Community Calendar

Take your museum visit to the next level—literally! Starting on June 7, spend your Saturday mornings on the OKCMOA Roof Terrace, a scenic spot to vibe and take in the sights and sounds of downtown Oklahoma City. Enjoy locally sourced pastries and refreshing drinks available for purchase—the perfect prelude to a day of film and fine art.

Access to the Roof Terrace is included with a film ticket purchase or gallery admission. Simply show your purchase confirmation to the Admission desk, then ride up the elevator!

Members always receive free admission. Not a member? Join today at okcmoa.com/membership.

Celebrate our newest paleo-celebrity Aquilops americanus with a day full of discovery and fun!

Enjoy live music by Mike Hosty, a presentation by our vertebrate paleontology researchers, games, craft stations, story time with fossils, free snow cones by Kona Ice for the first 100 attendees, and hands-on learning tables featuring Aquilops skull models and fossil specimens of its closest relatives!

The museum’s welcome table will be available with detailed information, and visitors are encouraged to explore the Aquilops exhibit on display in the Hall of Ancient Life!

Don’t forget to bring your Jurassic World movie ticket stub or digital receipt for 20% off museum general admission! (limit one museum admission ticket per movie ticket stub)

"Discovering Ansel Adams" features over 100 photographs that share Adams’s most celebrated works while revealing aspects of his development that are frequently overlooked. Together with original archival materials from the Center of Creative Photography’s Ansel Adams Archive, these photographs demonstrate how Adams transformed from a fourteen-year-old tourist with a camera into a renowned photographer between 1916 and the 1940s. Along the way, photographic prints from his early visits to the American Southwest, his mountaineering experiences as a young man, and his quest to photograph America’s national parks will enchant visitors.

Museum Films presents the annual curated program of the best of new and classic French cinema, presented with support from Alliance Française of Oklahoma City (afdokc.org). French Film in July features six new French films, including the delightful literary romance “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life," which screens July 25-27, and a three-film retrospective of rarely seen bohemian seaside vacation idylls from French New Wave director Jacques Rozier screening Thursdays, July 10, 17, and 24.

Join us for the third installment of the Self Publish Me Author Spotlight, a continuing event series proudly hosted by Oklahoma City–based Self Publish Me book publishing services.

This exciting community event celebrates the voices of independent authors with an evening of inspiration, creativity, and connection.

Enjoy:

• Live jazz music sponsored by OKC Art Moves

• Book signings & author meet-and-greets

• Live Author Panel + Q&A — great for aspiring writers

• Optional three-course dinner: $10 adults / $5 youth
(Dinner is open to the public. No RSVP needed for guests.)

Whether you're a reader, writer, or simply love supporting local creatives, this is a night you won’t want to miss.

Admission is completely free to the public.

Bring a friend and come be inspired!

The Dancing Rabbit Music Festival returns to downtown McAlester this July with an impressive lineup.

Headliners include Leslie Mendelson, whose soulful blend of folk-rock and pop-Americana has earned her critical acclaim and a Grammy nomination, while Tulsa-based band Stephen Speaks brings their signature sound.

Also taking the stage is Augustana, known for hits like “Boston” and their rock anthems. And closing out the night: ‘90s alt-rock icons Marcy Playground, playing for their 1990's hit “Sex and Candy."

Join Raven Nicole Peltier for a chance to witness the beauty and bathe in the fountain with yoga and breathwork. Get ready to ride the spiral ’til the end. We will dig and pick and crawl into our shadow for a clue.

Expect loud TOOL frequencies, all level yoga and breathwork (even “newbies” are welcome), trippy lights and effects. Forty six and two are just ahead of you.

The Avett Brothers are returning to Oklahoma City, this time with special guest Dawes!

The Avett Brothers are three-time GRAMMY Award nominees who gained mainstream attention with their 2009 major label debut "I and Love and You." Their follow-up albums "The Carpenter," and "Magpie and The Dandelion" both debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200. The 2017 documentary "May It Last," co-directed by Judd Apatow, tells the making of their 2016 album "True Sadness," which topped multiple Billboard charts and earned two Grammy nominations. In 2019, they released "Closer Than Together," featuring the #1 Americana single “High Steppin’.” Their album, "The Third Gleam" followed during the COVID-19 pandemic, debuting at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk, Rock, and Vinyl charts. This year, they released a self-titled album and are currently on a U.S. tour, with their music set to debut on Broadway in "Swept Away."

She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.

She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.