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If you’re looking for another way to enjoy this Summer in Green Country you can take a little trip to Jay for the city's annual Huckleberry Festival July 6th. Browse through exhibit halls with arts and crafts, a quilt show and, homemade goods. Sign up for the annual Huckleberry 5K run or take it easy and meander through classic cars and street rods in the festival's car show. If you want a little fun take a spin on a carnival rides or show up early Saturday morning for the Huckleberry Festival's parade, which…continue reading →

The “World’s Richest Noodling Tournament” will be in Claremore, June 15th at the Expo Center. For those beginners, a two-day noodling course is also being offered and focusing on safety and techniques. The 48 hour tournament begins on Thursday, June 13th at 6pm with the weigh-in on Saturday, June 15th from 4 to 6pm. Noodlers will want to check in only their largest fish and they can only be caught using the noodling techniques. With over $10,000 in cash and prizes, the grand prize will be “$5,000 for the Biggest Fish”. Awards will…continue reading →

Despite all the bad weather recently, the Broken Arrow Arts & Humanities Council along with the BA Parks & Recreation department, will host the 2nd Annual "Chalk it Up!" June 7th and 8th. This year's festival will feature a variety of artists, entertainers and vendors in the recently appointed Rose District of downtown BA. Hours are Friday, June 7th from 8pm to 11pm and Saturday, June 8th from 7am to 5pm. The event is free and open to all ages. The artists represent ages from 6 years old to adult with categories including…continue reading →

The Tulsa International Mayfest is Celebrating its 41st anniversary this week! Mayfest was developed to promote a broader knowledge of and appreciation for arts and humanities. The festival is not only for serious, but casual art lovers too. Mayfest is nationally known for presenting the very best in arts and entertainment. Attracting nearly 350,000 people annually, the festival will include fine arts, crafts, music, and a hands-on art activity area for children. Great food will also be available, such as funnel cakes, turkey legs, corn dogs, gyros, Indian tacos, brisket sandwiches and a…continue reading →

Cancer sucks, but there’s a fun way you can help raise money for research to cure it. The 10th Annual Handlebars and Hot Rods Poker Run and Show is hits Tulsa with Cancer Sucks! on Saturday the 11th. The fun begins at 9:00 in the morning with a poker run at Myers-Duren Harley Davidson and continuing at various areas throughout Tulsa, including Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Meanwhile, the Cruise-In Car Show will be held outside Cain’s Ballroom from 9:00 in the morning to 3:00 in the afternoon. The show is free and…continue reading →

Monday May 6th the Tulsa Youth Symphony will present their annual Spring Serenade. The performance will include both the Concert Orchestra conducted by Pete Peterson and the Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ronald Wheeler and Richard Wagner. The two orchestras are composed of 160 students from various public, private, and home schools throughout northeast Oklahoma. Featured soloists for this year’s Spring Serenade include Violist Yuna Ha, Cellist Reed Reagan and Violinist Alex O’Boyle. The Serenade will include pieces by Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and The Beatles. The 2013 Spring Serenade will be at Union Schools…continue reading →

RSU’s Fine Arts Film Series will present Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom on April 3 at 7 in the Will Rogers Auditorium. This critically acclaimed film will be shown free and open to the public. Here is what some critics have to say: Though undeniably smart and charming, "Moonrise Kingdom" loves itself the way the callow Holden Caulfield loves himself: unconditionally. Salinger understood the problem with that. Anderson may not. Rafer Guzman,Newsday "Moonrise Kingdom" takes place in a world where everything seems pleasantly faded, where people read crackly-covered library books rather than e-books, and…continue reading →

The 8th annual Green Country Classic Ranch Rodeo has scheduled two days of packed events, April 26th and 27th at the Claremore Expo Center. The Cowboy Trade Show opens on Friday from 3pm to 10pm and Saturday from 9am to 10pm. It is free and open to the public. Friday night kicks off the GCCRR rodeo at 7pm and then again on Satufday at 6pm. The GCCRR is sanctioned by the Working Ranch Cowboys Association (WRCA)which is the most prestigious ranch rodeo circuit in the United States. The winner from this event as…continue reading →

Running and philanthropy will come together on Saturday the 23rd during Race for the Well at River West Festival Park in Tulsa. Race for the Well is kicking off its second year with a one-mile fun run at 4:30 in the afternoon, followed by 5K and 10K races at 5 pm. All proceeds from the race will benefit Charity: Water, a non-profit organization dedicated to building wells for safe drinking water in underprivileged countries. You can learn more about Charity: Water’s cause at charitywater.org, and registration information for Race for the Well can…continue reading →

Hey everyone! Garrett, David and Josh here checking in from KCACTF. It’s been a full week, and now that our performances are all done, it’s been time to do some workshops and watch some really great plays. Wednesday night we performed David and Josh’s selected “Sleepy Hollow” scene at the beautiful Strand Theatre in front of many people. We received so many compliments, cheers and applauds for everything, costumes to performance. Now that we are done, we have had the chance to see some plays performed for us. Yesterday we saw a visually…continue reading →