<strong>WILD, WILD WEST</strong>: World-class bull riders; rodeo dancing in dust stirred by a bank robbery; a battle of the blues bands; an Osage ballet. <a href="http://thislandpress.com/08/15/2013/guide-the-best-things-to-do-in-oklahoma-this-weekend-aug-15/" target="_blank">The best things to do in Oklahoma this weekend, with a splash of western flair</a>. 

<strong>SUMMER NIGHTS: They are but few. Make the most of what's left of the season with this list of the best <a href="http://thislandpress.com/05/30/2013/75-free-things-to-do-in-oklahoma-this-summer/" target="_blank">75 free things to do in Oklahoma this summer</a>.

<strong>BECAUSE IT MATTERS</strong>: On the importance (and opportunity for) of local, community newspapers and entrepreneur journalists. A chat with Louise Red Corn, longtime journalist and publisher of The Bigheart Times in Barnsdall.

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<strong>TOWER OF POWER</strong>: <a href="http://thislandpress.com/06/11/2011/tower-of-power/" target="_blank">Downtown Tulsa is home to a lone, shrunken World Trade Center tower</a>, the Bank of Oklahoma building.

<strong>BLUSHING BRIDE</strong>: A portrait of Opal Clark Moss, 101, author, former resident of the Sand Springs Children’s Home, and new bride to 89-year-old Paul Bruce Moss of Tulsa. <a href="http://thislandpress.com/08/16/2013/opal-clark-moss/" target="_blank">“At my age,” she says, “they’re all younger men.”</a>
 

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<strong>THIS LAND PRESENTS</strong>: Tulsa rapper Algebra performs "Jet Black Cadillacs" for This Land Live, a music-performance series sponsored by Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer: 

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<strong>SUMMER SALE</strong>: For a limited time, select items in our online store are 25 percent off. <a href="http://thislandpress.com/store" target="_blank">Get your shop on</a>.

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