Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
Alyssa Grimley
Walk for Williams
Sports
Alyssa Grimley
Walk for Williams
4 p.m. Saturday
Stars & Stripes Park
3701 S. Lake Hefner Drive
walk4williams.org
473-4514
$20-$50
Read instrument
Features
Alyssa Grimley
Five years ago, retired schoolteacher Mary Surbeck saw the need to further literacy.
Golfing for good
Features
Alyssa Grimley
Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic Dinner & Silent Auction
6 p.m. Friday
Riverwind Casino
1544 West State Highway 9, Norman
tobykeithfoundation.org
217-8629
$250-$2,500
Enter the dragon
Dragon boating grows in popularity on the Oklahoma River.
Sports
Alyssa Grimley
When you ponder outdoor activities in Oklahoma City, does dragon boat racing immediately come to mind?
Cinemix
Like texting and talking during movies? Then the OKC Film Club is not for you.
Features
Alyssa Grimley
OKC Film Club
7 p.m. Tuesday
The Parish
1757 N.W. 16th
facebook.com/okcfilmclub
free
Burn
For a gripping documentary that humanizes firefighters, it’s ‘Burn,’ baby, ‘Burn.’
Documentary
Alyssa Grimley
Burn
7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday
Moore Warren Theatre
1000 Telephone, Moore
detroitfirefilm.org
$15-$20
Sprouting up
Food and Drink Features
Alyssa Grimley
Sprouts Farmers Market, a grocery store with an old-fashioned feel, recently opened a new location in Norman.
TEEM player
A former state leader trades in politics for hands-on work battling poverty.
Features
Alyssa Grimley
It’s not every day that someone goes from Oklahoma legislative leader to the nonprofit world. But that’s exactly what former state House Speaker Kris Steele has done.
Conserve verve
Features
Alyssa Grimley
Earth Fest at Martin Park
1-4 p.m. Saturday
Martin Park
500 W. Memorial
okc.gov/sustain/earthmonth.html
Free
Party time
News
Alyssa Grimley
Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Matt Pinnell soon will take on a prominent role with the national GOP. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus announced that Pinnell will be the RNC’s new state party director.
Nash bridges
It all starts with a song, but where does the song start? For some OKC songwriters, it’s a Nashville-based nonprofit.
Music
Alyssa Grimley
Ever think about what percent of a song purchase actually goes to the artist? Local songwriter Curtis Stover makes it his business to, as a coordinator for the Oklahoma City chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
Overdue books
Food and Drink Features
Alyssa Grimley
The Facebook pages for The Library Food and Spirits and The Nook bore a poignant message early last week: the news that it was closing its downtown location after 23 years of service.
Heroic hangover
Local comic book creators launch ‘Knuckleheads,’ a series about an unlikely superhero.
Features
Alyssa Grimley
A comic book shop is more than just a place to buy the latest gotta-have graphic novel. It also can be the start of a creative partnership.
Heart to art
A special, one-night-only showcase demonstrates the power of art therapy.
Visual Arts
Alyssa Grimley
Art Awakening
5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday
NorthCare
1140 N. Hudson
www.northcare.com
858-2706
free
