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City Installs Oklahoma’s First Musical Road on Route 66 Featuring Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land”
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (264+ words) In further celebration and preparation for the Route 66 Centennial, the City of Tulsa has installed the first musical road in the state of Oklahoma on the Southwest Boulevard Bridge, which runs parallel to the Cyrus Avery Memorial Bridge, "an important…...
Route 66 Centennial Events
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (825+ words) 2026 marks the year of the Route 66 Centennial, and local organizations are celebrating in a big way! Here are some events happening along the Mother Road that you might want to put on your radar. Some of this information comes from…...
Ruta Sepetys on Writing for Young Readers
1+ week, 1+ day ago (623+ words) Ruta Sepetys writes for the student who opens an assigned book and thinks, "Do I really want to read this?" Then she makes sure they can't put it down. We talked with Sepetys from her home in Nashville ahead of…...
Tulsa-area Animal Shelters and Rescue Groups
1+ week, 1+ day ago (245+ words) Adopting a pet can be a wonderful experience for kids and families'and Tulsa is home to many organizations dedicated to helping animals find loving homes. If your family is thinking about adding a dog or cat, these Tulsa-area animal shelters…...
The American Pigeon Museum and Library
1+ week, 1+ day ago (941+ words) When I think of the Mother Road, I think of neon signs, notable landmarks and cozy diners. But Route 66 also embodies the quirky, the eccentric and the unexpected. Some of my family's best memories come from the places we never…...
Doggy Dates for Shelter Dogs
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1061+ words) For a 9-year-old, pet overpopulation is hard enough to say, much less understand. It's harder still to imagine being able to do anything about the problem. Olivia Haller might not be old enough to comprehend exactly how neglecting to have…...
Jumping High: Meet Equestrian Lexi Pereira
1+ week, 1+ day ago (428+ words) Lexi: Very young, ever since I can remember. Lexi: Typically lessons last about 30 minutes once the horse is tacked, so about an hour per horse each day." Depending on the day we will exercise the horse on the flat (also…...
Announcing Tulsa's 26/27 High-spirited Broadway Season:
1+ week, 1+ day ago (372+ words) Peter Marks of'The Washington Post'exclaims, "It's UNFAIR to make me laugh this much!'SPAMALOT'is a tightly packed clown car speeding to musical theater nirvana!" SPAMALOT, which first galloped onto Broadway in 2005, features a book & lyrics by'Eric Idle'and music by'John Du…...
Friends of the Helmerich Library Book Sale
1+ week, 2+ day ago (415+ words) Find new-to-you books at annual Friends of the Helmerich Library book sale in April'TulsaKids Magazine Find new-to-you books at annual Friends of the Helmerich Library book sale in April The annual Friends of the Helmerich Library (FOHL) book sale offers…...
We Visit the New Adventure Playscape at Exploration Place
1+ week, 3+ day ago (354+ words) It's hard to get a sense of the scale, perhaps, from these pictures. But just know that the structures are so large, if you have a fear of heights, you may want to choose your routes wisely. But don't worry,…...