Things to Do in OKC: The Week of February 22-28, 2019

After a couple of days hiding inside from the cold, I’m ready to get back out of the house! Who’s with me? Luckily there is a lot to do this week in OKC and all the surrounding areas.

Take a look at some of the Oklahoma City metro area’s upcoming events and activities for the week ahead.

Things to Do in OKC: The Week of February 22-28, 2019

ALL WEEK:

February 22nd kicks off the start of Edmond’s Restaurant Week. Try out some amazing meals and drinks at some amazing prices. See participating restaurants and their offers HERE.

Friday, February 22, 2019

• ALL DAY: National Margarita Day: Enjoy them frozen or on the rocks at your favorite Mexican restaurant today, and be sure to ask about any margarita specials they may have today!
• 8 am: Jeff Williams Bike Show 2019 OKC at the Oklahoma State Fair Arena: Bikes, and Oklahomas M.R.O. will be there, to shake your hand, and nod at’cha. Learn more HERE.
• 2-7 pm: Spring Remodel & Landscape Show at the Cox Convention Center: See everything for the home! Meet the top home improvement companies and attend FREE seminars all weekend long. Learn more and buy discounted tickets HERE.
• 5 pm: Happy Hour Networking Event at 3Sixty Restaurant & Bar: a community that inspires discussion, provides new business development opportunities and offers a place where you can look over our great city. Learn more or buy tickets HERE.
• 7 pm: The Secret Garden at the Edmond Fine Arts Institute:  Live performance of the classic story where a secret garden “seems to have a wonderful, magical effect on all who come into it.” Tickets are $10 each. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.
• 7 pm: 2019 OKC Midtown Rotary Spelling Bee(R): Join OKC Midtown Rotary in their quest to find the best speller around! Participate or watch the bee while enjoying delicious local food from Pub W and beer from Vanessa House, Stonecloud, Twisted Spike, Anthem, Roughtail, and Zipline and browsing the silent auction. All profits, matched 2-to-1 through Rotary grants, help fund arts and education projects in the Oklahoma City community. Tickets are $45 in advance or $55 at the door. Learn more or buy tickets HERE.
• 7 pm: Free Movie Fridays: The Help: The movie “The Help” will be featured at the NE OKC Community and Cultural Center. Come have light refreshments & end your Friday night with us! Of course, it’s FREE!! Learn more HERE.
• 7:30 pm: OKC Improv Comedy Show: Weekly on Fri and Sat nights. 7:30 shows stay around a TV-14 rating level. Learn more or purchase tickets in advance HERE.
• 8 pm: Twelfth Night by Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park: A rich, romantic, and deeply funny story of longing, love, and laughter led by one of Shakespeare’s most beloved heroines. Learn more or purchase tickets HERE.
• 8 pm: La Sylphide at the Civic Center Music Hall: One of the world’s oldest surviving ballets and the first major ballet of the Romantic era, La Sylphide is the story of James, a young Scotsman. On the eve of his wedding day he falls in love with a sylph, a beautiful fairy of the forest. With a glorious score from Herman Severin Løvenskiold and August Bournonville’s original choreography, the story unravels in a mist of uncertainty as an evil witch vows to keep James from true love of any kind. Learn more or buy tickets HERE.
• 8:30 pm: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Utah Jazz: Get tickets HERE.
• 9:30 pm: OKC Improv Comedy Show: Weekly on Fri and Sat nights. 9:30 shows are unrated. This is not to say they are dirty, but shows have more freedom. Learn more or purchase tickets in advance HERE.

Saturday, February 23, 2019

• 7:30 am: 2019 Kids’ Day at the OU College of Dentistry: FREE cleanings, fillings and crowns for children ages 4 to 12, and FREE screenings for children ages 1 to 3. You must call before the event to pre-register. Slots are limited. Learn more HERE.
• 10 am – 6 pm: Oklahoma Motorcycle Show at the Oklahoma State Fair Park: Get ready for custom bikes, visit with national and local custom bike builders, vendors from across the nation and commodore with enthusiastic motorcycle fans. There is a band daily, tattoo contests, look at Maxey’s Cycle’s newest rides and SO much more! Learn more HERE.
• 10 am: Bump, Baby & More Expo at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum: The Bump, Baby & More Expo (Feb. 23, 2019) is designed to help Oklahoma parents-to-be navigate the maze of decisions they’ll be making regarding their baby’s arrival and the months that follow. Learn more about this free event HERE.
• 10 am: Storytime Science at Science Museum Oklahoma: We will read “George Washington’s Teeth” by Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora and experiment with marshmallow mouths in Mighty Mouth! All activities are included with admission. Learn more HERE.
• 10 am: American Indian Artists: 20th Century Masters at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum: As Lakota artist Oscar Howe wrote in 1958, “There is much more to Indian art, than pretty, stylized pictures.” This exhibition highlights this depth and the 20th century American masters who shaped it. Learn more HERE.
• 11 am: What’s Growing On? at Science Museum Oklahoma: March is the best time to seed most wildflowers – join the SMO gardens team to get ready for spring and make seed bombs! Activities are included with general admission. Learn more HERE.
• 2-3:30 pm: Behind the Bones at the Museum of Osteology: Join us for a guided tour of the SKELETONS collection, with special hands-on access to the specimens on display, and even some that are unavailable to the general public! Learn more HERE.
• 3 pm: The Secret Garden at the Edmond Fine Arts Institute:  Live performance of the classic story where a secret garden “seems to have a wonderful, magical effect on all who come into it.” Tickets are $10 each. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.
• 5-6:30 pm: Behind the Bones at the Museum of Osteology: Join us for a guided tour of the SKELETONS collection, with special hands-on access to the specimens on display, and even some that are unavailable to the general public! Learn more HERE.
• 7 pm: The Secret Garden at the Edmond Fine Arts Institute:  Live performance of the classic story where a secret garden “seems to have a wonderful, magical effect on all who come into it.” Tickets are $10 each. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.
• 7 pm: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Sacramento Kings: Get tickets HERE.
• 7:30 pm: OKC Improv Comedy Show: Weekly on Fri and Sat nights. 7:30 shows stay around a TV-14 rating level. Learn more or purchase tickets in advance HERE.
• 8 pm: Twelfth Night by Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park: A rich, romantic, and deeply funny story of longing, love, and laughter led by one of Shakespeare’s most beloved heroines. Learn more or purchase tickets HERE.
• 8 pm: La Sylphide at the Civic Center Music Hall: One of the world’s oldest surviving ballets and the first major ballet of the Romantic era, La Sylphide is the story of James, a young Scotsman. On the eve of his wedding day he falls in love with a sylph, a beautiful fairy of the forest. With a glorious score from Herman Severin Løvenskiold and August Bournonville’s original choreography, the story unravels in a mist of uncertainty as an evil witch vows to keep James from true love of any kind. Learn more or buy tickets HERE.
• 9:30 pm: OKC Improv Comedy Show: Weekly on Fri and Sat nights. 9:30 shows are unrated. This is not to say they are dirty, but shows have more freedom. Learn more or purchase tickets in advance HERE.

Sunday, February 24, 2019

• 9 am – 4 pm: Oklahoma Motorcycle Show at the Oklahoma State Fair Park: Get ready for custom bikes, visit with national and local custom bike builders, vendors from across the nation and commodore with enthusiastic motorcycle fans. There is a band daily, tattoo contests, look at Maxey’s Cycle’s newest rides and SO much more! Learn more HERE.
• 1 pm: International Food Festival: Travel the world with cuisine from all around the globe: Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, China, Cuba, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mexico, Myanmar, Poland, Rwanda, and Thailand. Learn more HERE.
• 2 pm: Twelfth Night by Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park: A rich, romantic, and deeply funny story of longing, love, and laughter led by one of Shakespeare’s most beloved heroines. Learn more or purchase tickets HERE.
• 2 pm: La Sylphide at the Civic Center Music Hall: One of the world’s oldest surviving ballets and the first major ballet of the Romantic era, La Sylphide is the story of James, a young Scotsman. On the eve of his wedding day he falls in love with a sylph, a beautiful fairy of the forest. With a glorious score from Herman Severin Løvenskiold and August Bournonville’s original choreography, the story unravels in a mist of uncertainty as an evil witch vows to keep James from true love of any kind. Learn more or buy tickets HERE.
• 3 pm: The Secret Garden at the Edmond Fine Arts Institute:  Live performance of the classic story where a secret garden “seems to have a wonderful, magical effect on all who come into it.” Tickets are $10 each. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.
• 7 pm: The Secret Garden at the Edmond Fine Arts Institute:  Live performance of the classic story where a secret garden “seems to have a wonderful, magical effect on all who come into it.” Tickets are $10 each. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.

Monday, February 25, 2019

• 7:30 pm: OCU Jazz Band in Concert: Join us for the 2019 debut of the OCU Jazz Band, under the direction of Prof. John Allen! Music begins 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, in Petree Recital Hall. Free and open to all! Learn more HERE.
• 7:30 pm: SHEN YUN 2019 at the Civic Center Music Hall: Experience a lost culture through the breathtaking art of classical
  Chinese dance, and see legends come to life. Shen Yun pushes the
  boundaries of the performing arts to make this possible, with a unique
  blend of colorful costuming, high-tech backdrops, and live orchestra. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.

Tuesday. February 26, 2019

• 10:30 am: Storytime Science at Science Museum Oklahoma: 3…2…1.. BLAST OFF! Join us for Storytime Science in KidSpace on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. We will read “The Berenstain Bears on the Moon” by Stan and Jan Berenstain and experiment with galaxy slime! All activities are included with admission. Learn more HERE.
• 11:30 am – 1 pm: Leadership Luncheon: The Kindness Effect with Jill Donovan: Founder of Rustic Cuff and author of The Kindness Effect, Jill Donovan is a sought-after motivational speaker who encourages people to pursue their passions. Learn more and get your ticket HERE.
• 4:30 pm: Fortnite Dance Party at City of Edmond Parks and Recreation: One hour of Fortnite dancing fun that will have them feeling like they are playing a game, but really exercising instead! Learn more and register HERE.
• 7:30 pm: SHEN YUN 2019 at the Civic Center Music Hall: Experience a lost culture through the breathtaking art of classical
  Chinese dance, and see legends come to life. Shen Yun pushes the
  boundaries of the performing arts to make this possible, with a unique
  blend of colorful costuming, high-tech backdrops, and live orchestra. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.
• 7:30 pm: KISS: End of the Road World Tour: Get tickets HERE.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

• 8:30 am – 2:30 pm: Love and Logic in OKC! A Day of Laughs with Charles Fay: Join Dr. Charles Fay for a fun-filled day of powerful, yet positive techniques for bringing the best out of easygoing kids… and the extremely strong-willed variety. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.
• 10 am: Science Museum Oklahoma’s Early Explorers: Try your hand at architecture by creating paper roll structures. This program is for toddlers and preschoolers – however, all ages are welcome. All activities are included with admission. Learn more HERE.
• 10:30 am: Weatherschool at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum: NewsChannel 4 and the National Cowboy Museum are teaming up to present Weatherschool, a great way for kids to learn about Oklahoma’s ever-changing weather in a lively format with the KFOR 4Warn Storm Team. Following Weatherschool, explore the Museum’s exhibitions to discover the role of weather in the West.
  Bring a sack lunch to enjoy after the 45-minute presentation, then explore weather-related art in the Museum galleries. Weatherschool will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. Admission is free for students and chaperones (1 per 7 students). Learn more HERE.
• 7 pm: ROB LAKE: Magic Up Close at Tower Theatre: Direct from amazing millions on America’s Got Talent, world-renowned illusionist, Rob Lake returns home to Oklahoma for a very special, unplugged close-up performance. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

• 9 am – 5 pm: OK Farmers Market & Agritourism Conference: The 2019 OKFMAC will include sessions and programs targeting growers, market vendors, market managers, community partners & agritourism producers. Lunch is provided! Learn more HERE.
• 12 PM: Brown Bag Lunch Series: The Bison as Popular Icon at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum: Nathan Jones, Associate Curator of Cowboy Culture, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, discusses the impact of the bison as a popular icon. Tracing a story that spans millennia using artifacts and other documentary sources, Jones tells the story of an animal that has been a central symbol to Western identity. From cave paintings to currency, see how both the bison’s presence and absence has shaped our cultures. Bring your lunch or purchase one at The Museum Grill. Reservations are not required. Free admission to the Board Room and Theater. Learn more or buy tickets HERE.
• 12-9 pm: Ultimate Cheat Day at Katiebug’s: We’ll have a menu full of special cheat day treats for you to indulge in including but not limited to death by chocolate cake, pot de creme, our famous banana pudding, tapioca pudding, the best cake ever, cheesecake brownies, drinking chocolate, salted caramel cake, toffee, bread pudding, and cobbler. Learn more HERE.
• 7 pm: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Philadelphia 76ers: Get tickets HERE.
• 7 pm: Disney’s The Little Mermaid by Yukon High School:
  The YHS annual musical brings Disney’s The Little Mermaid to life on stage. Learn more and buy tickets HERE.
• 8 pm: Twelfth Night by Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park: A rich, romantic, and deeply funny story of longing, love, and laughter led by one of Shakespeare’s most beloved heroines. Learn more or purchase tickets HERE.