April 28th, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Artist Josh Cote, with brimmed hat center, talks with patrons at his sculpture booth at the 2013 Festival of the Arts downtown on Saturday, April 27, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
The 47th annual Festival of the Arts concludes today in downtown Oklahoma City.
The celebration of the visual, performing and culinary arts will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at the Festival Plaza, on Hudson Avenue and at the Myriad Botanical Gardens.
Oklahoma City’s rite of spring is delving even …
April 27th, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Harper Emersyn plays in the creation station during the Oklahoma CIty Arts Festival in Oklahoma City, Friday, April 26, 2013. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
The 47th annual Festival of the Arts is continuing today in downtown Oklahoma City.
The celebration of the visual, performing and culinary arts will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Festival Plaza, on Hudson Avenue and at the Myriad Botanical Gardens.
Oklahoma City’s rite of …
April 26th, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Theater, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Collin Rosebrook, with Paseo Pottery, cools pottery mugs in water during the Festival of the Arts in downtown Oklahoma City, OK, Thursday, April 25, 2013, By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman
A version of this column appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Growing number of events makes spring in Oklahoma more entertaining than ever
Along with downtown Oklahoma City’s Festival of the Arts, activities around the Sooner State this weekend include the Norman Music Festival, Stillwater’s Calf Fry, H&8th Night
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April 26th, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Videos, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Street performer Derek McAlister performs during lunch at the Festival of the Arts in downtown Oklahoma City Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman
On Thursday, intrepid NewsOK videographer Grayson Cook and photographer Paul Hellstern joined me at the Festival of the Arts to observe the antics of this year’s official street performer, Derek Derek.
Also known as Derek McAlister, Derek Derek happens to specialize in astonishing acts that most people don’t see every day, whether he is juggling fire, nimbly negotiating the Chinese pole or carrying …
April 26th, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Street performer Derek Derek does his Chinese pole act for the audience during the Festival of the Arts in downtown Oklahoma City, OK, Thursday, April 25, 2013, By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman
A version of this story appears in Friday’s The Oklahoman. To see a video of Derek Derek performing and whistling about his work, click here.
Street performer Derek Derek wows crowds at the Festival of the Arts
Texas native Derek McAlister combines wordless comedy and acrobatic feats in a Chinese
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April 26th, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Del City artist Andrew Akufo works on a sunflower mural during the Festival of the Arts in downtown Oklahoma City, OK, Thursday, April 25, 2013, By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman
The 47th annual Festival of the Arts is continuing today in downtown Oklahoma City.
The celebration of the visual, performing and culinary arts will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Festival Plaza, on Hudson Avenue and at the Myriad …
April 23rd, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
American Indian flutist and flute maker Albert Gray-Eagle (Photo by David McDaniel, The Oklahoman Archives)
The 47th annual Festival of the Arts is launching today in downtown Oklahoma City.
The celebration of the visual, performing and culinary arts will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Festival Plaza, on Hudson Avenue and at the Myriad Botanical Gardens.
Oklahoma City’s rite of spring is delving even deeper into the art of food with the addition of the Culinary …
April 23rd, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Artist Laure Keeley, right, from Tulsa, gets some help from Michael Mitchell to move a blue spring arch to her booth in preparation for the Festival of the Arts in downtown Oklahoma City, Monday, April 22, 2013. Photo By David McDaniel, The Oklahoman
A version of this story appears in Tuesday’s The Oklahoman.
Festival of the Arts gets greener
The annual event, launching Tuesday, is in the fourth year of its five-year Go Green sustainability initiative.
The Festival of the Arts is getting greener this year, and not just because …
March 29th, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Movies, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Katie Pollard , 11, left, Emma Chesnut, 10, react as they hold on during a ride at the Guthrie 89er Day Celebration, Friday, April 20, 2012. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman Archives
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Festivals spring into action
Springtime brings outdoor festivities throughout Oklahoma.
From the mellowing of the temperatures to the greening of the land, Oklahomans love spring.
I’m talking total adoration, as proven by the unusually cranky attitudes about last week’s unseasonably cold weather surrounding the springtime equinox.
Here in the …
January 31st, 2013 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Wayne McEvilly (Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman Archives)
Today’s featured event:
Hear acclaimed pianist Wayne McEvilly perform a free concert of piano arrangements from Franz Schubert’s catalog in observance of the famed Austrian composer’s birthday. He will perform at noon today at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.
McEvilly has played Carnegie Hall and is a Mozart scholar. He has been playing the piano for seven decades and just now feels as if he can “finally play Schubert as it was meant to be played.”
The …
