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 PostOak Wine and Jazz Festival Presented By BlueSky Bank!

This fantastic three day event offers  everything you would want in a festival and more, wonderful food, wineries, art, and incredible music, all in a stunningly beautiful location! What a great way to spend a weekend! 🙂

Festival Events:

Friday Night Sept 1st 7-9 pm “Dinner Under The Tent” with NSU Jazz Lab (Dinner + Wine: $60) 9-11 p.m. Multiphonic Funk. ($10 cover charge for those not attending Dinner)

  Saturday Sept 2nd 4-11 pm

4:00 pm The Zuits

5:00 pm Darrell Christopher & The Ingredients

6:15 pm Cynthia Simmons Quintet

7:30 pm Mischievous Swing

9:00 pm Swunky Face Big Band featuring Branjae

  Sunday, Sept 3rd 10 am- 1 pm (Music until 2 pm!)

Champagne Jazz Brunch featuring Scott McQuade

Brunch is only $25

Feel free to attend one, two, or preferably all three days, a fun time is guaranteed to be had by all…See you this weekend!

          Additional Show Information:

Tickets: General Admission: $15 (Saturday only)

Note: For additional information about tickets and packages, visit postoaklodge.com

Day/Date: Friday Sept 1st- Sunday Sept 3rd 2017

Location: 5323 West 31st Street North  Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127

Phone: 918.425.2112

Website: www.postoaklodge.com

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  2017 PostOak Wine and Jazz Festival Presented By BlueSky Bank!

 PostOak Wine and Jazz Festival Presented By BlueSky Bank! This fantastic three day event offers  everything you would want in a festival and more, wonderful food, wineries, art, and incredible music, all in a stunningly beautiful location!

2017 PostOak Wine and Jazz Festival Presented By BlueSky Bank!  PostOak Wine and Jazz Festival Presented By BlueSky Bank! This fantastic three day event offers  everything you would want in a festival and more, wonderful food, wineries, art, and incredible music, all in a stunningly beautiful location!

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152 - The Great Golden Hand

Here it comes. Here it comes! The Great Golden Hand! Hurrah, rejoice! It nears, it nears!

Welcome to Night Vale.

Wonderful news, residents. City officials report that within the next few hours, we should expect the arrival of the Great Golden Hand. This will mark the first visit from the Great Golden Hand in nearly 80 years. Older residents and those who up until recently did not age will remember the last visit fondly. Those were the days, when the air felt crisper somehow, as though growing older does not cause a degradation of self, but rather a degradation of everything outside of self. We project our own decline upon the world and complain that everything was righter and better at the time that we coincidentally were at our physical and mental peak.

But I digress. Because everything was better during the Great Golden Hand, that’s just objective. We will update you on the Hand as it approaches. But in the meantime, make sure that you are stocked up on a supply of clean water, adequate canned goods for five to eight years, and copious amounts of human hair for the offering. If you do not have hair, please make sure to stop by the hair bank this morning to pick up hair generously donated by your neighbors, for those who crave human hair by the fistful.

But first, today’s forecast. Rain later, or no rain. Or sun, or snow, or none of those things. There will be some light clouds along the horizon, or it will be clear and you will stand out on a lawn gone prickly with the conservation of water. And you will see that you can see all the way across the world, even though you know that you can only see about three miles to to curvature of the Earth, but it’s metaphorical, this distance, and with the clarity of the sky, it will seem much further than that. Or there will be clouds, so none of that will happen and you will l only sit in your kitchen, eating leftovers and not thinking even a little about everything you’ve never done and you will never get to do. Or you won’t wake up today. There will come a day where you don’t, you know, and then none of this will matter. And the sky will be a perfect blue and you won’t see it. Or it will rain. Or no rain. Or sun. Or snow. Or none of those things. All of that later today, or tomorrow, or never. This has been today’s forecast.

We continue to track the Great Golden Hand, as it takes over much of the western horizon. Larry Leroy out on the edge town reported that flowers have begun growing and dying in bursts all morning. Cycles of life that passes quickly as air through his lungs. “These plants are speeding up,” he said, or else we are slowing down. Maybe thousands of years have passed and the only ones that know are the flowers.” [laughs] Larry, what a joker!

City government tells us we have nothing to fear from the Great Golden Hand, although city government is in a bit of disarray, as of course we do not have a mayor, and city council has announced that they forgot it was their sister’s wedding this weekend in Tulsa, and they need to leave town immediately. So city government currently consists of Claire Scott at the hall of public records. Claire is a woman-shaped apparition that haunts the dark hallways of the building and is responsible for at least ten deaths. It’s not an ideal situation leaving her in charge, but at least someone is there, as the Great Golden Hand draws ever closer.

Let’s take a quick look at the headlines. Controversy has erupted over a new McDonald’s commercial, as many say that the victims offered on the altar weren’t properly consecrated. Lenny Butler, who has no official (–) [0:05:47] on religion or ceremony, but who considers himself something of a sacrifice aficionado and self-taught expert, dismissed the commercial as, quote, “more hack co-opting by corporate culture.” He shook his head in disbelief as he showed reporters a copy of the commercial. “Look at this, he said. “Does that axe look like it has been buried for 100 days in a graveyard? I bet some underpaid PA bought that axe at an Ace Hardware the day of the shoot. And look at how the subsequent bone and blood slurry is just kind of spilling everywhere! There’s no thought at all to proper aesthetic flow to the sacrifice!” Lenny concluded. Executives at national McDonald’s headquarters expressed horror and disbelief when asked about the commercial, saying they had nothing to do with this and why are we making them watch this traumatizing footage. “Why?” the executives repeated over and over, in smaller and smaller voices. “Why?” Well, that’s it for the headlines.

And now traffic. There is a crack in the wall. There is a twinge in your heart. There is someone coming, but don’t worry, there is also someone going. There is a lamp in an alcove in a house on a mountain. There is a hand that reaches out and turns on the lamp. There is an eye that squints thru the dim light, trying to see what isn’t there. There is a name. Yes, there is a name, but we will never know what it is. There is a dusty foot scooting along rough wood. There is a tree outside, and it moans through the fierce wind off the peaks. There is a small flower in a pot and it is three days from dying. There is a lamp in an alcove in a house on a mountain and a hand that reaches out and turns it off. There is a car on a road to the mountain. There is a mind dreaming that this time, the reunion will go differently. There is a hand on a steering wheel and it trembles. There is a foot upon a gas pedal, and it wants to ease up, to turn around, to accelerate toward anything but a house on a mountain. There is an eyelash upon an eyelid, upon an eye, upon a skull, upon a lifetime of doubt. There is a tree across part of the road, and maybe that could be an excuse, but no. The hand upon the wheel turns, and finds the narrow way thru, and continues on, toward the house on a mountain. There is a crack in the wall. There is a twinge in your heart. There is someone coming. But don’t worry, there is also someone going. This has been traffic.

I’m being told by a multitude of disembodied mouths, that appeared in my office and began worbling in a singsongy chant, that the Great Golden Hand is only minutes away from covering the entire area. If you have not already sought shelter, now would be the time to regret screwing up so badly on such an important day. Remember to not look directly at the Great Golden Hand. The Great Golden Hand should not be mixed with alcohol or other medications without advice from your doctor. Unfortunately, the Great Golden Hand has taken all the doctors. Also all life insurance adjusters and all dog walkers. If you notice sparks, that is part of the process. If you feel a fission, that is also part of the process. If you see the color green, that is not part of the process and you should panic. The process will protect us. The Great Golden Hand will protect us. Long live the Hand.

Meanwhile, just a brief notice before we are overtaken by the Hand. It seesm that, oh this is interesting, that the family of Frank Chen has filed a missing persons report with the sheriff’s secret police. Now, you might remember that Frank Chen’s dead body was found several years ago, covered in claw marks and burns, and we all assumed he was dead. But then he was seen around town driving his pickup truck, and now he looked like a five-headed dragon. Sure, he looks completely different, but the dragon had a New Jersey driver’s license that indicated that he indeed was Frank Chen. And so that was the day it was proven to us that the dead can come back to life looking completely different. Anyway, the Chen family says that Frank was driving out from the east coast to see his brother, and disappeared somewhere between Oklahoma and Los Angeles. It took him several years to find Night Vale, although our recent change back to a normal timeline has at least put us a little more in sync with the rest of the country. The Chen family is unsure what a sheriff’s secret police is, nor what is so secret about them if they drive around in clearly labeled cars, but they would appreciate any help at all in finding their long lost Frank. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen rank since the day that Hiram McDaniels, the five- oh sorry, four-headed dragon, left Night Vale. Where did Frank go? If you have any information, tell a bird. Birds are real loudmouths and the info will be all over town in no time.

And now for the community calendar. This Friday, Martin McCaffrey is presenting an art show in the grain silo out back from the old Cooper farm. The silo will be kept in absolute darkness, and each (-) [0:12:40] will be shoved into the abandoned tower all along. They will not be able to see anything except the dancing light that lives in their eyelids. But they will know that they are with art, that art is indeed there, just beyond their fingertips in the darkness watching them. Suggested donation is five dollars, as in Martin suggests you donate that or you won’t be able to get in. Saturday morning, we’re getting towards the end of the summer softball league, and once again we have the annual grudge match between Steve Carlsberg’s Happy Hyenas, and Susan Willman’s Bad at Softball Losers. Not their real team name, but the name was kind of forgettable, and I think this one is more catchy. Ugh, Susan Willman! [mumbles] Tooling around in that Prius she bought after her Mini Cooper was filled with jellyfish and then towed. [cheerfully] See you on Saturday morning! Where we will, I assume, be cheering on my wonderful brother-in-law Steve. 

Sunday, Leopold Tuesdale has called for a community meeting. Leopold is the former CEO of the former cereal company Flaky-O’s, until both were acquired in a hostile takeover by Kellogg’s. Leopold was last seen being pulled into a van by Kellogg’s executives, but he has returned. His face is gaunt and it appears he has aged several decades, or perhaps a few very stressful years. He wears a cape and one big leather glove. The topic of the community meeting is the labyrinth that lays just beyond human sight, and the harbingers of that labyrinth, who drive vans full of wooden grates. He also want to discuss parking for the antiques fair, which he feels has gotten out of hand on Grub Street. Monday is a fun dinosaur presentation from local dinosaur expert Joel Eisenberg. This is part of the Applebee’s visiting experts program that invites local scholars to share their knowledge, and also prices jalapeno poppers at in irresistible 3,99 for 12. Wow! With a deal like that, I can’t wait to learn more about those big spitty lizards, or whatever they were.

Tuesday – is the day you’ve been waiting for. Yes, you could have achieved your dreams earlier, but it always seemed easier to plan to do them some day. Well, Tuesday is that day, and now it’s time to finally buckle down and get those dreams going. I wouldn’t delay, because it seems that Wednesday is the day – you die. So stay positive, and get it done quickly. And finally, next Thursday the Night Vale municipal fire authority is holding a mandatory fire drill. When you hear the siren, burn as many things as you can.

This has been the community calend- oh! Oh, I see it! I see it, it is here! Aaaaaaah, it is above me! The [booming sound] the [booming sound]

[“Drones” by Epicenter https://epicentermetal.bandcamp.com]

Part 1. In which the rabbits get their way. Before there were buildings, there were hills. In the hills, there were rabbits. All they wanted from life was food, a bit of sunshine, and to multiply across the land. And so they did. Most stories are happy if you end them at the right time.

Part 2. In which we approach. Aah, to see us then, when we were moving – toward the west, or else toward the east, or else south or north, but it wasn’t the direction. It was the momentum of it. We put ourselves out there, made ourselves available for new opportunities. Never mind the drawbacks, and never mind who gets hurt. That’s a problem for who comes next. We are here, so we can get there. And there’s just nothing else to worry about, but the getting.

Part 3. In which comes the kingdom. Great towers and great halls. A crowd looking upwards and a king looking downwards. What a time to be alive! What a terrible time to be dead! How much the dead are missing out on. Death is stupid, and we must only celebrate life. Those who are gone are gone, and it’s probably their fault anyway. We are alive because of our wits, and because we are naturally inclined to be alive. “How good we are,” we murmur, “and how beautiful our king is.”

Part 4. In which all is thought lost. But then – time came for us too. We weren’t who we used to be, but we also weren’t who we would be next either. There was this awful in-between, and we had to stay in it for so long. A king grew tired on his throne. We all grew so tired.

Part the last. In which we are each born anew. After – there were the buildings. There were the hills. In the hills lived rabbits. And we lived there too. All we wanted was food, a bit of sunshine, and to multiply across the land, and so we did. Most stories are happy if you wait long enough. The [booming sound effect] gives, the [booming sound effect] takes.

Stay tuned next for a slow drifting toward what we’ve always wanted, interrupted by the constant distraction of what seems easiest, and from one discipline of the [booming sound] to another: Good night, Night Vale, Good night.

Today’s proverb: The universe contains, among other things, black holes, vast clouds of gas and light, endless void, a diamond planet, and your tiny body.

[aaronmaurer]

TV I Liked In 2019

Every year I reflect on the pop culture I enjoyed and put it in some sort of order.

The era of “peak TV” has never been more apparent to me than the past year. I am very aware of the many shows I have not seen (don’t have Amazon Prime, for example), and yet I expanded my list from a top 10 to top 15 and still had to leave out A LOT of stuff I really liked! These picks include my legitimate favorites, ranging from truly important looks at the criminal justice system to ensemble comedies that I couldn’t wait to return to. In another year I may have been able to include the latest seasons of Barry, Stranger Things, Queer Eye, Bojack Horseman, Glow, or the finale seasons of Legion, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Veep, Silicon Valley and The Deuce, all of which I’d still recommend. But these stood out even more.

14 (tie). Chernobyl (HBO) / The Hot Zone (National Geographic)

Two limited series focusing on real-life disasters in the 1980s: the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and an Ebola outbreak outside of Washington DC. Chernobyl is an incredibly harrowing account of humanity’s inability to believe things that don’t mesh with their interpretations of reality and the destructive power of lies and cover-ups. The Hot Zone adapts the non-fiction Richard Preston book, a revealing look at pandemics, the power of fear and human resolve. Taken together, they raise interesting questions about governmental gatekeeping, professional competence and personal sacrifice.

13. Mindhunter: Season 2 (Netflix)

Joe Penhall and David Fincher’s look at the early days of the FBI’s criminal profiling department goes broader and deeper in its second season. There are still chilling interviews with incarcerated serial killers and criminal minds (including Charles Manson this time out), but the season really revolves around the Atlanta child murders. This focus provides a compelling look at who the justice system helps and who it ignores, and the investigative – and bureaucratic – work it takes to put together a case.

10 (tie). A.P. Bio: Season 2 (NBC) / The Last O.G.: Season 2 (TBS) / Schitt’s Creek: Season 5 (Pop)

Three great hangout comedies that really came into their own in their most recent seasons. A.P. Bio transcended its first-season preoccupation with revenge and leaned into its fantastic supporting cast – one of the best comedic ensembles around – to become a show I loved spending time with each week. (Thank goodness it’s coming back via NBC’s upcoming “Peacock” service.) The Last O.G. has had a lot on its mind since it began, but its second season covers privilege and the opportunity gap among other issues, ending with a note-perfect homage to Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, making it an unexpectedly resonant comedy. Schitt’s Creek is obviously having a moment right now, and Season 5 (the first season I watched as it aired) was perhaps its best yet. While the whole cast is great, as a big fan of Best In Show and A Mighty Wind, I love seeing Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara share the screen again.

9. Crashing: Season 3 (HBO)

The first two seasons of Pete Holmes’ show made my list in previous years so I’d be remiss not to include the final one, which may be its finest. Pete spends the season making a lot of mistakes – saying yes to things (gigs, relationships) that he probably shouldn’t – and although they provide growth, he doesn’t come across as the “good guy” in how he deals with all of them. This adds additional nuance to the show, questioning its straight white male protagonist’s actions rather than merely rewarding him for following his passions, while still leading to an uplifting and fitting finale.

8. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season 4 (Netflix)

Netflix split the final season of Kimmy Schmidt into two parts, so technically only the final six episodes premiered in 2019. Those alone warrant a spot on the list, as the show concluded by following its idiosyncratic bliss to the end. The final group of episodes includes a (pre-movie) takedown of Cats, a Sliding Doors homage and an unexpectedly moving series finale. If this one fell off your radar a few years ago, it’s worth revisiting and seeing through.  

7. What We Do In The Shadows: Season 1 (FX)

Based on the horror-comedy film of the same name, this series follows a different crew of vampires who live together on Staten Island. I was initially skeptical because I love the movie and couldn’t see how a television version could do anything but dilute its charms. On the contrary, the show broadens the universe in hilarious ways by introducing characters like “energy vampire” Colin Robinson and the incredible Vampiric Council (with so many incredible cameos!). The core actors are all wonderful, but the MVP has to be Matt Berry’s louche and libidinous Laszlo whose line readings are simply hysterical.

6. Les Misérables (BBC/PBS)

Although it aired in the UK in 2018, the BBC/PBS production of Victor Hugo’s epic didn’t grace American screens until early 2019 so I’m including it here. I am a big fan of the musical adaptation and find it quite successful at cramming so much story into a three-hour runtime, though it obviously has limits to how much of the source material it can explore. This (non-musical) adaptation’s six episodes allow for more of Hugo’s tale of forgiveness versus retribution to live and breathe. The terrific cast includes Dominic West as Jean Valjean and David Oyelowo as Inspector Javert, as well as Lily Collins as Fantine whose backstory is more fully realized here than the format of the stage show allows.

5. Our Planet (Netflix)

Essentially a sequel to the Planet Earth documentaries, with the same production team and David Attenborough narration, this Netflix series presents another stunning collection of nature footage that showcases the incredible diversity and beauty of animal life on Earth. Each episode includes a haunting reminder of man’s impact on the featured habitats and serves as a rallying cry in the fight against climate change.

4. The Good Place: Seasons 3-4 (NBC)

The Good Place has been high on my list since its first season and shows no signs of dropping in quality or esteem as it enters its final stretch of episodes. 2019 encompassed the end of Season 3 (including the hilariously imaginative visit to the Interdimensional Hole of Pancakes) and the beginning of Season 4 (with its crew of new characters and just as many reversals and rug-pulls as you’d expect). The final episode before its winter break was “The Answer,” a touching spotlight on William Matthew Harper’s Chidi, which might have been enough to make this list all on its own. (And given the surprise cameo/quasi-crossover in its first episode of 2020, I wouldn’t be surprised if it shows up here again next year too.)

3. Unbelievable (Netflix)

The true story of a serial rape case adapted from journalism by ProPublica, The Marshall Project and This American Life, Unbelievable is one of the most simultaneously heartbreaking and satisfying procedurals I have ever seen. As crushing as it is to watch the initial investigation completely mishandled and devolve to gaslighting, it is powerful and inspiring to watch compassionate public servants and actual good detective work be carried out as the series progresses. Kaitlyn Dever, Merritt Wever and Toni Collette are uniformly excellent here (as they also were in their respective film roles in Booksmart, Marriage Story and Knives Out this year).

2. Watchmen (HBO)

Showrunner Damon Lindelof (LOST, The Leftovers) takes some incredibly bold swings in his limited-run sequel to the groundbreaking 80s graphic novel that deconstructed the ideas of vigilantism and superheroics. Picking up in the same alternate reality as that story but in present day, the main action is shifted to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the central theme is race relations. It could have gone way off the rails in a million different ways, but I found it to be incredibly successful. Each episode is a captivating work of art and it somehow seems to top itself with each subsequent installment. While I appreciate the book, I don’t love it; this series takes that source material seriously and, to me, completely transcends it.

1. When They See Us (Netflix)

As compelling as it is devastating, this miniseries from Ava DuVernay (who directed and co-wrote all 4 parts) dramatizes the lives of the wrongly convicted children the media dubbed “the Central Park Five.” Even with some familiarity of the story from watching Ken Burns’ documentary years ago, I was utterly gutted by the depiction of the injustices and systemic racism that stole these childhoods. Everyone in the cast shines, but Jharrel Jerome’s portrayal of Korey Wise (the only one of the group played by the same actor as a child and adult – and so convincingly) is truly phenomenal. Not a comfortable watch but an essential one. 

Bonus! Musical Comedy Specials:

The Unauthorized Bash Bros. Experience (Netflix) – This “visual poem” from the Lonely Island presents “an album of raps” recorded by Jose Canseco (Andy Samberg) and Mark McGwire (Akiva Schaffer) at their steroid-fueled 80s peak with the Oakland A’s. Your likely enjoyment is probably about equal to your reaction to that description. The songs are great, catchy and hysterical on their own, but the videos take it to another level, parodying everything from 80s infomercials to Enya to Beyonce’s Lemonade. There is no 30 minutes of TV I rewatched more in 2019.

John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix) – Debuting on Christmas Eve, this children’s television homage/parody snuck in just under the wire. The words of the day could be fear and mortality, as the group of kids Mulaney interacts with reveal their personal phobias and several skits revolve around existential angst. By the end of the first musical number I was sold, by the time David Byrne showed up I was committed, and by “Mr. Music’s” madcap finale I wished it could last forever.

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Midtown Tulsa | Billleighty.com

Visit to see the ornate architectural features that have stood the test of time. Named after the art style that characterizes many of the area’s attractions, the Deco District came to prominence during the 1920s oil boom. The businesses in the Deco District range from restaurants to entertainment and shopping to staying in the district’s Midtown Tulsa . Tulsa’s Deco District is a unique place full of history, charm, local arts and delicious dining. After touring through some of the prime architecture in the Deco District, be sure to visit the locally owned restaurants, clubs and coffee house.  Don’t miss  Topeca Coffee Shop, sip on a cup roasted and brewed in house. Another tradition is Billy’s on the Square,and their mouthwatering charburgers. You can always finish out your Deco District tour with a live performance at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, or organize an afternoon of earth science activities for the kids at Tulsa Geoscience Center. On the weekends, there is a free Downtown Trolley which connects many of the districts attractions, as well as several other districts, so you become familiar with all that downtown has to offer.  

The Downtown Deco District Association was formed in 2010 by a group of business owners. The goal of the association is to celebrate Tulsa Realtor Deco District while promoting today’s downtown living, shopping, working and entertainment. For info on the history of the district, In 2011 and 2012, the District Association Sponsored Pop-Up Shops over the winter holiday season, as a number of retailers set up temporary operations in otherwise vacant space in some of Tulsa historic Deco District Buildings, once the home of a thriving retail center when Tulsa was the 19th most densely populated city in the U.S. Special events promote the Deco District as a fun, safe place to be, making it the place to be.  The association and its members showcase other events such as Mayfest, SalsaFest, Top of the Town, the Veterans Day Parade, the First Friday Art Crawl, and the Luchadores.Tulsa’s Deco District is located at the center of downtown Tulsa.  It is a collection of local businesses, restaurants, shops, entertainment venues and events that celebrate Tulsa’s art deco history and everything modern downtown Tulsa has to offer. 

Bill Leighty is one of Walter & Associates most accomplished and veteran agents.  Specializing in midtown Tulsa’s most desirable homes and neighborhoods, Bill’s 35-years of experience have earned him a solid reputation for results and performance. For decades, the Walter & Associates For Sale sign has been a standard bearer and the undisputed leader in the marketing of Tulsa’s finest residential properties.  Bill is proud to help carry on that tradition.  Walter & Associates is Tulsa’s premier independent residential real estate firm. Since 1986, Walter & Associates has brought its collective experience and expertise to thousands of residential real estate transactions – helping buyers and sellers find common ground to achieve mutual satisfaction in the shortest possible time. Founded by Peter M. Walter, the firm has a proven record, working with buyers and sellers at all price levels – from cozy cottages to elegant estates.  As a graduate of the University of Tulsa with over 30 years in the real estate profession, Peter has given back to his community by serving on a number of boards and commissions including Philbrook Museum, Gilcrease Museum, The Arts & Humanities Council, Tulsa Ballet, Up With Trees, Downtown Tulsa Attractions Foundation. 

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For Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a Rethinking of How We Celebrate American History

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For Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a Rethinking of How We Celebrate American History

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Rethinking How We Celebrate American History

October 11th, 2019, 4:00PM / BY Dennis W. Zotigh and Renee Gokey

Johns Hopkins University observed Indigenous Peoples’ Day for the first time in 2018. “The culture around Columbus and how Natives are viewed is slowly changing,” Indigenous Students at Hopkins (ISH) president Tyra Andrews said that day. “It’s really important, especially for the younger generations.” Organized by ISH and the university’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, the commemoration included a campus powwow and an evening presentation by Victoria O’Keefe (Cherokee and Seminole of Oklahoma), assistant professor in the Center for American Indian Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. (Photo courtesy of Tom Jefferson Jr.)

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“The most American thing about America is American Indians.” —Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche)

The first documented observance of Columbus Day in the United States took place in New York City in 1792, on the 300th anniversary of Columbus’s landfall in the Western Hemisphere. The holiday originated as an annual celebration of Italian–American heritage in San Francisco in 1869. In 1934, at the request of the Knights of Columbus and New York City’s Italian community, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared the first national observance of Columbus Day. President Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress made October 12 a national holiday three years later. In 1972 President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making the official date of the holiday the second Monday in October.

Generations of Native people, however, throughout the Western Hemisphere have protested Columbus Day. In the forefront of their minds is the fact the colonial takeovers of the Americas, starting with Columbus, led to the deaths of millions of Native people and the forced assimilation of survivors.

In 1977 participants at the United Nations International Conference on Discrimination against Indigenous Populations in the Americas proposed that Indigenous Peoples’ Day replace Columbus Day. Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes that Native people are the first inhabitants of the Americas, including the lands that later became the United States of America. And it urges Americans to rethink history.

The movement to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day or Native American Day has gained momentum and spread to states, cities, and towns across the United States. The first state to rename Columbus Day was South Dakota in 1990. Hawai’i has also changed the name of its October 12 holiday to Discovers’ Day, in honor of the Polynesian navigators who peopled the islands. Berkeley, California, became the first city to make the change in 1992, when the city council renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 2015 an estimated 6,000 Native people and their supporters gathered at Randall’s Island, New York, to recognize the survival of the Indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The demonstration’s success and the worldwide media attention it attracted planted the seeds for creating an Indigenous Peoples’ Day in New York City. This year the nation’s capital passed a resolution to change the holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Universities and schools across the country are also observing the new commemoration.

The following states and the District of Columbia now observe Native American or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in place of or in addition to Columbus Day:

▪︎ Alabama ▪︎ Alaska ▪︎ District of Columbia ▪︎ Hawai’i ▪︎ Idaho ▪︎ Maine ▪︎ Minnesota ▪︎ New Mexico ▪︎ North Carolina ▪︎ Oklahoma ▪︎ Oregon ▪︎ South Dakota ▪︎ Vermont ▪︎ Wisconsin

Smaller jurisdictions have often led the way, including:

▪︎ Anchorage, Alaska ▪︎ Flagstaff and Phoenix, Arizona ▪︎ Eureka Springs, Arkansas ▪︎ Berkeley, Burbank, Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Fernando, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, South Lake Tahoe, and Watsonville, California ▪︎ Aspen, Boulder, Denver, and Durango, Colorado ▪︎ Bridgeport and West Hartford, Connecticut ▪︎ South Fulton, Georgia ▪︎ Boise and Moscow, Idaho ▪︎ Evanston and Oak Park, Illinois ▪︎ Bloomington, Indiana ▪︎ Davenport, Iowa City, Tama, and Toledo, Iowa ▪︎ Lawrence and Wichita, Kansas ▪︎ Berea, Brodhead, Burnside, Corbin, Crab Orchard, Frankfort, Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville, Junction City, Lancaster, Liberty, Livingston, London, Louisville, Mt. Vernon, Perryville, Prestonsburg, Richmond, Russell Springs, Science Hill, Somerset, Springfield, Stanford, and Taylorsville, Kentucky ▪︎ Bangor, Bar Harbor, Belfast, Brunswick, Gouldsboro, Orono, Portland, and Starks, Maine ▪︎ Amherst, Brookline, Cambridge, Great Barrington, Northampton, and Somerville, Massachusetts ▪︎ Alpena, Ann Arbor, Detroit, East Lansing, Ferndale, Traverse City, and Ypsilanti, Michigan ▪︎ Bemidji, Cook County, Grand Marais, Grand Rapids, Mankato, Minneapolis, Moorehead, St. Paul, and Red Wing, Minnesota ▪︎ Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri ▪︎ Bozeman and Helena, Montana ▪︎ Lincoln, Nebraska ▪︎ Reno, Nevada ▪︎ Durham, New Hampshire ▪︎ Newark and Princeton, New Jersey ▪︎ Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico ▪︎ Akron, Ithaca, Newstead, Rochester, the Village of Lewiston, and Woodstock, New York ▪︎ Asheville, Burlington, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Kernersville, North Carolina ▪︎ Fargo, Grand Forks, North Dakota ▪︎ Columbus, Cincinnati, and Oberlin, Ohio ▪︎ Anadarko, El Reno, Lawton, Norman, Oklahoma City, Okmulgee, Tahlequah, and Tulsa, Oklahoma ▪︎ Corvallis, Eugene, and Portland, Oregon ▪︎ Lancaster and Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania ▪︎ Austin, Bexar County, Dallas, and San Antonio, Texas ▪︎ Nashville, Tennessee ▪︎ Salt Lake City, Utah ▪︎ Alexandria, Charlottesville, Falls Church, and Richmond, Virginia ▪︎ Bainbridge Island, Olympia, Pullman, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, and Yakima, Washington ▪︎ Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ▪︎ Eau Claire, La Crosse, Madison, Marathon Country, and Wasau, Wisconsin

Even so, mythology about Columbus and the “discovery” of the Americas continues to be many American children’s first classroom lesson about encountering different cultures, ethnicities, and peoples. Teaching more accurate and complete narratives and differing perspectives is key to our society’s rethinking its history. Recently, the museum has hosted Indigenous Peoples’ Curriculum Days and Teach-Ins at the beginning of the school year in Washington and New York. Teaching for Change, a Washington-based national education organization, and the museum’s Education Office work with teachers of students from kindergarten through 12th grade in sessions that range from student activism to defend the environment or abolish Columbus Day; to skills such as critical literacy, art, and facilitated dialogue; to inquiry-based lessons available through the museum’s online education initiative Native Knowledge 360°.

In 2018 Sarah Shear, assistant professor of Social Studies Education at Penn State University–Altoona, gave the keynote presentation, based on research on U.S. history standards from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In 2015, Dr. Shear and her collaborators Ryan T. Knowles, Gregory J. Soden, and Antonio J. Castro published data showing that 87 percent of the references to Native Americans in U.S. curricula are in the context of American history before 1900. “The narrative presented in U.S. history standards,” they write, “when analyzed with a critical eye, directed students to see Indigenous Peoples as a long since forgotten episode in the country’s development.” Shear and her colleaguse see serious implications in the way the United States teaches its history:

When one looks at the larger picture painted by the quantitative data, it is easy to argue that the narrative of U.S. history is painfully one sided in its telling of the American narrative, especially with regard to Indigenous Peoples’ experiences. . . .

The qualitative findings further illuminate a Euro-American narrative that reinstitutes the marginalization of Indigenous cultures and knowledge. Indigenous Peoples are left in the shadows of Euro-America’s destiny, while the cooperation and conflict model provides justification for the eventual termination of Indigenous Peoples from the American landscape and historical narrative. Finally, a tone of detachment, especially with long lists of legal and political terms, dismisses the humanity of Indigenous cultures and experiences in the United States.

This year, the co-editors of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States—librarian and educator Dr. Debbie Reese (Nambé Owingeh) and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz—headlined workshops in Washington and New York. Reese, founder of the highly respected resource American Indians in Children’s Literature, describe their work on An Indigenous People’s History as shining bright lights on historic episodes that are left out of most books. “As much as we could,” Reese says, “we wanted to give readers the kind of information that’s known within Native families, communities, and nations. We believe that it is vital that all citizens of the United States know more about the people whom we regard, as a society, as being heroic. There are different points of view.”

Things are changing. On Monday, October 14, states, cities, towns, counties, community groups, churches, universities, schools, and other institutions will observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day or Native American Day with activities that raise awareness of the rich history, culture, and traditions of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. They will do so thanks to Native people, their supporters, and others who have gathered for decades and continue to gather now at prayer vigils, powwows, symposiums, concerts, lectures, rallies, and classrooms to help America rethink American history.

Renee Gokey (Eastern Shawnee/Sac and Fox/Miami) is an education specialist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

Dennis W. Zotigh (Kiowa/San Juan Pueblo/Santee Dakota Indian) is a member of the Kiowa Gourd Clan and San Juan Pueblo Winter Clan and a descendant of Sitting Bear and No Retreat, both principal war chiefs of the Kiowas. Dennis works as a writer and cultural specialist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

This post was originally published on October 7, 2018. It has been updated for Indigenous People’s Day 2019.

#History

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Another Wall art display about 10 foot by 10 foot on wall in the alley of the  Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, on Brady Street by the Tulsa Drillers stadium. - By cg photography 

[scienceblogtumbler]

Human presence weakens social relationships of wild giraffes

Living in close proximity to human settlements disturbs giraffe social networks, with animals having weaker bonds and fewer interactions with other giraffes, according to a new study by a team including a Penn State biologist. The researchers believe this could impact the giraffes’ ability to perform social behaviors, like foraging for food, which has important implications for how endangered Masai giraffes are managed.

The research team, which also includes researchers from the University of Zürich, the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, and the University of Konstanz, monitored more than 500 giraffes over six years and used a state-of-the art social network analysis to provide new insight into the social relationships of wild giraffes and how they are affected by humans. A paper describing the results appears June 9 in the Journal of Animal Ecology.

“In Tanzania, giraffes are generally tolerated by humans because they do not cause conflicts with farmers or livestock,” said Derek Lee, associate research professor of biology at Penn State and principal investigator of the long-term giraffe research project. “But even if animals are not hunted and killed by humans, increased interactions with humans could have indirect but profound effects, including on their social structure. For example, proximity to humans could disturb an animal’s ability to perform tasks that are important for survival, such as feeding together or rearing young. In this study, we have found the first robust evidence that humans modify the social structure of this iconic megaherbivore.”

Over a period of six years, the researchers collected photographic data on 540 adult female Masai giraffes inhabiting a large, unfenced area in Tanzania with varying levels of human disturbances. The researchers were able to identify individual giraffes by their unique and unchanging spot patterns.

“Detecting signals of natural versus human-caused influences on social relationships among wild animals is challenging,” said Monica Bond, research associate at the University of Zürich and first author of the study. “It requires large-scale studies of individually identified animals across numerous social groups living under different environmental conditions. Our study was one of the first to do this and, to our knowledge, is one of the largest-scale social networks ever studied in a wild mammal.”

The research team first characterized the social relationships of giraffes, and then explored the impact of humans. They found that female giraffes live in a complex multilevel society, with individuals preferring to associate with some females while avoiding others. These preferences result in discrete social communities of 60 to 90 females with little mixing among the communities, even when they share the same general area.

Disturbed social networks, such as those impacted by human settlements like those seen here, could affect a giraffe’s ability to perform important tasks like feeding together or rearing young.

IMAGE: CHRISTIAN KIFFNER

The team also found that relationships within these social communities are disrupted by human presence. Giraffes living closer to traditional compounds of indigenous Masai people are less likely to associate with the same individuals as frequently, suggesting they form weaker relationships with all the members of the community, and, when they do form strong relationships, it is with fewer females, suggesting greater exclusivity in their social associations.

“Despite the public tolerance and hunting restrictions, Masai giraffe populations have declined 50% in recent years,” said Lee. “We believe that disruption to their social system due to interactions with humans — in addition to illegal poaching, habitat loss and fragmentation, and changes in food supply — could be a contributing factor to population declines.”

Giraffes living near traditional human settlements are more likely to encounter livestock and humans, potentially causing groups of giraffes to split up. These conditions could make it harder to maintain group cohesion and could thus impact their ability to perform social behaviors. However, according to the team’s previous research, groups of female giraffes with calves actually tend to congregate closer to the traditional human settlements, possibly because they provide better protection from lions and hyenas.

“It seems that female giraffes face a trade-off between maintaining important social bonds and reducing predation risk to their calves near these traditional settlements,” said Bond. “Now that we know that human presence can affect giraffe social structure, we need to adjust our conservation efforts to ensure that this species can survive — living near traditional pastoralists could benefit giraffes as long as their social relationships are not disturbed.”

This study highlights the importance of using a social network approach to reveal otherwise hidden potential causes of population declines.

“Only by characterizing the complex interactions of individuals with their social, biological, and physical environment can we begin to understand and mitigate the impact of humans on wildlife populations,” said Lee.

In addition to Lee and Bond, the research team includes Barbara König and Arpat Ozgul from the University of Zürich and Damien Farine from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz. This research was supported by the University of Zürich, Penn State, the Sacramento Zoo, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, the Tulsa Zoo, the Tierpark Berlin and Zoo Berlin, Parrotia, Temperatio, Promotor, Claraz, and Save the Giraffes. Additional support was provided by the Max Planck Society, the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the European Research Council.

source https://scienceblog.com/516843/human-presence-weakens-social-relationships-of-wild-giraffes/

[placetobenation]

Welcome to the Wednesday Walk Around the Web, where we weave & wind through weblinks weekly. Hopefully you will find the links on offer amusing, interesting, or informative.

Author Kimberly Jones provides some crucial perspective that ought to put anyone tut-tutting about looters in their place. Too many of us know too little about racist atrocities like Tulsa and Rosewood, and it shows. (Meanwhile, while we’re talking about looting…)

In the meantime, we shouldn’t be afraid to call racism what it is, rather than “racially-tinged” and other such euphemisms that rhetorically smooth it over.

Amazingly, the Minneapolis City Council is now planning to dismantle the city’s police department, marking an amazing achievement by activists who have been advancing the idea for years. It should only be that this becomes even more mainstream going forward — the person who responds to someone having a mental health emergency doesn’t need to be an armed thug; the person who gets called about petty theft doesn’t need to be an armed thug.

Artist Adrian Brandon is the creator of Stolen, a series of portraits of black people murdered by cops, sketched but only partially filled in as he spends one minute coloring each portrait for each year his subject lived.

This Week in Bad Apples: One feeble excuse for police brutality is that it’s not a systematic crime against humanity, but merely the acts of “a few bad apples” who can be nudged with paid leave or reassignment, or otherwise fired and/or prosecuted (no matter how rarely the perpretators are actually charged by a grand jury, let alone convicted). Even if this explanation makes sense to you, Florida police departments are now actively recruiting any bad apples who want to join their bushels.

RIP Tiffany Eubanks, who died suspiciously soon after being detained by cops.

RIP Sarah Grossman, dead two days after being gassed by cops.

Last week we noted in awe how the K-pop fandom stonewalled a police snitching app that it got shut down entirely. Incredibly, the fandom is back at it, this time targeting 4chan neo-Nazis and QAnon cultists. Welcome to the revolution, K-pop stans.

Cops is canceled. Good fucking riddance. This is truly cancel culture at its finest.

I’ve been watching a whole hell of a lot of the Bon Appetit YouTube channel, as I’ve found it to be both great background noise when I’m working and a welcome dose of wholesomeness in these terrible times. However, like literally everything else, it seems the Bon Appetit YouTube channel is pretty deeply racist, as it seems the nonwhite staffers aren’t actually paid for their video appearances, and the dude who runs it has brownface photos currently making the rounds. Also, it took me embarrassingly long to realize that I don’t actually recall seeing any black people on the channel.

This Week in Radical Recontextualization: We’ve listened to a lot of genre-bending covers here at the ol’ Walk, with no insignificant time spent on retro covers of modern songs. Let us go, then, you and I, more retro than we’ve ever gone before — all the way back to Haddaway by way of the middle ages. This blessed channel doesn’t yet have many songs, but every one is a certified bop.

TheKnob is a volume control peripheral for your computer that combines the best in functionality with the wonderful tactile sensations of concrete. Plus RGB lighting, obviously.

One intrepid woman is officially suing every gay person. As her petition to the court names only “homosexuals,” I’m pretty sure that my pansexuality protects me from any potential cash settlement that may be agreed to by the defendants, but my fiance faces certain risk.

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[themusicenthusiast]

Single Review: “The Human Radio” by Shinedown

“The Human Radio” is a curious creation. The second single from Shinedown’s forthcoming sixth studio album, Attention Attention (set for release on May 4th via Atlantic Records), it picks up at the tail end of the story that will unfold on this concept record. The journey out of the dark and into the light that the protagonist will undergo nearly complete, “The Human Radio” is significantly happier in regards to the demeanor that it casts. It’s upbeat and radiates a personal confidence, a stark contrast to the air of indecision that permeates “Devil”, the character still deep in a personal struggle at that earlier point. It better illustrates just how Attention Attention will progress, and while the material will get more chipper, that won’t compromise the arena sized rock sounds that Shinedown has perfected for themselves. However, that’s also where the track becomes curious and interesting. It fluctuates a great deal. The verses are rather generic and even hollow, filled almost exclusively by a steady and casual series of beats laid down by Barry Kerch. In those moments, “The Human Radio” isn’t really anything special. It’s neither bad nor outstanding, just sounding bland. That makes the 180° that occurs on the choruses all the more striking (and shocking) as the track suddenly rises to the occasion, earning its wings as a genuine rock anthem.

It roars to life with astonishing force, the dynamic riffs from guitarist Zach Myers and bassist Eric Bass being a pleasant shock to the system as they create the basis for a wall of sound. A wall that is reinforced by the devastating might Kerch unleashes, completely unrestrained as he hammers away at the drum kit. In those moments it’s Shinedown in their purest and rawest form possible, holding nothing back as they go full throttle, determined to energize everyone who listens. Brent Smith only bolsters that, belting out the lyrics with vim and vigor, determined to make the song speak to every soul who hears it. It’s a song about being in touch with oneself as well as the rest of humanity, realizing that you are part of a larger frequency, so to speak, Smith making that known with remarkable conviction. Again, all of that is in stark contrast to how the verses present during “The Human Radio”, making it difficult for the track to ever get any solid footing. At its best moments it is compelling, at others, it’s a bit lackluster. The fact that it seems slightly overproduced doesn’t help too much, either. The electronic elements – underlying as they may be at times – are complementary of the title and what the song is trying to achieve in that respect, though it detracts from its overall enormity, proving to be a hinderance more than anything. In the end “The Human Radio” as is muddled as it is massive. Unmistakably the work of Shinedown, it is a fantastic song, though it also sounds like it’s retracing previous steps; the extra touches missing the mark instead of differentiating. It succeeds at both so well, deepening the speculation about what Attention Attention will be like as a whole. And it won’t be much longer before fans get to find out. Pre-order Attention Attention on: Official Web Store | iTunes | Google Play | Amazon MP3 Visit Shinedown’s websites: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube Current Shows: 2018 April 20--Amalie Arena--Tampa, FL 21--Central Florida Fairgrounds & Exposition Park--Orlando, FL 25--Sony Hall--New York, NY 28--Markham Park--Sunrise, FL May 4--Charlotte Motor Speedway / Rock City Campgrounds--Concord, NC 6--Bridgestone Arena--Nashville, TN 8--Rupp Arena--Lexington, KY 10--BOK Center--Tulsa, OK 11--Westfair Amphitheater--Council Bluffs, IA 12--Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre--Maryland Heights, MO 14--Salem Civic Center--Salem, VA 16--Legacy Arena at BJCC--Birmingham, AL 17--The Ford Center--Evansville, IN 18--Tax Slayer Center--Moline, IL 20--Alerus Center--Grand Forks, ND June 2--Rock Am Ring--Nürburg, Germany 3--Rock im Park--Nuremberg, Germany 4--Pumpehuset--Copenhagen, Denmark 6--Gruenspan--Hamburg, Germany 8--Greenfield Festival--Interlaken, Switzerland 10--Download Festival--Donington, United Kingdom 11--Rockhal--Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 12--STRIJP-S--Eindhoven, Netherlands 14--Pannonia Fields--Nickelsdorf, Austria 16--Visarno Arena--Firenze, Italy 18--Barbra Negra Track--Budapest, Hungary 20--De Oosterpoort--Da Groningen, Netherlands 21--Merkweg--Nieuw-Amsterdam, Netherlands 22--Graspop Festival--Dessel, Belgium 24—Hellfest--Clisson, France 26--SANTERIA--Milan, Italy 27--Rock Planet--Cervia, Italy 29--Razzmatazz 2--Barcelona, Spain 30--Caja Magica--Madrid, Spain July 11--Rock The Park Music Festival--London, Canada 14--Rock USA--Oshkosh, WI 22--DTE Enery Music Theatre--Detroit, MI 24--Darien Lake Amphitheater--Darien Center, NY 25--Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort--Mount Pleasant, MI 27--Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre--Chicago, IL 28--Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center--Indianapolis, IN 29--Wells Fargo Arena--Des Moines, IA 31--Pepsi Center--Denver, CO August 2--USANA Amphitheatre--West Valley City, UT 3--Downtown Las Vegas Events Center--Las Vegas, NV 4--Five Point Amphitheater--Irvine, CA 6--Isleta Amphitheater--Albuquerque, NM 8--Providence Medical Center Amphitheater--Bonner Springs, KS 11--Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion--Houston, TX 12--Starplex Pavilion--Dallas, TX 14--Verizon Arena--North Little Rock, AR 15--Mississippi Coast Coliseum--Biloxi, MS 16--Cellairis Amphitheater--Atlanta, GA 18--Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater--Virginia Beach, VA 19--Jiffy Lube Live--Bristow, VA 21--Saratoga Performing Arts Center--Saratoga Springs, NY 22--Band of New Hampshire Pavilion--Gilford, NH 24--XFINITY THEATRE--Hartford, CT 25--Xfinity Center--Boston, MA 26--BB&T Pavilion--Camden, NJ 28--KeyBank Pavilion--Burgettstown, PA 29--Lakeview Amphitheater--Syracuse, NY 31--The Pavilion at Montage Mountain--Scranton, PA September 1--PNC Bank Arts Center--Holmdel, NJ 2--Northwell Health At Jones Beach Theater--Wantagh, NY October 13--Aftershock Festival--Sacramento, CA

[tulsajazz]

Angie Cockrell and Mike Leland In Concert at Bluestone Steakhouse March 15 & 16, 2017!!

Angie Cockrell and Mike Leland In Concert at Bluestone Steakhouse March 15 & 16, 2017!!

  Treat Yourself To An Incredible Night Of Jazz At Bluestone!

This beautiful lady with her “velvety” voice  will be performing this week with the incredible Mike Leland at  Bluestone Steakhouse and Seafood this Wednesday and Thursday from 6-9 pm. They will perform many of your favorites as you dine on the the delicious offerings of the Bluestone menu and relax in an elegant, intimate, atmosphere.

[jpmorrisonlans]

The Experience, emerging... (at Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa & Hardesty Arts Center)

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I don't think she was an official act but still cool. (at Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa & Hardesty Arts Center)

[southbostonbitch]

@Regrann from @tylerthrasherart - Every 17 years or so a cicada will claw its way up from the molten core of our planet, adorned in the jewels of the earth. Having survived the immense heat and pressure required for this process, their biological makeup lends itself to a purpose higher than simply mating and dying, as no ordinary cicada is fabulous enough to mate with these elite specimens. The few cicadas that emerge covered in crystals scour the surface of our very flat planet, looking for others. Once a group of them have converged, a council is held. They're sweet song reverberating within their crystal ring. What are they talking about? It's quite peculiar. Studies have revealed that they appear to be discussing one particular individual. A bloke in Tulsa, Oklahoma who has attempted tonrecreate this beautiful and natural process and has vastly failed on many many levels. Such a failure. They talk of his many many failures and crude methods. Some even say he goes out of his way to crystallize the specimens alive!! That explains how they come out looking so pristine and exactly how something that was already dead and preserved would look. Of course that is only coincidence. Some even say he finds poor little animals and murders them for the sake of making his sick art with. Of course others have tried to tell him that it's easier to just buy already cleaned and preserved skulls from taxidermists and collectors, but Tyler is cruel and stubborn and would rather find a crocodile himself in Oklahoma to kill and crystallize. What a cruel and sick man. It would appear that this is what the council of crystallized cicadas discusses. What their plan of action is, scientists aren't entirely sure. But others suspect that through social media, they'll influence a vast number of very impressionable humans to message and harass Tyler about his need to personally kill and crystallize living organisms until he quits doing what he does. This is the only theory biologists and scientists can offer, because how else could one explain such a phenomenon. #tylerthrasher #thecouncilofcrystalcicadas #stoptyler - #regrann

[ellem-nop]

Aspietip: Aha! That's how I felt the first time I read the symptoms checklist for women with Aspergers. After receiving my official diagnosis, I started a self-exploration to see which of my previous diagnoses were true or simply misdiagnosed. Consult a professional and don't be afraid to let go of who you thought you were. #selfdiscovery #autismlife #lifechanging (at Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa & Hardesty Arts Center)

[tulsajazz]

Angie Cockrell and Mike Leland Performing at Bluestone Steakhouse Feb 7th & 8th, 2017

Angie Cockrell and Mike Leland Performing at Bluestone Steakhouse Feb 7th & 8th, 2017

A Memorable Night Of Jazz Awaits You At Bluestone!

This Wednesday and Thursday night from 6-9 pm see and hear Angie Cockrell and Mike Leland perform many your jazz favorites at Bluestone Steakhouse and Seafood.

Bring your family and friends enjoy a wonderful dinner, soft sultry music, all in the intimate atmosphere that is Bluestone.

Reservations are strongly suggested but not required.

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[tulsajazz]

Angie Cockrell and Mike Leland Performing at Bluestone Steakhouse Feb 1st & 2nd, 2017

Angie Cockrell and Mike Leland Performing at Bluestone Steakhouse Feb 1st & 2nd, 2017

  An Incredible Night of Jazz Awaits You At Bluestone!

This beautiful lady with her “buttery smooth” voice  will be performing with the always wonderful  Mike Leland at  Bluestone Steakhouse and Seafood this Wednesday and Thursday from 6-9 pm. They will perform many of your favorites as you dine on the the delicious offerings of the Bluestone menu and relax in an elegant, intimate, atmosphere.

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