{"id":624,"date":"2022-04-28T04:14:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/?page_id=624"},"modified":"2022-05-05T18:16:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:16:29","slug":"activities-in-tulsa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/travel\/activities-in-tulsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities in Tulsa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some activities in the Tulsa area to consider if you have time before or after the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediately preceding WEIS is the Juneteenth holiday. Tulsa hosts a large <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tulsajuneteenth.org\">Juneteenth celebration June 16-18th, 2022<\/a> featuring music, food and cultural activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Museums <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenwoodrising.org\/\">Greenwood Rising<\/a><\/strong>: tells the history of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/woodyguthriecenter.com\">Woodie Guthrie Center<\/a><\/strong>: houses the Oklahoma native songwriter&#8217;s archives.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bobdylancenter.com\">Bob Dylan Center<\/a><\/strong>: the University of Tulsa hosts Bob Dylan&#8217;s archives and the new museum displays a portion.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/philbrook.org\/\">Philbrook Museum<\/a><\/strong>: art museum with extensive collection housed in Italian-style villa with beautiful grounds.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outdoor Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatheringplace.org\"><strong>Gathering Place<\/strong><\/a>: Riverfront park with spectacular children&#8217;s area and amenities appealing to all ages, representing the largest private gift to a community park in U.S. history.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uploads-ssl.webflow.com\/5e2f7dbeff293b7b7403bf39\/5e2f7dbeff293b210003bfc8_River-Parks-Map.pdf\">Riverparks Trail System<\/a><\/strong>: Excellent walking, jogging and cycling trails along the Arkansas River (particularly along the east side).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverparks.org\/experience\/turkey-mountain\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.riverparks.org\/experience\/turkey-mountain\"><strong>Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area<\/strong><\/a>: hilly area with extensive trail system for walking and mountain biking.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/en-us\/get-involved\/how-to-help\/places-we-protect\/tallgrass-prairie-preserve\/\">Tallgrass Prairie Preserve<\/a><\/strong>: Largest protected tallgrass prairie on earth, approximately an hour&#8217;s drive northwest of Tulsa. Bison herds can usually be seen.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/wxMsHH5Mtuma1JV19\"><strong>Council Oak Tree<\/strong><\/a>: Sacred site where the Creek Nation founded Tulsa in 1836 after forced removal from the Southeastern US in the Trail of Tears.  <\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/di26aiwl9i0hv.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Art-Deco-Walking-Tour.pdf\">Art Deco architecture<\/a><\/strong>: Downtown Tulsa has some of the best-remaining examples of Art Deco architecture in the US, due to its oil-fueled boom in the 1920s.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelawaits.com\/2680631\/best-things-to-do-route-66-tulsa-oklahoma\/\">Route 66<\/a><\/strong>: The Mother Road ran through Tulsa, and some sights in the Americana style remain.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/t1fpqNCXJzkeDn9E9\">Golden Driller<\/a><\/strong>: 75-foot tall statue of a roughneck oil worker. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more ideas, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visittulsa.com\/things-to-do\/\">Visit Tulsa guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some activities in the Tulsa area to consider if you have time before or after the workshop. Immediately preceding WEIS is the Juneteenth holiday. Tulsa hosts a large Juneteenth celebration June 16-18th, 2022 featuring music, food and cultural activities. Museums Greenwood Rising: tells the history of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":597,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-624","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624\/revisions\/638"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weis2022.econinfosec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}