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Duncan's Charis Center Brings Back Comedian for 11th Comedy and Coffee Fundraiser

The Charis Center is bringing back the comedian who started it all. Mike Williams, the first comedian at the pregnancy resource center's fundraiser in 2016, will return to the stage on Thursday, Nov. 12, as the Duncan nonprofit hosts its 11th Annual Comedy and Coffee fundraiser at the Max Gallaway Convention Hall at the Stephens County Fairgrounds.

Duncan, OK · 7d
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‘Don’t Call it a Costume’ Say Mountain Man Re-enactors at Living History Days in Lawton

LAWTON, OKLAHOMA — Ask a real American Mountain Man like Brad McCaffree how to start a fire the 1840’s way and he can do the job just like the originals did. “If you put an ember in this cambion bark from a cottonwood tree and blow into it,” he explains, “you’ll get fire.” Look around […]

Lawton, OK · 8d

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Anadarko Students Launch First Newscast at Nation's Oldest Native Boarding School

Students at Riverside Indian School in Anadarko have started producing their own television newscast, called The Side Talk, giving the historic boarding school a daily student-run broadcast with anchors, co-hosts and editors pulled straight from the classroom. The program airs new episodes most mornings and covers school news, announcements and student voices.

Anadarko, OK · 9d
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How 'Boomer Sooner,' 'Oklahoma!' became state's shared voice | Opinion

In 1953, a debate over Oklahoma’s state song was interrupted by a performance. Rep. George Nigh wanted to replace the solemn “Oklahoma, A Toast” with the title number from Rodgers' and Hammerstein’s musical. An opponent had defended the old song by singing it on the House floor. Nigh returned with a women’s college choir and Ridge Bond, an Oklahoma actor who had played Curly on Broadway. Bond came through the chamber door singing “Oklahoma!” The lawmakers stood and cheered. Nigh got his bill passed. The Oklahoma Historical Society preserves this wonderfully improbable episode. The Legislature had not been persuaded by a written argument alone. Its members had heard what the proposed anthem could do when sung by a roomful of people. More: Quick thinking and a last-minute plan helped 'Oklahoma' become an enduring state song Football Saturdays in Norman offer a more familiar example. When the Pride of Oklahoma strikes up “Boomer Sooner,” the song asks very little of anyone who knows it. The words are short. The tune is quick. You can be thinking about the next play and still join in. Someone who learned it 40 years ago sings alongside a student who learned it last week. There

Oklahoma · 7d

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Sewing On 1800s Treadle Machines Is What Visitors Actually Do At This Oklahoma Pioneer Museum

I pulled off a quiet two-lane road in Oklahoma expecting a five-minute leg stretch and maybe a cold drink from the car cooler. Instead, I found myself standing inside a house built from the prairie itself, breathing in the smell of old earth and imagining a family eating supper by lamplight.

Oklahoma · 9d

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Tuttle Skies Fill With 13 Hot Air Balloons This Weekend, Free to Watch

Thirteen hot air balloons are set to rise over Tuttle, Oklahoma this weekend as Coal Creek Winery & Event Center kicks off its third annual Balloon Fest. The free two-day festival runs Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31, bringing kite shows, food trucks, vendors and a weather-dependent lineup of balloon flights and helicopter rides to the winery grounds.

Tuttle, OK · 10d

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Jimmy Webb's Oklahoma homecoming concert premieres on PBS this Friday

(This story has been updated with new information, photos and video.) STILLWATER — On a starry February night, the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts was packed not just with music lovers but with legendary talent, Oklahoma luminaries and television cameras and crew. "We're thrilled to be here in Oklahoma. So far, everybody has been friendly and helpful, which is very different than where I'm from in New York. I'm not used to this," producer Philip W. Hack joked with the sold-out crowd before the show began. "One little caveat, since you're going to be on camera tonight, I just want to make sure that you're not here with somebody you shouldn't be. And if you are, now's a good time to switch seats with your neighbor. I know you're going to be an enthusiastic audience." Indeed, when Songwriters Hall of Famer Jimmy Webb took the stage, his home-state crowd was up on its feet before he could even launch into his 1967 breakthrough hit "Up, Up and Away ." "Very, very happy to be back in Oklahoma tonight — I say back in Oklahoma because I started in Oklahoma 80 years ago," Webb said after landing the record-setting smash

Stillwater, OK · 9d

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Grandparents Remember When Drive-Ins Were Everywhere, And These 5 Oklahoma Screens Still Show Movies

Ask anyone over sixty in Oklahoma about summer nights, and you will probably hear about a gravel lot, a giant screen, and a car full of cousins sharing a tub of popcorn. Most of those old screens are gone now, replaced by shopping centers and weeds. A handful still flicker...

Oklahoma · 11d

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What are the best horror movies set in Oklahoma? Where to stream top-rated films

What is spookier than seeing a horror movie set in your hometown? Oklahoma is the setting for several horror movies, whether they are in a creepy lake or a secluded farmhouse. Even in movies where the location is not specifically divulged, many horror movies have been filmed across the Sooner State. From mainstream Hollywood pictures to indie productions, here are the top-ranked horror movies filmed in Oklahoma, according to IMDb . Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) The third mainline installment in the Ghostbusters franchise follows a single mom and her two kids, who move to the fictional town of Summerville, Oklahoma, and begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. The movie stars Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace, and has a 7/10 rating on IMDb. Streaming: Hulu Near Dark (1987) In this neo-Western horror, a small-town Oklahoma farmer's son joins a traveling group of highway-roaming outlaws after being bitten by a drifter. While the drifters resemble the common vampires, the word "vampire" is never used in the film. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the movie stars Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright and Lance Henriksen. It has a 6.8/10 rating on IMDb.

Oklahoma · 10d

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Hangar Holiday returns to Wichita Falls for 42nd year

The two-day event will take place Saturday, Nov. 14, and Sunday, Nov. 15, with doors opening at 9 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday.

Wichita Falls, TX · 12d

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Craft Shows, Holiday Lights And Talent Competition Bring The Lawton Community Together Next Month

From craft shows to holiday markets, Lawton fills November with shopping and entertainment options, starting with the Arts for All Gala on the 6th and continuing through the Craft Harvest show at the fairgrounds.

Lawton, OK · 11d

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This Oklahoma Museum Puts You Face to Face With Real Fighter Jets and Flown Spacecraft

Some of the best surprises in Oklahoma show up right beside the highway, looking like nothing special from the road. I pulled over expecting a quick leg stretch and ended up staying all afternoon, staring up at stealth jets and capsules that really flew in space. It is the kind...

Oklahoma · 11d

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Most Oklahomans Drive Right Past These 5 College Museums With Real Mummies And A Meteorite You Get To Hold

Some of the best museum finds in Oklahoma sit on college campuses, inside buildings most people drive right past. You can find real Egyptian mummies in Shawnee, a meteorite you can hold in Tulsa, and a hand-built 1932 lodge full of Native American art in Muskogee. These five small museums...

Oklahoma · 12d

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From Daily Fee to Fully Private

How the Club at Forest Ridge built a movement, not just a membership. When its leadership, helmed by owner and developer Davis Robson, committed The Club at Forest Ridge to a full transition from semi-private to fully private, they were making a calculated business move that a lot of owners around the country have considered and quietly walked away from.

Oklahoma · 11d

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City of Lawton to host 2026 Veterans Day Celebration

The Veterans Day Celebration was initially created to honor employees of the City of Lawton who were veterans but has since expanded to welcome the entire community.

Lawton, OK · 11d

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Lawton’s Got Talent to award $1000 to first place winner

The spotlight is turning to local talent as Lawton prepares for a night of entertainment, competition and community support.

Lawton, OK · 12d

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Absentee Shawnee Tribe celebrates Ernest Spybuck painting acquisition

Ernest Spybuck is an Absentee Shawnee artist famous for his work showing glimpses into Indigenous ways of being in Oklahoma in the early 1900s. Now, one of his mixed-media pieces is returning home to the tribe.

Oklahoma · 12d

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Ever Stood On A Real Cattle-Drive Trail? Duncan’s Chisholm Trail Center Puts You In The Saddle

Long before highways crossed southern Oklahoma, cowboys pushed huge herds of cattle north along a famous dirt route. That route ran right past the spot where the town of Duncan sits today. One museum there lets families ride along with those trail crews through a theater with wind and rain,...

Duncan, OK · 13d