Community Calendar

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

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.

This September, join the OKC Philharmonic Orchestra for "America the Beautiful: A 250 Celebration." This patriotic concert will feature a vibrant journey through the nation's musical landscape. Conductor, Alexander Mickelthwate will lead the orchestra through Gershwin's "An American in Paris," Adams' "The Dharma at Big Sur," and Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances." You won't want to miss this incredible evening of music in Oklahoma City to celebrate this historic anniversary.

Don't miss Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma's "Come from Away" this fall. This musical takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. Don’t miss this breathtaking new musical in Oklahoma City.

Humans Meeting Humans is a free, monthly community gathering in Oklahoma City designed to make it easy for people to meet other people—its just what it says ... humans meeting some humans!

- When: 3rd Thursday of each month, 7–10 p.m. (next: Thursday, Sept 17, 2026)
- Where: Stonecloud Brewery, OKC
- What happens: Simple games, light crafts, and “not name tags” to spark connection.
- Who it’s for: Anyone craving community—newcomers to OKC, remote workers, folks between seasons of life, and long‑time residents who want to know their neighbors.
- Community piece: HMH often partners with local groups so attendees can plug into other organizations, causes, and activities after they meet us.
- Vibe: Low‑barrier, welcoming, and intentionally human. The only goal is for humans to meet other humans, one brewery night at a time.

“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.

Science Museum Oklahoma presents Spin! The Art of the Modern Zoetrope, now on display in the museum’s smART Space galleries through August 2027. The exhibition features works by eight artists who reimagine the 19th-century zoetrope, an early animation device that creates the illusion of motion through rapidly sequenced images. Interactive exhibits explore motion, perception, vision persistence and animation, and are included with museum admission.

Join the Oklahoma State Medical Association, the Oklahoma County Medical Society, the Tulsa County Medical Society and our partners for the inaugural Oklahoma Women in Medicine Summit. Dedicated to empowering, strengthening and advancing women physicians in Oklahoma, this daylong event will feature CME, conversations regarding leadership and wellness, a fashion show and networking opportunities.

Collective Strength: The 2026 Oklahoma Women in Medicine Summit celebrates the power that emerges when women in medicine come together across specialties, career stages, and lived experiences. Through shared stories of leadership, resilience, and innovation, participants will explore how individual contributions create collective impact and strengthen the future of medicine.