Concerts and basketball comprise a month of madness at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. OKC Thunder games run throughout the month, with opponents including the Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors. P!nk makes a stop on her Beautiful Trauma World Tour on March 23. Mercy Me visits March 30. And don’t miss the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Women’s Basketball Championship on March 8-11.
of team trivia, an auction, a dinner and dancing helps out Family and Children’s Services. brainiacball.com CARNIVALE March 30 Cox Business Center Carnivale
benefits the Mental Health Association’s nationally recognized housing programs and critical services for the one in four Oklahomans living with mental illness. bestpartyintown.org
IN OKC
PERFORMANCES OKLAHOMA SHAKESPEARE ON THE PASEO PRESENTS: TWELFTH NIGHT Through
March 2 Shakespeare on the Paseo Head to the Paseo
District for a delightful evening of theater with a production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. oklahomashakespeare.
com
OKC BROADWAY PRESENTS: A BRONX TALE March 5-10 Civic Center
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REWARD YOUR EARS For musical experiences outside the realm of a normal concert, Signature Symphony brings Power of Diversity on March 16 to Tulsa Community College’s VanTrease PACE, with Ruben Rengel, a 22-year-old Venezuelan native and the winner of the 2018 Sphinx Competition. Visit the Fly Loft on March 15 for the Fridays in the Loft Chamber Series hosted by Tulsa Symphony, or head to the Tulsa PAC on March 2-3 for the lauded Gryphon Trio, hosted by Chamber Music Tulsa.
Broadway’s hit crowd-pleaser takes you to the stoops of the Bronx in the 1960s. okcbroadway.com
Music Hall
ARMSTRONG AUDITORIUM PRESENTS: CELTIC NIGHTS – OCEANS OF HOPE March 11 Armstrong
Auditorium, Edmond Playing
to sold-out audiences across the globe, the tour-de-force Celtic Nights brings its spectacular performance to Edmond for the first time.
CONCERTS SCOTTY MCCREERY March 1 Riverwind Casino, Norman
With his third album, the singer takes a huge creative step forward. riverwind.com
STRFKR March 1 Tower
Theatre See the electronic/
indie group STRFKR.
towertheatreokc.com CLINT BLACK March 8 Riverwind Casino, Norman
See country star Clint Black at the Showplace Theatre.
armstrongauditorium.org
riverwind.com
17 Lyric at the Plaza Jump
native Tulsan and indie artist Ben Rector perform.
LYRIC THEATRE PRESENTS: GIRLFRIEND Through March back to a time to when flannel was the height of fashion and mix tapes were the language of love. lyrictheatreokc.com
OKC BROADWAY PRESENTS: WAITRESS
March 19-24 Civic Center Music Hall Jenna, a waitress
and expert pie maker, dreams of a way out of her small town and loveless marriage.
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BEN RECTOR March 8 Jones Assembly See
thejonesassembly.com MT. JOY March 9 Tower Theatre See the indie singers of Mt. Joy. towertheatreokc.com DONNA MISSAL March 17 89th Street OKC See crooner
Donna Missal on tour. 89thstreetokc.com
BLUE OCTOBER March 28
Tower Theatre Blue October
is a Texas-based band known
for its shimmering melodies and heartstring-pulling lyrics. towertheatreokc.com
ART FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK March 1 Paseo Arts
District More than 80 artists
and more than 25 businesses, all within walking distance, stay open late the first Friday of every month. thepaseo.org
KATELYNN NOEL KNICK AND BROOKE ROWLANDS SHOW Through March 3
DNA Galleries See two talented artists showcase their most recent works.
Instead of handing the kids a smartphone, take them to the LEGO BrickUniverse Fan Experience on March 16-17 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. “BrickUniverse OKC has grown to become one of the largest and most exciting LEGO events in the United States,” says Greyson Beights, the event’s founder. “We’re excited to be returning for a third year. We have some special things planned for attendees.” Kids and adults alike can enjoy LEGO building areas, merchandise and goodies, along with brick-building competitions.
a teepee or an artist’s canvas, minted on a nickel or seen grazing in Yellowstone National Park, the image of the bison conjures deep loyalties to the North American landscape. nationalcowboymuseum.org
ANSEL ADAMS AND THE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE WEST Through May 26
OKCMOA In 1916, a 14-year-old Ansel Adams began to capture the beauty of the American West. His subsequent body of work – 40,000-plus photographs – influenced the practice of countless photographers. okcmoa.com
dnagalleries.com
COWBOYS IN KHAKI
Galleries See photographers
from across the American West played critical roles — both “Over There” and on the homefront — in helping the Allies win World War I.
OKLAHOMA PHOTOGRAPHERS EXHIBITION March 7 DNA
including Sarah Black and Ian Spencer at this exhibit. dnagalleries.com
ANCIENT. MASSIVE. WILD. THE BISON EXHIBIT.
Through May 12 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Whether painted on
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BUILDING A GREAT TIME
Through May 12 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Men and women
exhibit features more than 30 sculptures from the museum’s permanent collection.
okcmoa.com
HORSEPLAY Through July 14 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum The
museum’s Dickinson Research Center is home to more than 700,000 photographs and 44,000 books, and (perhaps unexpectedly) at least 1,000 horses. nationalcowboymuseum.org
SPORTS SHOWSTOPPER DANCE COMPETITION March 1-3
Cox Convention Center Enjoy some of the best dancers around the state at this event. coxconventioncenter.com
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA BASEBALL
March 1-3, 5, 12, 15-17, 22-24 L. Dale Mitchell Park, Norman
nationalcowboymuseum.org
Batter up! Enjoy OU games at the start of the season.
May 12 OKCMOA This
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL
OFF THE WALL: 100 YEARS OF SCULPTURE Through
soonersports.com
PHOTO COURTESY LEGO BRICK UNIVERSE
HITTING THE PEAK
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PHOTO COURTESY CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA
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PHOTO COURTESY CHAMBER MUSIC TULSA
Where & When
A BIT OF EVERY THING
