Friday, April 5-Sunday, April 7 from 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

The King of England humbly requests your presence to Medieval Fair of Norman, beginning Friday, April 5. In its 37th year, the fair of royalty, knights, jesters, princesses, pirates, winches and troubadours features all the entertainment you can shake a mutton leg at, including dancing, theater, juggling, magicians, jousting, human chess and more. With more than 200 arts and crafts booths lined with wares and unique items, Medieval Fair isn’t just historic, it’s magical (especially for the kids). Play your part (in costume, preferably) and thrive on the mirth and merriment at Reaves Park, 2501 S. Jenkins Ave., Norman. Hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Sunday, April 7. Admission is free. Some parking will be available at the nearby Lloyd Noble Center for $5 per car. Read more at www.medievalfair.org.

Saturday, March 30, at 7 p.m.

It was but a matter of time before we saw Kix Brooks on the road again. Let it be said you cannot keep a good guitar player off a stage. After he and Ronnie Dunn announced the retirement of their country power duo act Brooks & Dunn in 2009, they toured for a year and then went their separate ways. Brooks continued on as host of the American Country Countdown on syndicated radio and kept busy as co-owner of a Nashville winery, but last year he moved on in music with the release of his solo album New to This Town. Catch him on tour this weekend: Brooks plays the Osage Casino at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 30. Tickets are $50, available online at www.osagecasinos.com. Find him at 951 W. 36th St., Tulsa.

Saturday, March 30 at 8 p.m.

Whatever the future holds for Jay Leno and the Tonight Show, the audience at his live show at the Hard Rock Tulsa Hotel & Casino this weekend may be among the first to find out. The host of the Tonight Show for most of the last 21 years, Leno heads for the casino’s event stage the Joint, 777 W. Cherokee St., in Catoosa. Tickets are $60-$80. The comedian hasn’t been passive on his feelings over news that NBC’s parent company may soon be ready to put Jimmy Fallon in the host’s chair to chase a younger audience. Comcast and the network have traded off as punch line of some of his remarks as of late. We’re just glad he’s getting back to his stand-up roots, and that’ll make all his critics take note. Tickets are available at www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com.

The week

As the Red Earth Museum looks forward to the approaching Red Earth Festival, it looks back with two exhibitions – one closing this weekend as another opens. Generations closes Sunday, March 31, taking with it a unique perspective on the styles and subjects of six multi-generation art families in Oklahoma. Viewers see the works of Doc Tate Nevaquaya against his sons’ works and likewise of artists Iris Eby, Tiller Wesley, Sharron Ahtone Harjo, Brent Greenwood, Connie Hart and Gordon Yellowman. The museum brings back its annual Red Earth Master Artist Show, opening Wednesday, April 3, and running through June 28. The show displays work from prominent American Indian artists who have entered the Red Earth Festival juried art market in years past. The master artist show once more heralds the festival, this year on June 7-9 at the Cox Convention Center. The museum, 6 Santa Fe Plaza, OKC, is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and on Saturday by appointment. Visit www.redearth.org for details.

Thursday, March 28, and Saturday, March 30

EcoFest is a conference about the importance of choosing to live after a “green” fashion and conserving for the sake of the environment and all it sustains – that means you and I. On Thursday, March 28, Tulsa Community College welcomes guest speakers Jared Carlson (the Arbor Day Foundation), Joe L. Howell (Howell & Vancuren) and Marty Matlock (University of Arkansas) to engage audiences with perspectives on human societies and sustainable environments. It sounds so clinical, but a series of student presentations reveal how ecology affects aspects of our lives from energy resources to children’s literature. Events are 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on the Northeast Campus, 3727 E. Apache St. Fun awaits all at the campus on Saturday, March 30, with a festival of free food, camel rides, live music, cooking preparation, wagon rides, children’s activities and presentations on composting and other practices. Festival is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Find the details on www.tulsacc.edu.ecofest.

Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m.

Margaret Atwood once said, “I don’t know what keeps me writing. It’s one of those things I don’t know.” She followed that sentence with a statement giving solidarity to all writers who respect her longevity and commitment to her craft, “I can’t imagine anything else I would rather be.” The author of such lauded works as The Handmaid’s Tale and The Blind Assassin visits Tulsa to speak about writing, her career and insights before an audience at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center’s John H. Williams Theatre, 110 E. Second St. An Evening with Margaret Atwood is presented by the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers at OSU-Tulsa, and tickets are $15, available at www.myticketoffice.com.

Starts Monday, April 1

Drought has made the work of tending the famed azaleas in Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park a challenge, but the Azalea Festival will go on in April with blooms or without. The city of Muskogee schedules a month-long spring celebration that includes the parade (April 13), car show (April 13), 5k run (April 13) barbecue cook-off (April 13) and bike ride (April 27). Visit www.cityofmuskogee.com for details and a complete schedule or just wing it and show up to see what happens. Chances are you’ll still have the picturesque backdrop for family snapshots that makes the park at Shawnee Street and 40th Street West, Muskogee, a major draw this time of the year.

Tuesday, April 2

Tom Brokaw gave the men and women who fought World War II overseas and on the home front a title deserving of their perseverance, struggle and triumph. The Greatest Generation, Brokaw’s 1998 bestseller about those who grew up in the Great Depression and would go on to build up America after the war, identified the then-NBC Nightly News anchor as an authority on the subject, lending Brokaw an air of distinction among his colleagues and solidifying a sterling reputation among the general public. The television journalist, author and managing editor of the NBC Nightly News is guest of Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business Center for Executive & Professional Development for two events on Tuesday, April 2. Brokaw talks on The Voice of a Generation from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Mabee Center, 7777 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, for the Tulsa Business Forums speakers series. Tickets are $75 each. The speaker moves on for the 4-5:30 p.m. engagement at Oklahoma Civic Center Music Hall, in the morning and at the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., Oklahoma City, for the Executive Management Briefings series. Admission is $75. To register, go to www.cepd.okstate.edu.

This weekend

What does the Easter Bunny have in common with Santa Claus? Just like the jolly elf at Christmas, the egg-toting rabbit will be in millions of places at once this weekend, mysteriously hiding prizes behind every lovely daffodil and tulip. Here are a few places where you’ll find that wascally white wabbit for a photo with the kiddies.

• The fun starts early at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman. Eggstravaganza will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, with a Jurassic egg hunt on the museum grounds along with crafts, games and photos with the bunny. Read more about this free event at www.snomnh.ou.edu.
• The HOPabaloo Easter brunch and egg hunt at Oklahoma City Zoo, 2000 Remington Place, will be 10:30 a.m.-noon Sunday, March 31, with pancakes, scrambled eggs and other fixings, but families will want to stick around for the tiny tot Egg Scrambles egg hunts. Brunch is $12-$17. Go to www.okczoo.com for egg hunt schedules and other information.
• Tulsa Zoo, 6421 E. 36th St. North, will be busy hiding “penguin” for Zoobilee, Saturday, March 30. This event for Tulsa Zoo Friends members will be 8-10 a.m. The 4-12-year-olds hunt penguin eggs, while the little ones (up to 3 years) look for “chick” eggs. There will also be arts and crafts, a Jupiter jump, free train and carousel rides and more fun with Peter Cottontail. More about Zoo Friends and Zoobilee admission prices available at www.tulsazoo.org.
• Not only will there be thousands of eggs hidden on the grounds of Owasso’s Centennial Park, 15301 E. 86th St. North, but even more will be dropped from a helicopter flying over head. Lifepoint Baptist Church in Owasso hosts its annual holiday event to the delight of kids all ages. But remember: all the attractions are for children up to 11 years. The free event will be 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 30. Read all about it at www.lifepointowasso.com.
• Why should humans and their inferior sense of smell have all the fun at Easter? The Canebrake resort releases the hounds for the Doggie Easter Egg Hunt, 1-5 p.m., Saturday, March 30. All kinds of treats will be hidden around the Canebrake grounds at  33241 E. 732nd Road in Wagoner. Dogs may have two people help hunt. The event benefits WAGS Spay & Neuter and costs $10 per dog. People can enjoy a special Easter Brunch menu from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, March 31, at the resorts restaurant. Read more at www.thecanebrake.com.
• The Myriad Botanical Gardens’ annual Easter Egg Hunt is on from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, March 30, with an egg hunt for prizes, a treat station and seedling giveaway for kids. Visit www.myriadgardens.org for the details, then join the hunt at 301 W. Reno Ave., in Oklahoma City.
• Oklahoma City’s educational and fun Orr Family Farm, 14400 South Western, brings back its Easter Celebration from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, March 30. The Easter Bunny stops in for photos along with an egg hunt for children 11 and under at this real working farm that also has train and carousel rides, a playground, fishing, farm animals and more. Visit www.orrfamilyfarm.com for more.