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OK Mozart International Festival

Photo courtesy OK Mozart.
Photo courtesy OK Mozart.
Photo courtesy OK Mozart.

Saturday, June 6 through Saturday, June 13

Every year talent of the highest caliber arrives in Bartlesville for a three-day festival that allows Oklahomans and visitors from across the country to experience music and culture with international significance.

The OK Mozart International Festival first drew its curtains in 1983. Now in its 31st year, the festival’s line-up is expected to be better than ever as it celebrates the music of Italy.

For an entire week, enjoy concerts performed at multiple venues throughout Bartlesville. Featured artists include Maestro Constantine Kitsopoulos, who has conducted orchestras in Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Royal Albert Hall; vocalists from Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni and Requiem casts; Louise Owen, the “Kitchen Fiddler,” a violinist who has studied the art since she was 3 years old and is now a member of the American Sinfonietta; OK Mozart Festival’s orchestra-in-residence, Amici New York Orchestra and more.

Also hear from the Tulsa Youth Orchestra, the Bartlesville Choral Society conducted by Susan Mueller and Courtney Crouse and Matthew Denman, two Oklahoma City University professors, who will intrigue with their sound that fuses the classical guitar with a mezzo soprano voice.

Fill up on Italian culture at the L’Amore D’Italia Gala Ball, a black tie evening of dinner and dance with music by members of the Amici New York Orchestra.

Throughout the week, 51 showcase events will provide guests with musical, historical and educational activities of all cultural flavors. Events include a West African drumming concert; performances by Travis Dunlap, Wade Daniels and Lenny Baker; architectural tours; Broadway favorites sung by classical baritone Dr. Jonathan Stewart and more.

This year the OK Mozart International Festival, celebrating the 259th anniversary of Wolfgang Mozart’s birth, will run Saturday, June 6, through Saturday, June 13. It’s set to be an incredible week of music, entertainment, education and culture. For a full schedule, event descriptions and ticket information, visit www.okmozart.com.

National Fiddler Hall of Fame Induction

Photo courtesy Broken Arrow PAC.
Photo courtesy Broken Arrow PAC.
Photo courtesy Broken Arrow PAC.

Thursday, May 28

The Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center celebrates its 2015 National Fiddler Hall of Fame inductees with a night of entertainment. A class that includes Charlie Daniels, a name you may recognize alongside “Devil Went Down to Georgia” and “South’s Gonna Do it Again”; Jay Ungar, known for “Ashokan Farewell”; Nashville’s Stuart Duncan; Howdy Forrester; and Jana Jae, the night includes performances by inductee Jae alongside Roy Clark and a band made up of Jack Boydstun, Merle Baxter, Judge Porter, Pencer Sutton, Danny McBride and Barry “Bones” Patton. Also taking the stage are Oklahoma’s own, Alaska and Madi, season six finalist of The Voice, and Clint Walker, as well as the Oklahoma State Fiddle Champion, Jake Duncan, and the National Junior Champion, 13-year-old Regina Scott. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. with a Meet-and-Greet starting at 6:30. Advanced tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For more information, visit www.brokenarrowpac.com.

NCAA Women’s College World Series

Photo courtesy Oklahoma City Convention Center and Visitor's Bureau.
Photo courtesy Oklahoma City Convention Center and Visitor's Bureau.
Photo courtesy Oklahoma City Convention Center and Visitor’s Bureau.

Thursday, May 28 through Wednesday, June 3

OGE Energy Field will host the 34th annual Women’s College World Series that welcomes No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Auburn, No. 5 LSU, No.6 Alabama, No. 7 UCLA and No. 8 Tennessee to the in and outfield. For a week, May 28 through June 3, the double-elimination championship will keep softball fans entertained as they experience collegiate softball at the highest level. Each day of the tournament, the first 1,000 fans to enter the stadium will receive different gate giveaways that include sunglasses, towels, koozies, bags and more. Fan events throughout the week include festivals, autograph sessions, youth clinics, and meet-and-greets. For more information, visit http://www.ncaa.com/championships/softball/d1.

Summer’s Fifth Night

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Photo courtesy.
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Thursday, May 28

Every Thursday through August, Tulsa’s Utica Square will light up with live music from 7 to 9 p.m. A different band each night, enjoy jazz, rock and country, and get up and dance. Mid-Life Crisis, Red Dirt Rangers, Zodiac and Starr Fisher Ensemble are just the tip of the iceberg. Stop by, celebrate summer and enter to win some great prizes that include Utica Square gift certificates and merchandise. See the full lineup of performers at www.uticasquare.com.

Art After 5: Moderns Roof-Top Party

Photo courtesy Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
Photo courtesy Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
Photo courtesy Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

Thursday, May 28

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art Moderns is the museum’s young patron group. Members enjoy OKCMOA member benefits, invitations to special events, private gallery tours, educational opportunities and lectures, art demonstrations, exclusive film screenings and art-inspired excursions. Celebrating the group’s successful first year, the museum will host a party on its roof terrace, Thursday, May 28, from 5-8 p.m.

“We are thrilled to celebrate the success of the Moderns, a group that has grown by over 230 members in one year,” said E. Michael Wittington, OKCMOA president and CEO, in a press release. “The Moderns’ passion for supporting the museum and art in our community at such a pivotal time is exciting to see.”

Moderns members and those interested in joining are invited to enjoy free food and drink from the Museum Café, Central Liquor Company and COOP Ale Works. Moderns must be 21 years of age or older. Music will be provided by DJ Blake O. For more information about becoming a member and Art After 5, visit www.facebook.com/OKCMOA/events.

H & 8th

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Photo by BluIz60 / Shutterstock.com
Photo by BluIz60 / Shutterstock.com

Friday, May 29

Every month, H & 8th Night Market brings families and friends to downtown Oklahoma City’s Hudson Street for a family- and pet-friendly, free festival with food trucks and live music. More than 30 of Oklahoma City’s most delicious food trucks will line Hudson Street, the OKC Energy FC will be on the corner of N.W. 9th Street from 7 to 9 p.m. with an inflatable goal and meet-and-greet with Energy FC players, and Anthem Brewing Company will be pouring their low-point beer, available for purchase. Also enjoy the shops, bars and restaurants in the area. For more information, visit www.h8thokc.com.

Relay for Life of Tulsa

Photo courtesy Relay for Life.
Photo courtesy Relay for Life.
Photo courtesy Relay for Life.

Friday, May 29

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life raises funds and awareness that help battle cancer. Relay For Life Tulsa will bring participating teams to Guthrie Green to walk throughout the night. Uniting victims, survivors and supporters, Relay for Life participants remember those who’ve lost their fight to cancer while bringing hope, inspiration and support to those still fighting. Relay for Life of Tulsa will take place Friday, May 29 at 6 p.m. An opening ceremony will kick-off the event at 7 p.m. with the survivor lap beginning at 7:15. The silent auction will be open from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. and the luminaria ceremony will begin at 10 p.m. Other games and activities will run throughout the night. For more information, visit www.relayforlife.org/tulsaok.

Pancham: The Immortal Note

Photo courtesy Tulsa Performing Arts Center.
Photo courtesy Tulsa Performing Arts Center.
Photo courtesy Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

Friday, May 29

Rahul Dev Burman, R.D. Burman, was an Indian film score composer and will be celebrated on Friday, May 29 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Composing scores for more than 331 movies between the ‘60s and ‘90s, Burman, nicknamed “Pancham,” is a popular name and a missed talent in the industry. Pancham: The Immortal Note, A Tribute to R.D. Burman, presented by the South Asian Performing Arts Foundation, “traces Burman’s life and works through his music and also through audio-visual snippets from his contemporaries, such as Gulzar saab, Javed Akhtar, Shammi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and modern greats like Shantanu Moitra, Shankar Mahadevan and Vidushal Bharadwaj, to name a few,” says the TulsaPAC website. For more information, visit www.tulsapac.com.

Insane Inflatable 5k

Photo courtesy Insane Inflatable 5k.
Photo courtesy Insane Inflatable 5k.
Photo courtesy Insane Inflatable 5k.

Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31

Unlike any race you’ve every experienced, the Insane Inflatable 5K is a unique, challenging and fun course, and it’s because the entire 3.1-mile course is filled with inflatable obstacles that will have you leaping, bouncing, climbing, sliding, crawling and falling your way to the finish line. Climb up the starting line, slide down the back and off you go. Other obstacles you’ll face include the ups and downs of the Levels obstacle, the jumbled Tangled Up obstacle, the 100-foot-long Pure Misery obstacle straight out of a military-training handbook, the 70-foot Jump Around obstacle and more. On May 30 and 31, the insanity arrives in Tulsa at Oral Roberts University, 7777 South Lewis Ave. For more information, visit www.insaneinflatable5k.com/tulsa-ok/.

The Figure Examined

Salvador Dalí. Spanish, 1904–1989. Célise Receives Germeuil’s Letter , 1968. From the series “The Marquis de Sade”. Gouache on paper. Kasser Mochary Art. Foundation, Montclair, New Jersey. Photo courtesy Philbrook Museum of Art.
Salvador Dalí. Spanish, 1904–1989. Célise Receives Germeuil’s Letter , 1968. From the series “The Marquis de Sade”. Gouache on paper. Kasser Mochary Art. Foundation, Montclair, New Jersey. Photo courtesy Philbrook Museum of Art.
Salvador Dalí. Spanish, 1904–1989. Célise Receives Germeuil’s Letter , 1968. From the series “The Marquis de Sade”. Gouache on paper. Kasser Mochary Art. Foundation, Montclair, New Jersey. Photo courtesy Philbrook Museum of Art.

Opening May 31

Philbrook Museum of Art’s newest exhibit, The Figure Examined, brings some of the most prominent European and American artists and their works of the 19th and 20th centuries to an exhibition that examines the portrayal of the human figure. The works of Auguste Rodin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock, among others, all in one room, will allow audiences a unique exploration of the different meanings that can be expressed through human form. See the more than 100 works that include paintings, sculptures and works on paper drawn from the Kasser Mochary Art Foundation. The exhibit runs through Sept. 13. For more information, visit www.philbrook.org.