Community Calendar

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.

Join Shelly Phelps and The Storm at The Blue Door on Saturday, July 19th, at 8:00 PM for an evening of soulful, cinematic rock with a folk edge. With heartfelt storytelling and a rich, expressive voice, Shelly draws listeners into songs of resilience, passion, and transformation. Doors open at 7:30 PM.

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.

Join us this summer at the Sam Noble Museum and experience science first-hand through a variety of discovery-based programs. Each week-long, two-hour Summer Explorers program (children ages 6-7, 8-9, and 10-12) features a different natural or cultural history theme.

REGISTRATION
Don’t miss out! Space is limited and advance registration is required. Visit the Sam Noble Museum website to register. For questions or accommodations on the basis of disability, please contact Visitor Services at (405) 325-7977. Cost: $80 (Member youth); $100 (Non-member youth).

Required program forms will be sent via confirmation email.

ROBERTA PAILES FUND FOR CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
A limited number of program fees can be funded for families who demonstrate financial need. Click Here for more information and to apply.

T-SHIRT
Each Summer Explorers youth program participant will receive a T-shirt. Please indicate the size when you register.

OFF-SITE PROGRAMS indicated with ☀️
These programs will take place in the best classroom of all: the great outdoors! We will start at the museum and then travel in museum or university vans to local parks. Booster seats are provided for children 9 and under and are available for children over the age of 9 upon request of parents/guardians. Participants should be dressed to get wet and dirty and must bring a water bottle.

"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.

Oklahoma Contemporary presents the first major retrospective of Oklahoma City-based artist Edgar Heap of Birds, who is known internationally for conceptual artwork that addresses Indigenous rights, sovereignty and relationships to place. Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: HONOR SONG is a landmark for American art, for the region and for the city: the artist’s first institutional survey in his home-state of the last forty years. The exhibition spans over four decades of art production, tracing Heap of Birds’ trajectory from the 1970s to the present through colorful prints, abstract paintings, drawings, glassworks, sculptures and public works.

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

Image: Edgar Heap of Birds, Neuf, 1995. The John and Susan Horseman Collection, Courtesy of the Horseman Foundation. © Edgar Heap of Birds. Image courtesy of the artist.