“Rock Paper Scissors: Based on a True Story” will feature new mixed media and ink works by Denise Duong as well as Matt Seikel’s ceramics and custom drums. This exhibition will be interactive, allowing all guests the opportunity to engage with the artwork in various forms.

For more information Science Museum Oklahoma guests can call 405-602-6664, or visit www.sciencemuseumok.org for more information.

About Science Museum Oklahoma
Science Museum Oklahoma reveals the wonder and relevance of science in our everyday lives. Get up to your elbows in science with acres of hands-on experiences, thousands of space, aviation and cultural artifacts and new exhibits always on the horizon. Blast off beyond the Milky Way in the Planetarium Theater and feel the heat from live explosions in Science Live. And you’ll love traveling to new worlds while watching IMAX movies in the dome theater. Let your inner-child run wild!

Light Up The Plaza
This month’s Live on the Plaza is transformed into holiday festivities with LIGHT UP THE PLAZA. Devon Energy, a proud sponsor has lit up the district with holiday lit trees! Come see the beautiful lights, holiday store displays, and handcrafted holiday décor throughout the district. Full details here.

The Nutcracker
December: 9-11 & 16-18.
Friday’s at 7 pm, Saturday’s at 2 & 7 pm, Sunday’s at 2 pm
Share the magic of the season with Oklahoma City’s most enduring holiday tradition, The Nutcracker, at the Civic Center Music Hall (201 North Walker Avenue, Oklahoma City). Glowing with holiday cheer, this perfect family outing has enthralled for generations. With Robert Mills’ traditional staging and Tchaikovsky’s familiar score played by the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, you will always find something new. Call 405-848-TOES (8637) for tickets!

LYRIC’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Enjoy a spectacular new Lyric holiday tradition with the production of Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Capture the magic and joy of Christmas as the ghosts of Past, Present and Future lead the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on a powerful journey of transformation and redemption. Michael Baron, director of A Christmas Carol at the famous Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., directs this new production with over 20 Christmas yuletide favorites. Brimming with joyous song and dance, lavish scenery, authentic costumes, theatrical magic and lots of snow, Lyric’s new holiday production celebrates the timeless Spirit of Christmas. This is a beloved family holiday treat you won’t want to miss! More event details here on Facebook and stay with Uncovering Oklahoma for our Question and Answer session.

Eggnog 3D: With a Vengeance!
It’s time for Ghostlight Theatre Club’s (3110 N. Walker Avenue, Oklahoma City) annual fundraiser event: Screw the Eggnog, Pass the Rum. This year, Santa comes at you with the red hot fury of a thousand suns to kick MAJOR CHRISTMAS ASS! Eggnog 3D: With a Vengeance! boasts a cast to rival that of Ben Hur, fantastic Busby Berkeley inspired dance numbers, slo-mo fight sequences, and more than its fair share of drunk actors!

Help support Ghostlight Theatre Club while celebrating Christmas in our trademark sarcastic, self-deprecating, rum-soaked way! Tickets are $30 and should be purchased IN ADVANCE! With only 4 shows, don’t miss your chance to see this one of a kind show, participate in our awesome raffle, and get a chance to have your photo taken with Santa and Jesus!

Call 286-9412 for reservations. Seriously, do it now…or the red-nosed reindeer gets it! Be to watch out for Uncovering Oklahoma’s upcoming Question and Answer session.

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School presents Kabaret Falschtanz
The talented troupe Kabaret Falschtanz will be performing and posing for us. Tickets are $10 in advance at ticketstorm.com or $15 at the door. We have great prizes from our sponsors. Bring your sketch materials. No drawing skills needed. The Boom (2218 NW 39th St, Oklahoma City) has a dinner menu.

Jessica and I did this video interview on the Kabaret Falschtanz back when they used to perform at Maker’s Straight Up. It’s good to see the troupe out again.

Deluxe Indie Craft Bazaar 2011
Deluxe Indie Craft Bazaar is an indie craft fair and community event with free admission in Oklahoma City, where unique artists show and sell their work to enthusiastic shoppers from all over the region. Learn more about our artists and charities at deluxeok.net.

I wrote this great article last year and bought lots of unique items from last year’s bazaar. I highly recommend checking out this event.

Mocktails!
Mocktails is an event hosted by the Bricktown Rotary Club (1 N Oklahoma Avenue, Oklahoma City) to promote the use of non-alcoholic drinks during the holidays. Celebrity judges will rank drinks prepared by bartenders from restaurants and clubs in the OKC area. Prizes are given for the winners who make the top beverages prepared without alcohol. Recipes of the drinks will be posted/printed, along with the names of the winners and their workplace. Please be safe at upcoming parties this season and offer drinks without alcohol for your guests! For more information, contact Joe Dorman at 580-476-3745 or email at repjoedorman@gmail.com
If you are interested in visiting or possilby joining Bricktown Rotary, meetings are upstairs at the Bricktown Brewery every Monday at 5:45.

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For those in need of a refresher, what is Hamlet’s story?
Hamlet is William Shakespeare’s Revenge Tragedy – a popular play-form of the time. It is also his most lengthy play and widely regarded as one of, if not the, masterpiece of Western Literature. We have begun a new educational component called “Before the Play Begins” study guides.

Visit the link for a little story background before the play starts. Also, there’s a literature lecture notes on Hamlet written by Dr. James Yoch of University of Oklahoma. He will present a preshow lecture and post-show talk back at our Saturday, Nov. 12th evening performance.

Why should one see it?
Because Shakespeare wrote a play and over 400 years later, we still perform it and study it. It is living literature.

More so than any other show I have directed, I discovered that each production of Hamlet is as individual as the actors working on it. Each production is as specific as the actor playing the title role. Same can be said of the roles of the King, or Gertrude or Ophelia, or Polonius, etc. The actors bring so much of themselves to the roles, that the combination of specific actors has the ability to bring out Shakespeare’s tale in different ways. After this production is closed, you will never see a Hamlet like this again. That is a powerful thought. It illustrates the importance of live theatre as an art form.

What makes your version special?
We are revisiting our 7-Actor concept for the show. In this production, as in our previous 2006 production, seven actors tackle all roles in the show, in whirlwind fashion, shifting character and gender at a moment’s notice. A challenge by any actor’s standards, this ensemble shows their versatility while exercising their talents to the extreme. The purpose of this casting choice is to showcase a founding principal of Reduxion – that there are no small roles. Instead of populating the stage with countless spear-carriers to reflect the “reality” of the court, we rely upon the language and the imagination of our audience to populate the play. We have stripped down the cast to the seven leading actors in order to illustrate that Hamlet, like most of Shakespeare’s works, can be powerfully performed with an equal ensemble of leads. We also use a minimal set, universal lighting and exclusively live sound effects and music similar to our first version of this show.

What’s different and what’s the same about performing Hamlet this time and back when you originally performed it?
In our fourth residential season in Oklahoma City, we revisit this inaugural production, using the same script cutting and seven actor character-tracks. For this production, we have enhanced our live music aspect by adding the musician & composer Kyle Gossett, scoring the piece with live music of the time and place.
The production previous, in 2006 in New York City, was stripped down in terms of setting and costumes and characterizations were universal, not illustrating a specific time period. For this production, we work within a precise time and place, 1938, Denmark. The threat of impending strikes and outside forces moving in permeates Hamlet. Scandinavia, in a brink-of-war or brink-of-occupation environment, shares the political and royal unrest as well as the economic crisis throughout Europe in 1938: a time when strong leaders, such as Claudius, perhaps felt it necessary to use unthinkable measures to take control in order to bring assurance and order to circumvent the upheaval of the time.

What was the most challenging aspect you had in the production?
For me, as director, I found the challenge being in that I don’t often direct tragedies. I am the director of comedies and romances at Reduxion more typically. I found myself not trusting myself at the beginning of rehearsal. Tragedies need guidance, but they also need breathing room and exploration within the rehearsal process. Luckily, the actors in this company are terrific and they brought energy and innovation to the process. We soon found the balance needed for success.

Another challenge, I think experienced by others in the company as well as myself: being too precious with the language and characters. Hamlet is famous, probably the most famous play of all time. It deserves respect, but there is a trap in too much reverence. It is not a museum piece – I found I needed to get over being scared of messing it up, trust in myself, trust in my company, and trust in Shakespeare and roll up my sleeves and get to work!

What advice would you share to other directors looking to put on Hamlet?
I suppose, I would tell another director seeking advice to let the actors breathe and bring their personalities to their roles and find how the group shapes Shakespeare’s story.

What scenes do the actors enjoy?
I think it is different for each player. They seem to love the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern scene, as well as the play within the play scene. Another favorite is the final duel and Ophelia’s mad scene. I would also bet that Tyler Woods, our Hamlet, enjoys all of the famous soliloquies.

Any other comments?
Initial feedback has been incredible! We recommend pre-purchasing tickets. We run Thurs-Sat at 8 pm through Nov. 19th and one special Sunday matinee on Sunday, Nov .13 @ 2 pm. Tickets available online at www.reduxiontheatre.com/Tickets

How do you briefly describe The Man From Earth?
When history professor John Oldman suddenly decides to leave his position at a local university, his friends and colleagues are puzzled. During an impromptu going away party, John decides to share with them the reason for his departure. Shocked by history, his friends become entangled in a story they cannot prove or disprove. The Man From Earth was written by Jerome Bixby, writer of the original “Star Trek” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone.” This would become his last great work.

Why should one see it?
The Man From Earth is intelligently written and beautifully acted. The actors have taken great care to develop relationships amongst their characters that go deeper than the page. Furthermore it inspires thought and conversation and I think any art that does that is worth spending time on.

What makes your version special?
As a director, it was my goal to make this production more than just a good story. We spent a whole rehearsal on just character history and relationships with each other. They were encouraged to make bold choices and not be afraid of failure. I’ve often told the actors “live me a story.” I think their hard work has really brought our production to life. You know these people, not just understand these characters.

What was the most challenging aspect you had in the production?
Richard Schenkman adapted Bixby’s short story into a screenplay that was produced in 2007. Turning a screenplay into a stage play can be complicated, because you are limited as to area. Therefore you have to adapt to make the show fit your space and not change anything that would affect the story. Plus, with it being a movie so recently produced, we needed to be sure our production was 110% Ghostlight. We wanted to find our own way through the story so that people who have seen the movie have a different experience when they come see the play.

What advice would you share to other directors looking to put on The Man From Earth?
Don’t be tied to the screenplay italics. Have your own clear vision and be sure to spend the extra time developing the relationships between the characters. Some of my favorite moments are just watching Dan and Harry interact. Simplify and let the story do the work.

Any other comments?
Please visit www.GhostlightOKC.com or call 405-286-9412 for ticket information.

New to this year’s guide is the inclusion of horror themed performances such as OU University Theatre’s Dracula (pictured above) and Evil Dead: The Musical. Last year I had the most comprehensive guide and I plan to keep it that way again this year, so if you see something missing in the guide, drop me a message. I will be doing various video segments throughout the month of October. If you’re an owner of a haunted attraction that’s up to do a video interview, feel free to contact me first.

I will leave you with a teaser image for Uncovering Oklahoma’s next video segment:

Yes, you can do this in Oklahoma!

FALSETTOS is the jaunty tale of Marvin, who leaves his wife and young son to live with another man. His ex wife marries his psychiatrist, and Marvin ends up alone. Two years later, Marvin is reunited with his lover on the eve of his son’s bar mitzvah, just as AIDS is beginning its insidious spread. Examining our day-to-day relationships, and the love of friends and family, FALSETTOS is at once heartbreaking, funny, intelligent, and moving. Emotionally engaging, FALSETTOS touches on concepts of life, loss, relationships, ‘alternative’ families, and the relationships of love that develop, all set at the turn of the 1980′s when HIV and AIDS were first becoming apparent as the epidemic they became.

Why should one see it?
It’s an emotional rollercoaster show with all proceeds going to benefit RAIN Oklahoma. RAIN provides HIV/AIDS education, free testing, counseling, and case management.

What makes your version special?
It’s great to put on a well-received production and connect to characters in any theatre performance but to know that each performance is going to raise awareness and money for a great cause adds a whole new level to each show.

What was the most challenging aspect you had in the production?
Money and time. Putting on an independent production that is not affiliated with any theatre company means the budget is out of our own pockets.

How did you grow as director while working on this show?
To another level that I’ve never explored before; musical theatre. I’ve always directed small comedies and dramas so this was my first time directing a musical. I’ve done musical theatre and thought my experiences would help out but when I found out it was all music, I almost backed out. After listening to the music, I fell in love with the story and the characters. I had to do it, it was going to challenge me as a director and a person. I also had a cast who put their faith and trust in me and that was one of the biggest assets to mounting this show.

How does the cast personally relate to the story?
I really can’t speak for the cast individually but I do know as a group, this cast relates to the family theme in this show. They each have invested not only artistically to this show but emotionally and they’ve not only created a family on stage but also off stage too.

What advice would you share to other directors looking to put on Falsettos?
Start early as possible, be patient and enlarge the music score. When we received the music scores for the show, the printing was so small, we couldn’t tell who sang what note and what some of the words were. I think we spent a week deciphering everything. The last piece of advice is to enjoy the story.

Any other comments?
This was a volunteer effort, every cast member and crew donated their time to Falsettos to benefit RAIN. That’s what makes me so proud to have worked with this cast and it will be one of my favorite shows to have worked on.

Show Times:
FALSETTOS runs June 3rd, 4th and 9th – 11th, all shows at 8 pm at City Arts Center, on the OK Fairgrounds. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Please come see our show and help support RAIN Oklahoma! Visit our website, www.falsettosokc.com to purchase tickets, and donate to our cause.

How do you quickly describe Hair to strangers you meet?
Hair is a true American Classic – born out of the spirit of collaboration and experimentation in 1960’s New York, it celebrates the spirit, the music, the mood and the times that defined a generation, and still resonate today. Audience participation, intimate seating, and live music will bring you an experience you will never forget. Come celebrate and let the sun shine in with someone you love!

Why should one see it?
Aside from containing some of the greatest musical numbers in American theatre, Hair is a show that, at the end of the day, does carry a profound message. Peace, love and understanding are essential to the human experience and it is when we forget these basic truths that we fall into trouble. Hair urges us to keep those ideals fresh in our minds.

What makes Reduxion’s version special?
Aside from the fantastic performances of cast, band and crew, our version is perhaps most special because of its intimate seating arrangement. Our theater is set up as “theater in the round” meaning there is audience all around the actor. The house also contains only 64 seats, making it a participatory experience for the entire audience. Our show will hopefully leave patrons feeling that they have had a true 1960’s experience and that they have really participated in the “Happening” unfolding before them.

What scenes do the actors enjoy?
I think the actors pretty much enjoy the entire show! There are only 14 players in our cast, and each of them is on stage for almost the entire show. There is always something to see as an audience member, and never will a patron have the exact same experience twice. Our actors are so heavily immersed in the playfulness and intimate setting that one may see and experience things differently depending on where they sit in the house. We hope to leave our patrons with the feeling that they have actively participated and that the show they attended, and the actors they engaged with, are doing it just for them.

What was the most challenging aspect you had in the production?
I would say that the most challenge I had was to coordinate all of the various aspects of a musical production into a cohesive and meaningful through-line for each and every actor at all times. Being that most of the 14 actors are on stage the entire time, it was crucial to find ways of allowing them to live and breathe in their own right, helping tell the main story, while furthering their own.

How did you grow as director while working on this show?
This company of actors and technicians has inspired me to take more risks as a director, and to let go of fear. They have all been so fearless, and so engaged, that it has truly been an inspiration to watch their progress through the development of this piece.

What advice would you share to other directors looking to put on Hair?
I would say that the absolute most valuable thing to grasp when directing this show is to remain faithful to the authors’ original intent and to do everything in your power to bring out the true meaning of the piece. It is a timeless play, and the messages are just as meaningful now as they were in 1967. Also, this show will surprise you, so do your best to be open to new ideas and to remove preconceived notions so often inhibited by ego and forced design. To quote from the show, “All you have to do is give up all desires, all you have to do is say Om!”

What character from Hair is most like you?
Another difficult question to answer. I think there are aspects of each of the characters inside all of us. This is the magic of a great story. Depending on the day, one or another may speak louder to my sensibilities, but they all have a place in my heart and in my head. The magic of this show is that many of the characters were originally given the names of the actors who originated the role. It is a show that is built on the premise of creating a living, breathing person on stage that will actively engage with the audience each and every night. Each of our cast members has done this so well, that I feel like I am coming home every time I see it.

Show Times:
May 12-28, 2011 Thursday-Saturday @ 8 pm
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How do you quickly describe Lives of the Saints to strangers you meet?
Lives of the Saints is a collection of 7 hilarious short plays by David Ives.

Why should one see it?
David Ives is accesible to a lot of different types of people. On the surface, it looks like a silly, frivilous comedy but is incredibly well written and intellectual.

What makes Ghostlight’s version special?
We’ve opened up the backstage area so the audience can see the many props and set pieces used to create each of the scenes. This mirrors the self-aware, self-referential nature of Ives’ writing.

What was the most challenging aspect you had in the production?
We had an actor drop out of the show 4 days before we opened. I have two tremendous actors (Ian Clinton and Tyler Waits) who stepped in to those roles, memorized them overnight, and are absolutely knocking them dead.

How did you grow as director while working on this show?
This is my first comedy as a director. As an actor, I’ve performed in many comedies, but directing a group of 7 very strong comedians was a great learning experience.

What advice would you share to other directors looking to put on Lives of the Saints?
Have fun. One could get bogged down in finding hidden meaning in Ives’ work. Just have fun with it and the meaning will show itself.

What is your personal favorite play from the collection?
“The Murder at Twicknam Vicarage”. I’m a huge fan of Masterpiece Theatre and British drawing room dramas, so I find “Twicknam” (a send up of those very styles) absolutely hilarious.

Show Times:
May 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 26-28
All performances start at 8pm

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Jazz Concert – What’s That
WHEN: Sunday, May 15 – 7:30 pm
Tulsa band What’s That will perform at 7:30 p.m. on May 15, 2011 at the historic Santa Fe Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue as part of the Performing Arts Studio Sunday Jazz at the Depot series. Admission to the concert is free but voluntary donations by attendees are accepted and encouraged. Refreshments will be provided.
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Clean Up Lake Hefner
WHEN: Sunday, May 15 – 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
The drought has really taken a toll on our beloved Lake Hefner. The one upshot to this is decades worth of trash that was once under water is now easily accessible. Stop by anytime on May 15 to help us clean up all the litter.
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“Ghosts of Fort Reno” Tour
WHEN: Saturday, May 21, 2011 – 7:30pm
By lantern light hear the stories of the restless spirits of the old post align with some of the unsolved mysteries and murders that have occurred here. Visit with paranormal research teams who have done investigations here at the Fort. Book today: (405) 262-3987. Reservations Required! Admission: Adults $8, Seniors $7, Children (5-12) $5
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HAIR
WHEN: May 12-28, Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8:00 pm, Special Midsnight show: Saturday, May 28th!
WHERE: Reduxion Theatre: 1613 North Broadway Ave., Oklahoma City
Set against the backdrop of late 1960’s America, Hair represents everything that was progressive about the period and the very process of musical creation.
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HENRY V: A Bare Bard Production
WHEN: May 12, 13, and 14 at 8pm
WHERE: OCU’s Black Box Theatre: 2501 North Blackwelder Avenue
Words, actors, audience…that’s all we need for our Bare Bard productions! In many ways “Henry V” is a play about the construction of male identity through war. We attempt to challenge what has been a male world of war and violence as we create this play with a company of women. You are in the center of the action in the intimate Black Box Theatre on the Oklahoma City University campus.
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Lives of the Saints
WHEN: May 13-14, 20-21, 26-28
WHERE: Ghostlight Theatre Club: 3110 N. Walker Avenue, Oklahoma City
David Ives is know as a master wordsmith, whose plays are at once witty, charming, and intellectually challenging. Lives of the Saints is no exception. Lives is a collection of seven short plays, performed by a small cast of actors, exploring the intricacies of the English language and human (and not-so-human) relationships.
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For those that have had their head stuck in a rabbit hole, how would you describe Alice and Wonderland?
This version of Alice in Wonderland is a combination of material from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice” and Through the Looking Glass. Most people think of the Alice books as children’s stories, or perhaps even stories about growing up. This is certainly true, but they are also, perhaps surprisingly, ABOUT grown-ups. Alice is (with the exception of a squealing baby who turns into a pig) the only child in the books at all. The play gives us not so much an adult’s view of childhood, as a child’s view of adulthood.

Viewed in this light, the outlandish characters in the story give us adults a rather eye opening view of how children see us at times.

Why should one see it?
For the fun of it. Children will enjoy seeing all of their favorite characters live on stage. Adults will enjoy shrugging off their respectable, ordinary daytime personas and viewing the world through the eyes of a child.

One of the most unique features of Poteet’s versions of Alice is the use of a set of 7 rolling walls that move about like so many pieces of a puzzle, alternately revealing and hiding different scenes in the story. Because we have no fly space in the basement, we have created our scenes via the use of no less than 17 large set pieces on wheels. Thanks to a great deal of hard work by our cast members (our cards in particular) we are able to change scenes quickly and smoothly….keeping our story moving along.

We also worked with an illusionist to create several of our special effects, so our scenes with the Cheshire cat, the baby who turns into a pig, and Alice growing and shrinking are particularly fun.

What did you learn as a director while working on this show?
I had more help with this production than I had with any other show I have ever directed, and yet, no matter how many projects we completed, there always seemed to be another project on the horizon. I would definitely say that I learned that when I delegate responsibility that I need to be very clear and concise about what my vision is, or we are forced to re-do, or settle for less. I am never content with “settling.”

What would the Cheshire Cat say to you?
Our Cheshire Cat would tell me to please hurry, that she has a crick in her neck. LOL…. But I can’t explain that one……..you’ll have to see the show!

Any other comments?
Thank you so much for this opportunity to share about our production and Poteet Theatre. Our cast motto has become……..”We’re all a little mad here.” I’m not sure whether we were all this way before we began…..or just became that way after working through the production. But I can verify that it is quite true!

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“This is quite possibly one of the coolest, craziest things we’ve done,” said Bret Mahoney, academic networking coordinator at Science Museum Oklahoma. “By launching Otto into space we’re really hoping to show people how attainable space can be. It is really only as far away as from the Museum to Edmond. Along with all the other activities going on during Space Day this is a great opportunity for Oklahoma students and educators to explore a formerly untouchable realm from their back yard.”
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Downtown Edmond Arts Festival
WHEN: May 6-8
Featuring 118 artist booths from throughout the United States showcasing their finest art. The media includes Oil/Acrylic, Water Color/Pastels, Pen and Ink, Caricature and Photography as well as Sculpture, Blown Glass, and Fine Jewelry. The children’s area features hands on crafts, face painting, pony rides, a giant slide, moon walk and climbing rock wall. Food you dream about will be presented by 20 plus masters of cuisine for the three day event along with several Oklahoma wineries.
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Free Comic Book Day Stand-Up Shows at New World Comics
WHEN: Saturday, May 7
May 7th marks “Free Comic Book” day nationwide. To celebrate, New World Comics in Oklahoma City is offering a variety of sales, activities and live performances. To help celebrate, stand-Up comedians from OKC Comedy and Robot Saves City will be performing two shows (the late show at 11 p.m. Saturday night and the really late show at 4 a.m Sunday May 8th.) Come see BradChad Porter, Spencer Hicks, Leah Kayajanian, Dan Skaggs, Zach Smith Cameron Buchholtz and James Nghiem. Line-up is subject to additions. And admission is free.
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Festival of the Child
WHEN: Saturday, May 7
Festival of the Child is a one day event to celebrate children. Over 50 areas of activities include kayaking, moonbounces, crafts, pony rides, storytelling and much more! Activities are held rain or shine at Yukon City Park & the Yukon Community Center, 2200 S. Holly Avenue. All activities are geared for children 12 and under. Admission is $5 in advance and $7 the day of the event. Adults are FREE. For more information, call (405) 354-8442.

March for Babies
WHEN: Saturday, May 7
Walk two miles for March of Dime’s March for Babies Walk at the State Fair Grounds (3001 General Pershing Blvd., Oklahoma City). Registration Time: 8:00 AM. Start Time: 9:00 AM. (405) 943-1025
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Alice In Wonderland
WHEN: MAY 6-22
WHERE: Poteet Theatre: 222 NW 15th, Oklahoma City
Nothing is quite right since Alice chased a very unusual White Rabbit and stumbled into an adventure that grows curiouser and curiouser.

Lives of the Saints
WHEN: May 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 26-28
WHERE: Ghostlight Theatre Club: 3110 N. Walker Avenue, Oklahoma City
David Ives is know as a master wordsmith, whose plays are at once witty, charming, and intellectually challenging. Lives of the Saints is no exception. Lives is a collection of seven short plays, performed by a small cast of actors, exploring the intricacies of the English language and human (and not-so-human) relationships.
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Mother’s Day Brunch
WHERE: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum: 1700 NE 63, Oklahoma City
Enjoy this special buffet hosted by the Museum’s Dining on Persimmon Hill restaurant in the grand Sam Noble Special Events Center. Museum admission included. $21.98 per person. Children ages 6 to 10 are 1/2 off. Reservations required (405) 478-2250, Ext. 281.
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Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet
WHERE: Sheraton MidWest City Hotel: 5800 Will Rogers, Midwest City
Celebrate Mom with a Magnificent Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet. All Mothers get a special “thank you.” There will be a special menu, Crepe station, children’s buffet, chocolate fountain, candles, jewelry, entertainment and more. Reservations required. Call Sarah at 455-1800 Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Doors open at 10:15 a.m. / First seating 10:30 a.m.

Mother’s Day Brunch
WHERE: The Metro Wine Bar & Bistro: 6418 N Western, Oklahoma City
The menu will include choice of chilled avocado cucumber soup, salad or fresh fruit followed by choice of cedar plank salmon or grilled beef tenderloin with egg Benedict, garlic roasted fingerling potatoes, and asparagus, roasted Parmesan tomato. Dessert is chocolate shortcake with fresh berries and whipped cream. Cost is $32.00 per person / $15.00 for children. For reservations, call 840-9463.

- Oklahoma City Zoo
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art
- Orr Family Farm (Saturday, May 7th)
- Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman
- Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
- Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
- Myriad Botanical Gardens and Crystal Bridge

If we’re missing something, leave a comment or contact us.

What are you doing for your Mom this Mother’s Day?

Norman Music Festival 4
WHEN: April 28, 29, 30
WHERE: Norman
A three day music event! In all, over 200 bands will play, across many stylistic genres, with music for everyone from kids to adults. There will be an arts markets, food, street performers, DJs, and more. The Norman Music Festival is a huge musical event.
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At 7:30 p.m., the pace speeds up with the drawings for the artworks which include paintings, sketches, lithographs, photographs, pottery and other works of art created by local artists. To keep everyone guessing, the artists have been asked to sign the pieces on the back, so you will only know who created your artwork after you have chosen the piece. Special guest, Ken Busby, Executive Director of Tulsa Arts and Humanities Council will emcee the event.
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The 38th Annual Symphony Show House and Gardens
WHEN: Sunday, May 1 at 10:00am – May 22 at 4:00pm
WHERE: 1701 Drury Lane in Nichols Hills
The 38th Annual Symphony Show House and Gardens will be opening its doors May 1-22.
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An Evening EscAPE!
WHEN: Saturday, April 30 · 6:00pm – 8:30pm
WHERE: Oklahoma City Zoo
Ape’ril Dinner at the OKC Zoo is a fundraising event for great ape conservation, includes dinner, a behind-the-scenes tour of Great EscApe, presentation by the Zoo’s great EscApe keepers and a silent auction. $50, children must be 14 or older to attend.
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Walk a Mile in My Shoes
WHEN: Saturday, April 30 · 9:00am – 11:00am
WHERE: Bricktown Ballpark
1 Mile Foster Care Awareness Walk at the Bricktown Ballpark promotes awareness and response to the crisis faced by Oklahoma’s more than 8,000 foster children due to the shortage of good foster homes and lack of community involvement. Bring a suitcase to pull or carry during the walk to symbolize the many moves foster children must endure. New or used suitcases may be donated to Oklahoma’s Foster Children, who often have only a trash bag to use for their personal belongings. Register online. Saturday, 9-11am. 703-4150
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11th Annual Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon
WHEN: Sunday, May 1 · 6:30am – 12:30pm
WHERE: Downtown Oklahoma City
The 11th Annual Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon in Downtown OKC includes a marathon, half marathon, relay marathon, memorial 5K, & kids marathon. Preregister. Sunday, May 1, 6:30am. 525-4242, okcmarathon.com.
Refuel with Chocolate Milk Tour at the finish line of the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon will be offering FREE samples of Bordens Chocolate Milk and milk mustache photos with Refuel Celebrity Athletes. Open for the duration of the race. 312-988-2058
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The Economics of Happiness film screening
WHEN: Friday, April 22 from 8:00pm – 11:30pm
IAO will have a free screening of The Economics of Happiness. The Economics of Happiness describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance—and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future.
A performance by Luke Dick will follow at Joey’s Pizzeria.
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Bug
WHEN: April 28 until April 30
WHERE: Oklahoma City University
Please join the Oklahoma City University School of Theatre as they present Tracy Letts’s “Bug.” Show takes place in the Black Box Theatre in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music on the Oklahoma City University Campus.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
WHEN: May 5th-7th
WHERE: Lyric’s Plaza Theater; 1725 NW 16th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73106
The production will highlight talent the Academy has nurtured for the past 10 years through classes in singing, dancing, and acting. The Academy is celebrating its 10 year anniversary by performing numbers from every show produced during those years, from the very first production of Guys and Dolls to last fall’s Bye Bye Birdie, Little Red and RoKademY.

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At 7:30 p.m., the pace speeds up with the drawings for the artworks which include paintings, sketches, lithographs, photographs, pottery and other works of art created by local artists. To keep everyone guessing, the artists have been asked to sign the pieces on the back, so you will only know who created your artwork after you have chosen the piece. Special guest, Ken Busby, Executive Director of Tulsa Arts and Humanities Council will emcee the event.
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PAINT-A-THON
WHEN: Friday, April 22 from Noon to 8 p.m.
WHERE: South Oval, OU Campus
Paint-a-thon is an eight hour painting event that will take place at the University of Oklahoma, to raise money for Heifer International. Teams have will eight hours to complete a massive, 4 foot by 8 foot painting! Guests may bring an acoustic instrument and jam; bring bongos and recite poetry; or just gawk at people painting.
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OKC Improv’s Final Spring 2011 Shows
WHEN: Friday, April 22 from 8:00pm – 11:30pm
8pm: Spotlight Improv Students / Everybody and Their Dog / Fortune’s Fools
10pm: Magician William Rader / Counterpoint: A Red Dirt Special / Twinprov: Rap-sody
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O.U.Improv! 10th Anniversary Reunion Mega-Tacular!
WHEN: Saturday, April 23 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm
WHERE: Dale Hall OU, Room 200 in Norman
Celebrate ten years of laughter on the University of Oklahoma campus! The O.U.Improv! 10th Anniversary Reunion Show is a free, unscripted comedy extravaganza! It will bring together past and present Obviously Unrehearsed Improv! (aka O.U.Improv!, aka OUI!) members for an amazing night of comedy, made up on the spot and based on audience suggestions. The fun happens Saturday, April 23rd at 7pm in Dale Hall, Room 200 (on Lindsey St., near Elm St.) on the University of Oklahoma, Norman campus.
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Bug
WHEN: April 28 until April 30
WHERE: Oklahoma City University
Please join the Oklahoma City University School of Theatre as they present Tracy Letts’s “Bug.” Show takes place in the Black Box Theatre in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music on the Oklahoma City University Campus.

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OKC StorySLAM
Friday, April 15th, Sign-up begins at 7:00, Stories Start at 7:30.
Did you spend your spring break chasing tornadoes? Is there a fault line beneath your root cellar? Are you still driving round town in your pock marked pick-up truck with the cracked windshield, courtesy of Mother Nature’s hailstorm tantrum of May 2010? Come talk about the weather…at the next OKC StorySLAM.
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Earth Fest 2011
At Martin Park Nature Center (5000 W. Memorial Rd, OKC) includes a can stomp, educational seminars, booths, and more. 10am-2pm.

OKC Improv March/April Run
8pm: The Laughing Stocks / Fortune’s Fools / Villain: The Musical
10pm: Brad Porter / The MiDolls / Sketchers in the Wry: Love in the Time of Zombies
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Sonnet-a-Thon
Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park Presents: “Sonnet-a-Thon” Celebrating William Shakespeare’s 447th Birthday! Monday, April 18 · 10:30am – 3:30pm.
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An Evening with David Sedaris
Rose State Performing Arts Theatre April 18th at 7:30 p.m. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.
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How do you describe Boeing Boeing to your friends?
A very funny sex comedy from the 1960′s with fun period “jet set” costumes and a very hip bachelor pad set. Like a funny version of Mad Men.

What scenes do the actors enjoy?
There are lots of scenes where the flight attendants are all in the apartment at the same time without knowing it and it’s a blast to see the guys figure out how to keep them from running into each other. There are lots of slamming doors and ridiculous schemes.

Any other comments?
It’s been great seeing adults of different generations come and enjoy this zany show. If you need a night full of laughs at seeing what it was like in the dating scene back in the 1960′s and how little it has changed today – then I would highly recommend checking out the hi-jinks of BOEING BOEING.