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Pick Of The Week
Through American Eyes: 250 Years of Black & Indigenous Stories
Thursday, September 17 at 7pm
Museum of Tulsa History, 2445 S Peoria Ave.
This special community panel will bring together influential writers and journalists to reflect on America’s Black and Indigenous stories, including award-winning journalist Rebecca Nagle, longtime Tulsa World reporter Randy Krehbiel, and Pickup contributor Russell Cobb. Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness will provide food for the event, and free books will be distributed to the first 100 guests. Registration is free but required.
Wednesday, September 16
Downtown Tulsa Midweek Market
4:30pm at Santa Fe Square Plaza, 415 E 2nd St.
Hill Family Estate Wine Dinner
6pm at Mahogany, 4840 E 61st St.
B-Boy Cypher hosted by Trueson Daugherty
7pm at WOMPA, 3306 Charles Page Blvd.
Thursday, September 17
Tulsa Greek Fest
Through Sept. 19, 1222 S Guthrie Ave.
Join the Tulsa Greek Festival for its 66th annual celebration on Route 66.
Exploring Fiber Arts: Crochet Made Easy
6pm at Living Arts, 307 East Reconciliation Way
Bob Dylan Center Book Club: “After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace”
6pm on Zoom
Rez Film Club: Quantum Cowboys
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S Lewis Ave.
Friday, September 18
Creative Mornings: Nicole Halper
8:30am at Gradient, 12 N. Cheyenne
918 Day Festival
5pm at Chapman Green, 600 S Main St.
Uncorking the Cure for MS
5pm at Hyatt Regency Downtown, 100 E 2nd St S
Music at the Museum: Nature & Madness
5:30pm at Philbrook, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.
Route 66: The Main Street of America Premiere and Q&A
6pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S Lewis Ave.
In celebration of Route 66’s centennial year wrapping up, join the Circle for this exclusive documentary premiere with a special reception and filmmaker Q&A.
WALTZ Into The Wilds
7pm at Tulsa Zoo, 6421 E 36th St N
World Stage Theater Company Presents: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
7:30pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E 2nd St S
Saturday, September 19
918 Film Festival
All day at Circle Cinema, 10 S Lewis Ave.
Don’t miss your chance to support young, local filmmakers at this year’s annual 918 Film Festival, showing over 15 short films all from Oklahoma locals.
Workshop: Fall Papermaking
9am at Contemporary Arts Tulsa, 314 S. Kenosha Ave.
Yoga in the Gallery
10am at Living Arts, 307 East Reconciliation Way
TCC I Can’t Workshop: I Can’t Write
10am at TCC Center for Creativity, 910 South Boston Ave.
Partnering with Words of the People, this workshop draws from Indigenous oral and storytelling traditions to guide participants of all skill levels through exercises to develop their writing skills.
TCC I Can’t Workshop: I Can’t Bollywood Dance
11am at TCC Center for Creativity, 910 South Boston Ave.
Akropolis Reed Quintet
3pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E 2nd St S
3rd Annual Dark Market (through September 20)
4pm at Gateway Event Center, 837 E Admiral Blvd.
Day Shift Party
5pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Offline Tulsa Night Market
5pm at WOMPA, 3306 Charles Page Blvd.
NOLATET
6:30pm and 9pm at LowDown, 108 N. Detroit
Made up of Brian Haas (a founding member of Tulsa’s Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey) on piano, James Singleton on bass, Mike Dillon on vibraphone, and Johnny Vidacovich on drums, the acclaimed New Orleans-based NOLATET returns to Tulsa to celebrate the release of their new album Somethin’ To Relax With, recorded live last year at LowDown.
HortonFest Redux
6pm at VFW Post 577, 1109 E 6th St.
HortonFest Redux celebrates 20 years of Horton Records, a Tulsa-based nonprofit supporting Oklahoma musicians and music projects, with a free, all-ages event featuring Tulsa’s own Seth Lee Jones & Paul Benjaman, the soulful, gritty blues-rock of the Steepwater Band and Mike Mattison & Trash Magic, fronted by the Grammy-award winning singer for Tedeschi Trucks Band. Entry includes free gumbo, frybread hot dogs, and moonpies (while supplies last).
The Unscripted Comedy Show
8pm at Jackalope Theater, 3406 S Yale Ave.
Sunday, September 20
PhilBark Dog Days
All day at Philbrook, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.
Floating Sound Bath
8:30am at Brut Hotel, 1840 S Boulder Ave.
School of Rock
11am at Vanguard, 222 N Main St.
Workshop: Creative Smartphone Photography
2pm at Contemporary Arts Tulsa, 314 S. Kenosha Ave.
Explore how to create photo-based art using your phone with local photographer Anitra Lavanhar.
Chamber Music Tulsa: Akropolis Reed Quintet
3pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E 2nd St S
This Grammy-winning quintet will feature the world premiere of a new work by acclaimed American composer Jennifer Higdon. Also on the program: Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price, and Jeff Scott.
Vendor Market
5pm at Frequency Lounge, 1315 E 6th St.
ONE AUX: DVETS Collaborative Performances
6pm at Riverside Studios, 1381 S. Riverside
The Bad Plus Farewell Tour
6:30 and 9pm at LowDown, 108 N. Detroit
This genre-bending avant-garde jazz quartet is wrapping it up after 27 legendary years. Lucky us: LowDown’s on the list of stops for their farewell tour.
A Tribute To Tim Curry: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” Screening + Live Opening Number
Sunset at Admiral Twin Drive-In, 7355 E. Easton St.
Monday, September 21
The Transformers 40th Anniversary Screening
7:35pm at AMC Southroads, 4923 E. 41st
Jazz Night
8pm at Vintage Wine Bar, 324 E. 1st St.
Tuesday, September 22
Screening + Q&A: “American Doctor”
6:15pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.
Presented with community partner Give Gaza Hope in support of the Gaza Soup Kitchen Clinic, this special documentary screening will feature a panel discussion with three Oklahoma-based physicians who have served on medical missions in Gaza, followed by the film and a post-screening Q&A.
Board Game Comedy Hour
7pm at Shuffles Board Game Cafe, 207 E Archer St.
Billy Idol
7:30pm at BOK Center, 200 S Denver Ave.
