Lillie-Beth Brinkman

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Lillie-Beth BrinkmanThe First Americans Museum gala recently gave guests the chance to learn about and celebrate Native American culture and accomplishments in athletics, art, filmmaking and more. The museum honored an amazing group of people with First Americans Museum Awards and inducted outstanding athletes into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame during the museum’s gala – with a theme of “Where the Earth Meets the Sky,” or “mskwabek,” to use a Potawatomi word.

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Lillie-Beth BrinkmanReMerge celebrated its 10th anniversary of helping mothers facing incarceration during a recent celebratory luncheon at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. At the Faces of ReMerge luncheon, we visited with some of the mothers who have been through the organization’s rehabilitation programs and heard their inspiring stories that have led to their success today.

1 week ago | journalrecord.com | Lillie-Beth Brinkman

Lillie-Beth BrinkmanA century ago in Oklahoma City, a dozen people, mostly women, joined forces to help stranded travelers. They had a $3,600 allocation from the city’s “Community Chest,” the precursor to the United Way of Central Oklahoma. They also were associated with a national organization that formed as people in the United States were becoming more mobile and traveling between cities. Known in 1925 as the Travelers Aid Society in Oklahoma City, this group is now called Upward Transitions.

2 weeks ago | journalrecord.com | Lillie-Beth Brinkman

Lillie-Beth BrinkmanFor decades The First National Center’s cavernous bank vault had tight security protecting millions of dollars under the center’s beautiful, marble-filled great lobby. Today, that same historic vault built in 1931 in Oklahoma City’s downtown invites people in for drinks, food and conversation as a bar lounge, newly reimagined and reopened with Coury Hospitality. The space is now called, simply, The Vault, which is what everyone already called it.

2 weeks ago | journalrecord.com | Lillie-Beth Brinkman

Lillie-Beth BrinkmanIf you ever wished that Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” ended differently, you have the chance to explore that idea in Oklahoma City this week with the national touring production of Broadway’s “&Juliet.”The show, featuring unexpected twists, unconventional romances, a message of empowerment and great music, is at the Civic Center Music Hall through Sunday, May 4.