Inspirations from Nature Through Feb. 28 Myriad Botanical Gardens 301 W. Reno Ave. myriadgardens.org 405-445-7080 Free Inspirations from Nature, an exhibition of paintings at Myriad Botanical Gardens, probably isn’t what you think. “Just painting a flower is so obvious,” said Susan Morrison-Dyke, one of the two featured artists. “We wanted it to be so much […]
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Winged migration
Flight of the Butterflies 7 p.m. Sept. 6 Devon Lawn Myriad Botanical Gardens 301 W. Reno Ave. myriadgardens.com 405-445-7080 Free Conservation efforts to save the monarch butterfly from endangerment have become increasingly more common over the last few years. In Oklahoma, over 40 organizations have joined together in a true grassroots movement to create Oklahoma […]
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‘Doin’ fine’
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!: The Birth of Modern Musical Theatre and a New Image for the State 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays Oklahoma History Center 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive okhistory.org 405-521-2491 Free-$7 For John Steinbeck’s Joads, Oklahoma was a Dust Bowl nightmare they’d give up almost everything to escape. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, on the other hand, […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Sitting pretty
The park itself won’t be open to visitors until next year, but 70-acre, $132 million Scissortail Park is beginning to feel more and more like a real thing. Mayor David Holt, MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board chair Tom McDaniel and Myriad Botanical Gardens and Scissortail Park executive director Maureen Heffernan gathered June 21 to unveil […]
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Ride on
Myriad Gardens Summer Solstice Celebration 7:30-10:30 p.m. June 21 Myriad Botanical Gardens 301 W. Reno Ave. myriadgardens.com 405-445-7080 Free Full Moon Bike Ride and Run 8 p.m. June 21 $5 Summer Solstice on June 21 is the official first day of summer, the longest day of the year and a time for celebration at Myriad […]
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Lovers and madmen
To quote the Bard, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park’s 34th season starts with “love’s stories written in love’s richest books” and ends in “grim-visaged war.” Season opener A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a romantic comedy, is scheduled Thursday-June 23 and season finale Richard III, a story of brutality and betrayal, is scheduled Sept. 13-28, both at […]
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Expanding tradition
Red Earth Festival 10 a.m.-7 p.m. June 8-9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 10 Cox Convention Center 1 Myriad Gardens redearth.org 405-427-5228 Free-$11 Walking through the crowd at the 32nd annual Red Earth Festival showcasing Native American dance and art, you might hear people speaking German. A popular series of books written by Karl May in […]
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Groundbreaking play
Playgrounds — they’re quintessential sites of childhood, places of laughter, fun and imagination. For frequenters of the Children’s Garden at Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 E. Reno Ave., there’s now more for kids of all abilities to enjoy. Through a $75,000 donation from Thunderbird Telecom Pioneers, Myriad Botanical Gardens installed three new accessible pieces of playground […]
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Summer Guide: Park season
As the OKC metro becomes increasingly, well, metropolitan, it’s nice to remember there are several places nearby to stop and smell the roses (or play disc golf, or race a mountain bike or hit the water slides or…). You get the idea. Myriad Botanical Gardens 301 W. Reno Ave. myriadgardens.com 405-445-7080 Located downtown, this 15-acre […]
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Season sampler
Broadway & Brew 7-11 p.m. May 4 McClendon Whitewater Center 800 Riversport Drive broadwayandbrew.com 405-524-9312 $75 Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s annual Broadway & Brew event is set to return for its sixth year with a format that will feel familiar for those who have been to past editions of the fundraiser aimed at young professionals. […]