What to do in Oklahoma on March 18, 2012: Feel the noise when “Stomp” marches into the Civic Center
Today’s featured event:
Feel the noise when the international hit “Stomp” ends its encore engagement at 2 and 7 p.m. today at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. Information: (800) 869-1451 or www.celebrityattractions.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
Best Bets for March 16-18, 2012: “Stomp,” George Thoroughgood, St. Patrick’s Day Parade and “Gypsy”
George Thorogood
Here are my picks for the Best Bets for entertainer in Oklahoma this weekend, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
1. Feel the noise when the international hit “Stomp” returns for an encore engagement at 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. Information: (800) 869-1451 or www.celebrityattractions.com.
2. Get in an Irish mood for the annual Oklahoma City St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 1 p.m. Saturday at Fifth and Broadway. Information: www.okcstpatsparade.com.
3. CONCHO — Hear George Thorogood and The Destroyers at 8 p.m. Friday at Lucky Star Casino, 7777 N U.S. 81. Doors open at 7 p.m. Information: 262-7612 or www.luckystarcasino.org.
4. Watch Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s production of the musical drama “Gypsy” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Civic Center’s Freede Little Theatre, 201 N Walker. Information: 297-2264 or www.okctheatrecompany.org.
-BAM
Oklahoma City Museum of Art celebrating 10th anniversary in downtown this weekend
Sugar Free Allstars
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From Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art celebrating 10th anniversary in downtown
On Friday-Sunday, the museum will offer free admission along with kindie rock concerts, story times, magic shows, puppet performances, free film screenings, hands-on art-making activities and gallery talks inside an array of special exhibitions.
Although it happened a decade ago, Leslie Spears still clearly remembers standing at the top of the second-floor stairs of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s new downtown home, holding a camera and eagerly waiting for long lines of patrons to begin streaming through the sparkling glass doors.
“I wanted to cry. I did cry. I wondered what the co-worker across the way was thinking. The public was in and that was the bottom line. It was for them, and they were receiving the new building with such joy. I loved how full the Education Center was,” Spears, the museum’s communications manager, recalled in an email.
“That was such a memory to capture.”
This weekend, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the grand opening of its Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center. Admission to the museum will be free Friday-Sunday.
In addition, the museum will mark the occasion with three days of events, including kindie rock concerts, story times, magic shows, puppet performances, free film screenings, hands-on art-making activities and gallery talks inside an array of special exhibitions.
Rediscovering Chihuly
In 2002, the museum opened its downtown home with “Dale Chihuly: An Inaugural Exhibition.” Through enthusiastic public support and community giving, it bought all 18 installations in 2004.
Renamed “Dale Chihuly: The Collection,” the exhibit was reinstalled on April 1, 2004, after 32 days of extensive set building and preparation. In April 2011, the museum closed the Chihuly exhibit, and each piece was cleaned, inspected, photographed and documented in a new database. It was reinstalled in December and reopened New Year’s Eve with the title “Illuminations: Rediscovering the Art of Dale Chihuly.”
“We are excited to have launched our 10th anniversary season with the reinstallation of the museum’s Dale Chihuly glass collection. It was an exciting opportunity to collaborate with Chihuly Studio in re-envisioning the installations and displaying the works in a new manner. We look forward to our 10th anniversary weekend and the opportunity to share the collection with the community on a greater scale,” said Alison Amick, the museum’s curator of collections, who will be giving gallery talks Sunday in the Chihuly exhibit.
Considering the exhibit’s dramatic redesign, visitors often see vibrant art forms that were hidden from view in the previous incarnation.
“We’ve had great response to the redesign. We have people walking through who feel like they’re seeing it for the first time,” said Alison Amick, the museum’s curator of collections, who will be giving a gallery talk Sunday in the Chihuly exhibit. “It really has the quality of rediscovery and surprise to it.”
Along with “Illuminations,” The museum has on view several new special exhibitions, including “Chihuly: Northwest,” which features glass creations inspired by the American Indian basketry, selections from the Chihuly’s large collection of Pendleton trade blankets and photographs by Edward S. Curtis. from “The North American Indian Portfolio.” “Chihuly: Northwest” is on view through April 8.
On view through May 13, the museum opened last month “Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600-1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum,” for which the Oklahoma City museum is the only U.S. venue, and “Julie Heffernan: Infinite Work in Progress,” the first Oklahoma exhibit for the renowned New York-based contemporary painter. Gallery talks for both exhibits will be given during Saturday’s festivities.
“Every floor there will be something new and different to see,” Amick said.
Anniversary festivities
The museum will be showcasing more than just the visual arts during its three-day anniversary celebration. On Saturday, the Metropolitan Library System will offer story times, Jim Green will put on a magic show, and Balcum Rancum Puppetry will perform. The chamber ensemble Go For Baroque will play, and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and Oklahoma Orchestra League will provide an instrument playground.
Local kindie rockers Sugar Free Allstars and Spaghetti Eddie! also are on the lineup for Saturday, while Thunder mascot Rumble and clown Lawrence Grech will appear Sunday.
“It’s an honor to play the museum period, but to play the 10th anniversary is such a big deal,” said Chris “Boom!” Wiser of the Sugar Free Allstars.
The Allstars played the museum for the first time last year, and the standing-room-only show packed the auditorium with children and parents.
“That was awesome, and I can imagine this will be even better,” Wiser said. “It’s a great room, and it makes us feel classy playing the art museum. That’s a distinguished place … and it makes me feel good to be associated with them.”
At the end of opening weekend back in 2002, Spears got her co-workers to pose for a group photo around the museum’s iconic three-story Chihuly tower. Last week, they staged another group photo there.
“I can’t believe that was 10 years ago! I played a role in the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s history. How lucky am I? I have loved this museum and in return, it has loved me. I’ve seen the world through all the exhibitions. I’ve seen precious children in the education center grow into beautiful adults. It’s been a great gig,” Spears said.
See the 10th anniversary celebration schedule after the break.
Best Bets for March 9-11, 2012: Canterbury Chorale’s “Experiences with Sound,” Sooner Soundwave & Money Talks, Art Walks
The Hood Internet
1. Take part in Canterbury Chorale Society’s multi-sensory concert “Experiences with Sound,” featuring pianist Valerie Zamora, at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker. Information: 232-7464 or www.canterburyokc.com.
2. See Ghostlight Theatre Club’s production of Keith Bunin’s drama “The Credeaux Canvas” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the theater, 3110 N Walker. Information: 286-9412 or www.ghostlightokc.com.
3. Participate in Individual Artists of Oklahoma’s annual art auction/raffle Money Talks, Art Walks from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at IAO Gallery, 706 W Sheridan. Information: 232-6060 or www.iaogallery.org.
4. NORMAN — Listen to The Hood Internet, Class Actress, The Chain Gang of 1974 and more during the first Sooner Soundwave at 5 p.m. Saturday at The Opolis, 113 N Crawford. Information: www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html.
-BAM
What to do in Oklahoma on March 9, 2012: See Ghostlight Theatre Club’s “The Credeaux Canvas”
Ashtyn Anderson appears in a scene from Ghostlight Theatre Club's "The Credeaux Canvas." Photo by Steph Bidelspach Photography
Today’s featured event:
See the final performances of Ghostlight Theatre Club’s production of Keith Bunin’s drama “The Credeaux Canvas” at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at the theater, 3110 N Walker. Information: 286-9412 or www.ghostlightokc.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
OKC Improv to begin final run of shows at Ghostlight Theatre Club on March 17
OKC Improv, Oklahoma’s premier showcase for the best local and regional improvisational comedy and theater, presents a new six-week run of shows, classes and workshops this spring.
Performances will take place at 8 and 10 p.m. Saturdays March 17-April 21, 2012 at Ghostlight Theatre Club, 3110 N Walker.
Tickets are $12 each and $6 for improvisers and improv students. Admission is free for those celebrating birthdays with OKC Improv. Advance purchase of tickets is suggested as most shows sell out.
Tickets can be purchased online staring Monday at www.okcimprov.com/p/tickets.html.
Due to scheduling conflicts with future Ghostlight Theatre Club productions, the spring run will mark OKC Improv’s final run at the intimate Paseo performance venue that has served as the hub of the burgeoning Oklahoma improv scene for the last two years. Starting in summer, OKC Improv will be relocating to The Broadway Theater, 1613 N Broadway Ave, home of Reduxion Theatre, with a six-week run of shows and classes taking place June 23-July 28.
Performances
The March/April run includes 30 acts from across the state, including five OKC debuts and two world premieres. The mime-centric mind-bending spectacular ZOOM! makes its official debut at 8 p.m. April 7 after being workshopped in the last OKC Improv Level 3 Class. Northeastern State University short-form improv group Sack Lunch will be making their OKC debut during the same show.
Monsters Like Us will be workshopped during the Level 2 class for a world premiere performance at 8 p.m. April 21. The new form created by OKC Improv alum Michael Roberts provides a glimpse into the everyday lives of extraordinary and often misunderstood creatures and characters from mythology, literature and film.
Inspired by Vancouver’s hit improv show Ghost Jail, Blood & Ink is another new form that will be refined during the upcoming Level 3 class for a premiere at 10 p.m. April 21. Taking a cue from Chicago Public Radio’s “This American Life,” a single theme will inspire improvised scenes, stories, poems, and monologues stitched together with seamless edits in a loose long-form structure.
Texas-based one-man-band Without a Face will make its Oklahoma debut as part of a special music showcase at 10 p.m. March 24 that also will feature local nerd-pop-folk-rock-hip hop band The Memepunks.
Returning acts include narrative super troupe Ballpark Theater Company, the idiosyncratically explosive dramatic improv of C-4, improvisational Shakespeare troupe Fortune’s Fools, the enhanced interrogative comedy of GOOD COP/NICE COP, mentalist William Rader, the darling dames of themed comedy The MiDolls, politically charged duo One State Two State Red State Blue State, relationship comedy of The Ones Your Mother Warned You About, husband-and-wife duo Red Letters, short-form groups Take-One Productions, Homemade Fireworks, and Operation Improv, and the improvised Broadway stylings of Off Book and Villain: The Musical.
Fresh off of delivering the opening talk and emceeing at the inaugural TEDxOU conference in January and earning rave reviews for their two sold-out performances at the Seattle Improv Festival in February, Twinprov will be bringing their signature Rap-sody show back to OKC for performances at OKC Improv at 8 p.m. March 17 and 10 p.m. April 21. The Vrazel brothers also will be representing Oklahoma for a second year in a row at the world renowned Chicago Improv Festival in April.
Other Oklahoma groups making festival appearances in the spring include Red State Blue State performing on March 24 as part of this year’s Tiny Group Festival at the Roving Imp Theater in Kansas City and Twinprov, Villain: The Musical, and The MiDolls, all performing the last weekend in March at the Dallas Comedy Festival.
Classes and workshops
OKC Improv will begin a new session of weekly improv classes for adults starting Saturday, March 17 and continuing through April 21 at Ghostlight Theatre Club. The Level 1 Class will take place at noon, Level 2 (Monsters Like Us) at 2 p.m. and Level 3 (Blood & Ink) at 4 p.m. The first class attended is free. Cost is $10 for each additional class.
In addition to the normal Saturday Level 1-3 improv classes, OKC Improv will be hosting a series of three advanced workshops from noon to 3 p.m. Sundays at Ghostlight Theatre. Intro to Freestyle Rap taught by Buck and Clint Vrazel will take place on March 18, followed by Advanced Freestyle Rap on March 25. Acting for Improvisers taught by local actress, director and improviser Cristela Carrizales and Clint Vrazel will take place April 15. Cost for each workshop is $25. Limited spaces available.
For more information on OKC Improv, go to www.okcimprov.com. See the full spring schedule after the break.
RIP Robert B. Sherman
In this April, 5,1965 file photo actress Debbie Reynolds poses with Academy awards winners for best music Richard M. Sherman, right and Robert Sherman, left, who received the award for Mary Poppins in Santa Monica Calif. Songwriter Sherman, who wrote the tongue-twisting "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and other enduring songs for Disney classics, has died. He was 86. (AP File Photo)
Robert B. Sherman, who with his brother Richard M. Sherman composed scores for many Disney films including “The Jungle Book,” ”The Aristocats,” ”Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” has died. The 86-year-old American died in Tuesday (today) in London, reports The Associated Press.
Son Jeffrey Sherman paid tribute to his father on Facebook, saying he “wanted to bring happiness to the world and, unquestionably, he succeeded.”
Jeffrey Sherman told the AP that his father had learned the craft of songwriting from his own father, Tin Pan Alley composer Al Sherman.
“His rule in writing songs was keep it singable, simple and sincere,” Jeffrey Sherman said. “In the simplest things you find something universal.”
Over their long and prolific career, the Sherman Brothers won two Academy Awards for Walt Disney’s 1964 smash “Mary Poppins” — best score and best song, “Chim Chim Cher-ee.” They also picked up a Grammy for best movie or TV score, according to the AP.
They also earned the distinction of coining one of the longest and most tongue-twisting words ever with “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”
Their hundreds of credits as joint lyricist and composer also include the films “Winnie the Pooh,” ”The Slipper and the Rose,” ”Snoopy Come Home,” ”Charlotte’s Web” and “The Magic of Lassie.” Their Broadway musicals included 1974′s “Over Here!” and stagings of “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” in the mid-2000s.
The brothers’ awards included 23 gold and platinum albums and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They became the only Americans ever to win First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival for “Tom Sawyer” in 1973 and were inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 2005.
President George W. Bush awarded them the National Medal of Arts in 2008, commending them for music that “has helped bring joy to millions.”
Robert Bernard Sherman was born in New York on Dec. 19, 1925, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, Calif. His younger brother and future songwriting partner Richard was born June 12, 1928, in NYC.
The brothers credited their father with challenging them to write songs and for their love of lyrics. Al Sherman’s legacy of songs includes “You Gotta Be a Football Hero,” ”(What Do We Do On a) Dew-Dew-Dewy Day” and “On the Beach at Bali-Bali,” according to the AP.
Robert Sherman’s affection for Britain was nurtured during his service with the U.S. Army in World War II. One of the first American soldiers to enter the Dachau concentration camp — and, his son said, the only Jewish serviceman there — he was shot in the knee in Germany in 1945.
Recovering in hospitals in England, he developed a fondness for and familiarity with the country that stuck with him. He wrote for British characters in “Mary Poppins,” ”Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “Winnie the Pooh,” and spent the last years of his life in London.
After the war, the brothers started writing songs together. They began a decade-long partnership with Disney during the 1960s after writing hit pop songs like “Tall Paul” for ex-Mouseketeer Annette Funicello and “You’re Sixteen,” later recorded by Ringo Starr.
Though they were estranged for a number of years, the brothers never completely broke ties, according to the AP.
They wrote more than 150 songs at Disney, including the soundtracks for such films as “The Sword and the Stone,” ”The Parent Trap,” ”Bedknobs and Broomsticks,” ”The Jungle Book,” ”The Aristocats” and “The Tigger Movie.”
Their “It’s a Small World (After All)” has become one of the most translated and performed songs on the planet. It plays on a continual, multilingual loop every few minutes at Disney theme parks across the world — a fact that Disney employees are only too well aware of.
“We’ve driven teenagers crazy in every language,” quipped Robert Sherman.
Away from the piano, the two raised families and pursued their own interests, yet still lived close to each other in Beverly Hills and continued working together well into their 70s. When “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” came to Broadway in 2005, they added new lyrics and four new songs.
Robert Sherman moved to Britain in 2002 after the death of his wife Joyce. He is survived by his brother and four children: Laurie, Jeffrey, Andrea and Robert.
Our thoughts are with Sherman’s family, friends and fans.
-BAM
Kristin Chenoweth plans Broken Arrow show on first concert tour
Kristin Chenoweth (AP)
Emmy- and Tony-winning actress/singer Kristin Chenoweth will play a hometown show in Broken Arrow on her upcoming spring tour.
The Oklahoma City University graduated announced today the dates and places for the tour, whic is her first concert tour of her career. The North American tour is set to begin May 9 in Seattle and will travel to Los Angeles, Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, Toronto, New York, Nashville and Atlanta, among other cities.
“I’ve sung all over the place but I’ve never committed to a tour because of my schedule,” Chenoweth told the Associated Press. “So now I’m finally doing it.”
She will end the 19-city concert tour with a June 24 show at the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center. The main 1,500-seat stage at her hometown PAC will be renamed in her honor, according to the AP.
“For me, it will be very emotional,” she told the AP.
Mark Frie, the arts center’s executive director, told the AP Broken Arrow has been looking for a way to honor Chenoweth since the facility opened its doors three years ago. “We’re excited to welcome her home,” he said.
On tour, Chenoweth, 43, will perform songs from her latest country-inspired album “Some Lessons Learned,” as well tunes from the TV show “Glee” and ones from her Broadway shows like “Popular” from “Wicked.”
“If I don’t do `Popular,’ I will go out on a stretcher. I know that,” she told the AP, laughing. “I’ve accepted it, and you know what? I’m thankful for it. I’m glad that I have songs that I’m known for.”
While she wants to keep the set list flexible, other tunes likely to make the cut include “Glitter and Be Gay,” “The Girl in 14G” and “Taylor the Latte Boy.” But Chenoweth also will sing opera and offer audiences a few surprises, too.
“I’ll do a little of everything that I’m known for and also stuff I’m not,” she told the AP.
From that description, it sounds like Chenoweth’s Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame induction performance last fall in Muskogee was a good warm-up for her tour dates.
Chenoweth’s tour will have backup singers, dancers and choreography, according to the AP. The tour is being directed by Richard Jay-Alexander, who has staged concerts by Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler. Tickets go on sale March 9.
When Chenoweth gets to Broken Arrow, it will mark the first time she’s been back since her parents moved away when she was 19. Chenoweth is already thinking of the things she wants to do when she arrives, she told the AP.
“I’m sure I’m going to want to drive by my high school. I’m sure I’ll go by the house I grew up in,” she told the AP. “Hopefully I’ll get to see some people that were dear to me in high school. And maybe some who weren’t so dear. That could be interesting.”
It also sounds a bit like her soapy return to series television “GCB,” which stands for “Good Christian Belles.” Chenoweth, who won an Emmy for her work on the late, great show “Pushing Daisies,” co-stars in the series with Leslie Bibb, Annie Potts and David James Elliott. “GCB” debuts at 9 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
Back in November at her Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame induction, Chenoweth said she will be staying busy after her spring tour.
“I will go on tour in the spring, and then in the fall I will probably do another season of the show that you have not seen yet. And then on my next hiatus, I will revive ‘On the 20th Century’ on Broadway, which was originated by one of my favorites, Madeline Kahn, and hasn’t been revived since maybe before I was born. So I’m excited to get to go back to Broadway; whenever they’ll have me, I’m ready to go. So yeah, I have dates through about 2013 and ’14,” she said.
“I’ll sleep when I dead.”
-BAM
Theater review: Reduxion Theatre Company’s “Much Ado About Nothing”
William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” gets a tuneful and entertaining update in the latest production from Reduxion Theatre Company.
The final performance is set for 8 p.m. Saturday at the company’s Broadway Theater, 1613 N Broadway Ave. But it is sold out, according to ReduxionTheatre.com.
However, Reduxion is launching its Metropolitan Library System tour of the production at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library. Library performances continue March 10 at Midwest City, March 24 at Edmond, April 7 at Northwest and April 24 at Ralph Ellison.
This season, Reduxion is getting back to its roots by revisiting some of its first productions as a company. The company continues its successful “Original Sins” season with The Bard’s romantic comedy “Much Ado About Nothing,” which in 2000 was the first show independently produced by the company’s artistic director, Tyler Woods.
Reduxion’s production keeps the tale’s Sicilian setting but shifts the time period to the swinging 1960s. Costume designer Lloyd Cracknell and assistant costume designer Amy Kercher devised some wonderfully fun and colorful costumes for the play.
The frequent changes of elegant costumes are particularly vital since the romance and scheming take place on a relatively empty stage, with a small raised platform usually set up as for a picnic or tea time the only set design.
This was my first time to attend a Reduxion play in the company’s new Broadway Theater, and my husband and I enjoyed the in-the-round setup with the seats arranged quite near to the big stage. The actors frequently involved the audience in the action, particularly during the many party sequences, when the performers handed attendees a cream puff or a decorative mask or pull them onto the stage to join in dancing.
Plus, the arrangement allowed ticketholders to get close for the many delightful musical interludes. (Check out the NewsOK video to hear a sample.)
Erin Woods and Tim Berg are well matched as Beatrice, the niece of Leonato (David Fletcher-Hall), the local governor, and Benedick, a companion of visiting prince Don Pedro (Sam Bearer). Beatrice and Benedick scorn love, marriage and each other, and the actors deftly handle the rapid-fire dialogue of their “merry war.”
The good prince vows to trick Beatrice and Benedick into falling in love, and he also promises to help young count Claudio (Kyle Gossett) win the hand of the fair Hero (Katie Spurr), Leonato’s daughter.
Unlike Beatrice and Benedick, Claudio and Hero are starry-eyed in love. But the story takes a turn for the grim when the prince’s wicked brother Don John (Rachael Barry in an outrageous villain’s mustache and exaggerated accent) and a couple of his pals (Ian Clinton and Fletcher-Hall again) conspire to make Claudio and Don Pedro believe that Hero has been unfaithful so that they publicly humiliate her on her wedding day.
Fortunately, the hilariously incompetent constable Dogberry (Jeffrey Burleson) uncovers the plot, with the help of his partner Verges (Barry) and the bumbling night watchmen (Gossett and Spurr).
While the acting is deliberately overdone, the performers are pleasing to watch, and many of them play two or three roles. Burleson also plays Leonato’s brother, Antonio, while Clinton gets some laughs by following the old Shakespearean tradition of playing a woman, Ursula, one of Hero’s attendants.
In the role of Margaret, another of Hero’s attendants, Barry handles much of the singing, along with Gossett. She is the production’s assistant music director, he is the music director and composer, and their work really makes “Much Ado About Nothing” something really fun to behold.
For more information, go to www.reduxiontheatre.com.
-BAM
Best Bets for Feb. 24-26, 2012: Reduxion Theatre’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” Monster Jam and Friends of the Metro Library’s Booksale
Reduxion Theatre Company's "Much Ado About Nothing"
Here are my Best Bets for the top events happening around Oklahoma City this weekend, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com:
1. Catch the final performances of Reduxion Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” set in the swinging 1960s in Sicily, Italy, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at its Broadway Theater, 1613 N Broadway Ave. Information: 651-3191 or www.reduxiontheatre.com.
2. Watch Grave Digger, Mutt Rottweiler and several other monster trucks in action when the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam rolls at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno. All ticketholders will have the chance to meet the drivers and see the trucks up close during the “Pit Party” and autograph sessions from noon to 1 p.m. Sunday. Information: www.chesapeakearena.com.
3. CONCHO — Hear legendary guitarist B.B. King at 8 p.m. Friday at Lucky Star Casino, 7777 N U.S. 81. Doors open at 7 p.m. Information: 262-7612 or www.luckystarcasino.org.
4. Shop for bargains at the 33rd annual Friends of the Metropolitan Library System Booksale from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Oklahoma Expo Hall at State Fair Park, NW 10 and May. Information: 606-3763 or www.mlsfriends.org.
-BAM
