com

VENUE — LIVE MUSIC Cain’s Ballroom cainsballroom.com BOK Center bokcenter.com Brady Theater bradytheater.com The Joint — Hard Rock Hotel and Casino hardrockcasinotulsa.com Guthrie Green guthriegreen.com

VENUE — PERFORMING ARTS Tulsa Performing Arts Center tulsapac.com BOK Center bokcenter.com Brady Theater bradytheater.com Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center brokenarrowpac.com Tulsa Ballet’s Studio K tulsaballet.org

VENUE — WEDDING The Mayo Hotel themayohotel.com Spain Ranch spainranch.com Philbrook Museum of Art philbrook.org Tulsa Garden Center tulsagardencenter.com Dresser Mansion dressermansion.com

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FUN FOR ALL The editors name their faves.

Our summer

‘MUST’ LIST

Favorite daytrips

FAIR MEADOWS Live horse racing June 7-July 28; familyfriendly fun. 4145 E. 21st St., exposquare.com/fairmeadows TULSA GEOSCIENCE CENTER An appointment-only museum in the middle of downtown Tulsa. 610 S. Main St., Suite 200; tulsageosciencecenter.org

Get out of town and discover the great state of Oklahoma. These daytrip destinations are easy jaunts from Tulsa and offer a little something for everyone.

TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE/PAWHUSKA/THE PIONEER WOMAN’S MERCANTILE 1 hour northwest of Tulsa in Osage County TAHLEQUAH 1.5 hours east of Tulsa GRAND LAKE 1.5 hours northeast of Tulsa TALIMENA SCENIC DRIVE 3.5-hour drive from Tulsa to Mena, Arkansas

BEST TEMPORARY ART DISPLAY

“PRAIRIE SCHOONERS” by Patrick Dougherty at the Chapman Centennial Green, East Sixth and South Main streets. The whimsical structures will remain until March 2019.

SNO-CONE FROM JOSH’S SNO SHACK A cool-down treat that comes in 20 exclusive flavors, plus dozens more. Multiple locations, joshssnoshack.com FOLDS OF HONOR FREEDOMFEST Celebrate America with the largest fireworks display in the area. 2100 S. Jackson Ave., riverparks.org/freedomfest

Inexpensive, yet educational In Tulsa, we’re lucky to have Gilcrease Museum and Philbrook Museum of Art, both with free weekend events that boost our culture quotient.

Philbrook’s Second Saturdays boast free admission and themed kid’s activities, including a fantastic LEGO exhibit. Funday Sunday at Gilcrease is the third Sunday of the month. The family-friendly event includes art-making stations with teaching artists. GILCREASE MUSEUM: 1400 N. GILCREASE MUSEUM ROAD, GILCREASE.ORG | PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART: 2727 S. ROCKFORD ROAD, PHILBROOK.ORG

BEST BEHIND-THE-SCENES ART

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SEQUOYAH STATE PARK 1 hour southeast of Tulsa near Hulbert

TULSA ZOO A summer isn’t complete without a trip to Tulsa’s award-winning zoo. 6421 E. 36th St. N., tulsazoo.org

#TULSA NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD

Grab your friends and your phone. Here are some great Instagram-worthy spots around T-Town.

CIVIC CENTER COURTYARD MURAL (as you enter Cox Business Center via parking garage), 100 Civic Center, coxcentertulsa.com The white block walls near THE VAULT, 620 S. Cincinnati Ave., vaulttulsa.com The GREENHOUSE AT TULSA GARDEN CENTER is filled with succulents and other tropical plants, 2435 S. Peoria Ave., tulsagardencenter.com SOUNDPONY’S WOMEN’S RESTROOM with its graffiti-laden walls and dramatic lighting, 409 N. Main St., thesoundpony.com THE BOXYARD’S SHIPPING CONTAINER SHOPS have a modern, industrial vibe, 502 E. Third St., tulsaboxyard.com The SHOPS AT CENTER ONE provides a minimalist backdrop on Brookside, East 35th Street and South Peoria Avenue, center1tulsa.com

OUR FAVORITE FELINE THE CASHNIP KITTY Strolling down East Third Street, you’ll see folks passing dollar bills through the doors of GuRuStu. The dollar bills attract CASHnip Kitty, who resides inside the marketing company offices. Donations are collected and donated to the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless. So far, CASHnip Kitty has donated $3,507.09 to the nonprofit. 628 E. Third St.

PAW-CASSO PERFECTION PROJECT PET Our fur babies deserve the royal treatment — a portrait, that is! Pinot’s Palette offers Project Pet, a class specifically designed to help you paint Fido. Instructors help with tips and tricks to painting perfection. 1621 E. 15th St.; 212 S. Main St., Broken Arrow; 300 Riverwalk Terrace, Suite 160, Jenks; pinotspalette.com

P L AC E S W E M I S S DISCOVERYLAND Since it closed in 2011, we’ve been itching to go back. Nothing says the Sooner State more than a live performance of “Oklahoma!” under the stars. Rumors have swirled about its revival, but nothing official has surfaced.

PETTY’S FINE FOODS In 2016, the doors to the third-generation business closed for good.

Gone are its impeccable customer service, easy grab-and-go commodities and its neighborhood appeal.

MISS JACKSON’S The three-story department store, its high-end fashions and its warm customer service hearkened back to yesteryear.

THE COLORS OF TULSA

Tulsa is a vibrant city. Just check out the plethora of murals that have cropped up all over town.

EAST 25TH STREET AND SOUTH HARVARD AVENUE A scissortail flycatcher and Indian Blanket wildflower cover the Harvard Square shopping center’s north façade.

HADER’S GONNA HADE Tucked behind Two Guys Bowties at East Sixth Street and South Peoria Avenue is a mural dedicated to showman and Tulsa native Bill Hader.

SOUL CITY GASTROPUB The gastropub and music venue at 1621 E. 11th St. exudes its cool on its façade. tulsasoul.com FIRST STREET FLEA/GATEWAY BUILDING Home of the original Habit Mural Festival, numerous murals and tags adorn the multi-purpose building at 860 E. Admiral Blvd.

THE ORIGINAL TULSA FLAGS Tulsa’s mural craze dates back to 1984, when artist Jim Corlett painted 17 colorful flags across from the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

TOYS The mural says it all. Kiddlestix Toy Store’s colorful mural displays the energy inside Tulsa’s toy store at 3815 S. Harvard Ave. kiddlestixtoys.com 3CG Habit created a collage dedicated to one of Tulsa’s most famous products, Hanson.

Located outside their studio at 209 N. Main St. 3cgrecords.com PEARL DISTRICT REVIVAL Reinvention is the theme of the massive mural on the Tulsa Beef and Provision Building at 1537 E. Seventh St. CULTURE COMES TO TIA The Tulsa International Airport has a dose of color and whimsy in its wall of murals at the departure terminal. tulsaairports.com LOVE EQUALITY Celebrating all forms of love and unity, this adorns the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center at 621 E. Fourth St. okeq.org TP TulsaPeople.com

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BUSINESS NEWS

On May 16, the Assistance League Tulsa hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new facility at Legacy Plaza, 5350 E. 31st St. The nonprofit is the first to open at the property donated by the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation. Assistance League Tulsa is an all-volunteer organization whose mission is to transform the lives of children and adults through community programs, including Bargains Thrift Shop and Operations School Bell. Bargains sells clothing and household items donated by Tulsans, with proceeds benefiting Assistance League programs.

Operation School Bell provides school uniforms, clothing and other essential items to thousands of Tulsa-area school children. Pictured at the ribbon cutting are George Dotson; Sharon Atcheson, Assistance League Tulsa president; Bill Major, Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation executive director; Judy Kishner, Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation trustee; and Phyllis Dotson.

The Dotsons co-chaired the nonprofit’s capital campaign. Visit altulsa.org for more information.

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY WILL CELEBRATE CISSNE NOVEL A “Tulsa Book Launch Happy Hour” will celebrate the unveiling of former Tulsan Ralph Cissne’s novel, “Angel City Singles.” The signing event will be held at the Mainline Gallery from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on June 8. The gallery is located at 111 N. Main St. in the Tulsa Arts District.

Published by Morgan Road, the book explores the “dynamics of marriage and divorce, art and meaningful work in late ’80s Hollywood.” The US Review of Books said the novel is “Set in a bygone Los Angeles so crisply detailed that its hip haunts and scenic paths often steal the show.”

The 260-page tome, characterized as a “Hollywood love story,” is Cissne’s first. The award-winning poet’s short stories have appeared in American Way and Playboy magazines. His poetry collection, “Don’t Be Shy,” was published in 2015. Cissne is a former advertising agency executive who left Tulsa for Los Angeles.

Holland Hall School will open the A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Dining and Wellness Center this fall on its campus at 5666 E. 81st St. At an event this spring, more than 1,000 students, faculty, staff and donors signed their names or wrote encouraging words on a designated steel beam for the new building, which broke ground in May 2017.

The Tandy Center will upgrade and expand the school’s dining capabilities through a modern dining facility that will bring together Middle and Upper School students.

The center also will provide dedicated spaces and specialized equipment for health and wellness programming and athletics.

An alumni center will include conference rooms that will increase faculty gathering and planning space, and provide resources for community and conference meetings.

The new Chapman Green is a space in front of the new facility where students, faculty and families can engage with one another. It will also be used for outdoor classes and the location for all school events.

Holland Hall is a pre-K-12 Episcopal school that provides a rigorous liberal arts, college preparatory curriculum that promotes critical thinking and lifelong learning.

Visit hollandhall.org to learn more.

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During ceremonies at Will Rogers College Junior High and High School on April 6, four Roper alumni were inducted to the school’s Hall of Fame. From left, they are Tulsans Dr. David James and Bill Hinkle; Barbara Hencke Thompson of Oklahoma City; and James E. (Jim) Frasier of Tulsa. James is an Oklahoma State University professor and Oklahoma’s first gastroenterologist who was a doctor of osteopathic medicine. Hinkle is a multiple award-winning advertising creator and has been integral in the advertising program at the University of Tulsa. Thompson is a teacher, was named National Mother of the Year by American Mothers Inc., and is Honorary French Consul. Frasier is an attorney and served for many years as state chairman of the Democratic Party.

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Ticks are in full swing and have been for a couple months now. Year round prevention is best as there are some ticks that do not go dormant in the winter months. Tick-borne diseases are common in Oklahoma, especially the eastern part of the state where tick prevalence is highest. Three species of hard ticks are present in Oklahoma that are known vectors of human disease—the American dog tick (Rocky Mountain spotted fever; RMSF), the lone star tick (ehrlichiosis) and the black-legged tick (Lyme disease).

Symptoms can range from fever, lameness, inappetence, to no symptoms at all in early stages. Some diseases may not affect your pet but could affect you. Ask your veterinarian about the newer chewable flea and tick products.

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The German Brax line just started being offered in the U.S. this year, and Travers Mahan was quick to offer its highperformance stretch jeans. $200.

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This cologne blends sandalwood, cedar wood and oak moss with highlights of tobacco, lily and jasmine. $60.

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wenty-six years ago when Travers and Laurie Mahan opened the upscale menswear store that bears his name, suits and formal clothing were a large part of their business.

But fashion has changed considerably since then, and the Mahans have adapted the store to match.

“People used to dress up for occasions more often than they do now,” Travers Mahan says. “Now, weekend wear and business-casual are big.”

Today, Travers Mahan’s storefront showcases clothing for an array of occasions, from suits and ties to polo shirts, denim, sandals and even swimwear.

“Our clients like to travel, so we carry clothes people can pack up and go with,” Laurie Mahan says.

That wide variety of clothing has one thing in common: It is all of the highest possible quality.

On top of that, many of the items can’t be found anywhere else in Tulsa. Travers Mahan has become the exclusive retailer for an array of brands, some of which come directly from Europe.

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The Mahans strive to stay on the leading edge of men’s fashion. That means landing new clothing lines immediately once they become available in the United States — and knowing when to retire once-dependable brands.

“Lines we’ve carried for years might not be what we’re looking for now,” Travers Mahan says.

“It’s in a constant evolution.”

Laurie Mahan says they’re happy to cater to procrastinators who are experiencing a fashion emergency. However, they also like to make shopping at their store an enjoyable experience, rather than just a means to an end.

Every Saturday, Travers Mahan features Champagne and Shine, which pairs the bubbly with a leather expert who can shine shoes to perfection. The store hosts other events throughout the year that are often catered with samples from area bakeries and restaurants.

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Pawnee Bill’s original “Wild West Show” returns June 8-9.

famous fictitious detective and a showman cowboy are just two of the attractions tourists will find in Pawnee.

The town is the seat of Pawnee County, where the courthouse anchors the town square.

Additionally, a large Dick Tracy mural lets visitors know that this small town of approximately 2,000 is the hometown of Chester Gould, the creator of the 87-year-old comic strip. On the west side of the square, a museum celebrates the detective and houses the Pawnee County Historical Society.

Southeast of the square is Click’s, a steakhouse that traces its history to 1962. Although owners have changed over the years, the steaks are still cooked the same way — a large cut sprinkled with a special spice recipe and cooked on a flat-top grill.

Their method translates into a truly delicious meal. Click’s is no secret, so if you stop by during peak times, you might have to wait a little bit.

Pawnee also is the site of the mansion, museum and ranch of Wild West entertainer Gordon W. “Pawnee Bill” Lillie.

Tours are available through the 1910 home, which contains original furniture and other memorabilia. The on-site museum is dedicated to Pawnee Bill, his “Wild West Show” and the Pawnee Nation. The 500-acre ranch includes a

bison herd and other livestock. Most of the sites are open year-round and host special events.

Every June, the ranch holds a large festival that re-enacts the original Pawnee Bill “Wild West Show” complete with blacksmiths, musicians and other performers. It’s June 8-9 this year.

If you want to take a swim, a 1939 sandstone bathhouse sits just north of town next to Pawnee Lake. It’s open from Memorial Day to Labor Day and is often full of locals cooling off in the 2-acre pool. The grounds are beautifully kept; it’s a great place to stretch the legs.

Rural explorers should make some time to visit the ghost town of Skedee about 10 miles northeast of Pawnee. A few dozen people still live there, but it hasn’t had a post office since the early 1960s.

The focal point of what’s left is a statue in the middle of the only real intersection. It was commissioned in 1926 to commemorate the friendship between the Osage Tribe and resident Colonel Ellsworth Walters, an early 20th century oilfield auctioneer who made millions for the tribe by auctioning mineral leases.

The intersection is a fascinating place in Skedee to stand and observe a place that hasn’t changed much over the past few decades. TP

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The Oklahoma City Museum of Art This summer, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art presents “Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper,” featuring the life-size, trompe l’œil paper costumes of artist Isabelle de Borchgrave. Following a visit to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum in 1994, de Borchgrave began working in the new medium, creating paper works in what would become four major fashion collections. The first, “Papiers à la Mode,” takes a fresh look at three hundred years of fashion history from Elizabeth I to Coco Chanel. “The World of Mariano Fortuny” immerses visitors in the elegant world of 20th Century Venice. “Splendor of the Medici” leads visitors through the streets of Florence, where they encounter famous figures in sumptuous ceremonial dress. And in “Les Ballets Russes,” de Borchgrave pays tribute to Serge de Diaghilev, Pablo Picasso, Léon Bakst and Henri Matisse. The exhibit runs through September 9 in Oklahoma City.

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Elizabeth Haller, center, suffered a stroke in 2015 that left her unable to talk or move. She credits her recovery to the St. John Care Management Program and its team, including Dr. Robert Paulsen and Dr. Allan Suttle.

WHO IS PART OF A HEALTH CARE TEAM? A team might include physicians, advanced practice providers, physician assistants, RNs and LPNs, medical assistants, patient service representatives, licensed behaviorists, social workers, ambulatory pharmacists and informatics professionals.

Proactive health care A TEAM-BASED APPROACH TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS WORKS TO PREVENT CRISES.

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raditionally, the American medical community has focused most of its efforts on treating patients who are ill or in need of lifesaving treatment.

“In general, we don’t have a health care system in our country; we have a sick care system that responds when a heart attack patient shows up in the hospital room,” says Dr. Lee Mills, St. John Clinic medical director. “We do a great job once something bad has happened. We have heroic intervention; we don’t have a wellness or health system.”

Preventive or wellness care is not a new concept, but it is not widespread. Nationally, Americans only use preventative services at half the recommended rate, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

The St. John Health System’s Care Management Program is on a journey to replace this longstanding, reactive approach with a proactive, team-based one that turns patients into partners with their physicians.

At St. John, instead of seeing one doctor, patients are cared for by a team of professionals with interlocking, mutually supporting expertise to keep the population healthy and improve wellness. Equally important, whether a patient is in the hospital, at a St. John urgent care clinic or at

a physician’s office, their medical information is current and consistent.

Comprised of physicians, nurses and other related personnel (see box), these teams manage the flow of information across the health system, Mills says, and they “are even expanding to include behavioral therapists and pharmacists, with aspirations to expand into health coaching to help patients walk through difficult behavior change.”

The first nurse care manager was hired in 2013, and there are now 40 nurse care managers across the St. John system (see box).

Also, “We are paying attention to what patients need all the time instead of just when they call,” says Pamela Copper, St. John Clinic director of operations.

Electronic health records and the care manager dashboard identify patients who have been in the hospital or ER, and nurse care managers check in to make sure they have filled medications and have follow-up appointments with physicians. They also can arrange for other services such as home health, Meals on Wheels or oxygen delivery, she says.

“If they are diagnosed with something new, the nurse can provide education about that to make sure they have what they need to stay home and be healthy and not be readmitted to the hospital,” Copper says.

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Although their jobs are not medical in nature, informatics professionals particularly play a key role in delivering proactive care by building tools to retrieve patient data and provide insight into their needs. Copper says informatics professionals help move data to information and information to wisdom.

Patients and their care remain top priority with the program. Some physicians make rounds daily; others do not. Through the Care Management approach, patients are seen by a team member such as a nurse or physician assistant each day.

“In the old model, there are not enough primary care physicians guarding the gate to take care of every patient,” Copper says. “The team approach is data driven.”

Data gives teams insight into the patient population, including disease prevalence. Care plans can be developed, as can programs for population cohorts to better address patient needs. The team can see if patients have undergone recommended health screenings and address future health needs, she says. “Moving to teams keeps each person working at the height of their expertise, working together.”

With a team of professionals, care is available to more patients overall, helping physicians care more fully for their patients.

The new approach is being implemented across all of St. John’s Clinics and is available to any patient regardless of age or economic status. The St. John Health System Foundation is one avenue that helps to expand existing services and add important new programs, such as Care Management.

Elizabeth Haller is one patient who experienced the benefits of the Care Management Program early on. At 33 and in seemingly good health, she suffered a stroke on Jan. 22, 2015, that left her unable to talk or move.

“The Care Management Program not only keeps the care team communicating, but most importantly, it benefits the patient by keeping them on track with their treatment plan,” Haller says. “Every single doctor that I saw knew my history. All the nurses that cared for me at St. John Clinic knew my history. From primary care, to the Coumadin clinic (medication monitoring) and the outpatient stroke clinic, they had full knowledge of my treatment and recovery plan.”

The process was flawless, she says. “Everyone is on the same page, and I truly felt and still feel like everyone actually cares how I am doing at three years Mike (post-stroke) with a full recovery.”

Master of Human Relations Student As opposed to a set-in-stone program, Care Management is ever-evolving.

“We are constantly evaluating what our patients need, how to deliver that before disease or illness begins, and deploying that in our clinics,” Mills says.

“It’s obviously a process; we are three or four steps forward into a long journey. We are continually refining the program and improving to be sure we are effective stewards of our resources — to get the right care to the right people at the right time.” TP

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The St. John Health System Foundation is the nonprofit arm of the hospital that provides financial support for the operation and continued growth of St. John.

The upcoming St. John Street Party is an annual fundraiser of the foundation.

Funds raised through the event help many facets of the health care system, including financial support for the implementation of the St. John Health System Care Management Program.

JUNE 2 Street Party 2018: Celebrate 25 7-11 p.m., 1923 S. Utica Ave. Food tasting from more than 60 Tulsa restaurants, wine tasting and live music. $100, tickets; $2,500-$8,000, tables.

Call 918-744-2168 or visit stjohnhealthsystem.com/foundation.

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aterfront views are a prime real estate asset. But, for those whose home isn’t near an ocean or lake, there is the option of a small pond or another water feature.

The romance of garden ponds conjures images of breathtaking water lilies.

Plus, the sound of running water is calming and relaxing, providing a backyard oasis that is sometimes needed in our rush-rush world. A gurgling waterfall, a meandering stream or fish darting beneath lily pads beckon one to unwind.

Along with fire pits, water features have been among the most sought-after elements in outdoor home design in recent years. But not everyone has the space or budget for lush mega-ponds with multiple falls, boulders, koi and masterpieceworthy water lilies. So, the concept has been downsized, with several options for introducing water elements, including falls so small they’ve spilled into a new category called pond-less.

With a footprint of less than 5-feet by 5-feet, you can still create quite an impact. Most of today’s innovations are associated with technology that allows water to recirculate and create a constant flow, much like the devices that generate pond waterfalls.

The simplest way to import a water feature into a garden is with a freestanding piece, which means you get a “two-fer,” because most are designed to double as garden sculptures. These pieces vary in height and are crafted from a variety of materials, including wood-look-alike bamboo or real or synthetic stone.

Whichever water feature you choose, make sure it will be visible from inside your house so it can be enjoyed in multiple settings and weather conditions.

COMMON WATER FEATURES: Ponds/water gardens Garden fountains Pond-less waterfalls Retaining-wall waterfalls

Bubbling-rock fountains Column or vase fountains Copper-tree fountains Basalt columns

There are far too many tips to discuss here, but a couple that apply to any situation are: CHOOSE AN APPROPRIATE INSTALLATION SPOT. Keep the water feature away from high-traffic areas to avoid damage to the fountain and to prevent accidents, especially if there are children playing in the area. Place it in a location where it will be displayed prominently and also will be protected from high winds.

MAKE TIME FOR MAINTENANCE. Water features aren’t just a financial investment, but also a bit of a time commitment. Ponds require the most maintenance to manage algae and such, especially if fish are introduced. Occasional draining and power washing is important for all water features.

CHECK WATER LEVEL OFTEN. It is important to check the water level, especially in hot weather and if you opt to hand-fill rather than connect to your irrigation system. TP Thank you to Tulsa County Master Gardeners for their expertise in this subject matter.

Allen Robinson has been a Master Gardener since 2010.

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JUNE 9-10 Tulsa Master Gardeners 2018 Showcase Garden Tour 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday. Multiple locations across Tulsa.

Tour gardens and hear presentations about selected topics. $10, advance ticket; $15, day of tour. Call 918-746-3701 or visit tulsamastergardeners.org.

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om and Joanie Atkinson’s home is in a quiet, gated neighborhood in midtown. Their backyard view is like many others, with trees, patio, manicured lawn — and a sculpture of a pig just beyond their fence.

The sculpture is by Sandy Scott, a critically acclaimed artist who was raised in Tulsa. The 5-foot-tall sculpture sits in the middle of a 3-acre lot owned by the Atkinsons. Several years ago, they began to quietly buy four houses that sat behind their home’s gated property. The rundown properties were leveled to create what became a quiet neighborhood park at the corner of East 32nd Street and South Birmingham Avenue. “It was a labor of love,” Tom says.

“When I bought my home, it was behind a gate, and we didn’t see many people,” he adds. The couple can now watch as others use the space. Tom says the pocket park has brought life to the quiet midtown neighborhood. Residents walk their dogs; children play. But the star of the park is the pig.

“I love that children and adults will sit there, pet it and just admire it,” he says.

The Atkinsons maintain the property and have planted seasonal flowers and bulbs to adorn the space. Depending on the holiday, the pig is decorated by neighborhood admirers. A recent Valentine’s Day welcomed a wreath of hearts around the sculpture, laid there by an anonymous neighbor, Tom says.

The Atkinsons came to own the 2,000-pound-sculpture after their friends and avid art collectors Renee and Kevin Webb moved from Tulsa to California. Kevin knew Tom had always liked the pig sculpture, so he gifted it to the couple.

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ONE DAY IN JUNE

BY CONNIE CRONLEY

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istory doesn’t stop.” That sentence stopped me cold in a book review I was reading. “It simply adds layers

of complexity.”

Do we know where history begins? Does one incident melt into another, or do events bounce and careen like a pinball machine?

The book being reviewed is “Blood Moon” by John Sedgwick, subtitled “An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation.” It suggests a theory I never, ever thought I would countenance. And that is that Andrew Jackson was doing the Cherokee a favor when he signed the Indian Removal Act. A tribe of 14,000 Cherokee in their Georgia

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homeland was surrounded by more than 1 million whites who wanted their land with its new gold discovery, the review says. To save the Cherokee from utter annihilation, Jackson said, “The government kindly offers him a new home, and proposes to pay the whole expense of his removal and settlement.” Jackson’s statement sounds like political-spin to me, but is it another view of history?

A favor? A kindness? The move was not optional. The Cherokee were forced on the winter journey that became known as the Trail of Tears; one-third of the tribe died of starvation, disease and exposure. As an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation, I have never considered Jackson

a hero of Native Americans. I know Indians who will not carry a $20 bill because it has his image and who liken Removal to genocide.

But was the southeast the Cherokee homeland by right, some historians ask? Weren’t they part of the northern Iroquois who immigrated to the southeast and took the land from the Scots-Irish white settlers?

About the time I read this review, the media was revisiting the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. That terrible year 1968 — Vietnam War, assassinations, protests and riots — was “the year America came apart,” wrote Patrick J. Buchanan in the Wall Street Journal.

Was it the most divisive time in United States history? Or was the Civil War? Or now?

I find it comforting to peg dates on history.

Here’s some history from the ultimately reliable “Oklahoma, The American Guide Series” of 1942, produced by historians for the Work Projects Administration (WPA). About 1850, a Creek Indian named Jim Sapulpa came here from Alabama, began farming and opened a store near the present location of Sapulpa. In 1886, Sapulpa became the rail terminus of the Frisco Railway, while Tulsa was a post office on the Pony Express mail route.

In 1882, the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad built a terminal mainly for cattle shipping at the site of Tulsa’s present downtown business section. Because of land disputes with the railroad and the Creek Indians, Tulsa residences and businesses were built on the first white cemetery and the Creek burial grounds overlooking the Arkansas River.

Then, one day in June — June 25, 1901, to be exact — the state’s first big commercial oil well came in at Red Fork, which was in the city limits.

For a while, Tulsa had languished behind Sapulpa.

Now it seemed destined to be a suburb of Red Fork because the city was cut off by the Arkansas River.

And then, three citizens invested their own money to build a toll bridge across the river. Oilmen were invited to “Come and make your homes in a beautiful little city that is high and dry, peaceful and orderly.” Is that the real beginning of Tulsa?

Or did it begin in 1836 under the Creek Council Oak at West 18th Street and South Cheyenne Avenue? The tree was a revered site of Native council meetings, dances, festivals and Indian ball games. For several decades, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Peters owned the property that included the historic tree.

Sightseers wanting a souvenir were tempted to carve off a piece of the great tree. So Mrs. Peters devised a delightful plan to safeguard the tree and satisfy visitors. Her grandson Charles Seger told me the story. She had her yardman gather acorns from the woods and spread them under the Council Oak, providing (not-quite-authentic) historic keepsakes.

That’s history, too, but history that is kind and sweet. TP

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3 BED - 1 FULL, 1 HALF BATH Stunning midtown one-level with 3 bedrooms, hardwoods, 2 living one with fireplace, vaulted ceiling, skylight, gas stainless steel range. Amazing landscaping front and back including a koi pond and mature trees. $339,000.

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DINING + FOOD + DRINKS

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ince opening in 2016, Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant has touted a trip to the beach without leaving Tulsa. The atmosphere, the pool and the music can definitely make one feel “changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes.”

Another helpful element is the food. The Drunken Shrimp appetizer gets the beach party started. Shrimp are sautéed with tequila key lime butter, garlic, onions and peppers, and served in a hot skillet with warm bread for dipping. ($12.99). See p. 108 for a poolside sipper. TP INSIDE THE RIVER SPIRIT CASINO RESORT, 8330 RIVERSIDE PARKWAY. 918-995-8080 | MARGARITAVILLETULSA.COM

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FLAVOR ON DISPLAY PHILBROOK’S KITCHEN 27 IS OFF TO A STRONG START.

BY NATALIE MIKLES

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ight pours in through the windows at Kitchen 27 at Philbrook Museum of Art. Over lemon-rosemary salmon a diner says, “This has got to be the best view of any restaurant in Tulsa.”

It’s hard to argue. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, diners look out to Philbrook’s immaculate gardens and tempietto. And above the dining room is an airy look toward the museum rotunda.

Under the direction of chef James Shrader of the Palace Cafe and Prairie Fire Pie, Kitchen 27 replaced La Villa as Philbrook’s restaurant this spring.

Most of the buzz about Kitchen 27 has been around its Friday dinners. Shrader created an elegant, but not fussy, menu. A first course of seared scallops ($15) over corn, potato and bacon relish is a favorite. For dinner, a rosemary-garlic marinated hanger steak ($28) is beautifully served with smoky balsamic red onions, braised kale and roasted root vegetables.

Museum members have especially taken to the happy hour menu from 3-6 p.m., Fridays. Shareable plates of truffle French fries, steak kebabs, black bean cakes and a burger with Irish cheddar, onion ring and horseradish mayo are more elevated than your typical happy hour bar food.

Weekday lunches at Philbrook have always been a mix of business lunches and leisurely lunch dates (the kind where a glass of wine at 1 p.m. is entirely appropriate). Diners now have a nice choice of house-made soups, like tomato bisque and crab-corn chowder. Shrader’s menus have always been accommodating to vegetarians and vegans, and Kitchen 27 follows that protocol. Vegetarian and vegan soup options are always available.

Lunch salads at Kitchen 27 are so much more than lettuce greens, carrots and cucumbers. These salads offer interesting flavors and colorful presentation. Take the grilled asparagus salad ($15, full;

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Grilled asparagus salad

Kitchen 27’s name is inspired by Philbrook history — founded in 1927 — and the museum’s location, 2727 S. Rockford Road.

Vietnamese chicken salad

$8, half ) with its layers of asparagus, Yukon gold potatoes, arugula, roasted pepper and artichokes in Italian salsa verde. Other salads include a Vietnamese chicken salad, panzanella and a chicken chopped salad with avocado, basil, cucumber and Parmigiano-Reggiano.

The lunch lemon-rosemary salmon ($15) is a favorite, served with a bright roasted pepper coulis.

Weekends at Philbrook are always busy, and the same goes for the dining room. Since Kitchen 27 opened, tables have been filling up at 10 a.m., when brunch begins.

Saturday brunch is a mix of fun fare — like doughnuts with a maple-vanilla glaze ($6) — and heartier foods like steak and eggs ($18) with hollandaise sauce and home fries, or a waffle and sausage Benedict ($14): mini waffles layered with maple sausage, a poached egg and hollandaise.

Sunday brunch is served buffet style for $27.95 per person. The Sunday we visited, the dining room was packed with many people creating their own drinks at the bloody mary bar.

The seafood bar featured oysters on the half shell, smoked salmon and jumbo shrimp with a sriracha cocktail sauce. The classic brunch buffet included an omelet station, waffles, bacon and sausage. Many diners also chose the chef ’s egg special: poached eggs served on chopped brisket with roasted vegetables.

For lunch and dinner, Shrader doesn’t skimp on dessert, and the lemon meringue tart ($6) is one of the best. A ginger shortbread is filled with lemon curd, topped with a toasted meringue. Spiced chocolate pots de crème ($8) and a praline ice cream ball ($6) are both fantastic. TP

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CHEERS!

FROM PIGS TO PINTS A group of old college pals got together in 2016 to establish Prairie Creek Farms in Kellyville, just west of Tulsa. Their foray into farming began with a “scrubby” 3 acres and 10 Berkshire piglets.

Today, they’ve grown it to 80 acres, and many of their farm-fresh products — from pork to chicken — appear on menus in some of the most notable restaurants in town. Now, they’ve decided to “hop” into the craft beer game.

Jason Ketchum, one of the owners/farmers at Prairie Creek, says there are big plans to become the only brewery in Oklahoma that resides on a working farm.

“We want to try to source as much as we can from the farm,” Ketchum says. “We are planting peach and plum trees to incorporate into the beers. We also have just set up some bee hives, so we will be using the honey for different beers, too.”

They’ve dubbed their bubbly yield Rapture Brewing, and plan to start selling their beers to restaurants they already supply with meat and eggs.

“We are fortunate to have a great working relationship with restaurants, so we hope to start popping up on their taps,” Ketchum says. “We are also working on a taproom at the farm. It’ll be part brewery, part party bar and storm cellar open by this summer.” — ANGELA EVANS

One way to cool down is with a fun summertime drink. Here are some of our favorites.

(PRICES: $: LESS THAN $10 $$: $10-$15 $$$: $16-$25 $$$$: OVER $25) — NATALIE MIKLES

Weber’s Root Beer

Hey Boba

It’s hard to beat a root beer in an ice-cold frosty mug. Weber’s has been making it the same way since 1933. Take a seat at the bar for prime people watching on South Peoria Avenue. The root beer is even better when matched with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

The bright color and fun atmosphere of Hey Boba make it a great place to cool down this summer.

With so many flavors, you can try anything from passion fruit tea with mango popping boba to a green jasmine tea with strawberry boba. Or try an iced coffee with Oreo.

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Margaritaville

If you like a cherry limeade, upgrade to the cherry lime rickey at Ida Red. This old-fashioned soda fountain favorite is created with house-made cherry and lime syrups and seltzer. The seltzer gives it a nice fizz. If cherry-lime isn’t your thing, try an egg cream, shake or malt.

Before you head to the pool, grab a drink at Margaritaville, located at River Spirit Casino Resort. The Bama Breeze is a mix of rum, orange juice, coconut and mango puree. Maybe the kids will want a fun poolside drink, too? For them, there’s the Blue Island — lemonade combined with blue raspberry puree.

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W H AT’S COOK ING? The buzz on Tulsa’s tastiest products, restaurants and events

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Berry season is short, but oh, so sweet.

Chefs will be rewriting menus as fast as the local berries come in. Blackberry cobblers, blueberry tarts, raspberry sorbet. And at home, we’re doing the same. Most of our berries never see the inside of a freezer. They’re being folded into batters and poured into pie crusts too quickly.

Here’s a favorite — and simple — way to serve fresh Oklahoma berries. It’s ridiculously easy, but a hit every time.

GOLDEN POUND CAKES WITH BERRIES Makes 2 loaves 2 cups flour 1 pound confectioner’s sugar Pinch of salt

1 ½ cups unsalted butter, softened 6 eggs, room temperature 1 teaspoon almond extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Fresh berries Whipped cream

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans.

2. In a mixing bowl, mix the flour, confectioner’s sugar and salt. Cut in the butter until the mixture is crumbly and resembles coarse cornmeal.

3. In a small bowl, mix together the eggs and almond and vanilla extracts. Add to the flour mixture, and beat for 2 minutes on medium speed.

4. Pour batter into loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cover with foil during the last 10 minutes to prevent overbrowning.

5. Cool in the pans for a few minutes. Invert onto wire rack to cool completely.

Slice and top with berries and whipped cream.

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t was burgers that bonded Ron Terrell and Danny O’ Connor. Terrell, a FOX 23 news anchor, met O’Connor, a musician, while covering O’Connor’s passion project at the Outsiders House Museum.

They soon became friends, grabbing burgers for lunch (and sometimes breakfast) and talking about baseball, music and food. Now the two have a series on fox23.com called “Burger Brothers.” Follow the Burger Brothers on social media for updates on where they’re eating.

We caught up with Terrell between bites.

TELL US ABOUT BURGER BROTHERS. A few months back, I was doing a story on the Outsiders House, and having had a few burger lunches previously with Danny, he suggested we visit all of the local burger joints and document it. I thought that sounded like a great idea, went back and pitched it at work, they loved it, and Burger Brothers was born.

The series will run on fox23.com. We’re starting out as a monthly series, but that could change.

Our goal is to take the viewer on a journey through each restaurant and the history of each restaurant. We want to highlight what makes each place special. What differentiates each one from the others. It’s really an opportunity to relish how lucky we are to have places like this. We get to talk to the owners and enjoy some fantastic burgers.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT HAMBURGERS AND TULSA? THEY SEEM TO GO TOGETHER LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY. It’s true. There are so many great burger spots in Tulsa and even the surrounding areas. Danny talks about it all the time ... you travel around the country and don’t see as many classic burger joints in other cities as you do here.

And what’s great is, everyone has a different favorite spot. You could ask 10 people their favorite place, and you could get 10 different answers.

WHAT’S YOUR GO-TO BURGER JOINT? Brownie’s has always been a go-to. The burgers, the root beer, the onion rings. What’s been so cool about this is that it’s gotten me out of my routine a little bit. We’ve shot a few of these, and I can honestly say I have and will visit all of these places again.

“Burger Brothers” Danny O’Connor and Ron Terrell at Brownie’s Hamburgers

HOW DO YOU ORDER YOUR BURGER? My favorite way? No veggies. Sometimes onions. No mustard, mayo or ketchup. I know ... that seems weird. Generally, bacon cheeseburgers are my favorite. I will, on occasion, get something like barbecue sauce or blue cheese. I do love a burger with a fried egg. So my burger tastes range from basic to eccentric.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK WITH A BURGER? Nothing beats a good root beer. A fountain Coke made in the right kind of machine also is good. If I’m feeling crazy, I’ll order a chocolate shake.

MANY BURGER JOINTS IN OKLAHOMA HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. TO WHAT WOULD YOU CREDIT THAT LONGEVITY? Just from observation, in the case of so many of these restaurants, they stayed within families for multiple generations, and are still in those families in some cases. The ones that are eventually sold are so well established that the new owners seem to understand that history and don’t want to mess with what has worked.

And I think these places hold memories for so many people from childhood. They got burgers as a kid, and years, even decades, later, they remain special places, and they continue to frequent them with their own families.

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BAKING SUCCESS In a Daylight Donuts shop at 6021 S. Sheridan Road, some of Tulsa’s most beautiful and delicious cakes are made.

Some people popping in for chocolate glazed doughnuts and sausage rolls don’t know that beyond the doughnut storefront is Anne Keller Cakes. For 19 years, it was just doughnuts for Steve and Anne Keller, until 1999 when Anne became interested in cake decorating.

“At that time there was no ‘Cake Boss’, ‘Cake Wars’ shows, no Pinterest and very little internet,” Anne Keller says. “Cake decorating was the art of meringue and a lot of string work and garland on wedding cakes with delicate sugar flowers made by hand.

“The cakes were tall and tiered with lots of fresh flowers in between the layers. A large fountain with running water under the cake was not unheard of.”

Today Keller says her cakes are almost always stacked with simple, clean lines. Some have scraped icing or no icing at all — the naked cake trend. But they’re still edible works of art.

Beyond wedding cakes, Keller is known for the customized sweets she makes for corporate clients, including Travers Mahan, who provides them complimentary to its shoppers. Her mini doughnuts, covered with unique icings and coatings, are a favorite, as are her cookies wrapped in cellophane with pretty ribbons. TP TulsaPeople.com

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A postcard from the 1920s depicts the Daniels Building.

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he R. T. Daniel Building was once located where the Williams Center Green is now. Not only was it 10 stories tall and Tulsa’s fi rst “high rise,” but its steel frame was repurposed from a building in a different city.

The TulsaGal website reports that R. T. Daniel came to town, wealthy from land development in Miami, Florida. Daniel purchased a steel building from the World’s Fair in 1904 in St. Louis and had it disassembled and brought to Tulsa pieceby-piece via train. It was then reassembled at the northeast corner of East Th ird Street and South Boston Avenue — 103 E. Th ird St. In its heyday, the R. T. Daniel Building leased office space to 48 tenants. A page from the 1943 Tulsa City Guide for the building, then co-owned

by R.T.’s sons Sam P. Daniel and William H. Daniel, lists Menkemeller’s Prescription Pharmacy, Star Barber Shop and Herman Renberg’s Lobby Cigar Stand among its lessees.

The R. T. Daniel Building was demolished in 1982.

Editor’s note: R.T. Daniel is the grandfather of Sam Daniel, the Legends feature on p. 32. TP

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