Community Calendar

Celebrate all things autumn at the Fall Festival at Orr Family Farm in Oklahoma City. Go through the maze, ride on a hayride, play on the farm's outdoor attractions, board the farm's locomotive or take a spin on the carousel. While you're at this Oklahoma City farm, have fun in the animal barn, pedal cars and jumping pillows.

MAINSITE Contemporary Art is excited to announce "Wêwenetôni Shehkîtâkan: Ancestral Patterns Through Our Regalia" a group exhibition curated by Amber DuBoise-Shepherd. The show debuts with the opening reception on October 10 at 6:00 pm, coinciding with Norman's 2nd Friday Art Walk, and runs through November 14.

"Wêwenetôni Shehkîtâkani: Ancestral Patterns Through Our Regalia, is an exhibition influenced by my late grandmother, Adeline Ketcheshawno DuBoise, who was born for her people of the Prairie Band Potawatomi, Sac & Fox, Kickapoo, and Absentee Shawnee... For this exhibition I wanted to share her work alongside other Indigenous fashion designers, weavers, jewelers, and painters, each sharing their ancestral patterns of their people and their families... The clothing, woven belts, and jewelry they create are more than just objects admired for their skill and beauty—they are to be respected and honored, as they carry the ancestral patterns, designs, and memories of our people. I trust this exhibition will urge viewers to look and engage more deeply with our creations beyond the surface level of the materials. They let viewers know that these creations exist beyond the past and are rooted in memory continuing to carrying our families and our nation’s people forward"

Read more about this exhibition at mainsitecontemporaryart.com

Featuring Creators:
Karen Berry
Leslie Deer
Adeline Ketcheshawno DuBoise
Jennifer McAffrey
Bird Mountain
Katie Thompson
Shelley Patrick
Phyllis Fife
Jimmie Carole Fife
Robin Fife Jenkins
Sandy Fife Wilson

Discover Oklahoma Contemporary's ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries exhibition, highlighting new and recent art from a selection of artists active in the state. Twenty-six artists explore identity, place and experimentation through boundary-pushing practices and material innovation, offering a fresh and nuanced vision of contemporary Oklahoma. Visit okcontemp.org for gallery hours.

For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/artnow2025

Trophies awarded for People's Choice, Best Overall Chili, & Hottest Chili.

Judges: Moore Community Leaders, KOCO personality, Fire Dept, Police Dept.

Raffle & Silent Auction.

Accepting auction items for the fundraiser. Contact Tammy Vaughn, tvaughn@agingservicesok.org, (405) 321-3200. AGING SERVICES, INC. is a 501c Nonprofit organization.

Mistletoe Market is Oklahoma City’s premier shopping event featuring unique merchandise from a variety of carefully selected vendors from Oklahoma and across the country. Shop for clothing, gourmet foods, gifts, children’s items, jewelry, and more – we promise you’ll find everything you need in one location!

Mistletoe Market raises funds to support the mission of the Junior League of Oklahoma City. Proceeds from Mistletoe Market go to fund the Junior League of Oklahoma City’s health and wellness-based community projects in the Oklahoma City metro and helps the Junior League send trained volunteers into the community.

Since 1994, dollars raised at Mistletoe Market have resulted in the investment of more than $3.9 million in Oklahoma City through the funding of community projects!

Aliens, skin walkers, humanoids, and other mythological creatures...maybe you've seen em? With spooky season upon us, we invite y'all to gather around and share stories about your creature encounters. Join us at Rodeo Cinema in Stockyards City for an evening of stories about all creatures, great and small, creepy and cuddly.
The OKC StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling event. Participants are invited to tell a story in seven minutes or less, relating to the theme for each event. Stories must be true (or as best remembered by the storyteller) and told without the use of notes. All participating storytellers can sign up to tell their story at the beginning of the evening. Prizes will be awarded to the best stories. This OKC StorySLAM is part of our 2025 tour of slams around OKC, celebrating 20 years of the OKC StorySLAM!

Ditty Bops 2025 brings Veterans and Artists together in a powerful mosaic of music, movement, film, and country. Created by more than 70 participants through free workshops, and deepened by four Veteran artists performing with 11 civilian artists, the work explores life after service with honesty, vulnerability, and courage. Audiences are invited to move beyond “thank you for your service,” to witness bravery and connection side by side, and to leave with a renewed sense of compassion and belonging.

Ditty Bops 2025 is presented by SPARK! Creative Lab in partnership with Oklahoma Contemporary and support from the Creative Forces Initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Mid-America Arts Alliance.

Seventeen Oklahoma Artists share their vision of a retro-futuristic Steampunk World through Painting, Sculpture, Costume, Music and More! Two Nights Only--Friday & Saturday Nov. 7,-8 2025! 7-9:30 pm
New This Year--A Steampunk Costume Contest with Awards Each Night (and a free Challenge Coin to anyone showing up in Steampunk Costume! It's metal this year! While Supplies Last)
--Free Sparkling Concoctions!
--As Always, An All New Collection Of Steampunk Art That Is Guaranteed To
Inspire, Terrify & Delight!

Join us for the second year of Cure-8 performances at Oklahoma Contemporary. Cure-8 is an 8-week creative experience that pairs local dance makers with leading industry experts to produce new original works. Through these mentorships, artists will weave community engagement and advocacy for pressing social issues into their creative process. Choreographers will collaborate with local social service organizations, crafting works informed by topics paramount to the community. By presenting works that call attention to specific social issues, the audience's experience is more than passive observation; it catalyzes active engagement and dialogue for social change.

Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Directed by Harold Mortimer
Musical Direction by Michael Stafford
Choreography by Sara Brians

The grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein, inherits his family's estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick and a leggy lab assistant, Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. "It's alive!" he shrieks as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather's. Young Frankenstein has all the hilarity and panache of the screen sensation, with an extra theatrical flair. Contains suggestive dialogue, adult themes, and sexual content.

Single Tickets on sale beginning October 20, 2025

For tickets and more information, visit us at theatre.ou.edu