Visual Arts
Rod Lott
George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher
Opening Thursday, through May 8
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch
OKCMOA.COM
236-3100
$12 adults, $10 seniors, kids 6-18
Wednesday 19 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: history
Full Nelson
The influential works of designer George Nelson are showcased in a fully furnished exhibition at Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
Visual Arts
Rod Lott
Early history
Scavenger hunts and dinosaurs for kids
Kids
Courtney Silva
Dinosaur bones, frogs and snakes are just some of the things kids can discover when the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua in Norman, offers free admission from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.
Young Greeks
The Greek goddess of the underworld, Persephone, will be among the myths explored in Saturday’s “Gods and Heroes.”
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Kids
Courtney Silva
Myths of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome will be explored for two consecutive Saturdays at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, 2401 N. Chautauqua in Norman, with the children’s workshop “Gods and Heroes.”
Best of fests
Festival season has sprung up again, and the metro is brimming with options to witness the diversity of Oklahoma’s entertainment culture.
Features
Charles Martin
As the winter chill thaws and Oklahomans get restless for outdoor fun, festivals spring up all across the state, drawing art aficionados, history buffs, food connoisseurs and gearheads.
Drive, they said
Early automobiles rumble into the Oklahoma History Center to show off their artistry, ingenuity and importance to the state.
Visual Arts
Charles Martin
Oklahoma Driven: Cars, Collectors and the Birth of the Oklahoma Highway Commission
through March 2012
Oklahoma History Center
800 Nazih Zuhdi
okhistory.org, 522-5248
$7
Kernel records
An Oklahoma History Center exhibit celebrates ‘Hee Haw’ as it traces the TV show’s roots to the Sooner State.
Visual Arts
Charles Martin
Any bona fide Okie has spent more than one weekend hour with the iconic, corny, country humor of “Hee Haw.”
Labor pains
Letters to the Editor
Glen Garcia
Anyone who knows the history of the labor and Progressive movements in this country, especially during the period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, knows that the Jewish community was deeply involved in liberal, progressive causes in this country, right through to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Hangman
Oklahoma historian Alvin Turner based his new book of poetry on hangings.
Nonfiction
Ryan Querbach
In April of 1909, a vigilante mob hanged four men awaiting trial as murder suspects in Ada. Jim Miller, Jesse West, Joe Allen and D.B. Burrell were set to stand trial for the murder of Gus Bobbitt when the angry mob estimated at around 40 people took matters into their own hands.
Pioneer woman
In ‘Quilters,’ OKCTC kicks off its 13th season with a musical about the American West and the women who settled it.
Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
Quilters
8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 2
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
297-2264
$25, $20 students/seniors
For the public good
Letters to the Editor
Chadwick Cox
So just what does Jason Reese think that is taught in public schools that undermines our children’s faith? Is it real science, evolution and not the debunked and religiously motivated intelligent design? That earth is very much older than 6,000 years?
