Woody Crumbo is considered one of the most notable artists to have come from a period of Native American painting widely considered its “golden age.” Gilcrease Museum brings back the era with a new exhibit featuring 55 works by the multifaceted artist. Bending, Weaving, Dancing: The Art of Woody Crumbo, which opens Feb. 24, notably includes 55 original paintings in Crumbo’s unmistakably striking style, many of which have not been seen for more than a quarter of a century. The Oklahoma artist who taught at Muskogee's Bacone College and also served as an artist-in-residence at Gilcrease used his work to emphasize traditional spirituality while he evolved his approach to art into a dynamic representation of the culture he was eager to record. Also look for the companion book Woody Crumbo, available at the museum, 1400 N. Gilcrease Road. Admission is $5-$8. Go online for museum hours at www.gilcrease.utulsa.edu and to find out about special events related to this exhibit.

Friday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m.

Four hundred of the coolest collector cars, trucks and motorcycles you’ve ever seen will be at the Oklahoma State Fair Park’s Cox Pavilion, and every one of them will be auctioned to eager buyers looking for some excitement. Two lanes of vehicles will be auctioned simultaneously on Saturday, Feb. 23, for an added rush. Hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday. Feb. 22, and Saturday, Feb. 23. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for military personnel (with ID) and seniors, $7 for children. For more, go to www.leakecar.com.
 

Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.

Spectacularly debuted in 2011, Born to This Land: A Visual and Musical Journey through the Rangelands of the West will hit the stage yet again this week. The show stops at the National Cowboy Museum & Western Hall of Fame, 1700 NE 63rd St. Showcasing authentic Western poetry, music and vivid photographs and artistry, Born to This Land will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22. The event features Red Steagall and other Western musicians playing against iconic images taken by Bob Moorhouse and David Stoecklein. Call for dinner reservations. Tickets to the show are $50-$60. For more information, go to  www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.
 

Opens Saturday, Feb. 23

A love story from California’s wine country sounds irresistible. Said love story told by composer Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls) is downright thrilling to a musical theater fan.  Tulsa Opera brings out a real winner for its second production of the season. The Most Happy Fella, a Broadway musical from 1956, comes to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 101 E. Third St. It opens at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, and continues on March 1 and 3. Tony, an older Italian vineyard owner takes a big leap when he asks young waitress Rosabella to marry him. The matter is complicated – they have never met, have only corresponded for a few months, and Rosabella thinks Tony is a young, strapping lad thanks to a photo he sends to her. The Most Happy Fella is often thought to have “operatic ambitions;” in other words, much of the story is sung (but in English). We hope this one ends well for both and for Tulsa Opera. Tickets are $54-$98, available at www.myticketoffice.com. For more the show, visit tulsaopera.com.

Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m.

Mixing 1950s rhythm and blues with modern rock-and-roll, J.D. McPherson has swiftly built a career on making a forgotten music form relevant and entertaining all over again. The 35-year-old Oklahoma native has captivated listeners with his debut album Signs and Signifiers, released on a national label only last April, and he’s bringing it to Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St., Tulsa. Doors open at 7 p.m. with guest act the Bellfuries. When J.D. played the Mercury Lounge in Tulsa’s Boston District last year, tickets sold out fast. True, Cain’s is considerably bigger than the Merc, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to us if his rockabilly assault closed that box office early again. Tickets are $15-$25. Get them at www.cainsballroom.com.
 

Beginning Friday, Feb. 22

If you want to know what the experience of the two-weekend New Genre Festival is like, all you need is to hear these titles: Temple Hive, Transient Spaces, Strange Planet. For 20 years, Living Arts of Tulsa has brought pioneering artists to Tulsa presenting work that has perplexed and provoked. This year’s continues the tradition of breaking through traditional forms of art that might have separated dance from music from visuals from theater. The festival opens Friday, Feb. 22, with the art installations Transient Spaces and Temple Hive at Living Arts of Tulsa, 307 E. Brady St., as well as the 60-minute dance theater Strange Planet from the Jordan Fuchs Dance Company at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. Second St. Some call the works “revolutionary,” others are less enthusiastic. But New Genre is nothing less than a gift to Tulsa. The festival continues through March 2 at various venues. Visit www.livingarts.org for a schedule, locations and ticket and pass information.
 

Sunday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.

When the 85th Academy Awards airs Sunday night, will you be on your couch in sweat pants with a bowl of popcorn, or will you be dazzling? We thought so. Tulsa’s Wolfgang Puck Bistro, 3330 S. Peoria Ave., in Brookside hosts “A Taste of the Red Carpet” Sunday, Feb. 24. Show up at 7 p.m. to watch movie stars and entertainers escape their limo prisons and traipse the path into the Dolby Theater for the biggest night in film. The fun begins locally at 7:30 p.m., when the restaurant will serve dinner featuring plates and goodies created for this year’s Governors Ball, the official Oscars after-party catered by Mr. Puck himself for the last 19 years. Tickets are $75 per person. To purchase, call 918.292.8585.
 

Opens Saturday, Feb. 23

Following a particularly brutal election season, Theatre North presents August Wilson’s study of local politics and its impact on a friendship. Harmond has just inherited a real estate agency from his father. He also has plans to redevelop Pittsburgh’s Hill District with help from his friend Roosevelt and to run for election as the city’s first African American mayor. When legal questions over the acquisition of a Hill District property arise, the friendship and Harmond’s marriage are tested. Set in the 1990s, Radio Golf is the final installment of Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of 10 plays (each set in a different decade) exploring African-American life in the U.S. throughout the 20th century. Theatre North presents the dynamic and often humorous work in the Charles E. Norman Theatre of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. Second St. Opening night is 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23. The play continues Sunday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m. and at 8 p.m. March 1-2. Tickets are $14, available at www.myticketoffice.com.
 

As is the case with all great music, a great album will often continue to gain fans long after its release and long following the big tour’s end. For stormy British rock legends The Who, 1973’s Quadrophenia, a richly textured rock opera about a restless London teen named Jimmy in 1965, is the kind of album that classic rock aficionados wish they could have heard played live (but were born too late) or could hear it again. Fortunately, Quadrophenia reigns again when Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and the band (sans, of course, late original members John Entwistle and Keith Moon) play the double album in its entirety along with other Who classics at the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave. Show opens at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 with special guest act Vintage Trouble opening. Tickets are $39.50-$129.50, available at the BOK Center box office and online at www.bokcenter.com