Fun for Everyone

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (American, 1912–2006). Parish Priest (Father Placidus walks in a field of winter wheat with parishioner, Louis Huss), from the series The Monks of a Kansas Abbey Lead a Cloistered Life of Devotion, 1955, printed 2017. Gelatin silver print, 15 1/4 x 21”. Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and The Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.409. Image courtesy of and copyright by The Gordon Parks Foundation.

No matter what kind of community event you’re searching for this month, Oklahoma has you covered.

In Tulsa, art abounds: try the Champagne & Chocolate Member Showcase, Feb. 6-March 14 at Living Arts of Tulsa; Alicia Kelly: Roughly Right from Feb. 6-March 21 at 108 Contemporary; or a bevy of options at Philbrook: Andy Warhol: Silver Clouds and Marie Watt: Heart in the Sky, both from Feb. 11-June 14; as well as Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs From the Beach Museum of Art from Feb. 11-June 19. Other options include the Tulsa Boat, Sport & Travel Show on Feb. 2-8 and the 41st Annual Tulsa Women’s Expo, Feb. 21-22, both at Expo Square, as well as Tulsa Town Hall’s speaker Georgia Hunt on Feb. 6 at the PAC. 

In OKC, two exciting exhibitions can be found at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum: Route 66 – From Trails to Truck Stops, Feb. 6-May 4, and The Cowboy: An Immersive Journey, through May 3. Head to the Civic Center Music Hall on Feb. 12 for a speaking event featuring Reed Timmer, well-known storm chaser, or visit the Paycom Center on Feb. 14-15 for monster truck extravaganza Monster Jam. 

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