Hey Punkin, Wanna Go For a Hayride?

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.

Restaurant

Skip the Cocktails, I’ll Have a Mocktail! Tulsa’s First Sober Speakeasy Pop Up Opens Friday

It’s no secret that the number of people struggling with alcoholism spiked during COVID-19 quarantines. Sober Speakeasy offers belly laughs without the booze.

• Hold the Alcohol: When Tulsa entrepreneur Jeff Thompson lost a dear friend suddenly to alcohol abuse in 2019, he was inspired to raise the bar on supporting sober curiosity. Tulsa’s first Sober Speakeasy 

  will be launched by Straight-Edge Lounge with a pop up event at Tulsa’s Foolish Things from 6pm to 10pm.

• Liquor Free Line-up : The event features a live painting by local artist Nicole Montgomery which will be auctioned off to support Sangha House, a local men’s recovery community. Live music and care free concoctions will be served up. Recognizing everyone follows their own path with drinking and 21 years sober himself, Thompson says the monthly events could spark sobriety for more Tulsans.

Advanced tickets and discounted bundle tickets can be found HERE.

Business

Founded and Funded, a Tulsa Startup Company Gets the Go Ahead to Take Next Steps With Electronic Prescription Bottle Top Invention

A big capital venture firm helps some Tulsa inventors raise the cash they need to get their idea in the hands of those that need it.

• Medication Monitoring: Patchrx is a Tulsa based company that invented a smart medication bottle. The bottle cap can electronically track if the subscriber has taken too much or not enough of their medication and report back to the patient’s caregivers. The idea that helps minimize hospitalizations seems to impress investors. The company announced recently raising $8-million in capital funding.

• Startups in the Sooner State: The capital raising round was led by Oklahoma City’s Cortado Ventures among others. Cortado announced raising a total of $110-Million with two rounds of seed funds. Oklahoma companies Payfactory and Nsight Surgical Inc. will also receive a cut of the funds.

Read more about the capital funds disbursement and the companies creating the new modern mechanisms HERE.

Weather

Fall in Love(ish) With the Futurecast! Well, Maybe. Predictions for Cooler and Stormy Weather On the Horizon

The chill is in the air and pumpkin spice seems to be everywhere, but what does Mother Nature have in store for us?

• Keeping us Guessing: The months of September, October and November are usually considered Tulsa area’s secondary severe weather season. While we decorate with our wicked witches, Mother Nature stirs up her own concoction of high winds, hail and tornadoes.

• Ominous October: The threat of severe weather is at its max level in October. In 2021 alone, a record 34 tornadoes were recorded. That’s more than any other month that year. One thing is for sure, it will get cool, you can put on that pot of chili, and Oklahoma weather will always keep you on your toes.

Check out all of our weather climate stats HERE.

Business

90 New Jobs are Getting Charged Up For Green Country as a Battery Recycling Company Moves In

Ready to recycle and re-locate to the Bartlesville Industrial Park, Blue Whale Materials got the thumbs up from Bartlesville City Councilors.

• Banking on Batteries: Blue Whale Materials provides li-ion recycling solutions to safely reclaim and responsibly supply valuable critical materials like cobalt, nickel and lithium for the growing electrified community. Crews will take those older non-usable batteries and process them into black sand, otherwise known as shredded battery material.

• Bartlesville Boom: The state-of-the-art multi-million dollar facility is expected to provide up to 90 jobs and project leaders say it will solidify Bartlesville as Oklahoma’s premier destination for energy focused businesses. The Bartlesville Development Authority also backs the new facility set to start operations in late 2024.

See the price tag of the Blue Whale Materials facility and the detailed plans for construction HERE.

Event

You Just Can’t Have Too Many Pictures of Your ‘Lil Punkin’ Chillin’ In the Patch

Put on that flannel top, pop in that bow and load up the wagon. It’s pumpkin patch season and we’ve got the scoop on where to go!

• Tulsa Patches Promise Pics: Well hello there, Autumn! Here you are with your cooler temperatures and your tasty treats getting us all in the mood to put away our swimsuits and put on our pumpkin patch boots. There are dozens of pumpkin patches to see that have lots of activities for families. Carmichael’s Pumpkin Patch opens up Saturday with camel rides, fall foods, face painting and of course pumpkins galore.

• Carve Out Some Time: You could stop at a pumpkin patch everyday of the weekend this fall and still not hit them all. Sand Springs Pleasant Valley Farms Pumpkin Patch Opens September 29th with free activities like duck races, pumpkin checkers, 20-foot slides and a “Find the Farmer Maze.” Pumpkin Town Farms at 61st and Garnett opens Saturday. Located in the heart of Tulsa, it has the classics like a corn maze, petting zoo and horse-drawn hayrides on the weekend.

See a complete list of the prettiest patches HERE. 

In other news

• 🏈Helmet Hold-Up: Nailed it! This might be the cutest little football player video we’ve ever seen. Check out these future All-Stars almost getting their first run onto the field just right-ish.

• 🏉Moving On Up: The high school football team polls are out and a Green Country team is at the very top!

• 🚙Car Insurance Rates Cruising Up: Notice that car insurance bill getting a little higher each month? Experts say there are 4 reasons for the rise and list ways to drive those rates back down.

• 🐔Don’t Be a Chicken: Try, just try to look at this heaping plate of honey jalapeño crispy chicken goodness and turn it down. There’s a new restaurant at Mother Road Market in Tulsa you won’t want to miss.

• 🎸Live Music Tonight: It’s Thursday. It’s close enough to just call it a week already right? Listen to some live tunes from The Brothers Moore and skip the cover charge.

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