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The Last Hurrah
May 10, OKC Civic Center
It’s been a magnificent year for the OKC Philharmonic, with a towering performance slate that included guest artists like the incomparable Yo-Yo Ma, but then a 25th anniversary season only comes around once. Now maestro Levine is closing up shop by shaking some dust out of the rafters, in a Season Finale concert that climaxes with the jubilant cannonade of the 1812 Overture.
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Making the Month Merry
May 3-4, Andrews Park
Pick your pleasure: a 5K run or 2K fun run. A gourmet fair food competition. Children’s games and activities. An all-ages concert. An educational garden featuring Oklahoma-grown plants and herbs. A cornucopia of jury-selected visual treasures from more than 100 nationwide artists. If it’s a ton of fun and can be done in the sun, odds are good you’ll find it at the Assistance League of Norman’s May Fair Arts Festival.
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The Rocky Road to Regality
May 9-31, Reduxion Theater
For its last great show of its first season on Automobile Alley, the troupe is eschewing its traditional approach of presenting the classics transposed into unconventional settings by taking the audience all the way back to the bloody fray of Agincourt. Be one of the few (the happy few) to witness Reduxion Theater’s magnificent “Henry V” – long may he reign.
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Profiles in Leadership
May 13, Skirvin Hilton
A thriving urban center doesn’t happen by accident; it takes vision (and a good deal of hard work) to make metropolitan dreams into reality. The Dean McGee Awards recognize lifetimes in progress of outstanding contributions to downtown OKC – raise a glass to honorees Mick Cornett, Joel Levine, Tom Ward and Steve Lackmeyer; civic champions all.
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Cardiac Color
May 16, Skirvin Hilton
Heart disease is deadlier than cancer and often kills with no noticeable preliminary symptoms. One of the primary keys to beating it is knowledge. Sharing and spreading that knowledge, and helping to wipe out the disease, brings hundreds of women together to share a healthy meal, educational sessions, silent auction items and more at the Go Red for Women Luncheon.
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String Theory
May 16-June 10, IAO Gallery
Without embroidering the truth: this will be a thoroughly unique, captivating show. The Fiber Artists of Oklahoma have solicited the finest talents statewide in weaving, quilting, crocheting, knitting and other constructive media of fibrous art; master weaver and juror John Garrett will announce the winners to open the 36th annual Fiberworks exhibit. Cash awards await the victorious; woven masterworks are in store for everyone.
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Here Comes the Sun
May 18, Lions Park
That big, glorious mass of incandescent gas is back front and center in the sky, which means it’s time for the Performing Arts Studio to fill the Norman air with free music in the Summer Breeze Concert Series. First up: the joyous, slightly bluegrass-tinged rock of The Giving Tree Band, who are just phenomenal live performers.
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Where Creativity Lives
May 24-26, Paseo Arts District
The Historic Paseo Arts District is a vibrant repository of constantly replenished work by dozens of artists throughout the year, so when the time comes to really showcase its creativity, the sky’s the limit. Over 80 visual wonder-workers, two stages jammed with musical acts, all kinds of children’s activities, sweet and savory food options – the Paseo Arts Festival is in many ways a thing of beauty.
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Just Call Him Han, Because He’s Solo
May 28-31, OKC Civic Center
Spoiler alert: Charles Ross is Luke’s father! And also Luke! And Obi-Wan, and Chewie, and Leia, and … heck, he’s even the Millennium Falcon. Strap in as the actor brings you the entirety of the original Star Wars universe in one hour, all by himself, when CityRep blazons the “One-Man Star Wars Trilogy” across the Civic Center stage. Pew pew pew! (Those are blasters.)
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Great White Snark
May 31, Riverwind Casino
In many ways, he’s thoroughly similar to most of us: he worries about raising his kids, he remembers his own Midwestern childhood, he cracks a joke and then questions whether it was funny, he eats things and thinks about eating other things … but Jim Gaffigan spins that humdrum straw into quiet, droll, extremely funny gold – catch his White Bread Tour show and see.
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