Lexi Windsor stars as Kira in the Lyric Theatre production of “ Xanadu.” Photo by Keith Rinearson

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Today’s featured event:

Watch the Oklahoma premiere of the musical “Xanadu,” staged by Lyric Theatre, at 7:30 tonight at Lyric at the Plaza, 1725 NW 16. Performances continue through Feb. 11.

To read The Oklahoman Fine Arts Editor Rick Rogers’ preview feature on the show, which opened last weekend, click here.

For more information, call 524-9312 or go to www.lyrictheatreokc.com.

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Admission to the Oklahoma City Zoo is free on Mondays through February. (Photo by Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman Archives)

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Today’s featured event:

Take advantage of free admission Mondays through February at the Oklahoma City Zoo, 2101 NE 50. The oo is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

For more information, go to www.okczoo.com. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

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Today’s featured event:

Hear singer-songwriter Susan Herndon tonight at Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, 706 W Sheridan. The program will start at 6 p.m. with a meet-and-greet. The show will begin at 6:30pm. Admission for this performance is $7.

Herndon’s latest album, “All Fall Down,” produced under the direction of Lloyd Maines, is a collection of songs that includes country, pop, blues, rock, reggae, bluegrass, jug-band, a ballad, a poetry-ramble, and a French song.

Born in St. Louis, but completely Okie bred – that …

Country music legend Merle Haggard has returned home to northern California to recuperate from multiple illnesses, according to the Associated Press.

Haggard had been hospitalized in Macon, Ga., for about a week with double pneumonia. While there, doctors discovered three stomach ulcers and eight polyps in his colon.

The “Okie from Muskogee” singer, 74, earlier tried to checked himself out of the hospital to return to Redding, Calif., by tour bus. But he returned a few hours later after deciding the trip would be too taxing.

The singer affectionately known …

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Today’s featured event:

NORMAN – Hear Texas country band Eli Young Band at 8 tonight at 544 W State Highway 9. Information: 322-6464 or www.riverwind.com.

EYB this week received three Academy of Country Music Award nominations: vocal group of the year and single record and song of the year for their platinum smash “Crazy Girl.” The ACM Awards will air live April 1 on CBS.

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Tickets go on sale at noon today to for the upcoming Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas, concert at Oklahoma City’s Civic Center Music Hall.

Krauss, a 26-time Grammy winner, and her acclaimed bluegrass band will play at 7:30 p.m. March 25 at the Civic Center.

Tickets are priced at $49.50 and $59.50.

In April 2011, Rounder Records released the eagerly anticipated Alison Krauss & Union Station album “Paper Airplane.” The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and Bluegrass Albums Chart and No. …

Joe Ely

Here are my picks for the Best Bets for entertainment in the Oklahoma City area this weekend. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com:

1. Listen to renowned singer-songwriter Joe Ely at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley. Information: 524-0738 or www.bluedoorokc.com.

2. NORMAN — Sample decadent treats and participate in children’s art activities at Firehouse Art Center‘s 30th annual Chocolate Festival. Hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the National Center for Employee Development, 2801 State Highway 9 East. Information: …

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From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Greyson Chance returns to Oklahoma play benefit show
For the second year, the rising music star, 14, is partnering with Edmond Santa Fe High School to perform a charity concert, this time on behalf of Peggy & Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center at the OU Health Sciences Center.

In another life, Greyson Chance might have spent a recent Tuesday afternoon riding through the suburban streets of Edmond rather than the jammed urban roadways of Los …

Hillbilly Vegas has organized a benefit concert for Saturday night at the Coffee Cup in Poteau. The show will raise money for the Poteau High School choir's upcoming trip to Carnegie Hall.

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Poteau High School choir preparing for May performance at Carnegie Hall
Two benefit concerts are planning this weekend to raise money for the New York trek.

Every four years, Poteau High School choir director Bill King relishes giving his students the once-in-a-lifetime experience of performing in one of the world’s …

Edmond actor Mark Adam Goff appears in a scene from the independent film "Substance."

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Trail Dance festival draws indie filmmakers and fans to Duncan
The award-winning event will feature several Oklahoma-made movies, including two featuring local celebrity John Ferguson, aka Count Gregore.

DUNCAN — Oklahoma’s independent film scene has its own big dance happening this weekend.

While A-list stars, big-name Hollywood directors and snap-happy paparazzi flock to Utah for the final weekend of the sprawling Sundance Film Festival, Duncan is hosting a …