To say that the Tulsa Shock has a challenging season ahead of it is like saying it can get pretty windy in Oklahoma. Tulsa’s WNBA team finished last season with a 9-25 record, but just as people began to turn their heads away, the Shock made a charge in the last half of the season to break a dismal 15-game losing streak. With so many “ifs” in the air for the Shock –  “If Australian center Liz Cambage returns to play,” “if the WNBA draft picks prove strong,” “if Head Coach Gary Kloppenburg can get the season off right” – it may be too much to expect of a team still reeling through a change of faces to dominate the field. It would not, however, be impossible to stand behind them and see where the team can go from here. With a preseason game against Atlanta set for 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 9, at the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave., it’s a good place to start. Go to www.wnba.com/shock for the team’s schedule and to purchase tickets.

Update note: Cambage will not be returning to the Tulsa Shock this season.

Continues Thursday, May 9-Saturday, May 11

American Theatre Company celebrates the legendary collaboration of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II with A Grand Night for Singing, continuing its run at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Thursday, May 9-Saturday, May 11. Favorite vocalists and musical stars Anna Neal, Mitchell Neill, Seth Paden, Cathy Rose and Heather Richetto-Rumley sing more than 30 of the team’s best loved works from Oklahoma!, South Pacific and more. The revue begins at 8 p.m. in the PAC’s John H. Williams Theatre, 110 E. Second St. Tickets are $21-$30, available at www.myticketoffice.com.

Saturday, May 11

Bristow goes all out once more for its signature dish at the annual Tabouleh Fest, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 11. Main Street will be closed for pedestrians as locals and visitors alike sample the tasty Middle Eastern salad dish that comes by way of Bristow’s Lebanese community, which set down roots in Creek County more than a century ago. Everyone can enjoy the activities, karaoke, belly dancing, rodeo fun and live music entertainment for the family. Grab a plate, and stay a spell. For more, see www.bristowchamber.com.

Saturday, May 11, at 8 p.m.

It’s time once more to bid another season of musical mastery farewell as the Oklahoma City Philharmonic performs its 2012-13 season finale show this weekend. Of course, the OKC Phil has something spectacular planned – The Globetrotter’s Guide to the Orchestra features works to take the listener abroad where Wagner, Barber and Strauss explored soundscapes and culture note by note. There will also be an especially cool piece, Christopher Rouse’s Ogoun Badagris, inspired by Haitian drumming and highlighting the percussion section of the philharmonic. Joel Levin is the night’s guide at the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave. Show starts at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 11, and tickets ($15-$65) are available at www.myticketoffice.com. Read more about the Phil and its upcoming season (which includes Yo-Yo Ma in April 2014) at www.okcphilharmonic.org.

Friday, May 10, at 10 a.m.

Save your place at the table for Tulsa’s annual Go Red for Women Luncheon, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Tulsa Convention Center, 100 Civic Center. The luncheon is held in many major cities because heart disease in women is not an isolated occurrence – heart disease causes one in three deaths each year. The luncheon brings community leaders, organizations, patients and informed citizens together to address the need for education and research to combat such statistics. Carla Harris, managing director and senior client advisor of Morgan Stanley, is this year’s keynote speaker. Recently named by Fortune Magazine to its “50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America” list, Harris is also the chair of the Morgan Stanley Foundation board and serves on the boards of other charitable organizations. For more information about the Go Red for Women initiative, visit www.heart.org.

Saturday, May 11

If you have a hankering for sweet, ripe, juicy strawberries and cream, head to the Stilwell Strawberry Festival this Saturday, May 11. Located in the heart of Adair County at Oklahoma’s border to Arkansas, Stilwell is the “Strawberry Capital of the World” (proclaimed by the governor in the 1940s). You can’t make that kind of statement without have the goods to back it up, and Stilwell never disappoints. Get in line for the free strawberries and cream at 3 p.m., but don’t forget to enjoy all the activities – a parade, carnival, car and bike show, recipe contest, berry auction, music – leading up to the big finale. Read more about the festival and see the full schedule at www.strawberrycapital.com.

Friday, May 10-Sunday, May 12

Downtown Broken Arrow remembers its humble, agricultural beginnings with one of the state’s oldest festivals this weekend. The Rooster Days Festival runs Friday, May 10-Sunday, May 12, and in its 82nd year, the event is packed with all the attractions that are the hallmark of hometown fairs – carnival rides, parade, arts and crafts, fair food vendors, a run, market place, Miss Chick pageant, live music and entertainment around the clock. The fair has also become a sort of homecoming occasion for families, which makes it all the more comfortable. Nobody brings roosters to town for sale anymore as they did in the good ol’ days (hence, the festival’s name), but Broken Arrow still knows it roots. Go to www.roosterdays.com for a schedule of Rooster Days events.

Opens Friday May 10, at 8 p.m.

Theatre Tulsa flies high at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center with a comedy of a jet-setting ladies’ man named Bernard, his three fiancées – all airline hostesses – and a sudden change in the flight schedule. That disruption results in an outrageous juggling act as Bernard tries to keep Gloria, Gabriella and Gretchen from meeting and discovering that he’s not the Mr. Cool he appears to be. Hilarity ensues in this classic French farce set in the 1960’s Mad Men era at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center’s Liddy Doenges Theatre, 110 E. Second St. The play opens at 8 p.m. Friday, May 10, and runs through May 18. Tickets are $14-$18 and can be purchased at www.myticketoffice.com.

This play is recommended for a mature audience.

Friday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m.

These are difficult days for country singer Jason Aldean. The tabloids feasted when photos were taken of him kissing an American Idol contestant. They gorged, too, when divorce papers were filed last month. But then, the Academy of Country Music’s 2013 Male Vocalist of the Year doesn’t seem to be letting personal woes slow his professional momentum. He’s slated to co-host the 2013 CMT Music Awards in June with Kristen Bell, he’s co-headlining the May 30 Boston Strong concert and his touring schedule is booked solid through the fall. You can catch him at the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave., when the star takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10. Tickets are $26.75-$52.75, available online at www.bokcenter.com.

Opens Thursday, May 9

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art brings the iconic work of famed photographer Herb Ritts to its galleries. Herb Ritts: Beauty and Celebrity opens Thursday, May 9, and includes work from his pinnacle years (1980s-1990s) as a fashion photographer and celebrity portraitist for such publications as Vogue, Vanity Fair and GQ. Look for pictures of Johnny Depp, Matthew McConaughey, Madonna and other famous faces as well as supermodels Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington. “Celebrity” shares top-billing for this exhibition organized by Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, but “beauty” is the emphasis in this collection of arrangements focusing on texture, nature and the human body. They reveal the late Ritts (1952-2002) as a true artist of the lens. Museum admission is $5-$12, and hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (until 9 p.m. Thursday) and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. This exhibit will be on display through July 28. The museum is located at 415 Couch Drive. For more, see www.okcmoa.com.