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Michael Martin Murphey brings Cowboy Christmas Ball back to Oklahoma City’s National Cowboy Museum

brandy — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:57:36 +0000


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From Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.

For the 17^th year, Michael Marti

Michael Martin Murphey brings Cowboy Christmas Ball back to Oklahoma City
For the 17^th year, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter is helping the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum continue the American holiday tradition.

n Murphey is bringing a truly American Christmas tradition to Oklahoma City.

The singer-songwriter will keep the customs of an old-fashioned Western holiday with his popular Cowboy Christmas Ball at 7 p.m. Friday at the National …

Late, great landscape painter Wilson Hurley to be featured in TV narrative “Envisioning the West,” airing Sunday on OETA

brandy — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:53:54 +0000

Landscape painter Wilson Hurley is shown with his "New Mexico Suite," one of his five "Windows to the West" triptychs that hang in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in this 2005 photo from The Oklahoman Archives.

Acclaimed Tulsa-born landscape painter Wilson Hurley (1924-2008) will be featured in a television narrative titled “Wilson Hurley: Envisioning the West” airing at 9:30 p.m. Sunday on local PBS station OETA.

Hurley is best known for creating the five massive triptych paintings titled “Windows to the West,” which hang in the National Cowboy …

Video: Septemberfest offers a variety of free family fun

brandy — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:27:32 +0000

Check out this NewsOK video taken Saturday at the 15th Annual Septemberfest, a free fall festival that takes place at the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion and Oklahoma History Center.

Gov. Frank Keating and first lady Cathy Keating started Septemberfest in 1997. The activity-packed, family-friendly event is organized by the nonprofit Friends of the Mansion and hosted each year by the governor and first family. This year’s event was the first for Gov. Mary Fallin and her husband, first gentleman Wade Christensen, to host. To read my interview with Fallin previewing the …

What to do in Oklahoma on July 25, 2011: See the Wilson Hurley exhibit “Envisioning the West” at the National Cowboy Museum

brandy — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:48:52 +0000

A detail of Wilson Hurley's "Wyoming Suite," one of the five "Windows to the West" triptychs that hangs at the National Cowboy Museum.

Today’s featured event:

View “Envisioning the West,” an exhibit dedicated to acclaimed Tulsa-born landscape painter Wilson Hurley (1924-2008), at the Atherton Alcove in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage …

“Amazing Racer” Jet McCoy, live Western music, rodeo demos mark National Day of American Cowboy at National Cowboy Museum

brandy — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:18:50 +0000

Jim Garling will be among the performers at today's National Day of the American Cowboy celebration at the National Cowboy Museum. (Photo by David McDaniel, the Oklahoman Archives)

Meet “Amazing Race” contender Jet McCoy, hear live music by Gary S. Pratt and Picket Wire, Jim Garling and A Bar Bunkhouse Band and see the John Wayne film “The Cowboys” at the National Day of the American Cowboy celebration from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. today at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63.

The museum joins venues …

Best Bets for July 22-24, 2011: See Ragtime, hear the Old 97′s, catch Country Joe McDonald

brandy — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:10:23 +0000

The Old 97's

Here are my picks for the top 5 Best Bets happening this weekend around Oklahoma, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more event options, go to www.wimgo.com:

1. Meet “Amazing Race” contender Jet McCoy, hear live music by Gary S. Pratt and Picket Wire, Jim Garling and A Bar Bunkhouse Band and see the John Wayne film “The Cowboys” at the National Day of the American Cowboy celebration from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage …

“Amazing Race” contender Jet McCoy to appear Saturday at National Cowboy Museum’s National Day of the American Cowboy celebration

brandy — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:40:22 +0000

Jet McCoy

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum will join venues across the nation in hosting special activities Saturday to mark the National Day of the American Cowboy

The museum, 1700 NE 63, will honor the iconic American Cowboy from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday.

“The cowboy is our nation’s greatest ambassador throughout the world, representing the most admired virtues of the American people,” said Don Reeves, McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture, on the popularity of the cowboy, in a news release.

Visiting the museum to sign autographs …

Prix de West exhibit opens Friday at National Cowboy Museum

brandy — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:50:28 +0000

Sonya Terpening's "Running Water"

The 38th annual Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale featuring more than 100 artists will open Friday at The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

The exhibit will include more than 300 Western paintings and sculptures by the finest contemporary Western artists in the nation. Art seminars, receptions and an awards banquet round out the exhibition’s opening events Friday-Sunday. Reservations are required for most opening weekend activities.

The exhibiting artists bring a diversity of styles to this prestigious art exhibition. Works …

Best Bets for May 27-29, 2011: Circle the chuck wagons, tangle with Pretty Black Chains, “You’ve Got Hate Mail”

brandy — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:18:33 +0000

Lillie Fuller, 5, has her photo taken while riding a longhorn bull at the 2010 Chuck Wagon Gathering and Children's Cowboy Festival at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. (Oklahoman Archive photo by Paul Hellstern)

Here are my Best Bets for the long Memorial Day weekend, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more traditional Memorial Day weekend festivities happening around the state, click here.

1. Taste outdoor cooking, participate in children’s activities and take in Western entertainment at the annual Chuck Wagon Gathering and …

Tributes to troops, summertime fun mark Memorial Day weekend in Oklahoma

brandy — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:12:42 +0000

The Roland Bowling Band performs during the 2010 Edmond Jazz and Blues Festival. (Oklahoman Archive photo by Miranda Grubbs)

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Tributes to troops, summertime fun mark Memorial Day weekend

Regardless of what the calendar says, Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the summer season for many fun-loving Oklahomans.

Numerous events across the state offer the chance to honor the troops, hear live music, experience the arts or otherwise liven up the three-day weekend. While the Boley Rodeo and Barbecue Festival, Claremore’s Will …