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Sports

Tulsa Drillers Baseball Announces 2024 Start Times

Batter up! It’s time to plan for the 2024 Tulsa Drillers Baseball Season.

• Take Me Out: There will be 69 Drillers baseball games played at home at ONEOK Field this upcoming season with most of those being evening games. Show up early and jump in the splash pads, grab your popcorn and take a picture with Hornsby!

• Sold on Security: We told you back in October that The Tulsa Drillers entered into an agreement to sell a majority stake to Diamond Baseball Holdings. Fans won’t see much of a difference and team leaders say the deal only secures the Drillers spot at ONEOK Field, a crown jewel of the community and the club’s home since 2010.

The Drillers complete 2024 schedule, with home start times, can be viewed HERE.

Arts

Fourth Downtown Temporary Art Installation is on Display

Downtown Tulsa’s latest temporary public art installation is on display at The Dome, the former First Church of Christ Scientist Building.

• Colorful Collaboration: Internationally renowned artist, Rachel Hayes, used fabric to create the large-scale work. Her goal is to insert color and form into both built and natural environments. “Reflection Mode” is Hayes first major installation in Tulsa. Hayes has exhibited her work at institutions from coast to coast and around the world.

• Divine Displays: The temporary art installation is one of many since 2012 put on by Urban Core Art Project. The organization specializes in the art of bringing public art to underutilized spaces in hopes to bring more people downtown and appreciate their surroundings in new ways.

Are you an artist interested in installing a temporary art display? Apply HERE.

Events

Tickets Are On Sale For the Tulsa Ballet’s The Nutcracker

It’s time for a favorite Christmastime classic with the Tulsa Ballet. The Nutcracker dances onto stage Dec. 9th through the 23rd.

• Midnight in the House: Returning for its third year, get ready to enjoy an evening of epic battles between the Nutcracker Prince’s army of toy soldiers and the Mouse King’s rodent minions. See the enchanting land of the Snow Queen and the Sugar Plum Fairy’s Kingdom of Sweets. The Nutcracker is here!

• Talented Tulsans: A cast of over 100 local children will join the dancers of Tulsa Ballet to create a lifetime of memories. With more ways to include local talent, the Tulsa Ballet started its yearly tradition of “find the nutcracker.” They hide a nutcracker at popular Tulsa locations. If you find him, he’s yours to keep along with tickets to the show!

See the entire lineup of performances planned by The Tulsa Ballet HERE.

Events

Tulsa’s Utica Square Announces Plans for Lights On Happening Thanksgiving Night

Break out the scarves, gloves and hot cocoa. It’s time for Lights On at Utica Square.

• Holiday Hustle: The Thanksgiving evening tradition kicks off at 6:30p with live music and open storefronts. Get a little holiday shopping done and enjoy the beauty of more than 700,000 Christmas lights with one flick of a switch.

• Timed Tradition: This will be Utica Square’s 55th year to host lights on with Christmas Carols with live musicians and local celebrities. Grady Nichols takes the Lights on Stage this year and Channel 2’s Julie Chin will be the Master of Ceremonies. Don’t forget to stop by and see Santa for a photo.

Plan to bundle up for the countdown! Learn more about the event HERE.

Community

Neighborhood Beautifying Efforts Are Becoming Streamlined With New Tracking System

The Tulsa Planning Office announced a new tool called the Neighborhood Conditions Index to enhance neighborhoods throughout the City.

• Won’t You Be My Neighbor: The Neighborhood Conditions Index or NIC is a map of sorts that sections Tulsa off into 80 different neighborhoods. Instead of labeling them broad areas like north Tulsa or midtown Tulsa, the map zooms in on specific areas for study. Based on the results, neighborhood improvements can be better made and tracked by City leaders.

• Under the Microscope: The 80 areas are considered for improvement and a comprehensive report is generated that provides a data driven detailed look into the good, the bad and the ugly. The NIC collects data across nine categories: land use, parks and recreation, transportation, and culture.

Read more about this new tool or see how your neighborhood is doing HERE.

In other news

• 👨‍🏫 Inmate Intention: Green Country jails are offering life skill classes to inmates to prep them for life on the outside.

• 👮🏻‍♂️ New Detective Digs: Collinsville is getting a new police department and construction is underway.

• 💵 Let’s Get Technical: A big donation was made to ‘Techlahoma’ and you’ll smile like the foundation leaders when you see the check!

• ⚡️ Electric Entrepreneurship: Move over Elon, there’s a new electric vehicle provider in town and it’s making its first round of deliveries to the Sooner State.

• 🏁 Speed Much? See the picture and location where a Tulsa Police Officer stopped a speeding driver for going 147 miles per hour.

• 🎬 Calling All Movie Buffs: Get your hands on some set memorabilia from Killers of the Flower Moon from a local antique store.

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