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Spontaneous Smiles

Smiles are everywhere, but not necessarily on faces. They are in your bread, on the sidewalk and in a crumpled pair of pants. One Web site curates little found faces and donates a dollar to charity for every user-submitted smile.

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A Great Chef Fires Up The Heat, 'Ad Hoc' Style

Thomas Keller is one of those chefs people speak of with awe. Now, he shares his recipes for caramelized sea scallops, iceberg lettuce slices, rainbow chard and brownies.

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Robert Bergman, Emerging From The Darkroom

The artist-photographer has never exhibited and has published just one book. Now his striking, enigmatic portraits are being celebrated in not one but two major exhibitions. As NPR photojournalist Claire O'Neill explains, it's Bergman's patience and his perfectionism that have caught the eye of curators.

Newly Developed Loan Program Helps Native Artists

Aspiring Cherokee artist, Ryan Smith, an Oklahoma native who was two years into the Master of Fine Arts Program at the University of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck, knows a little something about determination and drive. After he walked away from New Orleans as a Katrina survivor, he decided to come back to Tahlequah to settle, where he is currently a community works supervisor for the Cherokee Nation.

Sunshine and Fun Highlight Cherokee Nation Fall Festival in Salina

Although grey skies postponed the event from an earlier date, there were nothing but clear skies and beautiful sunshine when Cherokee Nation hosted its annual Fall Festival/Health and Safety Fair in Salina last week. This was the seventh year for the festival, which was held by the tribe’s Early Childhood Unit.

Cherokee National Youth Choir Seeks Alumni

The award-winning Cherokee National Youth Choir will soon celebrate its 10 year anniversary and choir organizers would like to reach out to all alumni to update their contact information.

Sequoyah Cheerleader is First to Make All-Region

Symone Ross likes to be first. She was the first born, the first in the family to attend school at Sequoyah and now she’s the first Sequoyah cheerleader to be named an all-region cheerleader. Ross, the captain of the Sequoyah cheerleading squad, tried out against 50 other high school seniors to earn one of 16 spots on the All-Region squad.

Sequoyah Standout Accepts Offer to Play Division One Basketball

Macon, Georgia will soon be the home of another one of Sequoyah Schools’ best basketball players. Lindsey Hammer recently verbally committed to play college basketball for the Mercer Lady Bears. Hammer’s older sister, Lorin, a 2008 Sequoyah graduate and Gates Millennium Scholarship winner, already dons a Mercer uniform as a guard for the Mercer women’s basketball team. Next year, her younger sister will follow in her footsteps.