Ride this Grab the bull by the horns (figuratively, of course) and head on over to the Oklahoma City Arena, 100 W. Reno, to watch the Professional Bull Riders — including a few home-state favorites — take on bucking beasts 10 times their size at 8 p.m. Friday. If you can’t make it then, saddle up at 6:50 p.m. Saturday or 2 p.m. Sunday. Call 602-8700 or visit theokcarena.com. Friday-Sunday
Heart this Do something a little different than dinner and a movie this Valentine’s Day. Join the University of Oklahoma and the Arts Alliance for the “Art from the Heart” luncheon to benefit scholarships 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Fred Jones Art Center Lightwell Gallery, 520 Parrington Oval in Norman. A mere $15 gets you an original piece of art, plus all-you-can-eat soup and sandwiches. Slurp slurp slurp, nom nom nom. Call 325-2691. Monday
Hear this Lost that
lovin’ feeling? Get it back as Bill Medley, one half of The Righteous
Brothers, belts out “Unchained Melody,” “(You’re My) Soul and
Inspiration” and other greatest hits 7 p.m. Saturday at FireLake Grand
Casino, 777 Grand Casino in Shawnee. Tickets are $19- $54. Call 964-7263
or visit firelakegrand.org and hope for that one “Dirty Dancing” song. Saturday
Art this Experience
the “True” West by visiting the new exhibit “Allen True’s West” at the
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 N.E. 63rd. Colorado
artist Allen Tupper True’s depictions of life in the American West,
including some never exhibited, are on display through May 15. Museum
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $12.50 for adults, $5.75
for children 4-12. Call 478-2250 or visit nationalcowboymuseum.org. Daily, ongoing
Dismount this Gymnasts
from around the globe will compete in the 2011 Nadia Comaneci
International Invitational, 1:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday afternoon at
the Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens. Comaneci, a five-time
Olympic gold medalist, will present awards to winners of each session.
Weekend passes are $15 for adults, $7 for children 3-12. Call 447-7500
or visit bartconnergymnastics.com. Friday-Sunday
Stage this Join
the Rose State College Theatre Department for the opening of its
production of “Our Town,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 2
p.m. Sunday, in the H.B. Atkinson Theater, 6420 S.E. 15th in Midwest
City. Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play continues Feb.
17-20. Call 736-0364 or visit rose.edu/ dinnertheatre. Thursday-Sunday, ongoing
This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2011.