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Pick Of The Week
Kern And Burn 2025
6pm at WOMPA, 3306 Charles Page Blvd.
Not a designer? No problem. Anybody can participate in Art Director’s Club of Tulsa’s signature annual event that pits creative teams against one another in three fast-paced rounds of design work that in the past has featured unexpected challenges like live animals. Banter with the audience and hold up to the scrutiny of the judges … if you dare. —Matt Carney
Wednesday, October 22
Open Mic Night
6pm at Bricktown Comedy Club, 5982 S. Yale Ave.
Ole 60
7pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Texas HeadHunters
7pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.
Paul McCartney
8pm at BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave.
Thursday, October 23
Exhibit Opening: “Floating & Folding” by Alexis Petroff
5pm at Alexander Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, 2930 E. 5th St.
Tulsa Foundation for Architecture Cocktail Class
6:30pm at The Vault, 620 South Cincinnati Ave.
Miss Brown To You
7pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnati
Rudy Love & The Encore | Paris Jane | Mitch Bell Quartet
7pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E Admiral Blvd
Tyce Delk & Kenny Whitmire
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
Julian Brave Noisecat
7pm at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer St.
Gateway Comedy
7:30pm at Tulsa Loony Bin, 6808 S Memorial Dr.
Alicia Gail | Justin Bloss | Pluto Rouge
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
Criminal Minds + Some Hearts
10pm at Soundpony, 409 N. Main St.
Friday, October 24
PhilBOO (through October 26)
Various times at Philbrook, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.
Third Space Improv: Make ‘Em Laugh Festival (through October 26)
Various times and locations
Free Forum: “Punishment and Power: Mass Incarceration And The Fight For Freedom”
6pm at NYU Tulsa, 36 N. Cameron St.
Steve Nieve
6pm at LowDown, 10 N. Detroit Ave.
Ghostly Getdown: Silent Disco
6pm at Philbrook, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.
Michael Wright
6pm at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer St.
Chamber Music Tulsa: Isidore String Quartet
6:30pm at Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, 621 E. 4th St.
Corks & Kegs
7pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Jake & The Idols
7pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E Admiral Blvd.
Tylor & the Train Robbers | Hooks and the Huckleberries
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
JD Brook Band
7pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E 18th St.
Tyler Halverson
7pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.
Campbell Dixon Double Feature: A Haunted Comedy Show
8pm at Spotlight Theater, 1381 Riverside Dr.
Queerlandia One Year Anniversary Party
10pm at The Starlite, 1902 E. 11th St.
Saturday, October 25
Salon at the Parlour
10am at The Parlour, 2647 E 15th Pl.
Chris Enss
10am at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer St.
2025 Viking Festival (through October 26)
10am at Heavener Runestone Park, 18365 Runestone Rd, Heavener, OK
Heirloom Rustic Ales Pop Up Shop
11am at Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E. Admiral Blvd.
Richard Thomas in Hal Holbrook’s “Mark Twain Tonight!”
2pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.
Allen Stone and Ripe
6pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Annie Ellicott’s Rubyland Halloween Special
6:30pm at LowDown, 10 N. Detroit Ave.
Hip-Hop 918: Arrested Development
7pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
Hauntedy House: A One-Night Spooky Installation by Eden Hemming
7pm at The Bird House (message organizer for location)
Yannis Pappas
7pm at Tulsa Loony Bin, 6808 S Memorial Dr.
ZG Smith
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
Screening: “Poltergeist” with Tribute To William F. Matthews
7:30pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.
Mumford & Sons with Sierra Ferrell
7:30pm at BOK Center, 200 S. Denver
Halloween Double Feature: The Grin Reapers and Meet St. Pete
8pm at Jackalope Theater, 3406 S Yale Ave
Constant Peril | Dust Lord | Blind Oath | Quilts
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
Sunday, October 26
Anthroproach Halloween Community Carry
10am at Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area, 6800 S. Elwood
Dinner Table Dialogues
3pm at Belafonte, 306 S. Phoenix Ave.
The Mars Volta
7pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Jed Harrelson
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
Nosferatu Undead
7pm at Vanguard, 222 N Main St.
"Hell Is Real" Double Feature: "Dante's Inferno" (1911) + "The Burning Hell" (1974)
7:30pm at Drifters Theater, 1305 W. Cameron St.
Monday, October 27
Noir Nights with Josh Fadem
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.
Susan Orlean
7pm at All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S Peoria Ave.
Merc Mondays with Johnny Murrell
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
Karaoke Mondays
8pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E Admiral Blvd.
Tuesday, October 28
The Moth x Center for Creativity: A Five-Year Celebration
5:30pm at TCC Center for Creativity, 910 S. Boston Ave.
TFA Haunted Tours: The Arts District After Dark
6:45pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
