Oct 02 Thursday
Celebrate fall at the annual Pumpkin Festival at Shepherd's Cross. Enjoy a peaceful day filled with family-friendly fun at an authentic working sheep farm in Claremore. You'll find more than 60 free activities such as a pumpkin patch, hay maze and game area. You can also pet sweet farm animals like sheep, goats, donkeys and alpacas. Look around the farm for the QR code scavenger hunt and watch short videos about farming and shepherding.
Tractor-pulled wagon rides are available for a fee and loads of pumpkins will be available for purchase. Bundle your fall fun with a Pumpkin Package that includes a pumpkin, wagon ride and a take-home craft. Browse the Farm Store housed within an old Amish barn to shop for handmade decor, gifts and wares from more than 80 vendors. Pick up some local honey, meat, eggs, produce, baked goods, candy and snacks.
We all have an inner artist, and some even act upon it. Join us in the beautiful, well-lit Conference Room to work on your project. Find support, ideas, and maybe make some friends as you all work on your projects.
Supplies are not provided, just bring what you are working on and everything you will need. [Registration Required.]
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Experience live performance like you've never seen before. This performing arts festival packs plenty of activities and live entertainment for a full fringe festival experience. This 10-day event will feature over 85 performances from 23 multidisciplinary performance groups. On each day, audience members will have the opportunity to attend a different line-up of performances as well as free special events. Performers will demonstrate multiple disciplines like comedy, opera, dance, puppetry and more.
This festival celebrates the Fringe style of theatre production. One hour or less, low tech and high on ingenuity, Fringe performances are a national and international phenomenon, with festivals happening in every major city across the globe. No restrictions are made as to the nature, style, theme or content. All performers are welcome, regardless of professional or amateur status. The result is a festival full of the unexpected.
Explore as many different genres and styles of performance as possible in a single evening, or over the course of the two weeks. You'll discover so many unique perspectives on theatrical performance during this festival.
Join us for a reader's extravaganza! Explore a vibrant showcase of stories, ideas, and genres. Experience themed tables each highlighting a different genre, from heart-pounding thrillers and spine-chilling horror to timeless classics. Peruse the titles and over-the-top displays, chat with your favorite librarians, connect with other avid readers, and use your library card to check out materials on display to take home. Local Author, Brent Wheelbarger, Will be on hand to discuss his new book, Folk Secrets.
A coffee bar and tasty fall treats to nibble on will be provided by the City of Moore.
Designed for adults. Door prizes!
Ingrid Delgado, National Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA, Washington, D.C., will lead a conversation on how to advocate at every level for people living in poverty. St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic lay ministry with more than 4,500 conferences nationwide and three conferences located in Norman who help members of the local community with emergency utility and rent assistance, homelessness prevention and disaster recovery, The event is open to the public and free of charge. Parking is available in any St. Thomas More lot off Jenkins, Lincoln and Stinson.
Oct 03 Friday
The Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM) and SEASAM Youth has been part of the Chickasaw Annual Meeting and Festival since 2005. SEASAM and SEASAM Youth provide a unique marketplace where adult and youth artists from federally recognized Southeastern tribes can flourish. The competition portion of the adult market includes a Best of Show award, Best of Division and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards in each category. Youth competition awards include Best of Show and Best of Division awards and judges' awards. The Art Market is open Friday and Saturday.
The 2025 Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM) and SEASAM Youth will be Oct. 3-4 from 9 a.m.-5p.m. on the Chickasaw Nation Historic Capitol Building grounds in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. The competition art show and market features adult and youth artists from federally recognized Southeastern tribes.