Sunday, Oct. 7 at 7:30pm
Inspired by music legends Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, dazzling Cuban jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval brings his Latin influenced and Grammy-winning sound to the Rose State College Performing Arts Theatre, 6420 S.E. 15th St., Midwest City, for one night. Tickets are $25, available by phone at 405-297-2264 and at www.myticketoffice.com.
Arturo Sandoval
National Indian Taco Championship
Saturday, Oct. 6
Fry bread is the foundation of a good Indian taco, but wait until you see where competing cooks go from there, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday, in downtown Pawhuska. Be a judge for $5 and you’ll help pick a winner and fill your stomach to boot. More is at www.pawhuskachamber.com.
Zombie Bolt 5k
Saturday, Oct. 6
What better way to get a little exercise than by running for your life? This original 5k run through Guthrie features zombies with a taste for runners standing between you and the finish line. Run for $49 or be a zombie for $15-$30. Race time is at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the corner of U.S. 77 & West Grant Avenue, Guthrie. Check out www.zombiebolt.com for the details.
Antibodies
Ends this Sunday
Get a look at furniture so intriguing it could only go in an art exhibit before it’s gone. Antibodies: The Works of Fernando & Humberto Campana, 1989-2009 closes Sunday at the Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S. Rockford Road, Tulsa. Created by the Brazilian brothers of avant garde sculpture and furniture design, these pieces are so original they beg for a look and then another. General admission is $9. Go to philbrook.org for hours.
Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival
Thursday, Oct. 4-6
Good heavens! As if it wasn’t enough to have headliner Vince Gill in the line-up, this bluegrass fan’s paradise also features the Kruger Brothers, Beppe Gambetta, April Verch, Byron Berline Band and many more at the Cottonwood Flats Recreation Area, Noble Avenue and North Fourth Street, Guthrie. Gate admission starts at $30. Go to www.oibf.com for the schedule.
Rachmaninoff and Mozart
Saturday, Oct. 6
The Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College is pleased to welcome back two past Crescendo Music Award winners to begin a new season of Williams Signature Classics. Pianist Jie Yuan and clarinetist Weixiong Wang join SS at the TCC VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education, 10300 E. 81st St., Tulsa, at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets start at $21.75, available at myticketoffice.com.
Hot Chelle Rae
Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 8pm
It may be the middle of the week, but Hot Chelle Rae is about making every night an adventure. The pop group named Sprint New Artist of the Year at the 2011 American Music Awards storms the Tulsa State Fair, 8 p.m. Wednesday, at Expo Square, 4145 E. 21st St. The show is free with paid fair admission, $6-$9. Go to www.tulsastatefair.com for more.
Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastic Champions
Thursday, Oct. 4
Stars of the golden 2012 Olympic U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team will shine at Chesapeake Energy Arena with other great gymnasts – former Olympians Nastia Liukin and Jonathan Horton – in an impressive show of athleticism beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $28-$203, available at the arena, 100 W. Reno Ave., Oklahoma City. For more, see www.chesapeakearena.com.
The Go-Go’s
High pop star priestesses from the ‘80s seek to show Tulsa some fun at the Hard Rock Tulsa Hotel & Casino with a show in the Joint at 8 p.m. Thursday. The band’s Ladies Gone Wild Tour breaks out hits like “Vacation” and “We Got the Beat” for $35, $40 and $44. Sorry young’uns – guests must be 21 & over to enter the Joint, 777 W. Cherokee St., Catoosa. Tickets are available at www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com.