What to Do in Tulsa This Weekend

Rain, rain (and a chance of flurries), go away - at least, until this weekend is over. This is the most we've had going on here in Tulsa since the weekend before Christmas, so don't miss any opportunity to get out and live it up, water falling from the sky or not. Hey. I'm talking to you.

As heard every Friday morning on the KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley, here's what to do in Tulsa this weekend.



Friday, January 22

Tasha's Pick: Falling Whistles/Haiti Benefit (Red headings = Community/Other Stuff)
When: 7pm
Where: Ida Red, 3346 S. Peoria Ave.
Three birds, one stone: Hear Sean Carasso, founder of Congo relief group Falling Whistles, speak about what it means to be a whistleblower for peace; give and help to raise money toward disaster relief in Haiti; hear six local music artists live, from Michelle and Adam Palmer to Eric Himan and Jimmy Adams of Eric and the Adams to Jessee Aycock. Local businesses will provide silent auction items to help raise money for Haiti and peace in the Congo. Be there; every little bit counts.

Portraits of a Garden (Purple headings = Arts & Theatre)
When: Friday, 9am-4pm; Saturday, 9am-4pm
Where: Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria ave.
After collecting the photos of amateur photographers from all over the Tulsa area, Tulsa Garden Center will host this contest and exhibition of the work gathered. See a variety of photos grouped by theme - from Seasons in the Garden to Water Features - technique and the age of the photographer. There's a section of photos created by kids 12 and under - cool, huh?

Norah Jones Tickets On Sale (Blue headings = Music)
When: 10am
Get tickets to this much-anticipated concert featuring Norah's new sound at Reasor's and Starship Records in Tulsa, at Buy For Less locations in OKC. Or, charge by phone at 866.977.6849 or online at protix.com. Tickets are $47.50 and $57.50. The venue is Brady Theater, 105 W. Brady Street.

Tulsa World Gymnastics Invitational (Orange headings = Sports)
When: Friday, 3pm-7pm; Saturday, 8am-6pm ; Sunday, 8am-5pm
Where: SpiritBank Event Center, 10441 S. Regal Blvd.
See a variety of pint-sized competitors at this match-up of gymnasts from all over the state. Tickets are $10 for adults per day, $2 for kids.

D.R.I.
When: Friday, 6:30pm
Where: The Marquee, 222 N. Main Street
Catch D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) along with four other local artists. Tickets are $10 in advance, $13 at the door.

Cody McCombs
When: 7pm
Where: Flytrap Music Hall, 514 E. Second Street
With Popular Culture, Two Steps Back and more. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door.

The Hobbit
When: Friday, 7pm; Saturday, 11am
Where: Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second Street
Theatre Sans Fils (Theatre Without Strings) presents a life-size puppet production of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic story about Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit, and his adventure with dwarves, elves, a dragon and a wizard. This show is recommended for kids in the 3rd grade and older. Tickets are $8.

Pajama Bounce (Green = Stuff to do for kids)
When: 7pm
Where: Bounce U, 8922 S. Memorial Drive
Put the kids in their pajamas, bring them to Bounce U and be part of the creation of the best night's sleep in the history of the universe. Cost is $6.95 per student.

OMEA Honor Band
When: Friday, 7:30pm
Where: Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second Street
The kids don't call this honor band for nothin' - this show promises to be good listening for all. Tickets are $10.

Tulsa Oilers v. Wichita
When: 7:35pm
Where: BOK Center, 200 N. Denver Ave.
Not only is it ladies' night - that means free chair massages, ticket deals and more for you, girls - but it's also Drysdale gift card night. And Broken Arrow night, too. Tickets start at $10.

Reverend Horton Heat

When: Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm

Where: Cain's Ballroom, 423 N. Main Street

From the band whose latest record is "full of country-heavy tunes about bad habits, well-meaning but clueless husbands, ever-expanding beer-guts and, well, Texas." Deadbolt opens. Tickets are $17 in advance, $25 at the door.

The Grace Project
When: 8pm
Where: Nightingale Theater, 1416 E. Fourth Street
A production commissioned by Grace Hospice, The Grace Project is comprised of short pieces about death from the 50swats writers' collective. Tickets are $8.

Night of January 16
When: Friday, 8pm; Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm
Where: Owasso High School's Mary Glass Performing Arts Center, 12901 E. 86th Street North
Owasso Community Theater Company presents a murder mystery with a twist (of Ayn Rand). Based on courtroom testimonies, drama and comedy, the guilt or innocence of the accused will be decided each performance by a jury selected from audience volunteers. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for students and seniors.

Donna Rose at OKEQ
When: 8pm
Where: Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, 621 E. Fourth Street
Oklahomans for Equality host internationally known transgender activist Donna Rose. A champagne reception will follow Rose's lecture.


Saturday, January 23

Tasha's Pick: Momma's Saturday Book Club

When: 11:30am

Where: Joe Momma's, 112 S. Elgin Ave.

This is the hottest thing going on Saturday mornings in Tulsa as of late, folks. Get a piece of the pie (literally - it is a pizza place, after all) and hear a reading of The Sneetches by Dwelling Spaces owner Mary Beth Babcock. Win prizes, make crafts, read books, make new friends, eat good food. We all win.

Tulsa "World" Gymnastics Invitational
When: Friday, 3pm-7pm; Saturday, 8am-6pm ; Sunday, 8am-5pm
Where: SpiritBank Event Center, 10441 S. Regal Blvd.
See a variety of pint-sized competitors at this match-up of gymnasts from all over the state. Tickets are $10 for adults per day, $2 for kids.

Half-Price Weekends at Tulsa Zoo
When: Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday, 9am-5pm
Where: Tulsa Zoo, 6421 E. 36th Street North in Mohawk Park
Beat cabin fever this winter with Tulsa Zoo's half-price weekends. Come out of hibernation while keeping your wallet fat and travel from the Arctic to the Rainforest every Saturday and Sunday until the end of February, all without hopping a plane.

Portraits of a Garden
When: Friday, 9am-4pm; Saturday, 9am-4pm
Where: Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria ave.
After collecting the photos of amateur photographers from all over the Tulsa area, Tulsa Garden Center will host this contest and exhibition of the work gathered. See a variety of photos grouped by theme - from Seasons in the Garden to Water Features - technique and the age of the photographer (there's a section of photos created by kids 12 and under - cool, huh?).

George Strait Tickets On Sale
When: 10am
Where: BOK Center, 200 N. Denver Ave.
You won't want to miss this concert, folks, the first time in more than 13 years since our buddy George has entertained in Tulsa - especially not since Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack will be there, too. Tickets are $81.50 and $91.50.

Wide Open Bike Show
When: Saturday, 10am-9pm; Sunday, 10am-5pm
Where: Tulsa Convention Center, 100 Civic Center
Bikes, rats and rods, oh my! There will even be a tattoo contest for young and old alike. Tickets are $15 for the day, or $20 for the entire weekend, kids under 12 and military excluded.

Got Jeans?
When: 10:30am-5:30pm
Where: Abersons on Brookside, 3509 S. Peoria Ave.
Donate your old jeans to DVIS. Then, buy a new pair of Current/Elliott jeans and Abersons will donate $20 to DVIS. Give a little, get a little, as they say.

OKGamers Tourney
When: 11am for sign-up, tourney starts at 12:30pm
Where: Tulsa Community College Metro Campus, 909 S. Boston Ave.
Come compete against the best players in the region to win over 100 tournament and door prizes. Games are SSBB, Halo 2v2, Tekken 6, Street Fighter 4 and Blaz Bue. Bring it!


Crafternoon with Make:Tulsa
When: 2pm
Where: Nordaggio's Coffeehouse, 8156 S. Lewis Ave.
Bring a portable project and join the crafters of Make:Tulsa for some communal creating - no, not that kind of communal creating.

The Hobbit
When: Friday, 7pm; Saturday, 11am
Where: Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second Street
Theatre Sans Fils (Theatre Without Strings) presents a life-size puppet production of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic story about Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit, and his adventure with dwarves, elves, a dragon and a wizard. This show is recommended for kids in the 3rd grade and older. Tickets are $8.

OMEA Choirs
When: 12:15pm
Where: Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second Street
The kids don't call this honor band for nothin' - this show promises to be good listening for all. Tickets are $10.

PAWS for Reading
When: 1pm
Where: Nathan Hale Library, 6038 E. 23rd Street
Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners, you know. Kids are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free (!!!) book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust and CITGO Petroleum.

About Oklahoma Landscapes — A Plains State of Mind
When: 1:30pm
Where: Gilcrease Museum, 1400 Gilcrease Museum Road
David Rettig, Curator of Corporate Collections for Allan Houser Inc., will speak on Allan Houser’s career and work and the family legacy. Bob Haozous and Phillip Haozous will discuss the individual, personal approach taken to their work.

Harlem Globetrotters
When: 2pm and 7pm
Where: BOK Center, 200 N. Denver Ave.
Harlem Globetrotters Flight Time Lang and Big Easy Lofton, who competed in the Emmy Award-winning CBS reality hit, “The Amazing Race,” will reunite with their teammates right here in Tulsa as part of the Globetrotters’ 2010 “Magical Memories” World Tour. Tickets start at $20.

Insight Into the Adkins Collection
When: 2pm
Where: Philbrook Museum, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.
The exhibition, "A Passion for the West: Paintings from the Eugene B. Adkins Collection," includes paintings by the likes of Oscar Berninghaus, Ernest Blumenshein, E. I. Couse, and Nicolai Fechin. Byron Price, Director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma, will lead visitors in an examination of the works, the artists and their depictions of the American West.

OU Women's Basketball
When: 2pm
Where: Norman
Watch the Sooners take on Kansas.

TU Men's Basketball
When: 2pm
Where: Reynolds Center, 3208 E. Eighth Street
The Hurricanes take on Rice.

OMEA Orchestra
When: 2:30pm
Where: Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second Street
The kids don't call this honor band for nothin' - this show promises to be good listening for all. Tickets are $10.

Korpiklaani, Tyr, Swashbuckle and White Wizzard
When: 4pm
Where: Flytrap Music Hall, 514 E. Second Street
These acts will be live on stage, plus four other local acts. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door.

TU Women's Basketball
When: 5pm
Where: Reynolds Center, 3208 E. Eighth Street
The Hurricanes take on Marshall.

Tulsa County 4H Horse Clinic
When: 6pm-10pm
Where: Expo Square, Mustang Arena, 4145B E. 21st Street
Don't know the first thing about horses? This just might be the place to start. Open to the public.

Body Image: A Performance Event
When: 7pm
Where: Living ArtSpace, 307 E. Brady Street
Body Image. There - did you cringe? Did your mind instantly jump to some physical imperfection? Join us for an exploration of the roots and consequences of our physical self-concepts, from how they’re formed, the impacts of media influence, the disparities between how we see ourselves and how others perceive us as individuals, and possibly even a way to embrace ourselves in wholeness. Tickets are $7, or $5 for members.

April Verch Band
When: 7:30pm
Where: Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second Street
This woman - who is only 27 years old, by the way - can rock a fiddle like something fierce. See her take on a diverse repertoire downtown Saturday night. Tickets are $28.

Peaches and Herb
When: 7:30pm
Where: Osage Event Center, 951 W. 36th Street North
Admission was free, everybody, but the show is sold out. If you can figure out a way to get tickets, let us know in the comments.

Signature Symphony: Piotr Sulkowski
When: 8pm
Where: TCC Van Trease PAC, 10300 East 81st Street
The Signature Symphony Strings will be the entire orchestra for this January classics concert. Principal Guest Conductor Piotr Sulkowski of Poland returns. The program will feature Tchiakovsky's favorite work, Serenade for Strings, along with a new work from Sulkowski's homeland and "Adegietto" from Mahler's 5th Symphony. Tickets start at $21.75.

The Grace Project
When: 8pm
Where: Nightingale Theater, 1416 E. Fourth Street
A production commissioned by Grace Hospice, The Grace Project is comprised of short pieces about death from the 50swats writers' collective. Tickets are $8.

Night of January 16
When: Friday, 8pm; Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm
Where: Owasso High School's Mary Glass Performing Arts Center, 12901 E. 86th Street North
Owasso Community Theater Company presents a murder mystery with a twist (of Ayn Rand). Based on courtroom testimonies, drama and comedy, the guilt or innocence of the accused will be decided each performance by a jury selected from audience volunteers. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for students and seniors.

Bricks
When: Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm
Where: Heller Theatre, 4825 S. Quaker
Heller Theatre @ Henthorne presents the winner of its 2008-09 International Original Play Contest: "Bricks," by Ron Radice. It play, depicting just another evening at home for Patti and Petey, a not-so-happy couple in a not-so-happy land, will be presented as a staged reading this weekend. Tickets are $5.


Sunday, January 24

Tasha's Pick: Annie Ellicott and Nathan Fifield
When: 5pm
Where: Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, 111 E. First Street
There's a reason both men and woman alike swoon at the mere mention of the name Ellicott. Come see why this weekend at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, right smack dab in the middle of downtown Tulsa. Tickets are $15 for general admission seating or $20 for each seat at a table reserved for eight.

Tulsa World Gymnastics Invitational
When: Friday, 3pm-7pm; Saturday, 8am-6pm ; Sunday, 8am-5pm
Where: SpiritBank Event Center, 10441 S. Regal Blvd.
See a variety of pint-sized competitors at this match-up of gymnasts from all over the state. Tickets are $10 for adults per day, $2 for kids.

Half-Price Weekends at Tulsa Zoo

When: Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday, 9am-5pm

Where: Tulsa Zoo, 6421 E. 36th Street North in Mohawk Park

Beat cabin fever this winter with Tulsa Zoo's half-price weekends. Come out of hibernation while keeping your wallet fat and travel from the Arctic to the Rainforest every Saturday and Sunday until the end of February, all without hopping a plane.

Wide Open Bike Show
When: Saturday, 10am-9pm; Sunday, 10am-5pm
Where: Tulsa Convention Center, 100 Civic Center
Bikes, rats and rods, oh my! There will even be a tattoo contest. Tickets are $15 for the day, or $20 for the entire weekend, kids under 12 and military excluded.

Super Shark Sunday
When: 10am-6pm
Where: Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Drive in Jenks
Kids have the chance to sleuth out a shark secret and turn in their discovery for a drawing of prizes ranging from shark teeth souvenirs to an annual family membership (!) on the last Sunday in February. Oklahoma Aquarium's own Shark Man will be hanging around to help with clues.

Night of January 16
When: Friday, 8pm; Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm
Where: Owasso High School's Mary Glass Performing Arts Center, 12901 E. 86th Street North
Owasso Community Theater Company presents a murder mystery with a twist (of Ayn Rand). Based on courtroom testimonies, drama and comedy, the guilt or innocence of the accused will be decided each performance by a jury selected from audience volunteers. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for students and seniors.

Bricks
When: Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm
Where: Heller Theatre, 4825 S. Quaker
Heller Theatre @ Henthorne presents the winner of its 2008-09 International Original Play Contest: "Bricks," by Ron Radice. It play, depicting just another evening at home for Patti and Petey, a not-so-happy couple in a not-so-happy land, will be presented as a staged reading this weekend. Tickets are $5.

Tulsa Oilers v. Rio Grande Valley
When: 4pm
Where: BOK Center, 200 N. Denver Ave.
Hey, kids - be sure to stay late for the post-game skate with the Oilers. Ticket start at $10.

The Fiery Furnaces
When: Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm
Where: Cain's Ballroom, 423 N. Main Street
Drug Rug and The Red Alert open. Tickets are $16, or $18 at the door.


Movies

Extraordinary Measures
When: Opens Friday
From Yahoo! Movies: Harrison Ford stars in the true story of a scientist who partners with a couple to develop a cure for a rare disease killing their children. Heavy, man, heavy. Rated PG, somehow.

Legion
When: Opens Friday
From Yahoo! Movies: A group of strangers in a desert diner must defend themselves against a legion of angels sent by God to bring on the Apocalypse. Starring my boyfriend Paul Bettany. Rated R, duh.

The Tooth Fairy
When: Opens Friday
From Yahoo! Movies: Dwayne Johnson is a pro hockey player nicknamed the Tooth Fairy, who is ordered to one week's hard labor as the real Tooth Fairy. Oh, Dwayne. Rated PG.

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
When: Opens Friday
Where: Circle Cinema, 12 S. Lewis Ave.
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee finds herself heading toward a nervous breakdown. Stars Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder.