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10/28/2023

Christmas came early and our Create Space received its new Cricut Maker 3, Autopress, and Mugpress. Bring your own materials and get started on your holiday projects.

09/28/2023

Come listen to Ross Gay.

McMahon Auditorium Authority and Lawton Arts and Humanities presents .

Join us, Tuesday, October 17th at 6p.m. in Cameron University’s Shepler Ballroom as Ross Gay reads from his book of poetry “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude.”

For more information please contact William Carney at 580-581-2928 or Arts and Humanities at 580-581-3470 or visit [email protected].

05/01/2023

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04/10/2023

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03/24/2023

Born in 1887, the Reverend White Parker was one of the children of noted Comanche Chief Quanah Parker.
Earlier in his life, White worked for the Reverend J. L. Read who was in charge of the Comanche Dutch Reformed Church near Lawton, Oklahoma. As a young man, he began his ministerial responsibilities as an interpreter for the missionaries. Eventually, White Parker attended the Cook Theological School in Phoenix, Arizona and soon embarked on a twenty-six year journey as a Methodist Minister. The relationship began with the Methodists when a desired Reformed missionary appointment was not readily available.
From his historical recollection of the Comanche people, White shared the following:

"The plains had always belonged to us, and although we were roamers, that particular part of the country had been ours for generations." and "always the finest of horsemen, theirs were wonderful physiques. Perhaps their nomadic life kept them fit. Camping for a short time where game was plentiful, before the grounds were polluted, they were moving on, following where the buffalo were leading. With a diet suited for their activities, and the few simple remedies known by the medicine man, only the fittest survived. In the olden days we went in clans or bands. Everything was shared in common. The future was left to provide for itself."
White Parker added:

"The Indian was naturally religious. Even before the coming of the white man they had a belief in a Supreme Being, who created all things."

A most impressive picture of the highly respected Comanche Reverend White Parker. On his return trip home in 1956 from the Methodist Indian Pastors' School held at the Oklahoma City University campus in Oklahoma City, his life was sadly taken in an automobile accident east of Chickasha, Oklahoma. At the time, White Parker was the caring pastor at the Mountain Scott Comanche Methodist Church in Paradise Valley and at the Petarsy Methodist Church in Richards Spur, Oklahoma. Photograph courtesy of Jonathan Holmes. Additional information from the letters of White Parker and the Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee Newsletter.

03/24/2023

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03/23/2023

What makes Chekhov stories so wonderful? When did the humorous anecdotes he wrote for money become great art? And at what point did Chekhov appreciate his