River Spirit Casino Resort
8330 Riverside Parkway, riverspirittulsa.com, 918-995-8235
Fortune Feimster, Jan. 27. 8 p.m. $20-$45.
XFN 378, Feb. 8. 8 p.m. $45-$105.
Beach Boys, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. $55-$70.
Lee Brice, Feb. 12. 8 p.m. $45-$55.
Tim Allen, Feb. 18. 8 p.m. $70-$85.
Brett Young, Feb. 25. 8 p.m. $65-$85.
Gladys Knight, Feb. 26. 8 p.m. $40-$55.
Chicago, March 5. 8 p.m. $50-$85.
Tom Segura, March 10. 8 p.m. $50-$85.
Jon Pardi, March 12. 8 p.m. $50-up.
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Candlebox, March 19. 8 p.m. $20-$35.
J.P. Sears, March 25. 8 p.m. On sale Jan. 28.
Boys II Men, April 8. 8 p.m. $55-$65.
Jimmie Allen, April 21. 8 p.m. $35-$50.
Trevor Noah, April 23. 8 p.m. $65-$75.
Theo Von, May 6. 8 p.m. $30-$70.
Bonnie Raitt, May 20. 8 p.m. $40-up.
Tanya Tucker, July 8. 8 p.m. $20-$47.
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Oct. 21. 8 p.m. $70-$80.
Penn & Teller, Oct. 28. 8 p.m. $50-$60.
BOK Center
200 S. Denver Ave., bokcenter.com, 866-726-5287
Jeff Dunham, Jan. 29. $52.50.
Tool, Jan. 30. 7:30 p.m. $59.50-$149.50.
Nelly, Feb. 4. POSTPONED
Winter Jam, Feb. 12. $10.
Eric Church, Feb. 19. $107-$166.
Big 12 Wrestling, March 5-6. $41-$126.
Price is Right Live, March 15. $29.50-$59.50.
Dua Lipa, March 17. $48-$132.50.
Justin Bieber, March 18. $62.50-$202.50.
Slipknot, March 23. $49.50-$139.50.
Harlem Globetrotters, March 26. $23-$118.
Koe Wetzel, April 9. 8 p.m. $38-$183.
Smoke & Guns, April 23. $29-up.
Megadeth/Lamb of God, April 30. $70.50-$100.50.
Eagles, May 16. On sale Jan. 14.
Jack White, May 24. $45-$114.
Dude Perfect, July 10. $33-$93.
Iron Maiden, Sept. 15. $39.50-$114.50.
Thomas Rhett, Sept. 24. $30-$109.75. On sale Jan. 28.
Hard Rock Live at Hard Rock
777 W. Cherokee St., Catoosa, hardrockcasinotulsa.com, 918-384-7800
Top Rank Boxing, Jan. 29. 8 p.m. $49.50-$79.50.
America, Feb. 24. 8 p.m. $34.50-$54.50.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, March 3. 8 p.m. $19.50-$39.50.
Ryan Bingham, March 12. 8 p.m. $39.50-$49.50.
Blackberry Smoke, March 17. 8 p.m. $19.50-$24.50.
Carly Pearce, March 24. 8 p.m. $35.50.
Marshall Tucker Band, March 26. 8 p.m. $24.50.
Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, April 22. 8 p.m. $19.50-$39.50.
Easton Corbin, May 12. 8 p.m. $19.50-$39.50.
David Feherty, May 19. 8 p.m. $49.50-$69.59.
Tulsa Theater
105 W. Reconciliation Way, tulsatheater.com, 918-582-7239
Bill Engvall, April 1. Doors at 7 p.m. $39.50-$99.50.
311, April 5. Doors at 7 p.m. $37.50-$120.
Iliza Shlesinger, April 7. Doors at 6 p.m. $32-$62.
Bill Maher, April 10. Doors at 7 p.m. $49.50-$149.50.
Modest Mouse, April 28. 8 p.m. $45-$174.50.
Leon Bridges, April 29. Doors at 7 p.m. $36.50-$106.50.
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, May 3. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $22-$42.
Bert Kreischer, May 15. Doors at 6 p.m. $36.75-$106.75.
Brian Regan, May 19. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $43.50-$56.
Weird Al Yankovic, June 1. Doors at 7 p.m. $37-$329.
Brit Floyd, June 7. Doors at 7 p.m. $32.50-$152.50.
My Name is Not Mom, June 10. Doors at 7 p.m. $39.50-$69.50.
Masked Singer Tour, July 10. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $36.75-$507.
W.A.S.P., Nov. 6. Doors at 6 p.m. $35-$69.50.
Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, Nov. 9. Doors at 7 p.m. $35-$159.50.
Cain’s Ballroom
423 N. Main St., cainsballroom.com, 918-584-2306
Gary Clark Jr., Jan. 29 (SOLD OUT) & Jan. 30, 7 p.m. $50-$75
Colter Wall, Feb. 3. 6:30 p.m. CANCELED
Trey Kennedy, Feb. 4. 6 p.m. $39-$150.
Drive-By Truckers, Feb. 5. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $26-$52.
Todd Snider, Feb. 8. 6:30 p.m. $26.
Marcus King, Feb. 9. 6:30 p.m. $25-$45.
Stoney LaRue, Feb. 11. 7 p.m. $22-$42.
Pop Punk Nite: Van Full of Nuns, Feb. 12. 7:30 p.m. $15-$30.
Donavon Frankenreiter, Feb. 15. 7 p.m. $25.
Randy Houser, Feb. 17. 6:30 p.m. $32-$57.
Caamp, Feb. 18. 6:30 p.m. $32.50.
Steve-O, Feb. 19. Shows at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Early show sold out. $35-$55. 21-over.
Badfish, tribute to Sublime, Feb. 20. 6 p.m. $15-$40.
Hippo Campus, Feb. 22. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $25-$45.
Aaron Watson, Feb. 25. 7 p.m. $25-$45.
Yungblud, March 3. 6:30 p.m. $30-$50.
Josh Abbott Band, March 4. 7 p.m. $22-$44.
Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, March 5. 6 p.m. $29-$45.
Hippie Sabotage, March 8. 6:30 p.m. $29-$49.
Bob the Drag Queen, March 10. 7 p.m. $30-$40.
Flogging Molly, March 12. $37.50-$149.
Between the Buried and Me, March 13. $25-$45.
KALEO, March 14. Doors at 7 p.m. $43-$110.
Red Not Chili Peppers, March 18. 7 p.m. $15.
Steel Panther, March 23. 7 p.m. $27.50-$52.50.
Forgotten Space celebrates Grateful Dead, March 25. 6:30 p.m.
Riverfield Rocks, March 27. 3 p.m. $15.
Subtronics, March 30. 6 p.m. $30-$55.
Jon Lovitz, April 2. 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. $32-$40.
girl in red, April 3. 6:30 p.m. SOLD OUT.
Lauren Alaina, April 7. $20-up. $20-$100.
Turnpike Troubadours, April 8 and April 9. SOLD OUT
St. Paul & The Broken Bones, April 26. 6:30 p.m. $30-$99.
Clutch, May 12. 7 p.m. $35.
Eric Johnson, May 18. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $32.
They Might Be Giants, May 19. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $28.
Nude Art Show, May 21. 7:30 p.m. $20-$27. (Age 21-up)
Gang of Youths, May 26. 6:30 p.m. $25-$40.
Purity Ring, July 17. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $26-$101.
Cat Power, July 27. 6:30 p.m. $30-$50.
Toadies/Reverend Horton Heat, Sept. 13. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $27-$47.
Skyline Event Center at Osage Casino
951 W. 36th St. North, osagecasino.com, 877-246-8777
Lewis Black, Jan. 29. Doors at 7 p.m. $25-$45.
Commodores, March 11. Doors at 7 p.m. $35-$55.
Pat Green, March 25. Doors at 7 p.m. Free tickets (limit 2) online.
Gin Blossoms/Sister Hazel, April 1. Doors at 7 p.m. On sale soon.
Scotty McCreery, April 29. Doors at 7 p.m. On sale soon.
Skid Row, May 6. Doors at 7 p.m. On sale soon.
KC and Sunshine Band, May 21. Doors at 7 p.m. On sale soon.
Los Lobos, June 11. Doors at 7 p.m. On sale soon.
Ted Nugent, July 28. Doors at 7 p.m. On sale soon.
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
110 E. Second St., tulsapac.com, 918-596-7122
Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert – Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Jan. 29, $20-$64.50.
Tulsa Opera Big Sing – TPAC Brown Bag It Series, Feb. 2, free.
School House Rock Live! – TPAC Imagination Series, Feb. 4, $11-$17.
Spitfire – Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Feb. 5, $20-$75.
Vendetta, A Mafia Story – Tulsa Ballet, Feb. 11-13, $42-$108.
Jitney – Theatre North, Feb. 12-20, $17-$20.
Mabee Center
7777 S. Lewis Ave. mabeecenter.com, 918-495-6000
Casting Crowns, March 25. 7 p.m. $35-$96.
True Girl Pajama Party Tour, March 31. 6:30 p.m. $22-$75.
Cox Business Convention Center
100 Civic Center, coxcentertulsa.com, 918-894-4350.
Taylor Tomlinson, Jan. 28. 7 p.m. $29.75-$49.75.
John Crist, Feb. 25. $29.75-$49.75.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, May 18. 7:30 p.m. $35.50-up.
Black Jacket Symphony presents Led Zeppelin IV, Nov. 17. $22-up.
Jazz Depot
5 S. Boston Ave, jazzdepotlive.com, 918-928-6430
Eicher Wednesday, featuring Annie Ellicott, Josh Westbrook and Dave Breashears, along with Shelby and Nathan Eicher Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m.
The Jazz Jam with Jack Wolfe, Feb. 1, 6-8 p.m.
Eicher Wednesday, featuring Ken White and Robin Lacy, along with Shelby and Nathan Eicher Feb. 2, 6:30 p.m.
Watch now: Fire in Little Africa telling Tulsa’s story
Meet Tulsa World Magazine's Tulsans of the Year for 2021
Tulsans of the Year: Chiefs David Hill, Chuck Hoskin, Jr. and Geoffrey Standing Bear
The conference room had a TV monitor displaying real-time numbers of reported COVID-19 cases from across the country. But as the meeting began on March 19, 2020, the screen reported no deaths in Oklahoma.
Principal Chief David Hill watched the scrolling data as he met with an emergency task force to plan the Muscogee Nation’s response to the approaching pandemic. And he remembers the moment when the state’s number switched from zero to one.
“I still have a picture of it,” Hill says. “I think we were all wondering just how high that number would eventually get.”
When the current chiefs were young men, the three major tribes in the Tulsa area would have played a minimal role in dealing with such a huge crisis, especially outside their own populations. Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., for example, remembers when the Cherokee Nation bought an RV to deliver health care services to rural communities, which seemed like an enormous investment at the time.
Now the Cherokees operate the largest tribal health system in the country with a $924 million annual budget. And the Muscogee Nation invested $40 million this year to buy a hospital building in south Tulsa, where it opened a COVID treatment clinic not just for tribal citizens but for all Tulsa residents.
If there was any doubt before the pandemic, COVID-19 made it very clear that all three tribes — Cherokee, Muscogee and Osage — now play a major role in shaping public policy across northeast Oklahoma. And as vaccines became widely available this year, the tribes became indispensable partners with state and county governments to distribute the shots.
Read the full story here.
Tulsans of the Year: Dr. Deborah Gist
Well before COVID-19, Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist had to learn to expect the unexpected when working with students.
Leading a district of more than 32,000 students and almost 6,000 employees during a pandemic with ever-changing public health guidance just magnified the importance of that.
“I don’t think any of us imagined what we’ve gone through in the last year and a half,” the fifth-year superintendent said. “It’s been extraordinarily difficult. It’s already challenging to be an educator in Oklahoma where we do not prioritize our children, sadly, and the pandemic has really exacerbated and brought to light the inequities that exist in our communities in Oklahoma.”
Read the rest of the story here.
Tulsans of the Year: Maggie and Kajeer Yar
Kajeer and Maggie Yar have been together forever.
They met at Maggie’s house when Kajeer was home from the University of Chicago for Christmas break. He was a freshman and just 18; she was a junior at Booker T. Washington High School and, as she’s quick to point out, “almost 17.”
Then came nine years of long-distance dating — Maggie went off to the University of Michigan, and both later attended law school — before they decided to make it official. Twenty-two years and three children later, you can find them spending much of their time in the Greenwood District, where they have been at the forefront of the revitalization of the historic neighborhood.
Read the full story here.
Tulsans of the Year: Kristin Barney
Calming, classical music; essential oils wafting through the air.
This is no spa, but the Tulsa Animal Welfare shelter — albeit with a few changes.
The thought might cause even the average animal-lover to quizzically perk up an ear, but animal enrichment, as Kristin Barney explained, can make a huge difference in the life of a pet, especially one occupying a shelter kennel while awaiting a fur-ever home.
Pets calmed with tunes or stimulated with new smells, activity mats, treat-filled puzzle toys and outdoor play will have better mental and physical health while in a shelter, which means they’re less likely to get sick and more likely to present better for adoption.
“We are Tulsa Animal Welfare, so the welfare of the pets that are in our care is really important to us,” Barney said. “While the shelter environment is never a great place for an animal to be, we want to make it as positive of an experience as we can while they’re here.”
Barney is in Tulsa temporarily on a long-term mission. She and her co-worker, Catherine Eldredge, will stay for a year as part of the Shelter Embed Program through Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society, which aims to transform the country into one of no-kill shelters and communities by 2025.
Read the rest of the story.
Tulsans of the Year: Amelia Cannon
Frontline healthcare workers were hailed as heroes when the coronavirus first gripped the planet in early 2020.
But by the time the delta variant resulted in a sudden, devastating surge in hospitalizations in summer 2021, local doctors and nurses said politicization and disinformation campaigns against face masks and COVID-19 vaccines had people in their own communities and even families questioning the validity of their expertise and first-hand knowledge of the situation.
Enter Amelia Cannon, then a registered nurse in the emergency room at Tulsa’s Saint Francis Hospital, whose gripping Facebook posts in August became a wake-up call that went worldwide.
Read the rest of the story here.
Tulsan of the year: Cynthia Jasso
Cynthia Jasso could hardly believe her eyes:
The line of people waiting stretched not only out of the door, but down the street and around the corner.
“There were moms with young kids, older abuelitos or grandparents — all ages. ... I was like, ‘oh my gosh,’” said Jasso, describing the scene outside Pancho Anaya Bakery one morning last year.
Co-founder of the Tulsa Immigrant Relief Fund, set up to support undocumented immigrants during the pandemic, Jasso worked with community-based organizations like Growing Together, which had coordinated with the bakery to serve as a partner site for distributing the donations.
Read the rest of the story.
Tulsans of the Year: Tulsa Race Massacre survivors
The most poignant moment of the year for Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis and Lessie Randle took place less than a month before the world would collectively recognize the period in time that gained them an audience in front of America’s most powerful lawmakers.
Washington, D.C., was the setting. The last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on that day in May told members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee that memories of the unbridled carnage they witnessed were still raw and vivid a century later.
Fletcher, 107, of Bartlesville, sat at a table on Capitol Hill and painfully recounted the sequence of events she unwillingly confronted 100 years earlier.
“I have lived through the massacre every day. … I will never forget,” said Fletcher, who explained that she could “still smell the smoke” and “hear the screams” from the night her family fled the city from mobs of white men.
The three — linked for decades by the horrible event — also pleaded with lawmakers to consider reparations for the generational impact that still resonates as a result of the massacre.
Read the rest of the story.
Tulsans of the Year: Braylin Presley
As a part-time employee of a downtown Bixby ice cream shop, he hears the whispers from customers: “Is that Braylin Presley behind the counter? I think that’s Braylin Presley.”
It is, in fact, Braylin Presley behind the counter.
When he wasn’t making dazzling plays as a senior for the Bixby High School football program, he was scooping ice cream treats. A labor of love.
Read the rest of the story here.
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BOK Center
200 S. Denver Ave., bokcenter.com, 866-726-5287
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777 W. Cherokee St., Catoosa, hardrockcasinotulsa.com, 918-384-7800
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105 W. Reconciliation Way, tulsatheater.com, 918-582-7239
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Cain’s Ballroom
423 N. Main St., cainsballroom.com, 918-584-2306
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951 W. 36th St. North, osagecasino.com, 877-246-8777
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7777 S. Lewis Ave. mabeecenter.com, 918-495-6000
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Cox Business Convention Center
100 Civic Center, coxcenter.tulsa.com, 918 894-4350.
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