Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons help the Oklahoma Civic Center Music Hall celebrate 75 years as OKC’s favorite venue for premier arts and entertainment. With additional special performances from the facility’s resident arts companies, this event is not to be missed as the cultural center looks forward to the future. It all begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the music hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., OKC. Tickets for this very special night are $75, available at www.okcciviccenter.com.

With starting Oklahoma State University quarterback Wes Lunt doubtful for Saturday’s game, back-up J.W. Walsh must face a nationally ranked Texas team with a successful season at risk – for both teams. Watch what happens when the Cowboys square off with the University of Texas-Austin at 6:50 p.m., Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. The game will also be broadcast on the Fox Network. www.okstate.com

Stillwater indie rock band Other Lives returns to Oklahoma…for a night. Their fall U.S. tour, sandwiched between their summer European performances and winter album-recording sessions, begins in Tulsa. This popular band has toured with Bon Iver and opened for Radiohead. Other Lives’ music was also featured in hit television series Grey’s Anatomy, One Tree Hill and Ugly Betty. Whether you’re an established fan or just a curious music lover, don’t miss this chance to see Other Lives live at 8 p.m. Saturday at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St., Tulsa. Tickets, which can be purchased at www.cainsballroom.com, are $17 in advance and $19 at the door. www.cainsballroom.com

The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition holds its annual art extravaganza at 7 p.m. Friday at 50 Penn Place gallery, which means you could win tickets to an Oklahoma City Thunder game complete with dinner at Flint and a stay at the Colcord Hotel. The package is just one of the prize packages you can try to win at the art auction benefiting one of the coolest organizations in OKC. And let’s not forget all that art, each as unique as the artists who created them for exhibit and sale at 50 Penn Place, 1900 NW Expressway, OKC. Tickets are $30-$35. Go to www.12x12okc.org for all the details.

As September winds down without necessarily cooling down, a summer jam festival may be the perfect way to beat the heat for a night. The Turn Down the Heat Tour, featuring Fantasia and special guests Jagged Edge and K-ci and JoJo, will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at the OKC Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave., OKC. Advance tickets are $40-70 – a small price to pay for some cool tunes and acts. For more information, check out www.okcciviccenter.com.

Alexander T. Wolf is on trial for a scandalous housing disaster, but is he as “big” and “bad” as they say, or was he framed? Based on a popular children’s book, this Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust presentation lets the piglets of the jury (and in the audience) decide at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 S. Second St., Tulsa. Shows are at 7 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday. Tickets are $10, available for purchase at www.myticketoffice.com.

Discover artists who rejected painting tradition and sought to find new ways of expression in an unfamiliar era. Fifty-seven artworks from the Brooklyn Museum collection go on display at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, exhibiting the myriad approaches to style, subject and matter from artists including Stuart Davis, Milton Avery, Rockwell Kent and others. Tickets are $12 for adults when the exhibit opens Thursday. The exhibit runs through Jan. 6. www.okcmoa.com

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.

Is there anything more enthralling for the pro wrestling fan than a chance to catch their favorite stars in action? Here’s one way to find out: WWE Presents “Raw” at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno Ave., Oklahoma City, at 6:30 p.m. Monday before trucking “Smackdown” to the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave., Tulsa, for a 6 p.m. Tuesday show.

Wrestling superstars past and present pay tribute to Oklahoman WWE Hall of Famer, Jim Ross in OKC, while the showdown for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship takes place in Tulsa. “Raw” tickets start at $15, available at www.chesapeakearena.com, while “Smackdown” prices begin at $17 at www.bokcenter.com.

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