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Stars align for Tulsa's Route 66 Capital Cruise: Classic Car Centennial Parade
There will be no shortage of star power leading off Tulsa’s Route 66 Capital Cruise: Classic Car Centennial Parade on May 30. Oklahoma Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols, best-selling author and Tulsa Hall of Famer Michael Wallis and founder and owner of Vice Grip Garage Derek Bieri will serve as grand marshals at what hopes to be the largest classic car parade.
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Signature Symphony brings film scores to Tulsa in ‘Route 66 to Hollywood’
TULSA, Okla. - Movie magic will meet live orchestral music when the Signature Symphony presents its upcoming concert, “Route 66 to Hollywood,” celebrating some of the most memorable film scores in cinematic history. The performance will take place Saturday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the VanTrease Performing...
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This Oklahoma Joint Is Turning Smoked Bologna Into A Headliner
Bologna as barbecue star material? That’s what I thought too until I walked into this Tulsa spot and realized I’d been sleeping on one of the most underrated smoked meats in Oklahoma. Most people remember bologna from their childhood lunchboxes, pressed between white bread with a squeeze of...
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This Scenic Boardwalk Trail Might Be Oklahoma’s Best Hidden Nature Spot
There is a quiet corner of eastern Oklahoma where the trees grow thick, the water moves slow, and a well-built boardwalk carries you right through the middle of it all. Most people drive past without ever knowing it exists, and that is honestly their loss. The Cussetah Bottoms Boardwalk National...
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This Oklahoma Coffee Roastery Is Brewing Bold Flavor Inside An 1850s Barn
I’ve had plenty of decent cups of coffee, the kind you grab and forget five minutes later. Walking into DoubleShot Coffee Co felt different from the start. The space alone stopped me. A reassembled two story barn from 1850, all heavy timber beams and warm wood, somehow transformed into one of the most distinctive coffee spots in Tulsa.
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Tahlequah teen dances his way to the Irish Dance World Championships this spring
TULSA, Okla. - With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, Irish dance troupes across Oklahoma are preparing for performances. One Tulsa dancer is also preparing to compete against the best in the world. Nikolai Stretch, 15, has been dancing for nine years and has qualified for the 2026 Irish Dance World...
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Oklahoma Jewish Film Festival Returns
The 12th edition of the Oklahoma Jewish Film Festival returns to the Circle Cinema, Sunday, March 22 – Sunday, March 29, 2026. The festival includes 6 films over 5 days, with works from around the world exploring common themes of Jewish identity and culture in a variety of genres, including comedy, drama, documentary, and narrative cinema.
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This Oklahoma Southern Buffet Brings Back The Feeling Of Grandma’s Kitchen
Some restaurants feed your hunger, but every once in a while, you stumble across a place that feeds your soul. Country Cottage Restaurant in Locust Grove, Oklahoma is exactly that kind of place. Sitting right off State Highway 82, this beloved buffet has been serving up homestyle Southern cooking for...
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This One-of-a-Kind Oklahoma Restaurant Serves the Freshest Fried Catfish Around
There is a restaurant in eastern Oklahoma that sits right on the water, and once you find it, you will wonder how you ever ate anywhere else. It floats on Lake Eufaula, serves fried catfish that could make a grown adult emotional, and has a lower deck where ducks show up expecting a meal just like you.
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Justin Moore, Gavin Adcock & Red Clay Strays To Headline Oklahoma’s Born & Raised Music Festival
Attention, Oklahoma. Since their debut in 2021, Born & Raised Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma, has quickly made a name for itself as one of the best of today’s newest crop of festivals. While it seems as if there’s a brand new country festival popping up seemingly every other week at this point, B&R came out of the gate firing, booking Willie Nelson and Hank Williams Jr. their first year and subsequently enlisting the likes of Zach Bryan, Cody Johnson, Turnpike […] The post Justin Moore, Gavin Adcock & Red Clay Strays To Headline Oklahoma’s Born & Raised Music Festival first appeared on Whiskey Riff .
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Pinnell, Nichols, Wallis, Bieri named grand marshals for Tulsa Route 66 Capital Cruise par
TULSA, OKLA. (KTUL) — Tulsa’s Route 66 Capital Cruise: Classic Car Centennial Parade will feature a high-profile lineup of grand marshals when it rolls out May 30 in what organizers are calling the largest classic car parade in history. Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols,...
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This Oklahoma Sunday Buffet Is the Perfect Excuse for a Road Trip
There are breakfast spots, and then there are breakfast experiences that you talk about for weeks afterward. Somewhere in Tulsa, there is a restaurant where model trains circle overhead, the buffet smells like fresh biscuits and gravy, and every table feels like a seat inside a piece of living history.
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Fans help sing national anthem at BOK Center before Bedlam hockey
TULSA, Okla. - It was a packed house with an electric atmosphere at the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa on Saturday afternoon. More than 15,000 fans filled the arena for the ‘Bedlam On Ice’ showdown between the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University hockey teams. But one...
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NSU to host Isabel Baker Memorial Lecture featuring Dr. Candessa Tehee
TAHLEQUAH – Northeastern State University is hosting the annual Isabel Baker Memorial Lecture, featuring distinguished scholar and leader Dr. Candessa Tehee. The event, titled “Carrying the Center: Indigenous Women, Power and Leadership,” will be presented at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, March 12 in the Webb Auditorium. Dr. Tehee,...
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Headed to the Grand Lake? Don’t Miss This Hidden Oklahoma Burger Joint
There is a little roadside spot in northeastern Oklahoma that lake-goers have been quietly passing down to each other for years, and once you stop there, you will completely understand why. The burgers are the kind that remind you food does not need to be fancy to be outstanding. The...