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Theatre Crude Fringe Festival is an 11-day event in Oklahoma City that will present 22 different live theatre productions across three venues. The Fringe Festival gives you the adventure of exploring as many different genres and styles of performance as possible. We are excited to present productions that blend, bend, or upend the traditional boxes in which we place art. See our website for this year's venues, full line up, and schedule of events. www.theatrecrude.org

Enjoy an unforgettable evening of country and gospel music with Jae L. & Crossover and special guest performers Sept. 19 at 7. p.m. Experience outstanding live entertainment in the historic, family- friendly atmosphere of the McSwain Theatre right in downtown Ada, where great music, lasting memories and a night of fun await audiences of all ages.

An amazing opportunity! One of today's best songwriters, Cactus Lee, performs his tunes in a cozy Oklahoma City living room!

The concert is open to the public, but attendees are encouraged to donate any amount to the artist.

The Oklahoma State Fair will host a trio of incredible acts at the Route 66 Red Dirt Music Festival. The lineup includes popular Red Dirt musicians: Wade Bowen, William Clark Green and Cam Allen. Since releasing his first album in 2002, Wade Bowen has helped popularize Red Dirt music with fan favorites like “Songs About Trucks." Over the course of 15 years, William Clark Green has transformed from a Lubbock college bar performer to one of Texas Regional Radio's and iTunes Country's biggest chart toppers. Cam Allen first hit the scene with his 2022 single "Daydream" and has released a series of successful singles and albums.

All shows on the Chickasaw Country Entertainment Stage are free with fair admission and seating is first-come, first-served.

Carpenter Square Theatre presents the comedy King James by Rajiv Joseph. The title King James refers to King LeBron James. It's a story of friendship and a small market's love for the professional basketball team. Pictured are the cast Mikael Dashawn (in Cleveland Jersey) and Olen Cox. Show opens Friday, 9/11 & runs through Sunday, 9/27. Shows are Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm with two Sunday matinees at 2 pm on September 20 & 27.

The Unlikely Blues Band will play originals and covers on the patio at Bedlam Bar-B-Q for a fun warm summer evening. All ages are welcome.

“King” LeBron James’ years playing in Cleveland bring promise, prosperity, and renewal to the city, while his twelve-year reign also unites Shawn and Matt in an unlikely friendship founded on basketball.

The fortunes of the Cavaliers are about to change: The great LeBron James, the biggest star in basketball, is coming to Cleveland. But when superfan Matt’s latest business venture turns sour, he has to sell his most prized possession – his pair of Cavs season tickets. The buyer, Shawn, just sold his first short story – so watching his team in the flesh for the first time will be a sweet reward. Now just to figure out what to do with that second ticket. Thrown together by chance, the next 12 years prove as defining, dramatic, and sometimes heart-breaking for Matt and Shawn as they do for the Cavs – and for “King” LeBron James. Multi-award-winner Rajiv Joseph delivers a clever comedy that is an intimate exploration of the place that sports occupy in our lives and relationships.

Organized to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico, "The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce" presents a selection of sixty paintings by European, Puerto Rican, and North American artists that reflect the scope and diversity of the museum’s collection. The exhibition is organized into five sections based on themes that have been popular in the history of art: scenes of daily life, landscapes, religion, portraiture, and the concept of beauty. This juxtaposition of masterpieces from the sixteenth through the twenty-first century fosters a visual and thematic dialogue, establishing unexpected connections between works that correspond to different historical and geographical contexts.

"The Sense of Beauty" will showcase masterworks by prominent European and North American artists, including religious paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens, and Anthony van Dyck; portraits by Joshua Reynolds, Élisabeth Louise Vigée LeBrun, and Francisco de Goya; landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church, William Merritt Chase, and Gustave Courbet; and genre scenes by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, James Tissot, and John Singer Sargent. The Museo de Arte de Ponce is also renowned for having one of the most significant collections of Victorian art outside of the United Kingdom. Their iconic painting "Flaming June" by Frederic Leighton will be featured along with works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais. Additionally, the exhibition will highlight the rich heritage of Puerto Rican art, from José Campeche’s religious images of the late eighteenth century to the work of contemporary artists such as Francisco Rodón, Myrna Báez, and Waldemar Morales Lugo.

"The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce" has been organized by the Museo de Arte de Ponce in collaboration with the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

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Image Credit:

Frederic, Lord Leighton (England, 1830-1896), "Flaming June," 1895, oil on canvas, 46 7/8 x 46 7/8 in. (119.1 x 119.1 cm), Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.

Edmond Urban Forestry is excited to host the 2026 Parks for Pollinators Photo Contest! There will be great prizes, including passes to Science Museum Oklahoma, passes to the OKC Zoo, an opportunity to go to PhotoCon this fall, and a free 8x10 photo print for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place from Bedford Camera & Video. We can't wait to see the images of plants and pollinators you all share. This is part of the Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz lasting through the month of September. Contest rules are detailed in our online catalog.

This free, family-friendly, annual event is the perfect opportunity to learn about cactus and succulents, see unusual and impressive plants from the personal collections of club members and to pick up a few new plants to add to your collection. Grower-vendors will be on hand to answer questions and give care tips and there will be educational talks throughout the day. Kids can pot up a free plant in a pot of their choosing and door prizes will be given throughout the day.