The weekend

The fifth of May used to be just another day for most of Oklahoma. Now, it’s a special time to celebrate with family and friends the diversity of our state and the traditions of our Mexican-American brethren.

Viva Sabor (or Long Live Taste) returns. The Greater OKC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce presents the annual affair at the Harn Homestead Museum, 1721 N. Lincoln Blvd., with wine and food from OKC area restaurants for today's networking professionals. Make new contacts, new friends or just savor OKC's culinary diversity from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, May 2. Tickets start at $30. Call 405.616.5031 to register or learn more about available sponsorships. More can be found at www.okchispanicchamber.org.

The Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce gets into the fun, too, with a three-day festival at the Imperio Event Center, 14009 E. 21^st St. The Cinco de Mayo Festival is open 5-10:30 p.m. Friday, May 3; 1-10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4; and noon-9 p.m. Sunday, May 5. Join the anticipated 15,000 expected to participate with great entertainment by local and regional musicians, art and food at this family event (which is also free). Read more about the bands and events at www.tulsahispanicchamber.com.

El Guapo’s Cinco de Mayo Street Party celebrates both Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, from noon-midnight. The street near the Blue Dome District cantina, 202 S. Elgin St., will be blocked off for an outdoor stage with live music, food, a margarita bar, beer trucks and more. Find out the rest at www.facebook.com/elguapostulsa.

Elote’s Cinco de Mayo Weekend Street Festival stops traffic on Boston Avenue for two days in Tulsa’s Deco District. Elote Café & Catering, 514 S. Boston Ave., hosts luchador matches, soccer games, food trucks, kids’ activities, live music and, of course, great margaritas and beer. Look for it from noon-2 a.m. Saturday, May 4, and from noon-10 p.m. Sunday, May 5. Learn more at www.facebook.com/elotecafe.

On Sunday only, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame celebrates with Festival del Cinco de Mayo, 5-7 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at the Jazz Depot, 111 E. First St. Grupo Salsabor and Mundi Live lend their sounds while the Tulsa Folkloric Dance Theater provides the traditional dances. Tickets are $5-$20, available at www.myticketoffice.com.

Oklahoma Magazine posed the following question to two observers of Okie music: If we were putting together a Top 100 list, say 10 years from now, which up-and-coming artists do you think would be on our list? Here’s what Jennifer Chancellor, music journalist for the Tulsa World, and Matt Carney, freelance writer and pop music columnist for LOOKatOKC, had to say. We also added a few of our own.

Visit Oklahoma Magazine on Spotify to hear these groundbreaking artists for yourself. Oklahoma Artists To Watch

Sunday, April 28, at 6:30 a.m.

Thousands of people run the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, and they all have their reasons. Some run to test their personal best (the event is USA Track & Field sanctioned and a Boston Marathon qualifier) or compete, while others run to accomplish a long-held goal. They all run, however, to remember and support the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, the nonprofit organization created to commemorate the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and 168 lives lost when the Murrah Federal Building was destroyed by terrorists. The self-sustaining organization has held the event which includes a half marathon, marathon relay, 5k run and kids marathon in addition to the individual marathon annually since 2001 raising much needed funds for the museum’s maintenance and operation. Events start on April 28 before the memorial’s 9:03 Gate on Harvey Avenue and Fifth Street. If ever there was a place to draw strength and courage for any obstacle (especially in light of recent events in Boston), it is there. For more, www.okcmarathon.com.