UPDATED: Fairy Ball bringing late-summer magic Saturday to Paseo Arts District
Amanda Lane watches her daughter play during the Fairy Ball in the Paseo Saturday, September 24, 2011. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman Archives.
UPDATE: Paseo Arts Association Executive Director Jennifer Barron announced Friday (this) morning that due to the rainy weather, the 2012 Fairy Ball is moving indoors. The activities will take place in four different Paseo businesses: Theatre Upon a StarDance Swan, 3022 Paseo; the Paseo Arts Association, also 3022 Paseo; Rainbow Fleet, 3024 Paseo; and Paseo Pottery, 3017 Paseo. The event will still include flower crowns making, face painting, original live music and dancing. The event is still scheduled to take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Fairy Ball bringing late-summer magic to Paseo
For the second straight year, record August temperatures have moved the all-ages event to September
Children, parents and the young at heart are invited to practice that art Saturday at the annual Fairy Ball on Paseo.
“It’s kind of a breathtaking time,” said Keller, founder and creative director of Theatre Upon a StarDanceSwan, the nonprofit dance company that organizes the all-ages event.
“We just let the children and the twilight and the lights that are in the trees and the music take over … and it offers so much wonder and imagination and energy.”
Established about a dozen years ago as an artistic celebration of midsummer, the Fairy Ball is shifting to late summer for the second straight year because of record August temperatures.
“The time of year that we normally have had it, we were having 108- and 111- (degree temperatures) this summer. So we were not happy that it’s getting warmer, but at least we’re happy that we were wise enough to go ahead and stay with a September date,” she said.
“That’s what the art of make-believe does: You can always … find a solution so there will be a happy ending,” she added with a laugh.
Sisters from left, Emily Blackburn, 10, Anna Blackburn, 9, and Raven Buchanan, 10, show off their face paint during the Fairy Ball in the Paseo Saturday, September 24, 2011. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman Archives.
The Fairy Ball takes place outdoors on the “Fairy Green” at Dewey and NW 28, just west of Paseo Grill. Attendees are invited, but not required, to dress as fairies, elves, blossoms or other whimsical creatures or to don festive attire.
The festivities begin with Flower Magic, in which youngsters use palm fronds to create fairy wings and real flowers to craft crowns or other embellishments to their costumes. The shift closer to the autumnal equinox allows the Fairy Ball to celebrate the changing of the seasons: Along with daises, ferns and baby’s breath, Keller said children will get to adorn themselves with fall leaves.
“The artists want to motivate the children to make the choices and get their fingers working … with the flowers because that is empowering to the children. The children love it; just the opportunity to work with real flowers alone is unique,” she said.
“If you watch the children, that’s where the stories begin to unfold. What’s happening inside of them and how they’re responding to the music and the costumes is the story. It’s a subtle evening. We haven’t had to do much to entertain.”
At 7:30 p.m., StarDanceSwan dancers will give a semi-improvised performance that will open the gates to the dance space and beckon attendees to do their own carefree dancing until 8:30 p.m. A mainstay of the event, Oklahoma City composer/multi-instrumentalist Steve McLinn again will bring his singular brand of “electrical acoustical fusion music” to the ball.
“I think it hearkens to joy and innocence. Almost everybody I know in our culture has been brought up on fairy tales and loving the art of make-believe, and it’s the opportunity to create a space where make-believe can happen, where children can innocently play and generate their sense of wonder and hope,” Keller said.
The ball has earned a devoted following, said Jennifer Barron, executive director of the Paseo Arts Association. It annually draws about 500 participants to the Paseo Arts District.
“There’s a little bit of a legacy aspect to it that people just enjoy coming every year, obviously a lot of parents and small children, but also people who live in the neighborhood
Sisters from left, Emily Blackburn, 10, Anna Blackburn, 9, and Raven Buchanan, 10, show off their face paint during the Fairy Ball in the Paseo Saturday, September 24, 2011. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman Archives.
like to watch it,” she said. “It happens during twilight … and everything just seems kind of like it’s glowing.”
With movies, TV shows and related merchandising, fairy tales have become big business, but the Fairy Ball is a noncommercial affair, Barron said. Attendees can devise their own enchanted character instead of dressing up like a cartoon.
“It’s all about creativity. There’s visual artists, there’s dance artists, theater artists that all come together to make this event happen,” she said. “You’ve got this kind of multi-disciplinary art experience, and it’s completely free for the kids.”
The event fosters creative play and differs from make-and-take art activities children may experience at other events, Barron said.
“They’re making fairy wings and they’re making something to go on their costumes, but other than that, it’s not like an art opportunity that’s led. It doesn’t have to look a certain way,” she said.
“It’s kind of neat to see how many different kinds of fairy wings and flower wreaths the kids’ll make using the same few materials. I think it’s neat that it’s just a way for kids to express their creativity. … They’re just out there having fun with art of all kinds.”
Keller said she hopes the event will inspire parents will make time for more pretend play, especially incorporating art and dance, into their families’ busy schedules.
“From my own (childhood) experience, I loved to be outside and I loved to be in places where the light was gorgeous and I could practice my make-believe,” she said. “I feel that there is an art to make-believe, and if parents can rediscover this art, then their children will benefit.”
GOING ON
Fairy Ball on Paseo
When: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Fairy Green at Dewey and NW 28, just west of Paseo Grill.
Admission: Free, but donations will be accepted to offset expenses. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Information: 525-2688 or www.thepaseo.com.
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Best Bets for Aug. 3-5, 2012: Gypsy Wind, “Art Gone Wild,” Stoney LaRue & Pablo Picasso
Stoney LaRue
Here are the Best Bets for entertainment in Oklahoma this weekend, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
1. View “Art Gone Wild,” a new exhibit of paintings by Oklahoma City Zoo animals, at In Your Eye Studio & Gallery, 3005A Paseo, from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday during the monthly Paseo Gallery Walk. Information: 525-2161 or www.inyoureyegallery.com.
2. NORMAN — Hear eclectic quintet Gypsy Wind perform its fusion of Eastern European, Arabic, Latin and American jazz music at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Norman Depot, 200 S Jones. Information: 307-9320 or www.thepas.org.
3. NORMAN — See a new exhibit of nine works by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso starting Friday at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. Curator Mark White will give a brief gallery tour of the exhibit at 7 p.m. Friday. Information: 325-3272 or www.ou.edu/fjjma.
4. TULSA — Hear Oklahoma red dirt rockers Stoney LaRue and Chad Sullins & the Last Call Coalition at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main. Doors open at 7 p.m. Information: www.cainsballroom.com.
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3rd annual “Art Gone Wild” exhibit featuring works by OKC Zoo animals opens Friday at Paseo gallery
In Your Eye Studio Gallery is preparing to showcase its wild side with its third annual “Art Gone Wild: Paintings by OKC Zoo Animals,” showcasing original art by the animal artists.
The opening reception for the exhibit is 6 to 10 p.m. Friday during the monthly Paseo Gallery Walk, which continues from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. The show runs through Sunday, Sept. 2.
Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
With their paws, claws, noses, and even lips, many of the animals at the Oklahoma City Zoo have been creating new masterpieces for this year’s “Art Gone Wild” show. The zoo’s residents have made each work of art especially for the show, with some help from their caregivers, according to a news release.
Art by zoo animals is part of the “animal enrichment” process of providing a stimulating environment that addresses an animal’s social, psychological and physical needs. Techniques vary by animal: Some use a brush, while others enjoy rolling in, slithering through, or spraying paint onto their canvases. The paints are non-toxic and washable, so creating art is safe for the animals. New art is continuously added to the show, as the zoo’s animals continue to create.
The exhibition allows guests a rare opportunity to view and purchase one-of-a-kind works of art. All proceeds benefit the zoo’s conservation projects. This year, 50 percent of the proceeds will help okapi conservation. The zoo will be sending funds to The Okapi Wildlife Reserve near the village of Epulu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which came under attack on June 24. Seven citizens and 14 okapis were killed in the raid. Okapis are endangered, and they also happen to be my favorite animal from the time I was a child. Though they have physical similarities to zebras, they are more closely related to giraffes. The OKC Zoo is home to four okapis.
Wyman Frame & Supply, a division of Dale Rogers Training Center, is supporting “Art Gone Wild” with a donation of frames.
For more information on the exhibit, go to www.inyoureyegallery.com.
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Paseo galleries taking international view of art with current and upcoming exhibits
A solo show featuring paintings by Pavel Wang Yu Tsai, including "Tailor," is on view through Saturday at the Paseo Originals Arts Gallery.
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Paseo galleries taking international view of art
Column: Paseo Originals and Visions in the Paseo are adding more artists from outside the United States to their slates of local, state and national exhibits
Descending the short flight of steps inside the Paseo Originals gallery is currently a bit like transporting to another world, as good and evil battle in a high-stakes game of chess, a master tailor sews wings for angels and a potter places his molded figures into a fiery furnace knowing that only the strong will survive.
As fanciful and surreal as the view of the cosmos depicted in the 29 paintings can be, their origins are almost as fantastic for a fledgling Oklahoma gallery: The exhibit “From Russia with Love: A Retrospective of Fantasy” constitutes the first serious solo show in the United States for respected Russian painter/teacher Pavel Wang Yu Tsai.
“There is a common message of hope and optimism, but typically the work is dark and as far as subject matter, it’s variant and really strong,” Gallery Director Tony Morton said of the exhibit.
“His work is incredibly diverse. He’s done Western stuff, he’s done series that focus specifically on religion, he’s done series that focus specifically on iconography. … Stylewise, they’re surreal, but it’s not the type of surrealism we see around here.”
While Yu Tsai has shown a few works in group shows — including the prestigious Prix de West at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum — his first U.S. solo exhibit coincides with a growing focus on showcasing international artists at Paseo Originals and neighboring gallery Visions in the Paseo. Both galleries opened in November 2010 with similar progressive ideals.
“One of the things that I want to do through this gallery is to show what art can be,” I think people often times, especially outside this state, have a very misconstrued idea of what Oklahoma art is. When I went out to Laguna (Beach, Calif.) a month ago, I seriously got the Indians and teepees things more times than I can count … and there’s a lot more than that here,” Morton said.
“The last five years has shown how progressive the arts community has become here and … the cultural diversity in art that we’re seeing here has been expanded significantly. And I want to keep demonstrating that.”
With the exception of its long-running May festival, the Paseo Arts District is known primarily for showcasing the wares of the neighborhood’s numerous working artists. But Jennifer Barron, the new executive director of the Paseo Arts Association, said adding international exhibits to the mix can benefit the district’s many studios and galleries.
“I think it makes a stronger art community when you have influences coming from inside
Black-and-white landscape photographs by Swedish artist Hakan Strand will be on view in October at Visions in the Paseo gallery.
and from outside. It fosters a sort of exchange of ideas and … creativity,” Barron said. “It brings a new perspective to the artists who are down here and to visitors who come to the Paseo. It offers something that they don’t get to see all the time. I think it just shows how much the district is growing that we have the space to bring in these artists from all over not only the community and the city but the world.”
Despite the added expense and hurdles sometimes involved, Visions in the Paseo owner Glenn Fillmore said international exhibits bolster the entire Oklahoma cultural scene, inspiring state and local artists as well educating as the public. Devoted exclusively to photography, his gallery will feature in October black-and-white landscapes by Swedish artist Hakan Strand, who captures his early-morning images using long exposures that render water eerily glasslike and fog particularly mysterious.
In October 2013, Greek photographer Elias Politis will bring more than just the typical scenes of pristine beaches and idyllic ancient ruins pictured on postcards to Visions in the Paseo.
“He lives in a Greece, photographs there and wants to do a show not on the tourist Greece but the real Greece. Of course, it’s going to include a lot of poverty shots and things like that. Their unemployment rate’s like 25 percent over there right now,” Fillmore said.
“I want to bring a New York photographer here, too. I want to show Oklahoma what’s happening in the rest of the United States and what’s happening in the world,” Fillmore added. “And we’re very connected to the local community. Next month we’re having our ‘Emerging Women in Photography’ exhibit, and five of those seven women are local.”
Judging from the love visitors have shown Yu Tsai’s exhibit, Morton believes the public wants to see more international art. He is expecting a big crowd at the cocktail closing for “From Russia with Love” Saturday night. Yu Tsai speaks little English, so the translators who have accompanied him to the exhibit’s opening reception and artist lecture will again be on hand.
“It was supposed to be a 30-minute lecture; it ended up being 2 ½ hours. We had a ton of people show up for it. I was really pretty astonished, but (they had) about an hour and a half or two hours worth of questions,” Morton said.
"Net Globe" by German new media artist Benjamin Soehnel will be on view in September at Paseo Originals gallery.
Over the next nine months, Morton is planning to bring in six more artists from other countries, including German modern new media artist Benjamin Soehnel in September.
“There’s so many things that we can be showing off that otherwise you have to travel a great distance to see, and I think once the public is exposed and develops the understanding that this too is art, it’s going to keep changing the arts scene,” Morton said.
“There’s a lot of amazing art on this street … and there’s three places in the United States where you can find this many galleries crammed into a quarter of a mile. The opportunity that’s here is extensive.”
GOING ON
Cocktail closing reception for “From Russia with Love: A Retrospective of Fantasy”
Featuring: Paintings and an appearance by Russian artist Pavel Wang Yu Tsai, plus live music and full bar.
When: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Paseo Originals, 2920 Paseo.
Information: 604-6602 or www.paseooriginals.com.
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What to do in Oklahoma on July 23, 2012: Check out the Acoustic Oklahoma showcase at Picasso Cafe
Today’s featured event:
Hear homegrown talents Jessey Thompson, Andy Adams and Aaron Pose play the weekly Acoustic Oklahoma showcase at 7 tonight at Picasso Cafe, 3009 Paseo.
For more information, go to www.acousticoklahoma.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
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What to do in Oklahoma on July 17, 2012: See the exhibit “From Russia with Love: A Retrospective of Fantasy” at Paseo Originals”
Today’s featured event:
See the exhibit “From Russia with Love: A Retrospective of Fantasy,” featuring the work of Russian painter Pavel Wang Yu Tsai, at Paseo Originals Art Gallery, 2920 Paseo.
“From Russia With Love” brings together a retrospective of metaphor-driven, whimsical fantasy art from four distinctive bodies of work by Yu Tsai. The 29 paintings chosen for the exhibit canvas an array of subject matter from Biblical and Buddhist anecdotes to euphemisms associated with puppetry and universal creationism, according to a news release. Solid comprehension of Pavel’s art is best attained through the observation of a body of his work. In observance of his individual artworks the viewer is left with a list of questions or assumptions. Series to series his visual compositions are like novels from a tome. Intensely biographical in nature, the oil on canvas and panel narratives, are spun stories from the bristles of the artist’s brushes.
Yu Tsai was born in 1956 along the northern foothills of the Terskei-Alatau range of Kyrgyzstan, near the Karakol river in in Przheval’sk, Russia. In 1983, he entered the Moscow People’s University Faculty of the Fine Arts program to study painting and drawing. A clever pupil, Pavel graduated the university after only three years of study in 1985. He then used his arts education to gain work within the film industry as an art assistant; later rising to the position of art director for several films and TV series such as “Legal Advice,” “And Said The Blind,” “Karagyz,” “Lullaby,” “Metamorphosis,” “Exodus” and “Resurrection.” Though film has played a prominent role in his history, Yu Tsai has been actively engaged in personal creative work since 1989. In 2007, after a lifetime of working with his creative abilities, Pavel was admitted to the Kyrgyzskoy Republic Union of Artists and in 2010 into the Kyrgystan Union of Cinematographers. In 1993, Yu Tsai opened his first solo exhibition at the State Museum of Contemporary Arts, G. Aytieva.
While the artist has had several solo exhibitions in his home country, the exhibit at Paseo Originals Art Gallery is billed as his first major solo exhibition in the United States, according to the release.
The exhibit will culminate in celebratory spirit through a cocktail closing reception in the gallery from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 28.
The events and exhibit are free and open to the public. To read a review of the show, click here.
The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, call 604-6602 or go to www.paseooriginals.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
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Video: “The Big Swanky Art Show,” featuring work by artists with autism, opening tonight during Paseo Gallery Walk
Autism Oklahoma and Youth and Family Services teamed up to give 11 young adults with autism who go by the name Bee Knees the chance to work with one another for one week during an art camp. The artwork created in this camp will be featured in “The Big Swanky Art Show,” on view at Rainbow Fleet, 3024 Paseo Drive
The opening reception for the exhibit will be from 6 to 10 tonight at Rainbow Fleet during the monthly Paseo Gallery Walk.
NewsOK video host Angi Bruss recently sat down with Dee Blose, director of Youth and Family Services, and her Blose’s son David, one of the participants in the show, to talk about “The Big Swanky Art Show.”
For more information, go to http://autismoklahoma.org/Events.
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Paintings by 4 Oklahoma artists to be featured in “Horses” exhibit at Paseo gallery
"Arapaho Indian With Horse" by Brent Learned
“Horses,” often considered man’s most revered and fascinating animal partner, painted by four noted artists from Oklahoma, will be featured in July at JRB Art at The Elms Gallery, 2810 N Walker. The exhibit opens with a reception from 6 to 10 tonight during the First Friday Gallery Walk in Oklahoma City’s Paseo Arts District.
The exhibit will be on view through July 28, according to a news release.
Joe Andoe, Jean Richardson, Jennifer Hustis and Brent Learned are widely known for their ability to capture our imagination and hearts with their distinctly different representations of the animal that is said to have done more to change human history than any other domestic animal. For centuries, this multitalented beast of burden has carried generals into battle, forged the trail of many westward expansions, wrangled for cowboys and raced for jockeys.
Joe Andoe was born into a farming family in Tulsa. He earned his MFA from the University of Oklahoma and has lived and worked in New York since 1985. He is admired for his minimal landscapes and idealized depictions of horses, dogs, deer, buffalo, wolves and flowers. His simple and elegant images of the horse still refer to his roots in the Great Plains. His paintings are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art and the St. Louis Museum of Art.
Jennifer Cocoma Hustis graduated with a MFA in Painting from the Pratt Institute in New York, received a BFA in Painting from the University of Oklahoma and has studied at the Royal College of Art in London. Jennifer began riding horses as a young girl and for the past decade has focused on horse therapy and the art of horse whispering. Jennifer is the founder of Art of Horsemanship, LLC, an organization that promotes a safe, holistic and creative way to approach horsemanship and provides art lessons for students of all ages.
Brent Learned is an award-winning Native American artist. An enrolled member of the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma, Brent has a BFA from the University of Kansas. His paintings and sculptures reflect his appreciation of the culture of the Plains Indians. Brent’s work is included in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, the University of Kansas Art Museum in Lawrence, Kansas, and in the Governor’s Mansion in Oklahoma City.
Jean Richardson, an Oklahoma native, has had a lifelong interest in western mythology and feels a deep connection to the frontier west. The iconic image she focuses on is the horse, which she paints in the abstract using splashes of acrylics in both jewel tones and earthen hues. Both of Richardson’s parents grew up in ranching families, and she has been around horses all her life. Artistically, she is most interested in them as a “metaphor for the human spirit—unbridled, striving, sometimes heroic, often restless, full of energy, floating above us, calling us to other realms.” Jean’s work is included in many private and public collections. She has participated in the Art in Embassies Program, where the works of living American artists are placed in the United States Embassies around the world.
For more information, go to www.jrbartgallery.com.
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New Paseo exhibit “From Russia with Love” features works of Russian painter Pavel Wang Yu Tsai
The new exhibit “From Russia with Love: A Retrospective of Fantasy,” is opening during the monthly Paseo Gallery Walk from 6 to 10 tonight at Paseo Originals Art Gallery 2920 Paseo. Russian painter Pavel Wang Yu Tsai also will give an artist lecture at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Paseo Originals.
“From Russia With Love” brings together a retrospective of metaphor-driven, whimsical fantasy art from four distinctive bodies of work by Yu Tsai. The 29 paintings chosen for the exhibit canvas an array of subject matter from Biblical and Buddhist anecdotes to euphemisms associated with puppetry and universal creationism, according to a news release. Solid comprehension of Pavel’s art is best attained through the observation of a body of his work. In observance of his individual artworks the viewer is left with a list of questions or assumptions. Series to series his visual compositions are like novels from a tome. Intensely biographical in nature, the oil on canvas and panel narratives, are spun stories from the bristles of the artist’s brushes.
Yu Tsai was born in 1956 along the northern foothills of the Terskei-Alatau range of Kyrgyzstan, near the Karakol river in in Przheval’sk, Russia. In 1983, he entered the Moscow People’s University Faculty of the Fine Arts program to study painting and drawing. A clever pupil, Pavel graduated the university after only three years of study in 1985. He then used his arts education to gain work within the film industry as an art assistant; later rising to the position of art director for several films and TV series such as “Legal Advice,” “And Said The Blind,” “Karagyz,” “Lullaby,” “Metamorphosis,” “Exodus” and “Resurrection.” Though film has played a prominent role in his history, Yu Tsai has been actively engaged in personal creative work since 1989. In 2007, after a lifetime of working with his creative abilities, Pavel was admitted to the Kyrgyzskoy Republic Union of Artists and in 2010 into the Kyrgystan Union of Cinematographers. In 1993, Yu Tsai opened his first solo exhibition at the State Museum of Contemporary Arts, G. Aytieva.
While the artist has had several solo exhibitions in his home country, the exhibit at Paseo Originals Art Gallery is billed as his first major solo exhibition in the United States, according to the release.
During tonight’s opening reception for “From Russia With Love,” there will be live music, wine tasting at the wine bar, a light selection of foods to nibble on and amazing artwork. Along with Sunday’s artist lecture, the exhibit will culminate in celebratory spirit through a cocktail closing reception in the gallery from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 28.
The artist, who speaks no English, will be in attendance and accompanied by a translator during all associated gallery events. The events and exhibit are free and open to the public.
For more information, call 604-6602 or go to www.paseooriginals.com.
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Best Bets for July 6-8, 2012: Jerry Lewis, Paseo Gallery Walk & Brave Combo
Jerry Lewis
Here are the Best Bets for entertainment this weekend in the Oklahoma City metro area, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
1. NORMAN — Hear Grammy-winning polka band Brave Combo play at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Lion’s Park, 450 S Flood Ave., as part of the Performing Arts Studio’s Summer Breeze concert series. Information: 307-9320 or www.thepas.org.
2. See the new exhibit “From Russia with Love: A Retrospective of Fantasy,” opening during the monthly Paseo Gallery Walk from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at Paseo Originals Art Gallery 2920 Paseo. Russian painter Pavel Wang Yu Tsai also will give an artist lecture at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Paseo Originals. Information: 604-6602 or www.paseooriginals.com.
3. Hear Texas country singer-songwriter Granger Smith at 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan. Doors open at 6 p.m. Information: 601-6276 or www.wormydog.com.
4. SHAWNEE — Laugh with comedy legend Jerry Lewis at 7 p.m. Friday at the Grand Casino, Interstate 40 at Exit 178. Information: 964-7777 or www.grandcasinoshawnee.com.
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