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Arts & Entertainment At the podium, Acting President Star Hang Nga Rush (left) presents Amy Wheeler with an Honorary Doctorate degree from Cornish College of Fine Arts. Photo credit: W. Westergard/Cornish College of the Arts.

Oklahoma playwright Amy Wheeler honored by Cornish College »

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY OK – Amy Wheeler is a nationally recognized playwright, an accomplished actor and a native Oklahoman. This year she received an Honorary…

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In November, Paseo Art Space presents The Dorothy Woolbright Painters, a small but powerful group of sixteen accomplished oil painters who are continuing their studies in alla prima works and studio production of artworks. Photo provided.

For this we are truly Thankful: First Friday Gallery Walk set for November 2 »

Staff Report   The Paseo Arts District’s First Friday Gallery Walk for November will take place on Friday, November 2, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Gallery Walk will…

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At the PAMBE Ghana Global Market, visitors will find fair trade products from countries such as Guatemala, Haiti, Peru, Ghana, Burkina Faso, India and Indonesia. Facebook photo.

PAMBE Ghana’s Global Market opens at The Sieber on Nov. 1 »

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Beginning November 1, global-minded shoppers will once again find the seasonal fair trade shop PAMBE Ghana in Oklahoma City’s Midtown…

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Heather Coyle and Natalie Mai get benched (in the best sense) in 2019 »

Natalie Mai (left) and Heather Coyle both ran successful campaigns leading to their wins as Oklahoma County District Judges on Nov. 6. Photos provided.

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – On November 6, as election results rolled in throughout the evening it…

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Sonja Martinez to host 28th annual Christmas AIDS Benefit to support Winds House »

Sonja Martinez will host her 28th Annual Christmas AIDS Benefit on Monday, December 3, at the COPA in Oklahoma City. Photo provided.

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter
. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Oklahoma City performance artist Sonja Martinez will host her 28th…

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OKC Amnesty group to host annual Write for Rights event Dec. 1 »

Members of Amnesty International Oklahoma Group #238 participate in the Amnesty International Write for Rights Global Write-A-Thon each December by writing to prisoners of conscience around the world and to all prisoners on Death Row in Oklahoma. Photo by John Walters

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY, OK –During the month of December, members of Amnesty International (AI) around the…

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November 17, 2018, 12:44 am
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real feel: 40°F
humidity: 67%
wind speed: 7 mph S
wind gusts: 7 mph
sunrise: 7:08 am
sunset: 5:23 pm
Forecast November 17, 2018
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News

Sonja Martinez to host 28th annual Christmas AIDS Benefit to support Winds House »

Sonja Martinez will host her 28th Annual Christmas AIDS Benefit on Monday, December 3, at the COPA in Oklahoma City. Photo provided.

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter
. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Oklahoma City performance artist Sonja Martinez will host her 28th Annual Christmas AIDS Benefit on Monday, December 3, at the COPA, 2200 N.W. 39 Expressway.

Dinner starts at 6 p.m. with entertainment beginning at 8 p.m. …

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Save Black Boys OKC provides a safe space for at risk youth
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Attending the UCO screening of “The Last Defense” were (L-R) Save Black Boys mentor A.J. Smith; Sing For Change founder Cece Jones-Davis; five boys from the Save Black Boys program; OK-CADP chair, Rev. Don Heath; Montele Wesley, director and founder of SBBOKC; Jimmy Lawson, longtime friend of Julius Jones, and Oklahoma City attorney Joi Miskel. Photo by Darla Shelden

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma City chapter of Save Black Boys, led by Montele Wesley, opened its doors in August 2017. An all-volunteer, 501c3 nonprofit organization, Save Black Boys specializes in mentoring young Black boys, youth and men…

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Tips to keep your pets safe during winter weather »

Proper shelter is a must for pets that are outside during the winter months. Photo provided.

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – For pets that spend time outside in the back yard or lounging in a patch of sunshine on the deck, the arrival of winter may be a rude awakening and cause of concern for safety,…

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Find your roots at the library during Family History Month »

Oklahoman’s looking to connect to their roots can visit the library for genealogical help. Facebook photo

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY– Oklahoman’s looking to connect to their roots can visit the library for genealogical help. This month the Metropolitan Library System is celebrating genealogy and telling customers how to, “find your roots at the library.” November is Family…

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A Teacher’s Thanksgiving: Art, Education and the Power of Belief

Patrick B. McGuigan For three months in the 2016-17 school year, I worked each day filling in for a wonderful lady who then worked as art teacher at a charter school in Oklahoma City. Her time…

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Government Julius Darius Jones, on Oklahoma's death row. The Last Defense screenshot.

COMMENTARY: Bandana DNA results inconclusive – fight over Julius Jones’ innocence continues

  By Patrick B. McGuigan, publisher Wednesday, October 31, 2018   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – In a news story published today (October 31) on page one of The Oklahoman, reporter Nolan Clay presented some analysis of…

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Editorial Curtis Shelton, Policy Research Fellow. File photo

The full picture: 401(k) plans vs. public pensions

by Curtis Shelton   Note: Curtis Shelton is a policy research fellow for the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA), the Sooner State’s largest public policy research group, which is based in Oklahoma City. OCPA recently…

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Commentary The City Sentinel publisher, Patrick B. McGuigan

Editor’s Notebook: No blathering allowed at Auditor’s debate, prescient thinking about water, practical curriculum, and “agency capture” in Oklahoma governance

Patrick B. McGuigan From an editor’s notebook, a debate among three candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the state Auditor and Inspector’s job, an “old” commentary on water policy now seems the first draft of history,…

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Business Patrick B. McGuigan, publisher of CapitolBeatOK and The City Sentinel. File Photo

An editor’s notebook: The Wall Street Journal’s defense of freedom (and S.Q. 793) … and an artist at work, for artists

Patrick B. McGuigan Oklahoma City, OK – From an editor’s notebook, a stirring defense of competition in provision of medical services has come forth from the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. And, a homegrown…

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Sports The 2017-18 Oklahoma Coaches Mentoring Challenge campaign was spearheaded by OSU Coach Mike Gundy and OU Coach Lincoln Riley. Photo provided.

Over 800 coaches participate in 4th annual Oklahoma Mentoring Challenge

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Over 800 Oklahoma coaches from 238 communities teamed up with mentoring organizations across the state to participate in the fourth annual Oklahoma Coaches Mentoring Challenge, a…

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Health Oklahoman’s looking to connect to their roots can visit the library for genealogical help. Facebook photo

Find your roots at the library during Family History Month

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY– Oklahoman’s looking to connect to their roots can visit the library for genealogical help. This month the Metropolitan Library System is celebrating genealogy and telling customers how to,…

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Theologian Matthew Fox to speak in Oklahoma City

By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Internationally acclaimed theologian Matthew Fox will lecture, present a workshop, and preach in Oklahoma City, over four days, October 18 through 21. Fox is renowned for…

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