Weekend Warmup for Jan. 29-31, 2010
Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant (Photo by Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman Archives)
Here is a list of events happening around Oklahoma this weekend (Jan. 29-31). Due to the winter weather in the state, please call ahead or check the venue’s Web site before heading out to any of these events. Some may be canceled or postponed because of inclement weather and road conditions.
For more activities, go to www.wimgo.com. And above all, please have a safe weekend!
- Watch the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Denver Nuggets tonight at the Ford Center, 100 W Reno. Or see the Thunder play the Golden State Warriors at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Ford Center. Information: www.thunder.nba.com.
- NORMAN — Listen to Grammy-nominated folk singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Santa Fe Depot, 200 S Jones Ave. The show is part of the Performing Arts Studio’s Winter Wind concert series. Information: 307-9320 or www.thepas.org. (Gilkyson’s show set for tonight at Tulsa’s All Souls Acoustic Coffeehouse has been canceled due to bad weather; the venue is trying to reschedule the show for a later date and encourages ticketholders to keep their tickets. Information: www.allsoulcoffeehouse.com.)
- Hear pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin perform with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. And the philharmonic’s Discovery Family Series continues with “Music in Motion” at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Civic Center. Information: 842-5387 or www.okcphilharmonic.org.
Estelle Parsons in “August: Osage County”
- TULSA — See the national touring production of Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “August: Osage County,” written by Tulsa-born playwright Tracy Letts, at 7:30 p.m. today and 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Third and Cincinnati. Information: (800) 364-7111 or www.tulsapac.com.
- Listen to Oklahoma indie singer-songwriters Jacob Abello and Sherree Chamberlain at 10 tonight at 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51. Information: 463-0470 or www.myspace.com/51speakeasy.
- Check out the 17th Annual Cafe City Arts celebration and arts sale at 7:30 tonight at City Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing Blvd. at State Fair Park. The fundraising event featuring works from national, regional and emerging artists, a chance to meet many of the artists and refreshments from some of the metro’s finest eateries is still on for tonight. Information or tickets: www.cityartscenter.org.
Eli Young Band
-TULSA – Hear Eli Young Band and Sean McConnell at 8:30 p.m. today and Saturday at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main. Doors open at 7 p.m. Reckless Kelly will join the lineup for the Sunday show. Information: www.cainsballroom.com.
- TULSA – Listen to Oklahoma band the Red Dirt Rangers at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Williams Theater, Third and Cincinnati. Information: www.tulsapac.com.
- Take part in the Raising Haiti Benefit featuring Sugar Free Allstars, Aliens vs. Robots, Dustin Prinz, The Buckners and Kyle Kubiak at 8 tonight at VZDs, 4200 N Western. Information: www.vzds.com.
BradChad Porter
- Laugh along at the OKC Improv showcase at 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday at Ghostlight Theatre Club, 3110 N Walker in the Paseo Arts District. The 8 p.m. show will include Crayons Improv, Tulsa’s top short-form troupe that specializes in creating innovative family-friendly comedy, followed by the jazzy relationship-driven comedy of Oklahoma City troupe The Ones Your Mother Warned You. The 10 ap.m. show will feature OKC stand-up comic BradChad Porter, followed by The Closers, an OKC troupe that specializes in creating 45-minute improvised plays in the style of writer David Mamet (”Glengarry Glen Ross,” “The Untouchables”). Information: www.okcimprov.com.
- See the new exhibit “Jason Peters: Anti.Gravity.Material.Light” this weekend at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive. Information: www.okcmoa.com.
- TULSA – Mark the release The Non’s new CD at a show also featuring Dead Sea Choir and Scales of Motion at 7 tonight at The Marquee, 222 N Main. Information: www.myspace.com/themarqueetulsa.
-BAM
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