Community Calendar

One of the biggest shopping events of the year, Braum’s Affair of the Heart returns June 12-14 to OKC Fair Park, now in the spacious Bennett Event Center. With more than 250 vendors to shop from, guests can find everything from home goods and seasonal décor to unique crafts, tasty treats and boutique clothing. Local retailers, artists, crafters and homemade vendors will help reignite the joy of shopping small throughout this three-day event.

Oklahoma's largest and only Oscar-Qualifying film festival returns to OKC this June. From June 10th to 14th and held at various venues around the city, this festival offers filmmakers and enjoyers alike an opportunity to network and check out the newest documentaries and short films.
The festival opens Wednesday the 10th with a Red Carpet Ceremony in Bricktown that is open to the public, followed by the Okie Shorts screenings and an opening night afterparty.
Each day through the 14th, visitors can enjoy screenings and workshops all day long at multiple venues throughout the metro. A full schedule can be found at https://dcff.eventive.org/schedule.

Featuring over 60 animatronic dinosaurs, skeletons, photo ops, and rides - Dinosaur Expedition will engage guests with prehistoric creatures from the Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Triassic Periods. Identify which OKC Zoo animals are the living relatives of the dinosaurs that once roamed the earth, and how supporting the Zoo's conservation efforts can help save these species!

On the Edge: The Abstract World of Frederick Hammersley traces the artist’s pursuit of abstraction across spontaneous compositions, geometric designs, and works that sought to break from tradition. Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009) is recognized as a key figure in the mid-century Hard-edge movement—a style defined by precise geometric compositions and a strong focus on the relationship between color and form, marked by sharp edges and clearly defined shapes. This exhibition features more than 45 paintings and drawings from the Hugon Collection, offering a unique glimpse into Hammersley’s distinctive style and artistic process.

On the Edge: The Abstract World of Frederick Hammersley is organized by the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and supported by the Hugon Family and generous donors to the museum’s endowment.

The exhibit explores how Oklahoma’s 400-plus miles of drivable highway shaped communities along the route and continues to draw travelers today.

Route 66 was created in 1926 and quickly became one of the most consequential roads in American history. For Oklahomans, it was an escape route during the Dust Bowl, an economic lifeline for roadside communities, and eventually a casualty of the interstate system. “The Longest Stretch” traces that full arc, from the road’s rise to its decline, and into its revival through preservation and tourism.

Major artifacts on display include a 1915 Model T Roadster, a restored Taft Stadium sign, a Big Boy statue, and a 1961 Corvette on loan from the National Corvette Museum. Hands-on interactives will allow visitors to engage directly with the story of Route 66 and its evolution over time.

The exhibit Bizarre Headgear presents evolution to the extreme. 12 foot antlers and billboard sized heads are just some of the dramatic examples of bizarre headgear on display. See the amazing ways evolution has equipped the prehistoric animal world for combat and courtship. From the evolution of giant horned dinosaurs to their outrageous mammalian counterparts, this exhibit traces evolution of bizarre head structures throughout time.

Join Oklahoma National Guard leadership and museum staff at 10 a.m. June 12 for the grand opening of the Oklahoma National Guard Museum at its new home, 3301 NE Grand Blvd. in Oklahoma City.

Previously located on NE 36th Street, the Oklahoma National Guard Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the history of the Oklahoma National Guard — past, present, and future.

The new facility features all-new exhibits highlighting the service and sacrifice of Oklahoma’s Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen, from the founding of the Oklahoma National Guard through today’s missions at home and abroad.

Explore Anthony McCall's groundbreaking "solid light" works in the North American debut of Anthony McCall: Solid Light. Presented in collaboration with Tate, UK, visitors will experience breaktaking interactive light sculptures in Oklahoma Contemporary's Eleanor Kirkpatrick Main Gallery.

For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/solidlight

Image: Installation photography of Anthony McCall: Solid Light exhibition at Tate Modern, June 27, 2024–June 29, 2025. © Anthony McCall; Photo © Tate.

Explore a monumental outdoor installation by Oklahoma City–based artists Denise Duong and Gabriel Friedman that transforms Campbell Art Park into a site of story, symbolism, and discovery. Conceived as a constellation of six sculptural forms, including a head, a hand, and four birdlike spheres, the work invites viewers to enter a world where order and chaos intertwine.

Join us for our annual Pride OKC StorySLAM! We create a space to celebrate and honor the stories of our LGBTQIA2+ community every June.
Founded in 2005, the OKC StorySLAM is a regular community open-mic storytelling event that’s open to all 21+ folks. Stories must be true, 7 minutes or less, somehow linked to the theme of "Pride," and told without notes.
The audience will vote for their favorite stories of the night, and winners will be awarded amazing handmade trophies, sponsor prizes, and lots of praise.
No fee to attend. Sign up begins at 6:30.