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Celebrating over 70 years!
“Through the Decades” Festival Schedule Friday, July 6th Festival Open 5pm - 11pm
6 - 8pm: Pageant Evening Gown Competition & Group Performance 9 - 11pm: Blackwater Smoke on stage
Saturday, July 7th Festival Open 9am - 11pm
7 - 9am: Parade Registration @ McLoud HS
2pm: Cobbler Gobbler Chamber booth
8 - 11am: Car Show Registration
3pm: Car Show Awards presented on stage
10am: Parade Starts
4 - 5pm: Elvis on stage
Noon: Kid’s Games (ages 12 & under)
5 - 7pm: Pageant Crowning
1pm: Baking Contest Chamber booth
8 - 10pm: OKC’s Favorite Band is back! The Wise Guy’s take the stage!
FIREWORKS at 10pm! Returning to VETERANS PARK with a NEW CARNIVAL! A very special THANK YOU to our generous sponsors:
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Knights Auto Club Car Show
June 23rd, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM • Boy Scout Park
Get ready for the revving of engines and car-centric camaraderie as the annual Knights Auto Club Car Show roars into Shawnee. Attracting over 150 entries each year, this car show features plenty of family fun, a variety of vendors, live music, inflatables for the kids and more. Check out an impressive display of classic cars and custom hot rods while waiting to see which lucky vehicle owner will win awards in categories such as best engine, best paint, best interior, the mayor's choice award and the hotly-contested best of show. All types of cars are welcome including low riders, customs, kemps, muscle cars, truck, motorcycles and much more.
Chuck Wagon's Summer Shopping Market July 7th & 8th • Shawnee Mall
Chuck Wagon Western Decor is hosting another arts and crafts fair inside of the Shawnee Mall July 7th & 8th! Featuring pop up boutiques, handmade decor, jewelry, food and so much more! Saturday 10:00 am to 9:00 pm; Sunday 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
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LOCAL AND STATE-WIDE ONGOING EVENTS & EXHIBITS:
If you have an event you would like to see in our Event Calendar, call Cheyenne Meadows at (405) 214-3963 or email cheyenne.meadows@news-star.com. For advertising, call Brad Casto at (405) 214-3950 or email brad.casto@news-star.com
CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION TO PRESENT SECOND ANNUAL FIRELAKE FIREFLIGHT BALLOON FEST Thirty Hot Air Balloons Set to Fill the Sky Over Shawnee SHAWNEE (June 19, 2018) – The FireLake Fireflight Balloon Fest is set to return to Shawnee this August, anticipated to be the largest balloon festival in the state, bringing live performers, family-friendly activities, giant kites, a display of 30 hot air balloons and more. Admission to the event is free and it is open to the public. The two-day festival kicks off on Friday, Aug. 10 at 4:00 p.m. at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Powwow Grounds. It will be a weekend filled with balloon glows, balloon rides, food trucks, retail vendors, amusement rides, a 5k, an outdoor hunting and fishing expo and balloon flight competitions. Festivalgoers can expect to see balloons embracing the Shawnee sky throughout the weekend and enjoy balloon glows on Friday and Saturday evenings. Saturday’s events start with one of many kite performances, performed by the Austin End of the Line Kite Team, at 6:45 a.m. followed by fun flights, balloon competitions and commercial rides. The festival includes a kids’ zone and petting zoo, a carnival that’s open until midnight and tethered rides that begin at 6:00 p.m. Festivalgoers can continue to enjoy the live music and food trucks all day long, including performances from Amanda Coffee, the White Lighters and Vince Van, followed by Zodiac to close the night.
The FireLake Fireflight Balloon Fest 5K race will also take place on Saturday, Aug. 11 starting at 7:00 a.m. It starts at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center and FireLake Golf Course at 1899 S. Gordon Cooper Dr. Shawnee, OK. It will be conducted in an out-and-back format and will not be timed, but all finishers will receive a commemorative finisher’s medal. Runners of all ages are welcome and can register online for the race at FirelakeBalloonFest.comfor $25. A limited number of commercial balloon flights are available for $250.
Outdoor Nation Expo will take place at FireLake Arena throughout the weekend. The expo includes a turkey calling competition, a free youth archery tournament, hunting and fishing seminars and demonstrations, a youth fishing tournament a vendor market and more. Entry to the FireLake Fireflight Balloon Fest is free and limited RV parking is available for $50 per night with a two-night minimum. For event schedules, vendor information, directions and more, visit FirelakeBalloonFest.com. About FireLake Fireflight Balloon Fest The FireLake Fireflight Balloon Fest is presented by Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a federally-recognized government and has inherent sovereign status recognized by treaty and law. CPN owns and operates a variety of tribal enterprises including First National Bank, Grand Casino Hotel and Resort, FireLake Discount Foods and the Community Development Corporation. To learn more, please visit www.potawatomi.org. Balloon festival sponsors include Coca-Cola, CORE water, Body Armor, Flowers Baking, Budweiser, Corona, Konami, Andrenil, IGT, Visit Shawnee, AGS, Red Rock Distributing, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Crystal Farms, Ford, Small Pockets, HilandDairy and Affiliated Foods.
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1. There's only one big movie opening this weekend, "Jurassic World: Fall-
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en Kingdom." In this sequel to the hit "Jurassic World," the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
2. On Friday, pack up your pooch and head into the office for Take Your Dog to Work Day. The event, created in 1999 by Pet Sitters International, encourages employers to experience the joys of pets in the workplace for one day to support their local pet community.
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The World Cup continues with a full slate of games taking place this weekend. Early Friday morning, tournament favorite Brazil meets Costa Rica in Group E. Visit https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/ for schedules, news and more. If soccer isn’t your thing, check out the NHL draft on Friday night or NASCAR’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at the Sonoma Raceway on Sunday.
4. This Saturday is the Great American Backyard Campout, a day (and night) designed to get people camping, even if it is only in their backyards. Get the tent ready, get s’more ingredients, prepare your fire pit, look up some good campfire stories and enjoy camping out at home! Find out more at http://
5. June is almost over but you can end it on a sweet note by making or picking up some pralines for the dual celebra-
tion of National Pralines Day on Sunday and National Candy Month. Or get an early start on celebrating Chocolate Pudding Day (on Tuesday) by making your favorite or trying a new recipe over the weekend. — More Content Now
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Movies Opening This Weekend in Shawnee!
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PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTRAL of SHAWNEE
"JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM"
Four years after the Jurassic World theme park was closed down, Owen and Claire return to Isla Nublar to save the dinosaurs when they learn that a once dormant volcano on the island is active and is threatening to extinguish all life there. Along the way, Owen sets out to find Blue, his lead raptor, and discovers a conspiracy that could disrupt the natural order of the entire planet. Life has found a way, again. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return to star in this adventure sequel. (Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril). (2:08). Opens June 22 at the Cinema Centre 8 and Movies Six at Shawnee Mall.
"THE MIRACLE SEASON"
After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline “Line” Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough love coach in hopes of winning the state championship. Helen Hunt and Erin Moriarty star in the inspirational sports drama. (Rated PG for some thematic elements). (1:41). Opens June 22 at the Hornbeck Theatre.
"BLOCKERS"
Mindy, Cindy and flatulent Windy are 3 suburban high schoolers who make a blood oath as they start their senior year of high school: they'll each lose their virginities by end of final semester. When various comical attempts fail, they hunker down for their climactic (as it were) last chance at defloration: the night of the senior prom. Who will succeed, if any, who will fail, and who will flunk out? John Cena and Leslie Mann star in the adult comedy. (Rated R for crude and sexual content, and language throughout, drug content, teen partying, and some graphic nudity) (1:41) Opens June 22 at the Hornbeck Theatre.
SUMMER KID SERIES: Every Wednesday through August 1 the Horn-
beck Theatre will present a family-friendly movie at 10am. Admission, drink and popcorn is $4 plus tax. This week's movie is "FERDINAND", animated, featuring the voices of John Cena and Kate McKinnon. (Rated PG for rude humor, action and some thematic elements) (1:48) June 27 at the Hornbeck Theatre.
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Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park's "The Revolutionists" Features an All-Female Cast in a Comedic Tale of Political and Social Injustice Oklahoma City, Oklahoma- Four badass women–an assassin, a spy, a writer, and Marie Antoinette–hang out, plot murder, and try to beat back extremist insanity in Paris. In Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists, these women act in the face of injustice, give their lives to protect freedom and equality, and stand up for what they believe in…all while being hilarious in the face of challenging, fractured political times. Armed with sharp wit and even sharper knives, this comedy of liberté, égalité, and sororité considers how we actually go about changing the world. Oklahoma Shakespeare
in the Park (OSP) proudly presents this work by the most produced living playwright in 2017 during their 34th season. The production runs July 5 through July 21, 2018.
artists be better, braver, and bolder in addressing political and social injustice.
Directed by OSP Managing Director Tyler Woods, the production features a winning, all-female cast, including Amanda Lee* as Marie Antoinette, Alexis Ward as Marianne, Erin Woods as Olympe and Madison Hill as Charlotte.
Single ticket prices are $25, on Thursday and Sunday and $30 on Friday and Saturday with discounts available for groups of 10 or more, seniors, students, military, and educators. Because of the intimate nature of our Paseo space we reccommend purchasing tickets online. Tickets are available at www.oklahomashakespeare.com
The Revolutionists is a particularly timely choice because it is a piece that asserts the bravery and agency of women to be a political and social force, for their own inalienable rights, as well as for the greater good. The play presents women who don’t behave according to the restrictions of their day and don’t care if they are well liked: they care that they are brave. The Revolutionists takes place in history but uses uniquely modern language and point of view. In doing so, Gunderson’s seriously funny and very relevant work asserts that women of all races are still subjugated in some of the ways they were 300 years ago. In addition, the play offers an image of art makers Alexis Ward as Marianne, Madison Hill as Charlotte, Amanda Lee that is self-critical, incias Marie, Erin Woods as Olympe. Photography by April Porterfield sive, and demanding that
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About Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park: Founded in 1985 by Executive Director Kathryn McGill and the late Jack O'Meara, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park has been bringing first-rate professional productions of Shakespeare and the classics to life in Central Oklahoma for 33 seasons. This season's shows will be performed outdoors in downtown OKC at the Myriad Gardens Water Stage and at OSP's new studio space in the historic Paseo Arts District. The organization's educational outreach programs help Shakespeare come alive for students and teachers in classrooms throughout the state. OSP is supported by the Oklahoma Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Devon Energy, Jerome Westheimer Family Foundation, Allied Arts, The Inasmuch Foundation, the Kirkpatrick Family Fund, OCCF, Bank of Oklahoma, and Citizens Bank of Edmond. Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park is a proud member of Actors' Equity.
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art Offering Free Admission for June, July, and August SHAWNEE – The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art will be offering free admission during June, July, and August thanks to the generous donations of the Avedis Foundation, BancFirst, Ad Astra foundation, and St. Gregory's Abbey. “This is a great opportunity to visit Tutu, the portrait of Pope Pius X, and all your favorites. You can come as often as you want to see the art and enjoy the 70-degree temperature inside the museum,” said Dane Pollei, MGMoA Director. The Mathematical, Metaphysical, Mirthful, and Musical Paintings of Gregory Horndeski will be on exhibit until July 1. Horndeski was an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Math at the University of Waterloo, before starting to paint in 1981. He proposed his scalar-tensor theory in 1974. A self-taught painter, Horndeski lists Van Gogh, Magritte and Pollock as primary influences in shaping his expressionistic style. The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art is located on St. Gregory’s campus, 1900 W. MacArthur St. in Shawnee. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Visit www.mgmoa.org for more information. This exhibition is funded in part by the Avedis Foundation, Oklahoma Arts Council, ArtWorks, Allied Arts, and the Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wissinger Memorial Fund. For accommodations on the basis of disability or more information on this exhibit, call the museum at (405) 878-5300.
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Randy Rogers Band LIVE in Oklahoma City at The Jones Assembly on Friday, September 21, 2018
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June 18 - Oklahoma City, OK - Authenticity isn’t something that can be manufactured in a studio. It’s not a craft that can be learned or artfully practiced. It comes from living life. It’s the byproduct of blood, sweat and tears and as the foundation for music, it elevates mere entertainment to compelling art. Every note, every word on the Randy Rogers Band’s new album Nothing Shines Like Neon rings with authenticity that makes each song linger with the listener long after the music fades. “You’ve just got to be true to yourself and you can’t fool anybody,” Rogers states matter of factly of the band’s philosophy. “As a whole, our body of work is pretty consistent to our live show and the band that plays on the record is the band that you go see.” Tickets for the Friday, September 21 Randy Rogers Band show at The Jones Assembly go on sale Friday, June 22 starting at 10AM. Tickets will be available at Ticketfly.com, in person at The Jones Assembly, or by phone at 877-435-9849. For more information, please visit https://www.randyrogersband.com/
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