A version of this story appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Paseo Arts Festival brightens first holiday of summer
Local talents performing at this year’s Memorial Day weekend celebration are donating even their tips to help fellow Oklahomans affected by this week’s devastating tornadoes.
A version of this story appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Memorial Day weekend festivities planned around the Oklahoma
Gary Allan will headline the annual Music & Mayhem festival at Lake Eufaula, one of the many events happening around the state during the three-day holiday weekend.
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In response to the devastation this week’s tornadoes have created in central Oklahoma, Reduxion Theatre Company is donating 100 percent of all ticket and concession sales from its Thursday performance to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund.
For the next 24 hours or so, the nonprofit Individual Artists of Oklahoma is directing all the donations it receives to T-shirts and art supplies for a special project for Briarwood and Plaza Tower Elementary students, whose schools were destroyed in Monday’s devastating tornado.
Today’s featured event:
GUTHRIE – Catch the final weekend of the daring modern musical “Avenue Q” at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at the Pollard Theatre, 120 W Harrison.
“Avenue Q” is billed as a gut-bustingly hilarious modern musical focusing on a group of unique 20-somethings making their way in the big city, seeking their purpose in life.
The Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center is inviting the public to take a “Last Look” at the exhibit “Bryan Adams: Exposed” beginning at 5:30 p.m. today. The exhibit closes Friday.
Visitors are invited to partake of light refreshments while exploring the exhibition.
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The Paseo Arts Association has announced the music and performance lineup for the 2013 Paseo Arts Festival, set for May 25-27 in the historic Paseo Arts District.
Musicians and other performers featured at the festival will perform on one of two stages: the North Stage—near Picasso Café—or the South Stage—in the middle of Paseo Drive, near NW 28 Street.
This digital photograph composite titled “Herding the Teacup Pink Mammathus Primigenius,” is by Norman photographer Sarah Engel-Barnett, one of the participants in Thursday’s Photo Slam at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
A version of this story appears in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Photo Slam to showcase 12 Oklahoma photographers
Part art exhibit, part poetry slam, with a hint of “The Gong Show,” the juried event offers photographers a high-energy opportunity to show their work at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
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Today’s featured event:
See the exhibit “Velvet Memes: New Work by Trent Lawson” at a.k.a. gallery, 3001 Paseo in the Paseo Arts District.
The gallery is noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
The Oklahoma City specializes in kitschy and witty velvet paintings that mingle pop culture and art history. They are definitely worth seeing while the exhibit is on view through May 27.
For more information, go to http://akagallery.net or www.trentlawson.net.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM…
