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Act now and get the work of two renowned American Indian artists for the price of one, as Echoes and Rituals: The Artwork of Robert Taylor and Harvey Pratt begins a run through Feb. 9, 2013, at Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 N.E. 52nd. The exhibition opens with a free reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Call 602-6664 or visit sciencemuseumok.org.

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So thriving is the Plaza District, all it needs now is an iron lung. Perhaps it will settle for the band My Iron Lung, touring with like-minded experimental-hardcore act Troubled Coast. The groups will play at 7 p.m. Monday at Bad Granny’s Bazaar, 1759 N.W. 16th, alongside spoken-word artist Trey the Ruler, metro-based Our Sky Is Falling and Norman hip-hoppers Dare We Say, Pioneers. Tickets are $6. Call 528-4585.

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Cuban jazz legend Arturo Sandoval has six Grammys to his name and has played with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Alicia Keys. You have one chance to catch the Havana-born trumpet master in concert, and that’s 7:30 pm. Sunday at Rose State College’s Performing Arts Theatre, 6420 S.E. 15th in Midwest City. Tickets are $25. Call 297-2264 or visit myticketoffice.com.

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We know when and where the zombie invasion will occur: from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Brass Bell Studios, 2500 N.W. 33rd. That’s when Zombies Are People Too goes down — an art show featuring local photographer Anna Lee’s conceptual merging of decomposing corpses with high fashion. Admission is free. Call 361-3481 or visit zombies-are-people-too.com.

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Derby Week continues through Sunday at Remington Park, 1 Remington Place, with a variety of “thorough” activities to kick off the thoroughbred racing season. For example, a disco party at 9 p.m. Thursday, a stable tour at 9 a.m. Sunday and the ever-brimming Oklahoma Derby Hat Contest at 2 p.m. Sunday, to name just a few. Call 424-1000 or visit remingtonpark.com.

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Festival alert! From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, the Rock Island Arts Festival rocks the Rock Island Train Depot, 100 E. Chickasha Ave. in Chickasha. On tap are art, food, local wineries, a kids’ Creation Station, graffiti walls, live music, a junk-art competition ... and oh, yeah: a living history performance of American hero Ada Lois Sipuel-Fisher! Admission is free. Call 514-9169 or visit rockislandartsfestival.org.

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Festival alert! From Thursday to Sunday, the Oklahoma Regatta Festival returns to the Oklahoma River’s Boathouse District, 725 S. Lincoln Blvd. Expect rowing, kayaking, dragon boating, stand-up paddle boarding, live music, a children’s area, a wine garden, a zip line ... and oh, yeah: night racing with fireworks! Admission is free. Call 552-4040 or visit headoftheoklahoma.com.

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Dream “The Impossible Dream” as Man of La Mancha makes a stand at Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main in Norman, for a two-week run. The classic musical is based on a classic in its own right: Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote. Performances stage at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, through Oct. 7. Tickets are $15-$20. Call 321-9600 or visit soonertheatre.org.

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Festival alert! From noon to 10 p.m. Saturday at the 1700 block of N.W. 16th, it’s the Plaza District Festival, with live music, more than 40 artist booths, hourly dance performances, Kidapalooza art projects, a live mural painting, a Velvet Monkey Salon fashion show, food vendors, three beer tents, a Bigfoot calling contest ... and oh, yeah: shopping! Admission is free. Call 367-9403 or visit plazadistrictfestival.com.

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Festival alert! From noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, the 17th annual Mesta Festa takes place in Perle Mesta Park, 1900 N. Shartel, with a chili cookoff, OKC Thunder Girls, OKC Barons Ice Girls, street hockey, hands-on science experiments, local food vendors, live music, children’s activities ... and oh, yeah: local microbrewery beer tastings! Admission is free. Visit mestapark.org.

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Festival alert! At 6 p.m. Friday at Plunkett Park, 100 N. University in Edmond, it’s the University of Central Oklahoma’s Asian Moon Festival. Celebrate the rich culture of the Far East with a fashion show, a dragon dance, a lantern contest, face painting, martial arts performances, goody boxes for the kids ... and oh, yeah: free food! Admission is free. Call 974-3588 or visit uco.edu.

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Turns out there’s a reason 1979’s Skatetown, U.S.A. has never hit VHS or DVD: It really sucks. The alleged comedy starring Scott Baio and Patrick Swayze will get a live, Mystery Science Theater 3000-style beating from The Movie Clubbed, whose members include a few Oklahoma Gazetteers, at 8 p.m. Saturday at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. Also to be skewered: a 1972 short by the OKC Urban Renewal Authority. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

Saturday

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While The Walking Dead’s new season is still a month away, the undead already have invaded Bigfoot Creative, 315 E. Main in Norman, in the form of an art exhibition. Zombie Skins: Salon de la Vie Morte features eerie images from a mix of artists who, unlike their subject, still have their guts intact. The exhibition runs through Oct. 8. Admission is free. Call 420-0119 or visit ahalenia.com/zombie.

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Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland has a less flaccid and better-spelled side project in Black Light Burns. In support of its new album, The Moment You Realize You’re Going to Fall, the avant-garde, electro-industrial band will light up the new venue The Chameleon Room, 3034 N. Portland, at 7 p.m. Friday. Psychostick and The Witch Was Right also are on the bill. Tickets are $12-$15. Visit ticketstorm.com.

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Peace, man! The sixth annual International Day of Peace Festival begins at 5:15 p.m. Friday at Oklahoma City University. The all-ages event includes a pinwheel labyrinth, a drum circle, guest speakers, an origami exhibit and multicultural music and dance performances. Admission is free. Visit pinwheelsforpeaceokc.org.

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