Monday, October 28, 2019

PERPETUAL MOTION DANCE
PRESENTS "BLACK LIGHT
NEON LIGHT" FUNDRAISER
NOV. 8 FROM 8 pm to 11 pm.

Photograph courtesy Abby Brooke Photography
"We are hosting our annual fundraiser event Black Light Neon Night on November 8th from 8pm to 11pm at the CHK Central Boathouse located at 732 Riversport Dr., OKC, OK, 73129. We invite and encourage our guests to wear their favorite neon and grab their glowsticks to join us for this exciting, fun filled night with dance performances, food, interactive activities, an open bar, a silent auction, and DJ Ostera to keep the party jamming! Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door with discounts for students," writes Emily Dawson of Perpetual Motion Dance.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019


MAGIC LANTERN
CELEBRATION ON PASEO
SUNDAY, OCT. 27 3 - 6 p.m.


Images courtesy of  Theatre Upon a StarDanceSwan
The Magic Lantern Celebration, in its 19th Fall season, invites children and parents to the Historic Paseo Arts District on Sunday, October 27 from 3:00 to 6:00 pm.  Artists open their doors and paint a colorful Pumpkin Labyrinth on Paseo’s street for children to enter the world of creativity, make art and have fun doing it!
 
Befitting the season of costumes and light and inspired by the verse, “We are all Magic Lanterns, lit by the light of imagination”, this celebration brings children into the wonder of their imagination.  It is a hands-on, minds-on, dance-on event where children make paper costumes, lanterns, pumpkin self-portraits and wishes.  This is a time of light instead of fright.
 
Children of all ages should wear their everyday clothing to Paseo and be ready for their spontaneous creations to inspire surprises.  Discovering and doing are the delightfully magical ingredients of this event. Children and their parents can walk from studio to studio where all kinds of paper await to be folded, crumpled, ruffled and embellished into wearable art.  Costumes are made using simple construction techniques. The paper pieces are worn over clothing.
 
Four simultaneous workshops provide children supplies and opportunities for exploration.  Wings of paper fly onto children.  Hats of recycled bits of fancy top each head.  Transparent Lanterns shimmer in light, while Pumpkin Portraits of natural materials appear.  This is an opportunity for parents to share in their children’s constructions.  Helping hands and brainstorming are an important part of this creative process.  Parental assistance is welcome and necessary depending on the age and needs of each participating child.
 
The workshops are from 3:00 to 6:00 pm.  At 4:30 the giant Pumpkin Labyrinth on the street opens for musical wishes and a costume parade which continues until 6:00 p.m.  The heart of Magic Lantern Celebration finds light-filled wishes made by children.  As if they have stepped into a storybook, each child visits a Wish Finder to make a wish and is then whisked upon a journey into the Pumpkin Labyrinth.  Skipping and twisting upon the curving path, children follow the live original music of Steve McLinn, Ojas, and the StarDanceSwan dancers.  Inside this experience children weave their wishes into a song for their dance upon the Pumpkin Labyrinth.  Here they create a sound collage of their wishes for dancing which flies through the magic of the celebration.
 
Rain or shine, the costume making activities are from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Paseo studios. The Pumpkin Labyrinth Parade and dance is outside from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.  All Children must be accompanied by adults. Activities are held on the north end of Paseo at 30th and Dewey. This part of the street will be closed for safe walking from studio to studio and on the street.  Participating studios are Theatre Upon a StarDanceSwan, Paseo Art Space, Rainbow Fleet and Paseo Pottery. All activities are free to the public.  Donations are accepted to help with the costs of the event.  The Magic Lantern celebration is made possible through support of the State Arts Council of Oklahoma, the Paseo Arts Association, Theatre Upon a StarDanceSwan and private donations.  For information call the Paseo Arts Association at 405-525-2688 or go to thepaseo.org.

Sunday, October 6, 2019

ALL ABOUT EVE 
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
2 P.M. TODAY OCCC

National Theatre Live - All About Eve

Sun Oct 06 2:00 PM
Oklahoma City Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater
Doors and concessions open at 1:00 PM – Tickets can be purchased at the door.
All About Eve tells the story of legend Margo Channing, a true star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s young, beautiful Eve. Her biggest fan. Adapted by Ivo van Hove from the 1950 Twentieth Century Fox film by Joseph L Mankiewicz and the play “The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr. The National Theater Live version stars Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire), and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again). Captured live from the West End in London.

National Theatre Live is co-presented by OCCC and CityRep Theatre.
Oklahoma City Community College Box Office (405) 682-7579
Box Office will open at 1:00 PM on Sunday