As children we asked how to get to Sesame Street. As adults, we’re more likely to find ourselves living on Avenue Q. On Avenue Q, people live next door to Internet-addicted monsters and neighbors of many colors, including green, blue and pink. One thing is certain: This Broadway musical sensation is unlike anything you’ve seen before. The live show first ran in 2003 before making an impressive six-year run on Broadway. Actors playing the puppet roles don’t even attempt to hide from the audience. And since the audience has grown up, so have the characters, who discuss (and sing about) racism, homosexuality, alcohol and the traverses of adulthood. The words have become more adult, too, so consider yourself enlightened. Avenue Q will be at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center April 1-2. www.tulsapac.com

Oklahoma Trivia Question:

Oklahoma's own Sutton Avian Research Center is internationally renowned for its role in helping to remove which bird from the Endangered Species list?

Enter below to win a pair of patron tickets to Wild Brew 2012, Saturday, July 28 at Tulsa Expo Square, Central Park Hall. The winner will be selected at random from all entries that correctly answer the Oklahoma Trivia question and are submitted before noon, Thursday, July 26. Winners will be notified via email and tickets must be claimed at Oklahoma Magazine's offices before 4PM, Friday, July 28.

Few practitioners within the classical strand of music receive a nickname that brings as much renown to its owners as the one on a birth certificate. Jon Kimura Parker, “Concerto Man” is lucky enough to have two names equally conveying the presence of a true master at the piano. Parker joins the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and conductor Joel Levine in The Heart of Romanticism, the second classics program of the 2011-2012 season scheduled for Oct. 15 at the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall. The Canadian pianist reveals why he’s earned the acclaim of critics around the world in a program of Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, Rhenish, and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The era in which beauty and art flourished synchronistic to one another returns under Parker’s sophisticated touch. www.okcphilharmonic.org

 We’ve all waken from dreams of flying over houses, unexpectedly standing before a crowd or encountering a real mystery in the shadows. German writer E.T.A. Hoffman was inspired to create a dream in which the Christmas décor comes to life to battle an army of house mice. From that early 19th century tale we have what has become a holiday entertainment standard all around the world. Oklahoma is no exception. Oklahoma City Ballet’s The Nutcracker returns Dec. 9-18 to the OKC Civic Center Music Hall. The traditional telling is here, a Christmas Eve party around the manor hearth, ball gowns, mistletoe and a culture in which a character such as Herr Drosselmeyer is enigmatic by virtue of his mechanical treasures. Fantasy and the magic of a burgeoning industrial age-of-wonders live through dance and Tchaikovsky’s famous sugar-dusted suite, performed by the OKC Philharmonic. www.okcballet.com.

What is your favorite article of clothing? Nine times out of 10, when you see me I will be wearing a button down shirt. Solid, stripe or plaid, it is what I always feel comfortable in. I rarely wear anything else.

What is your favorite accessory? I love my SALT frames from Black Optical. I have yet to find someone else wearing them and never have I received more compliments on any one thing I wear.

You are invited to have dinner with the President. What do you wear? I would try to wear items that were either made or designed in America. Probably a suit and pocket square.

Kord Brown

Co-owner, ARCS Salon

What was your first fashion moment? I was 23 and saved my money to buy my first Versace shirt at Neiman Marcus. I thought I was pretty cool!

What is your favorite article of clothing? My hats. I have developed quite the collection over the years.

What song best describes your fashion sense or sense of style? ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man.”

Marion Brown

Mom, Hairstylist and Co-owner, ARCS Salon

Is there a fashion icon or someone whose style you admire most? Gwen Stefani. Her style is flirty and fashion-forward, and she’s not afraid to try anything with a girly edge.

What designer do you admire most? Jeffrey Campbell. He makes sassy platforms that make me look taller than five feet.

When you want to look great with little effort, what’s your go-to outfit? A pair of bellbottoms, a tank and a big, floppy hat.

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Hello World

Oklahoma Magazine wants to send you and guest to see Sarah Brightman, the world's best selling soprano, in a special engagement.

Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser World Tour
Sunday, 10/13/13
6:00PM
BOK Center

Winners will be selected at random from all entries at 12:00 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10. Winners will be contacted by email and tickets must be claimed at the Oklahoma Magazine office in Tulsa by 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11.