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Event

The Concert Truck Is Rolling Through Tulsa

A concert on wheels is in Tulsa through Sunday with several opportunities to listen in.

• Traveling Tunes: There’s no food on this truck, just the sweet tunes from the ivory keys. The concert truck is a 16-foot fully functioning portable piano music truck that has been traveling the country since 2016. Owners Nick Luby and Susan Zhang want to show music can be played in different ways by thinking outside the box truck.

• Sensational Stops: The Concert truck has 9 free performances in 5 days in Tulsa. The tricked out truck has lights, a grand piano and a sensational sound system. Most of its Tulsa stops are at parks with plenty of room for folding chairs and picnic blankets. Bring the family, sit back and soak in the sounds. 

See the live music stops for the whole family HERE.

Health

St. Francis Psychiatric Clinic Breaks Ground on a New Expansion

Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital is expanding to offer more ways of mental support.

• Making Room: The golden shovels are out on a new groundbreaking to expand the clinic by adding more beds and expanding mental health units. Laureate expects to hold 150 beds by May of 2025. Thats up from the current 90. Renovations to the clinical assessment department and crisis stabilization unit will also take place to make more room for people who need more than outpatient care.

• Mental Health Hope: City of Tulsa leaders and hospital officials say that severe untreated mental illness is the key driver of violence, homelessness, and incarceration. They hope this $70M expansion will help medical professionals see more than the current 60k patients per year.

Learn more about the efforts being made to offer mental health help HERE.

Sponsored by Red Heat Ceramics

Turn Up the Heat, It’s Time for the Red Heat Ceramics Art Sale

Red Heat Ceramics art sale is on fire this year with beautiful sculptures hand made by Tulsa artists.

• Carefully Crafted Clay: Red Heat Ceramics clay studio sits in the heart of Tulsa’s Pearl District. Since 2021 it has offered classes and workshops for beginners and experienced artists. With 40 artist members and counting, you can imagine there’s quite a collection of awesome artwork on display and up for sale.

• More Than a Sale : The 3rd annual art sale will feature fun for the whole family with artist demonstrations, music, food trucks, drinks, a raffle and lots of artwork for sale. Raffle proceeds will go to the scholarship fund at Red Heat Ceramics Studio. The art sale happens rain or shine Saturday November 11th from 10am to 4pm and Sunday November 12th from 12pm to 4pm.

‘Ignite the Night’ is a new addition to the art sale from 6pm to 8pm featuring a behind-the-scenes studio tour, silent auction of original artwork, light bites, sweet sips and Raku firing demonstrations. Get your tickets!

Community

Tulsa Mayor Pledges $1M to Youth Mental Health

Speaking of mental health, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum has pledged $1M in City funds to build a new center for help.

• Rest and Recovery: It is estimated that 4,000 Tulsa County children attempt suicide each year and so far this year 1,300 youth in distress flooded local emergency rooms. Mayor G.T. Bynum announced the City wants to help in his State of the City Address. The City Council approved his plan to put $1M toward a youth crisis center that will be open all day, every day.

• Social Dilemma: Mental health leaders blame social media comparison and cyber bullying on the mental health crisis in youth. Bynum says this model will be a one-stop triage center for families in immediate mental health crisis stating that children often wait for days or weeks for a hospital bed.

The total cost of the new center will be around $4.6M. You can read more about the effort HERE.

Event

The Tulsa Veterans Day Parade Rolls Through Town Tomorrow

Proud to be an American, the Tulsa Veterans Day Parade offers much more than floats.

• Victorious Veterans: Downtown Tulsa is the place to honor our war heros Friday. The Veterans Day Parade events kick off starting at 7am with a Veterans breakfast at the downtown Tulsa DFW. The parade participants will line up at 8:30a and the parade starts at 11a.

• Wave the Flag: The red, white and blue will proudly wave over the parade route at the 105th annual Tulsa celebration. More than 3,700 people participated in last year’s parade and the scene is set for even more spectators with sunny skies and warmer temperatures expected Friday.

Did someone say BBQ? After you’ve properly praised the proud Veterans, there are some after parties to join. Find the details HERE.

In other news

• 🎄 Elevating Your Home and Events Each Season: Seasonal sophistication hand-delivered to your doorstep, Bells + Baubles has released their stunning fresh holiday wreath collection. Order deadline is tomorrow! *

• 🐴 We Don’t Horse Around: Horse owners and their entourages from 49 states are wrapping up their 9 day stay in Tulsa and you still have time to see them saddle up through Sunday.

• 👨‍🏫 Worldwide Ed: Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwan in hopes to promote Mandarin language in Oklahoma classrooms.

• 🛍 Get Your Shop On: The Garden Deco Holiday Market kicks off tomorrow with 20 eclectic vendors showcasing pottery, jewelry, fabrics, prints, and more!

• 🍁 Color Me Falltastic: It’s here! Check out this 360 degree drone view of the most beautiful color spread of turning leaves at Turkey Mountain.

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