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Pendleton Family Fiddlers iTunes release party Friday

This Friday, March 4, 2011, the Pendleton Family Fiddlers will celebrate the release of their new album on iTunes with a Branson-style revue at the historic Spotlight Theatre, 1381 Riverside Drive. The show stars the Pendleton girls, Emma Jane and Marina, both champion fiddlers and yodelers, backed by mom Virginia...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 1, 2011 10:56 PM

"Tulsa A to Z" premieres tonight

Tonight at 7:30 on KOTV is a half-hour preview of the latest from Jack Frank's wonderful Tulsa Films series: "Tulsa A to Z." Each letter of the alphabet provides a jumping-off point for explaining a fascinating, often obscure aspect of Tulsa history and culture. The broadcast will air on OETA's...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 30, 2009 1:27 PM

Historic Tulsa blog

Bill Miller has launched a blog devoted to the history of Tulsa and, in particular, to the history of Tulsa's buildings. Most of the entries on the Historic Tulsa blog are about a particular building -- some well-known (Riverside Studio / Spotlight Theater), but many that are obscure (e.g., the...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 31, 2009 6:11 AM

Pendleton Family Fiddlers CD release party and show Friday

This coming Friday evening, May 8, 2009, the Pendleton Family Fiddlers are throwing a release party and show for their first CD album. It'll be held at the Spotlight Theatre, the art deco landmark located at Riverside Drive at Houston Ave. Tickets are $10 and CDs are $10. Fronting the...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 5, 2009 11:14 PM

Wither downtown and a <em>UTW</em> testimonial

This week's column in Urban Tulsa Weekly wonders whatever happened to a couple of big plans for downtown: Global Development Partners' "East End" concept and Maurice Kanbar's plans to turn 20 downtown buildings into Soho on the Arkansas. (Hats off to the copy editor for the pithy headline.) Also, on...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 15, 2007 10:52 PM

Planning Tulsa's Riverfront: A Brief History

This is the originally submitted version of a story that was published on January 31, 2007 as the cover story of the February 1-7, 2007, edition of Urban Tulsa Weekly, under the headline "The River Review: Planning Tulsa's Riverfront: A Brief History." The story as published can be found on...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 31, 2007 10:13 PM

The Drunkard: A Tulsa must-see

We celebrated a friend's birthday Saturday night at the Spotlight Theatre on Riverside Drive for the weekly performance of "The Drunkard" and Olio. Our party consisted of six grownups and four kids from three to seven. We all had a great time. Is there anything else in the USA quite...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 30, 2004 12:20 AM