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It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and the trashiest, too.
Read moreIndependent mortgage banks (IMBs) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a net gain of $2,594 on each loan they originated in the third quarter of 2021, up from a reported gain of $2,023 per loan in the second quarter of 2021, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) newly released Quarterly Mortgage Bankers Performance Report.
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the theme and program of the 98th Agricultural Outlook Forum, a virtual event that will be held on February 24-25, 2022. The 2022 Forum theme is “New Paths to Sustainability and Productivity Growth” and the program will focus on innovations to minimize the environmental footprint of agriculture and ensure sustainability while improving crop yields.
Read moreOklahoma City crews recently installed 200 Route 66 signs so residents and visitors can retrace America’s Mother Road and its many alignments through Oklahoma City.
Read moreOnce you pick your outfits and snap some photos to capture this wonder of the season, put it on a personalized Christmas card to delight your friends and family.
Read morePete’s Pet Posse co-founders Ann Hargis and Kendria Cost are taking new roles to promote healthy minds across the Oklahoma State University system through the newly created OSU Center for Pet Therapy.
Read moreToday, the White House welcomes our partners from the governments of Canada and Mexico as we jointly host a half-day virtual discussion with Indigenous women leaders from all three of our countries. This virtual engagement brings together Indigenous women leaders from across North America to gather their expertise and recommendations in identifying priority areas for deliberation at the fourth convening of the Trilateral Working Group on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls (Trilateral Working Group), which the White House will host in the Spring of 2022.
Read moreThe Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) announces a receipt of a major gift of over 100 important works from the “Golden Age” of studio glass from the Jerome V. and Judith G. Rose Family Glass Collection. The collection includes works by pioneers of the studio glass movement and many other artists prominent in U.S. and international museum and private collections, among them Harvey K. Littleton, Dale Chihuly, Paul Marioni, Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick, William Morris, Lino Tagliapietra, Jaroslava Brychtova and Stanislav Libensky, and Ginny Ruffner.Jerome and Judith Rose, known to their family and friends as Jerry and Judy, began collecting glass in 1977 with the acquisition of a small glass teapot by Richard Marquis. The Roses traveled frequently in the 1980s and 1990s building their collection. This included many visits to Seattle where they became friendly with Dale Chihuly and many of the other artists represented in the collection who are graduates of the Pilchuk Glass School, a center for glass education north of Seattle co-founded by Chihuly. After 40 years of thoughtful acquisitions, the Rose Collection grew into one of the most impressive private studio glass collections in the world comprising 179 works by 83 artists. For 40 years this collection was lovingly and exquisitely displayed through the Rose’s light-filled residence in Atherton, California, delighting family and guests (including many of the artists in the collection who became part of the Rose’s circle of friends).
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