Oklahoma City residents can pick up free trees and celebrate community, sustainability and remembrance at the third annual Mitchell’s Shade for Everyone Community Tree Giveaway on Saturday, April 11. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Love’s Travel Stops Stage in Scissortail Park, with trees available while supplies last. Founded by […]
Arts & Culture
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Heads up, downtown drivers
Street closures are rolling in ahead of the Festival of the Arts, with impacts running April 10 through May 4 around Bicentennial Park. The festival itself takes place April 23–26, nestled between Civic Center Music Hall and City Hall—but setup starts early. Beginning at 8 a.m. on April 10, streets surrounding the park will begin […]
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Free Will Astrology – April
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now is an excellent time to decide your favorite color is amaranth (a vivid red-violet), or sinopia (earthy red-orange), or viridian (cool blue-green, darker than jade). You might also conclude that your favorite aroma is agarwood (deep, smoky, resin-soaked wood), or heliotrope (cherry-almond vanilla), or petrichor (wet soil after a rain). […]
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OG Picks – April
FESTIVALS/EVENTS PUTT-PUTT! on The PlazaApr 10 6-10pm Plaza Districtplazadistrict.org 2nd Friday Night Market @ The DockApril 10 – 6-8pm Sailor & The Docksailorandthedock.com Norman Medieval FairApril 10-12 – Reaves Parkmedievalfair.org Midtown WalkaboutApril 11, 11am-5pm Midtown District Downtown OKCdowntownokc.com Night MarketApril 17, 5:30-10pm Scissortail Parkscissortailpark.org Festival of the ArtsApril 23-27 – Bicentennial ParkArts Council of OKCacokc.org […]
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Illuminating Oklahoma City
Anthony McCall is a master in his craft, blurring the lines between cinema, sculpture and drawing. At Oklahoma Contemporary, that creativity takes physical form in “Solid Light,” an exhibit that allows visitors to not just observe but interact with his work. After your eyes have adjusted, step into McCall’s other worldly creation. Museum-goers are first […]
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In The Great Quiet
It’s Oklahoma, 1893. The starting gun for the land run isn’t a gun at all, it’s a cannon, firing at high noon to begin the race. Horses lunge forward and wagons rattle across open prairie as thousands of hopeful settlers surge into territory newly opened for homesteading. Laura Vogt’s debut novel “In the Great Quiet” […]
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Where Creativity Blossoms
Each April, flowers sprout throughout the galleries of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. During the anticipated weekend of “Art in Bloom,” selected florists are tasked with creating arrangements inspired by works in the museum’s different collections. Paintings and sculptures become starting points for floral pieces that get integrated into galleries for many Oklahomans’ favorite […]
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Katie Graham
How would you describe your art? I’m a fiber artist, and I would say my style is considered contemporary. I would also say it’s very inspired by nature, the cosmos, and healing — very deeply rooted in healing work. What draws you to fiber arts? I’ve done a lot of different mediums, but fiber art […]
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Rooted in Environmental Stewardship
As it starts to get warmer (and then cooler and then warmer again), you may have started to notice the green leaves creeping back onto once barren branches in parks, medians, and neighborhoods across Oklahoma City. Maybe the calls of cardinals and robins have started waking you up in the morning. Or, maybe you’ve heard […]
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Norman Music Festival Announces Full 2026 Lineup
The Norman Music Festival (NMF) has unveiled its full featured artist lineup for its 18th annual event, set for April 23–25, 2026, in downtown Norman. Following last month’s announcement of national headliners including Momma, Husbands, Ben Quad and Cure for Paranoia, this latest wave highlights the festival’s ongoing commitment to its mission: “Free. Original. Oklahoma.” […]