Old Town: Talk about old school: Our pictorial walk through the early days is vintage Norman.

Prairie Modern: What makes Norman Norman? One writer tackles the subject. By Tom Lindley

Sooner Bred: Some of the college town's most iconic residents are photographed in their native elements. Photography by Romy Owens

Stuck on Norman: One woman's unexpected life in jingles By Molly Levite Griffis

The Nature of the Beast: Bud, Chuck, Barry, Bob: They're the pantheon of OU football in a state that worships the gridiron. By Jay C. Upchurch

Black Book: Norman Edition: Norman citizens have a host of goodies at their fingertips. From football to food and bed and breakfasts to boutiques, our guide includes the best of the bunch.  By Brooke Adcox

Hit the Road: Outdoor types enjoy the wildlife surroundings at George Miksch Sutton Urban Wilderness Area while indoor types take a load off at the sort-minded NCED. Customers at Campus Corner find just what they're looking for, and kids become art masters at Firehouse Art Center.

Okies: New director Ghislain d'Humieres brings French flavor to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, while Steve Stewart and Water4 take Oklahoma generosity to remote areas of the globe. Also, Cal Hobson educates on learning. 

Culture: Art takes flight at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, while a "freak-out" is all part of the listening experience for the Flaming Lips' new release. Norman's art galleries and buzzing music scene have something for all eyes and ears.

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End of the Trail: The Barn

Its numbers dwindling year after year, the barn is a beautiful reminder of Oklahoma's pastoral and agricultural past. By Lynda Ramsey

Shades of Clay: Perhaps no place says Oklahoma like John Frank's company in Sapulpa. A new owner brings new life, and production, to Frankoma Pottery. By Tom Lindley

The Sweet Spot: What do Paul McCartney, Harrison Ford, John Cleese, and Kate Hudson have in common? They eat at Nonna's in Bricktown when they're in Oklahoma City. By Tom Lindley

Hit the Road: Children rule at the Orr Family Farm in Oklahoma City, while diners at Cafe Alley in Ardmore have good taste. Plus, a funeral home finds new life as the Tonkawa Bed & Breakfast.

Okies: Jim Barnes makes beautiful word music as poet laureate, a Comanche Boy is boxed in, and etiquette expert Rachel Wagner gives a lesson on manners in this technological age. 

Culture: In Tulsa, it's all modern at a Philbrook exhibit, and it's great Scots indeed at River West Festival Park. Also, Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo goes multimedia.

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Emerald City: A journalist and Tulsa transplant counts the ways the lush northeast Oklahoma metropolis has secured her everlasting citizenship. By Julie Delcour

Stage Right: New and old, the BOK Center and Brady Theater represent the city's past and future. By Mike Easterling

River of Dreams: The booming suburb of Jenks combines small-town appeal with big-city entertainment and amenities like the city's RiverWalk Crossing. By Tom Lindley

Water World: The Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks offers a world-class marine life experience without the hassle of a cross-country flight. By Brooke Adcox

Black Book: Tulsa Edition: Tulsans enjoy an exceptional quality of life, thanks in part to a variety of first-rate hotels, restaurants, museums, and other attractions. Oklahoma Today presents the best of the best. By Andrea Miller

Hit the Road: Shoppers stimulate the economy while enjoying the outdoors at Utica Square.

Okies: Frank W. Abagnale, inspiration for the movie Catch Me if You Can, talks about love, redemption, and Range Rovers. Tulsa mayor Kathy Taylor shares her favorite things, and the Rutkauskases have some very Beautiful Brands. 

Culture: Peace-making is in vogue at a Gilcrease Museum exhibition, Jack Frank is a Tulsa cheerleader and filmmaker with a broad media platform, Tulsa's live music scene has enough venues and talent to rack a metropolis, and the revived Thunder Road Theatre company is ready for a curtain call.

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State of Rock: Young state, young genre. From its earliest days to the present, Oklahoma has been a nexus for rock and roll. By Jake Adamson

Raising Cain’s: From Bob Wills to Bob Geldof to Bob Dylan, everyone’s played at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa . By Tom Lindley

King Leon: Leon Russell, the Lawton-born superstar, is one of rock’s greatest icons. By Tom Nawrocki

Fanatic:You can’t have a concert without an audience. Oklahoma Today pays homage to the state’s fans with this portfolio.50 Rock 
Essential Oklahoma rock-and-roll albums all audiophiles should have on their playlists. By Ryan LaCroix

Burgers, Drugs & Rock and Roll: VZD’s Restaurant & Club in Oklahoma City is legendary for its cuisine and the bands that appear on its stage. By Steffie Corcoran

Hit the Road: The Oklahoma History Center gets rock-centric with a new exhibit while Two Frogs Grill in Ardmore adds fuzz distortion to dinner. Plus, festivals serve live rock and five independent record stores bring music to the people.
Okies: Red-dirt music is to Oklahoma what jazz is to New Orleans . Three local concert promoters give expert advice to aspiring bands on how to be successful, and Wanda Jackson shares her own brand of rock wisdom.
Culture: The Academy of Contemporary Music comes to Bricktown, the photography of Julius Shulman highlights Oklahoma’s midcentury modern treasures, and artists take advantage of all the Oklahoma Film and Music Office has to offer. Plus, four of the state’s best venues for a rock or folk performance.

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Hiking Oklahoma: A Field Guide: Five of the state’s best hiking trails will keep nature lovers putting one foot in front of the other. By Kent F. Frates

The Call of the Wild:One woman’s childhood camping trips prepared her for adult travels near and far. By Sheilah Bright

The Four Seasons of the Wichitas: A Portfolio: Twenty-three photographs taken in the space of a year illustrate the timeless beauty of the Wichita Mountains . Photography by Mark W. Nault

Native Safari: Bring on the masses for a menagerie of native critters at the Oklahoma City Zoo’s Oklahoma Trails exhibit. By Dyrinda Tyson-Jones

Coyote Ridge: There’s no reason to rough it with this luxurious southeastern Oklahoma getaway. By Louisa McCune-Elmore

Hit the Road:Enid gourmands are enjoying the offerings at Panevino Wine & Tapas Bar, while travelers spend the night in yurts at Elephant Rock Nature Park and paragliders take to the Talihina skies.

Okies:Capital Aviation in Bethany spiffs up high-flying real estate, rancher Stanley Barby shares his most treasured possessions, and Cody Easom and Cody Hughes reveal hunting and fishing secrets to an audience of millions.

Culture:Amish residents in Chouteau enjoy sharing their tables with visitors, Willard Stone’s wood carvings are on display the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Tulsa-area band Rockin’ Acoustic Circus makes waves in the bluegrass scene, and Shawnee singer Samantha Crain brings on the soul.

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Thunder Roll: Our 2008 Oklahoman of the Year, Clayton I. Bennett, brought a special kind of thunder to Oklahoma. Here, the notoriously private Bennett, chairman of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, lets down his guard. By Steffie Corcoran

Where There’s a Will:He once said he never met a man he didn’t like, and an adoring nation has loved him in return for more than a century. Oklahoma honors the life of its favorite son, Will Rogers, on the one hundred-thirtieth year of his birth. By Randy Krehbiel

The Burger King: We reveal Oklahoma City’s best-kept lunchtime secret – old-fashioned hamburgers and curly fries from Nic’s Grill. By Brooke Adcox

Hit the Road:Norman residents get groceries at Native Roots Market, it’s time to inventory birds statewide at the Great Backyard Bird Count, and Salas Mexican Restaurant has sated Lawton appetites for half a century.

Okies:Sherri Coale’s got game and great personal treasures, Greatest American Dog winners Travis Brorsen and Presley celebrate a cool quarter-million, and Muskogee mayor John Tyler Hammons doesn’t let youth get in the way of experience.

Culture:Enid native Brad Richter has taken his talent with guitar worldwide, the Philbrook in Tulsa debuts an all-American photography exhibit, and a big welcome to our new small-town columnist, Bill Wallace, who pens his first Letter From Chickasha.

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Sky Dance: Our list of Oklahoma's twenty tallest structures of the past, present, and future takes skyscrapers to a new level.

Drama King:Letts is definitely more for Tracy Letts, a Durant native and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright among the brightest stars of the American stage.

Star Wound: In Ames, an astrobleme brings an über-historic moment home to citizens and to an oil company that struck black gold within its depths.

Called Home: Oklahoma City's oldest cemetery, Fairlawn, is a not-for-profit with eternal payoff for property owners.

Hope Springs Eternal: Its waters are legendary, but they're far from the only good medicine Sulphur offers travelers in search of food, shopping, nature, and fun.

Hit the Road:A refurbished country club, White Dog Hill Restaurant, is Clinton's newest gathering place; the Oklahoma River Cruises make port in Oklahoma City; and made-in-Oklahoma ghosts and poinsettias make the holidays both frightful and bright.

Okies:Secretary of Energy David Fleischaker talks green; Shiny Toy Guns release a new CD, no permits required; Charles Faudree on creating a beautiful holiday season; and Wilma Mankiller's treasure-filled Stilwell home.

Culture:The action never stops at New World Comics in Oklahoma City; an out-of-this-world Christmas on Mars with the Flaming Lips; and in her final Letter From Chandler, Anna Myers says old buildings make good friends.

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City Slickers: The things we learned.

Major League City: With a a new NBA team, a thriving entertainment sector, and a rapidly growing downtown, Oklahoma City has hit the big time.

Beyond Words: Journalist Edith Kinney Gaylord left behind a legacy of humanitarianism and integrity that continues to serve as a model today.

Current Events: A once-dry drainage ditch in the heart of Oklahoma City has been reborn as the Oklahoma River, an alluring waterfront featuring a first-rate Olympic rowing venue.

Revival!: Business is booming in Midtown, a formerly neglected section of Oklahoma City currently undergoing a face-lift.

Where to Eat Downtown: These 52 restaurants and coffee shops will satisfy the appetite of any foodie.

The Good Life: Oklahoma City trendsetters are choosing downtown living, setting up housekeeping in luxe digs amid the cultural amenities and bustle of the city's center.

Hit the Road: The Asian District brings a taste of the East to Oklahoma City, the luxurious Skirvin Hilton stands as a reminder of a bygone era, and the Moore Warren Theatre provides a twenty-first century movie experience.

Okies: OETA's Utopia Joe is running the show, Oklahoman editor in chief Ed Kelley gets personal, former Oklahoma City Mayor Ron Norick shares words of wisdom, and Kari Watkins lets us into her keepsake closet.

Culture: American Idol winner David Cook adjusts to newfound fame, Hinder continues to party and rock hard, and billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens seeks to solve the energy crisis in his new book.

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Super Summer! School's out for the summer, and our border-to-border guide of thirty-one awesome things to do with your kids will fill every available weekend and then some. Don't forget the sunscreen.

City Sanctuary: Education meets conservation at Martin Park Nature Center in Oklahoma City where 140 acres of birds, turtles, and snakes coexist in an urban playground perfect for exploring.

Home, Shalom: At the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, Judaica finds a permanent home in a world-class facility in Tulsa and casts light on an Oklahoma culture and its history

Hit the Road: My Little Dollhouse and ThunderMoon Paintball will have girls and boys dreaming of their best birthday party ever, plus burgers and beers at the Brook in Tulsa and wine and a taste of Tuscany at Lago Vista in Broken Bow.

Okies: Fox Business Network's Shibani Joshi brings glam and brains to business news, Matt Holiday swings for the fence, and makeup artist Alex Mendez-Kelley of Oklahoma City's MakeUp Bar lays it on thick.

Culture: Ready to rock? Thirty-five thousand Rocklahoma fans say yes. If polka's more your thing, check out Czech Hall in Yukon. Letts is more where Billie's concerned. Her new novel, Made in the USA, will be published in June.

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Hit the Road: Bring on the napkins for our salute to all things barbecue at twenty of the best sauce-slinging joints in Oklahoma. Also, cabin bliss on the Mountain Fork and art from gay Paree in Oklahoma City

Okies: A barbecue how-to from "Oklahoma Joe" Davidson. Plus, young whipersnapper Walker Clarke hits the cooking circuit and Watermelon Slim & the Workers play on.

Culture: Oklahoma companies like Hasty-Bake, Cookshack, and Smokaroma, are making history a brisket at a time. Also, Indian tacos in Pawhuska, blues and BBQ in Bricktown, and lingo for the 'cueless

Eat Up:Patriots receiver Wes Welker gets his barbecue game on, Jim Ross is making noise at J.R.'s Family Bar-B-Q in Norman, and corporate pitmaster Paul Schatte's ribs and brisket tutorial

OutsideOur road trippin' portfolio will get you in the mood for windows-down drivin', and James Cooper goes au naturel at Nuyaka Natural Farm. Plus, Discover Oklahoma's Shel Wagner takes on FreeWheel.

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Hit the Road: Guns, bulls, and steeds. Things are booming at Fort Sill, and our rodeo roundup celebrates every Okie's inner cowboy. Plus, the Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo pens 'em in  at Big Mac.

Okies: Oklahomans are busy. Jean Warner is a woman on a mission, Eddie Sutton coaches again, Marlin Lavanhar saves souls in Tulsa, and Ryan Tedder rocks with the big boys and girls.

Culture: Fried snake, anyone? It's what's for dinner at the Waurika Rattlesnake Hunt. Plus, David Boren's new book urges bipartisanship, Anna Myers talks family, and it's dinnertime at Price Tower.

Eat Up: The Dry Beaver Supper Club in Lawton serves up gator, steaks, and cobbler galore, while the Queen of Sheba brings Ethiopia to Oklahoma City and a Guymon taco shop is the place to say olé.

Outside: Have a divine intervention at Horse Heaven Ranch in Talihina, ride sky and wave with kites and wakeboards, and identify spring butterflies with our handy guide. Plus, post-ice storm tree-hab.

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Hit the Road: Steve Schlegel helps us hit the road at Shlegel Bicycles in Oklahoma City while Two Hearts Inn in Edmond keeps us cozy with romance deluxe. Don't miss our hot spot, Enid's Gaslight Theatre.

Okies: It's everybody's favorite superstar, country crooner and 2007 Oklahoman of the Year Vince Gill. Basketball stud Jenna Plumley is this season's one to watch. Plus, Hollywood's Nancy Miller

Culture: Bootlegging whiskey was the gig for which Orval Chambless paid the ultimate price. Read about it on page 60. At the State Capitol, art's fair game in the most apolitical west wing.

Outside: Try telling this handsome couple to lay down their culinary dreams: Heather and Keith Paul begin a restaurant empire in Oklahoma City. Feast on Chip Sears' reliable and seasoned advice on page 79.

Eat Up: Six photographers show us their favorite winter landscapes, and writer Linda Allen reflects on Centennial Farms. Plus, Kevin Raines of Horn Seed gives winter green-thumb tips.

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Hit The Road: The Centennial Celebration comes home to Guthrie, and we have a planner to keep you organized. The State Capitol is a must-stop for visitors, while Oklahoma charities need your help.

Okies: Charles Banks Wilson may be Oklahoma's most treasured painter. N. Scott Momaday offers words of wisdom, while Governor Brad Henry shares his love for family, career, and Will Ferrell.

Culture: Four features explore everything from the state constitution to essential Oklahoma films, books, and CDs. Plus, Pulitzer-winning images and the Centennial Spectacular concert.

Outside: Twenty-six pages show off the Oklahoma landscape in all its scenic glory. The Chisholm Trail gets a little respect with a Centennial project. Plus, deer hunting without guns or arrows

Eat Up: There's no beef about it, chicken-fried steak rules in Oklahoma. El Guapo's Cantina in Tulsa serves hot Mexican food with a side dish of cool, and pie hits the sky at 2 Brothers Pizza in Arcadia.

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Hit the Road:  The Oklahoma Centennial Parade makes history in downtown Oklahoma City, the Vinita Calf Fry Festival cuts the bull, and the International Festival in Lawton celebrates diversity.

Okies:  Oklahoman editor Ed Kelley on his favorite childhood pastime in Perry. Oklahoma Today unveils Oklahoma's 46 Greatest Thinkers. Plus, all you ever wanted to know about Reba McEntire

Culture:  Oklahoma: A Portrait of America pays tribute to Oklahoma Americana. Plus, Oklahoma teams are under pressure for their mascot names, and the lay of the land during the statehood years

Outside:  Chad Love shares the therapeutic power of bass pond fishing, and the Oklahoma Wildlife Expo makes camp in Guthrie. Plus, getting fit at the Quartz Mountain and Wichita Mountain areas

Eat Up:  Good grub and high-end atmosphere go hand in hand in Tulsa's Brookside district. Ike's Chili is the place for spice, and down-home meals meet church at the Chuckwagon Restaurant in Vinita.

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Hit the Road: Culture, outdoors, and more: Ponca City has it all. Tulsa draws big bands and golf pros with Diversafest and the PGA Championship, while the Wiley Post Festival in Maysville gets under way.

Okies: Centennial Commission chair Lou Kerr makes the rules, Flashpoint's Mike Turpen, futuristic health care from Noah Roberts company, and the once-in-a-lifetime talent of Michael Hedges

Culture: Oklahoma Today presents its Top 46 Photographs. In Letter From Chelsea, Ami Reeves on why summer's so special in Oklahoma small towns, and personalized pavers mark the spot at the capitol.

Outside: Pro angler Jimmy Houston tells us how to catch the big ones, while Oklahoma's state bird, the scissor-tailed flycatcher, soars high in a literary and visual tribute. Plus, floating the Illinois River

Eat Up: Oklahoma City's Paseo arts district offers restaurants as unique as its patrons. Rinie's Kitchen & Wine Bar is the place for eclectic gourmet in Lawton, and chef Ryan Parrott shares cooking tips.

Hit the Road: Two exhibits trade space in Norman and Bartlesville, State Highway 33, and a Route 66 festival in Clinton.

Okies: J.C.Watts, Louis & Cluck, Broadway's Kelli O'Hara, and a stage full of Oklahoma-grown Miss Americas.

Culture:  The Skirvin shines again. The new Oklahoma Trails exhibit, Indian identity travels the state, and a Chelsea train story.

Outside:  Scuba diving at Lake Tenkiller. Chad Love investigates mega-scary megafuana. Plus, wild things at the Antelope Hills. 

Eat Up: Tabouleh in Bristow. Indie up-and-comer Sterlin Harjo directs a meal with some of Oklahoma's coolest, and two of OKC's best meat shops.

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Hit the Road: The seventy-seven Oklahoma counties destination guide. Plus, catch one of the Hornets' last Oklahoma games.

Okies: Diva Florence Birdwell reveals her secrets for success, while Nadia Comaneci sheds light on life as a perfect ten.

Culture:  Biotech is catching up to oil, agriculture, and aviation as a leading Oklahoma growth industry.  Plus, new books abound.

Outside:  The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation revamps Hackberry Flat near Frederick and Evening Hole and Lost Creek on the Lower Mountain Fork. 

Eat Up: Stinky cheese and fresh lettuce are just right for your taste buds. Lucille's Roadhouse in Weatherford attracts Route 66 motorists.

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Hit the Road: Ford trucks, Sunsets and Red Dirt. Toy & Action Figure Museum in Paul's Valley.

Okies:  Danny Davidson explains the art of the deal. Molly Shi Boren divulges her guilty pleasure and what she can't live without.

Culture:  Ami Reeves gives us the scoop on town eateries. Barry Switzer reflects on his mentors

Outside:  Ride Oklahoma encourages people to get their motors running.  Tornadoes and cicadas. 

Eat Up:  Pie and chicken-fried steak.  The Soul-Food Cook-Off.  Michel Buthion of Soleil cooks up the perfect French meal.

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Hit the Road:  The twelve-day Tulsa kick-off to the Centennial festivities.

Okies:  M.J. Alexander captures Oklahoma's centenarians aging gracefully in a state-wide project. 

Culture:  Eight Oklahoma neighborhoods. An Audubon exhibit comes to Gilcrease.

Outside:  The Oklahoma Today Image Makers. Kim Hart gives tips on critter close-ups. 

Eat Up:  Kurt Fleischfresser's Centennial Menu and The Woody Candy Company confectionary masterpieces.

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Hit the Road: A look at Oklahoma's vineyards and the 100th State Fair!

Okies: Blake Wade and Lee Allen Smith of the Oklahoma Centennial Commission gear up for the exciting year ahead.  Vince Gill and Jimmy Webb team up to write a new country favorite, "Oklahoma Rising." 

Culture: An excerpt from Teresa Miller's memoir-in-progress plus the premier of Megan Mullally's talk show.

Outside: Oklahoma's notorious red harvester ant and Lake Carlton's fall foliage.

Eat Up: Craving a home-cooked masterpiece?  Visit one of Oklahoma's famous diners!  Plus, the low-down on Oklahoma's favorite veggie: okra!

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Hit the Road: Five writers divvy up the Mother Road and the Vinita Summer Fest Car Show.

Okies: Shane Brown photographic portfolio with an essay by Michael Walllis, Route 66 historican Jim Ross gives us his top ten travel tips.

Culture: Kent Lee Hawkins Route 66 portfolio and glossary of highway terms.

Outside: Deep Fork Tree Farm in Arcadia and the new Linnaeus Teaching Garden in Tulsa.

Eat Up: Roundup of Mother Road good eats.

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Hit the Road: Follow Chad Love as he explores our new casino culture. Plus, the Senior PGA at Oak Tree.

Okies: Jane Jayroe offers her best advice to 2006 Miss America Jennifer Berry, Oklahoma Supreme Court justice Yvonne Kauger.

Culture: The Chickasaw Nation and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

Outside: Camping with friends and famil and in Tulsa, Dr. Tom Stees gives us tips from his garden.

Eat Up: Pie festival in Piedmont to the diabetic-sensitive yummies at Restaurant of the Cherokees in Tahlequah.

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Hit the Road: 109 Oklahoma museums. Redhawks and Rusty Gables B&B.de Flower:

Okies: Anthony Shadid, James Garner and Mike Wimmer.

Culture: NBA Hornets. After Lewis & Clark exhibit.

Outside: Biker rallies and vast prairies of Osage County.

Eat Up: Kilkenny's Authentic Irish Pub in Tulsa and the Earth in Norman.
Getaway Guide: Explore Purcell
The End: Rudy Miller's paintings at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art

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Hit the Road: The interstate system turns fifty. A golf day at Roman Nose State Park. A New Year's opening for a JRB Art at the Elms exhibit.
Okies: Boone Pickens on how to succeed. Profile on Woody Guthrie's sister, Mary Jo Edgmon. Don Holladay's art by night. Oklahoman of the Year Carrie Underwood.

Culture: Bartlesville's Price Tower. New columnist Doug Kelley on his journey to LeFlore County. Bon Jovi and Kristin Chenoweth. Dr. Bob Blackburn's Countdown.

Outside: The Raymond Gary Bridge south of Waynoka. Master gardener Kathi Baab. Rappelling. Red Rock Canyon State Park.

Eat Up: Birthday Cakes. Frederick's Fantastic Oyster Fry. Six favorite recipes from the archives of Oklahoma Today.