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Events

Weekend Roundup

From hearing the buzz about the new arboretum at Tulsa Botanic Gardens, to seeing the bulls buck at the BOK Center, we’ve got weekend events covered!

• 🌺 Gather at the Garden: Tulsa Botanic Garden members are invited for hot cocoa and small bites where expert landscape designers will talk about plans for the new arboretum on site.

• 🎤 You’re on the List: Roottulsa made it easy to see weekend happenings in one list that will take you from midtown to downtown for top notch shows, storytelling and sips.

• 🎞 See You at the Cinema: Pop that corn and take a seat for a full line-up of films showing at the Circle Cinema in January.

• ☀️ The Sun Will Come Out: Annie takes the stage at the Performing Arts Center tonight and runs through February 4th.

• 😂 LOL: Ladies of Laughter takes the Lowdown stage with its all female cast as part of the Blue Whale Comedy Festival Saturday night.

• 🏊‍♀️ Making Waves: It’s time to dive into swim team tryouts at the Tulsa YMCA happening Saturday.

• 💃 Dance Off: Find out who rules the dance floor at the first Tribal Grounds Qualifier of the year presented by iLL TRiBE Dance Crew at the Mother Road Market Saturday.

• 🤠 Never Let Go: It’s time to unleash the beast at Tulsa’s BOK Center as the PBR bucks into town.

Highlight

Tulsa Listed as a Best Place to Live and Work as a Movie Maker

Quiet on set! We’ve made another ‘Best’ list and it’s all about feature films.

• Roll Camera: MovieMaker features Tulsa as #19 of the top 25 Best Places to Live and Work as a Movie Maker. The eyes of the film world were cast on Oklahoma with the release of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, shot largely in Osage County about an hour from Tulsa. Some of the casting of the film took place in Tulsa.

• That’s a Wrap: Tulsa is used to rolling out the red carpet with productions like 2021’s Minari and the Sylvester Stallone drama ‘Tulsa King’ and the recently wrapped ‘Reservation Dogs.’ We’ve got experienced crews, an easy permitting process, and locations that dazzle.  

See the full list of towns HERE.

Small Business

Freshly Dressed Making Shopping Affordable and Convenient in 2024

Vowed to make life more efficient in the new year? Freshly Dressed helps make that happen.

• Looking Fresh: Kelly Karlovich started Freshly Dressed 5 years ago and her services are sharp. She gets quality clothing to you in a hurry and on budget. Shop her store with new selections each week, place your order and she handles the rest. You get vetted, quality pieces for moms and kiddos shipped to your door.

• Clothed in Convenience: Because Freshly Dressed doesn’t have the overhead of a brick and mortar store, you’ll see saving. Karlovich is big on relationship building. She remembers sizes, favorite colors and upcoming events for regular customers and can stock the cart for you. Sign up to get your family Freshly Dressed HERE.

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Travel

TIA Announces Highest Number of Travelers Since 2008

The numbers have landed and TIA reports that over 3.1M passengers traveled through Tulsa in 2023.

• This is Your Captain Speaking: Last year Tulsa International Airport had the highest number of annual passengers since 2008. TIA finished with an 8.8% increase year-over-year, and 4.6% over 2019. The surge is due to the increase in seat capacity invested by airline partners as well as the continued resurgence in air traffic in the Tulsa market.

• No Stops Please: American Airlines’ new nonstop service to New York LaGuardia operated for its first full year, proving to be an incredibly popular route for travelers. TIA also announced plans for a new VIP Lounge and a 5 year plan to bring international direct flights to Tulsans. So pack your bags, let’s go somewhere!

See the complete traffic report HERE.

In other news

• 🩺 One Big Hug: A Claremore woman fighting stage 4 cancer is feeling the love from her co-workers as they set up a fundraiser to help ease the medical bill burden.

• 💲 All in a TIF: The Broken Arrow City Council approved the creation of a TIF District to make way for the area’s largest outdoor amphitheater project ever.

• 🎵 Sing Me a Sweet Song: It’s no secret that talent is big in our great state and a tune created by Oklahomans for Killers of the Flower Moon made an Oscar short list.

• 🏞 Cry Me a River: The Arkansas River levee system is one of the country’s highest risk levee systems and Tulsa County is campaigning to raise more state funds to fix them.

• 🎸 Rock On the Water: Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will expand to Lake Texoma with new site expected to bring about 9,000 new jobs.

• 🚧 Smooth Sailing: Drivers who beat traffic by using the new flyover ramp at I-44 and Highway 169 are thrilled with another construction project in the books.

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