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You’re invited to help us raise hope for vulnerable and orphaned children across the world at our annual Hope Rising Gala Friday September 29th with a special performance by Chris Cleveland from Stars Go Dim. Reserve tickets HERE.

Business

It’s On the Books, You Can Grow Your Business for Free With the Tulsa City-County Library

Check it out! Tulsa City-County Library wants business owners to soar and they won’t stop short of offering free classes to help make it happen.

• Nobody is Saying Shhhhh About This One: You may have to keep the volume down in the library book isles, but a new program called Grow Academy is being shouted from the rooftops. If you have a library card and a small business, you are in!

• 2 Power Hours a Week : The Grow Academy will take place from October 2023 to August 2024 and will allow 50 people to learn how to start or develop a small business. Participants get to hear from industry experts along with a wonderful workbook of resources to keep. Classes will be monthly on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon at Central Library.

Apply to take part in this free course HERE.

Restaurant

Skate On Over to Tulsa’s Newest Restaurant Bar and You Won’t Miss a Single Score

Puck’s Sports Bar and Grill won’t just offer great food and drinks but owners promise you won’t miss any major televised sporting events.

• The Gang’s All Here! Pucks Sports Bar and Grill by Yuengling at the WeStreet Ice Center will start serving up the sauce sometime before 2024. At 12,000 square feet, with more than a dozen TV’s, full restaurant and bar services, and full arcade, it will seat over 350 people.

• Ice Ice Baby: WeStreet Ice Center will be the new home to the Tulsa Oilers hockey team. The facility is being constructed in what used to be a Macy’s Department Store at Tulsa’s recently closed Promenade Mall. The two ice rink facility is on target to open late this year.

Track the progress of the new complex HERE.

Business

Native and Nationally Recognized, A Tulsa Financial Company is Awarded for Consistency

Totem Technologies has been named an official 2023 Solver Team by MIT Solve, an organization designed to help solve world challenges by bringing tech companies together.

• Sacred Solutions: “It’s an honor to be recognized for our work creating a new tradition of Native wealth-building,” said Totem’s Founder & CEO, Amber Buker, an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Totem partners with tribes to provide culturally relevant financial products, education, and streamlined access to tribal benefits.

• Nice Numbers: Each solution winner received at least $10,000 of unrestricted funding. Totem was selected by Solve’s expert judges from a pool of over 1,500 applicants from over 120 countries and over 100 unique Indigenous communities.

Native American? Learn more about getting involved with Totem Technologies HERE.

Event

It’s All Greek to Me! ‘Opa-Homa’ Dances Into the Weekend With Performances and Plenty of Food

When organizers say this is THE event of the season, they aren’t talking about a ‘Big Fat Greek Wedding.’ The Tulsa Greek Festival kicks off Thursday.

• Dining or Dancing? Yes! You can do both at this year’s Opa-Homa! Bring the whole family to 12th and Guthrie for the 3 day event full of incredible food and live music and dancing at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

• Eat the Fries, Do the 5-K: It’s all about balance, right? There’s a Toga 5K and fun run happening as part of the Greek Festival and all runners will receive $10 in Opa-Bucks to spend on festival food and drinks. A kid-zone runs the course of the festival and a ‘Lord of the Fries’ contest happens Saturday. Who can eat the most fries?

See the full list of activities and vendor goodies HERE.

Sponsored by Project Hope Worldwide

Rise Up With Us to Spread Hope to Children in Need Across the World

It’s tough to think about children not having access to the basics like water, food, shelter and someone who cares for them, but it’s happening all too often.

• Orphaned But Optimistic: Project Hope Worldwide has a simple but large mission, to put caring adults in the path of orphans and vulnerable children and provide them with nutrients, education and the Word of Jesus.

• You Can Help Us Help Them: The Hope Rising Gala is coming up Friday, September 29th at Stoney Creek Hotel and Convention Center. Look forward to dressing up for dinner, drinks and donating to the cause that prayerfully serves Orphans in Uganda, Mexico and Nicaragua.

Get your tickets for the empowering event HERE. Ticket sales end September 22nd.

In other news

• 🎬Sad News On the Soap Scene: Tulsa born Billy Miller, a famous actor on Young and the Restless and General Hospital, died just days before his 44th birthday.

• 🛍When One Door Closes: Another door opens! Owners of a Tulsa mini-mall are offering their prime vacancies to Promenade Mall tenants who were given only a week to relocate after its doors closed Sunday for good.

• 🏈Poll Jump: The OU Sooners took a large jump in the polls after their third game win against TU. See how the top 25 college football teams rank HERE.

• ✝️Fought the Good Fight: The last known Oklahoma survivor from the first wave of WWII’s D-day is now resting in peace. See how family members celebrated the life of 98 year old Tulsa native Bill Parker.

• 🥵Hot Car Heros: A Tulsa Mom is praising the quick actions of Tulsa Firefighters after her 4-year old son locked himself in a hot car.

• 🚗Drive Me Crazy: Some ride share drivers say they are feeling cut off from their ride share rates. A grass roots strike steered a moving message to Uber and Lyft higher ups.

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