TULIPS ARE IN BLOOM 
IN MYRIAD GARDENS
AND WILL ROGERS 
GARDENS NOW, SAY U.U.
COVENANT GROUP
GARDENERS

The editor is a member of this
group.

By Nancy Condit 

Repost:
THE NEW ART CELEBRATES
ACQUISITION OF
WASHINGTON GALLERY OF
MODERN ART COLLECTION
50 YEAR LATER
AT THE OKCMOA 
THROUGH MAY 13

Repost:
CITY REP'S
"GREATER TUNA"
RUNS MAR. 15-APRIL 8
AT FREEDE LITTLE
THEATER IN CIVIC CENTER

Call 297 - 2264, or go to cityrep.com
for more information.

OKCMOA FREE
ADMISSION TO
TEACHERS &
CHILDREN DURING
TEACHER WALKOUT

OKCMOA will offer free admission to Oklahoma public school teachers and kids 18 and under during the duration of the teacher walkout scheduled to begin April 2. While the Museum is closed Monday, April 2, and each Monday, the Museum will be open regular hours, Tuesday - Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday: 10 am-9 pm, and Sunday, noon - 5 pm. "We have a unique role as a state leader in arts education," stated OKCMOA President and CEO, E. Michael Whittington. He added, "Providing free access to the Museum and our programs during this time is just one of the many ways we serve the people of Oklahoma." The statewide walkout is scheduled to take place just after opening weekend of OKCMOA's spring exhibition, "Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness," the museum's first video art exhibition. "Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness" presents a selected survey of rarely seen experimental short films and video installations by Thai filmmaker, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, alongside his photography, sketches and archival materials that explore threads of socio-political commentary. In addition to OKCMOA's newest exhibition, the Museum offers family-friendly activities. Discovery Packs are free to pick up and contain hands-on items such as sketching materials, picture books relating to creativity and kid-friendly information about works of art on view. Families will also encounter kids labels throughout the galleries as well as a new search activity inside the exhibition "The New Art: A Milestone Collection Fifty Years Later." "The Museum is part of a network of learning that stretches across our state," said Tracy Truels, director of learning and engagement. "We want to be a resource for Oklahoma families and educators who may seek out the Museum during this time as a place for connection, creativity and togetherness." Oklahoma public school teachers will be granted free admission with a valid teacher ID.

PERSIAN CLASSICAL AND
FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL 
AT UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
 

The Nowruz Persian Music Festival is scheduled for March 30-31 at the University of Oklahoma. The festival includes a workshop and concert of Nowruz Classical and Folk Persian Music as performed by special guest musicians Ghazaleh Faylinejad, vocal; Farhad Fathieh, kamancheh; Shahin Shahbazi, tar and setar; Farzan Roohparvar, tar and bam tar; and Nariman Assadi, tombak and daf.

 

Presented by OU School of Music, as part of the Masala World Music series. Zoe Sherinian, associate professor of ethnomusicology, serves as festival coordinator.

 

The music workshop is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 30, in Pitman Recital Hall of the Catlett Music Center, 500 W. Boyd St., on the Norman campus. The workshop is open to the public at no charge.

 

The Nowruz Persian Music Concert is set for 8:00 p.m. Saturday, March 31, in Sharp Concert Hall of the Catlett Music Center; and is a ticketed event.

 

For tickets to the Nowruz Persian Music Concert call the OU Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101, or in person at the Catlett Music Center located at 500 W. Boyd St. Advance purchase tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for students. Tickets sold at the door are $10.

 

For accommodations on the basis of disability call the box office at (405) 325-4101. For additional information or to schedule an interview contact Dr. Zoe Sherinian at zsherinian@ou.edu.

OKLAHOMA CITY
BALLET 
2018 - 2019 SEASON

Oklahoma City Ballet has announced its 2018-2019 lineup of performances. Season ticket subscriptions are available for three or four performance packages.

Leading off the season will be Septime Webre's Alice (In Wonderland),  October 26-28, 2018 at Civic Center Music Hall.  Webre's choreography and Matthew Pierce's musical score bring the Lewis Carroll imaginative classic hurtling into the 21st century with sensational costumes, ingenious sets, and more than its fair share of outlandish characters. This stylish production is an incredible spectacle of dance, theater, and puppetry, and features numerous students from the Oklahoma City Ballet Yvonne Chouteau School. When it premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., the Washington Post called it a "giddy parade, a pop-art dream, a feat of fevered imagination."

The Nutcracker, presented by Devon Energy, will return to the stage December 14-23, 2018. Choreographed by Oklahoma City Ballet’s Artistic Director Robert Mills, The Nutcracker is Oklahoma City’s favorite holiday tradition and is the perfect way to fill your heart with the spirit of the season. Close to 100 children from The Oklahoma City Ballet Yvonne Chouteau School join Oklahoma City Ballet’s stunning professional dancers, plus the Oklahoma City Philharmonic will perform Tchaikovsky’s famous score live to complete this dreamlike production the whole family will enjoy.

The first production of the new year will be one of the world's oldest surviving ballets and the first major ballet of the Romantic era, La Sylphide,  February 22-24, 2019. This classic story tells the tale of James, a young Scotsman, who on the eve of his wedding day, falls in love with a sylph, a beautiful fairy of the forest. The glorious score from Herman Severin Lovenskiold will be played live by the incomparable Oklahoma City Philharmonic, while August Bournonville's original choreography tells the story that will unravel in a mist of uncertainty as an evil witch vows to keep James from true love of any kind.

The season will end on a high note with a triple bill entitled Visionaries that will thrill ballet enthusiasts and new patrons alike.

The April 19-20, 2019 triple lineup of ballets includes Robert Joffrey’s Pas de Deesses, an Oklahoma Premiere, featuring live piano music performed onstage. Meaning “Dance of the Goddesses,” Pas de Deesses is a delicate remembrance of the Romantic era created by Robert Joffrey in 1954. Inspired by a 19th century lithograph, the ballet is an imaginary glimpse of three great ballerinas – Lucille Grahn, Marie Taglioni, and Fanny Cerrito – meeting and competing for the attentions of the great male dancer and partner Arthur Saint-Leon (who was married to Cerrito). Oklahoma City Ballet is pleased to honor Mr. Joffrey during the 30th anniversary year of his passing by presenting this ballet.

George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, a Company Premiere, is one of George Balanchine’s earliest works in his signature neo-classical style, fusing ballet steps with a lean and angular modern sensibility. The ballet is inspired by the medieval belief that humans are made up of four different humors that determine a person’s temperament: melancholic, sanguinic, phlegmatic, and choleric. First performed in 1946 and set to a commissioned score by Paul Hindemith, The Four Temperaments is one of Balanchine’s most iconic ballets and is performed by companies around the world.

The final choreographer on the bill will be Cayetano Soto Ramirez, a new dance maker with a profound talent. His choreography has won numerous awards, and his technical, contemporary, and often unexpected works are in the repertoires of major international dance companies. Oklahoma City Ballet is pleased to debut a world premiere from this forward-thinking artist created especially for our dancers.

Season tickets to three or four performances may be purchased by calling 405-848-TOES (8637).  All performances take place at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 North Walker, Oklahoma City.  The Oklahoma City Ballet Box Office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am-5:00 pm, and is located at 6800 North Classen, Oklahoma City. 

IF YOU CAN'T MARCH IN
OKC, WATCH LIVE COVERAGE
OF THE "MARCH FOR OUR 
LIVES" IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
ON MSNBC, COX 42, IN OKC.
ALSO SEE DANA MAYNARD ORWIG'S
POSTS ON FACEBOOK POSTED
ON MY TIMELINE.
Nancy P. Condit

BRIGHTMUSIC'S 
FOURTH CONCERT
"MONTAGE OF SOUND"
TONIGHT:
7:30 P.M. MARCH 20

“Montage of Sound”

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 7:30 pm

St. Paul’s Cathedral

127 NW 7^th Street (at Robinson)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Please see previous post for more complete details, or go to 
http://www.brightmusic.org.  

THE ENDURING ART
OF JEROME TIGER
TALK BY 
M.J. VAN DEVENTER-SHELTON
NOON 3/21/18 
COWBOY & WESTERN 
HERITAGE MUSEUM 

THE ENDURING ART OF JEROME TIGER

March 21, 2018  Brown Bag Noon Luncheon Program 

Tangle at Stick Ball by Jerome Richard Tiger, courtesy of National Cowboy Hall of and Western Heritage Museum

         Author M.J. Van Deventer-Shelton will give a talk "The Enduring Work 
of Jerome Tiger," very influential Muscogee Creek-Seminole artist, at 12 noon at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 N. E. 63rd Street in Oklahoma City. For more information call 405.478.2250.

               M.J. Van Deventer-Shelton grew up in Muskogee and became acquainted with Jerome Tiger through an English class at Muskogee Central High School in the late 1950s.  Sitting next to Jerome in that class, she often watched him draw while the rest of the class labored over diagramming complex sentences.

          Fast forward to 1967 and the untimely accidental death of Jerome Tiger. By the late 1970s, M. J. embarked on a research journey to piece together the fragments of Jerome's life, visit the artists and collectors he influenced and research the enduring quality of his art ~ paintings that changed the face of Native American art.

          While serving as the Director of Publications and editor of Persimmon Hill for the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum for 18 years, she had the opportunity to study Jerome's art and become friends with Arthur and Shifra Silberman, whose gift of Jerome's art has made this museum's Jerome Tiger paintings the largest archive of his art.

          M.J. is a graduate of  Northeastern State University in Tahlequah and received a Master's Degree in Communications from Oklahoma State University. She did post graduate work in the pre-law program at Tulsa Junior College and at Syracuse University in New York on a Wall Street Journal Fellowship.

          For 25 years, she was a newspaper reporter/editor for the Stillwater News Press, Tulsa World, the Daily Oklahoman, Fort Worth Star Telegram and the Tulsa Tribune, which nominated her for a Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting. During that time, she also was an adjunct professor of journalism at OSU and the University of Central Oklahoma.

          An award-winning journalist, her articles have appeared in Southwest Art, Oklahoma Today, Tulsa People, Oklahoma Magazine, Traditional Home, Cowboys & Indians and Triple AAA's Home & Away. She is the author or co-author of 10 books, and is currently completing a biography on the well-known Oklahoma sculptor, Harold T. Holden.

          Her passions are writing, cooking and gardening. She is the past chairman of the Muskogee Area Master Gardeners, and the current president of the Muskogee Area Arts Council and a board member of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum, which has the second largest holding of Jerome's art, including his only sculpture and his last work, The Stickballer.

Editor's note: The biography was provided courtesy of   
Ms. Van De Venter-Shelton, a long-time friend and teacher of the editor. 

CITY REP'S
"GREATER TUNA"
RUNS MAR. 15-APRIL 8
AT FREEDE LITTLE
THEATER IN CIVIC CENTER

Call 297 - 2264, or go to cityrep.com
for more information.

MISS BROWN TO YOU
PLAYS IN MARCH & 
APRIL

Saint Patrick's Day at The Lobby Bar!

The Lobby Bar will be your headquarters for bagpipe-free celebration! We can play a couple of traditional numbers, though. Just sayin'. Saturday, March 17th, 8:30 to 10:30. Inside the iconic Will Rogers Theater at 4322 N. Western.

Saturday, March 24th: The Therapy Sisters!

For more than 30 years, The Therapy Sisters have been administering therapeutic tunes to the Austin scene. You can get a treatment without traveling the 385 miles! To make a reservation, email me by clicking here and I will reply with the directions to their house concert. Music begins at 7:30, and admission is $20. They might let me sing with them. It's happened before.

Looking ahead... April starts with a band for Miss Brown - The Lobby Bar on Wednesday, April 4th; Zannotti's on Friday, April 6th, and Full Circle on April 7th. And don't forget...

Joni Mitchell Nights at the Blue Door... Friday and Saturday, April 13-14

Here is the confirmed line-up: Sunshine Hahn - Susan Herndon - Peggy Johnson - Shelly Phelps - Louise and me, and all the way from New York City: Ilene Weiss. The featured album: the hit-laden 'Ladies of the Canyon.' Tickets here.

Hoping to see you soon,

Love,

Mary

TWO VETERANS WALK
ACROSS OKLAHOMA IN
HONOR OF & TO RAISE MONEY 
FOR STATE'S
WOUNDED VET POPULATION

Editor's note: I have checked out the link. It appears to be legit. If
you have any feedback - good or otherwise, please contact me at
nancond4@aol.com .

What: Two of Oklahoma’s veterans will walk across the entire state in an effort to raise
awareness and money for Oklahoma’s wounded veteran population.

When: Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 6 a.m.

Where: The two men will depart from Executive Inn, 1405 South Main Street, Muldrow, Okla.
They will follow I-40, walking 50 miles a day until they reach their destination, Sherry’s
Stateline Saloon, 16804 Highway 152, Sweetwater, Okla., on March 19.

Who: Drew Pate, resident of Bixby, Okla., and Anthony Pate, resident of Durant, Okla., combat
veterans, United States Marine Corps

Why: According to the Veterans Administration, there are more than 90,000 veterans in
Oklahoma that currently receive some form of disability compensation. Many of these veterans
face thoughts of suicide, high rates of divorce and addiction.

Donations: https://woundedveteransofoklahoma.org/donate

Wounded Veterans of Oklahoma is a 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to honor
veterans by helping them with any need they may have in their life, especially companionship.
They specialize in taking wounded veterans hunting and fishing, as well as making upgrades to
the homes of amputees and wheelchair-bound veterans.

Social Media: Follow the journey on Instagram with hashtag #2VetsWalkOK

THIS WEEKEND 
OU'S CONTEMPORARY
DANCE PERFORMANCES
CONTINUE THOUGH
MARCH 11 AT 2 p.m. &
OCU'S AMERICAN 
SPIRIT DANCE PERFORMANCES
CONTINUE THROUGH 3/10
See previous posts

Commentary:
OCU'S AMERICAN SPIRIT
DANCERS EXPLORE
LYRICAL & JAZZ DANCE
By Nancy Condit
Oklahoma City University's American Spirit Dancers, under the direction of
dance chair Jo Rowan and produced by John Bedford, performed an engrossing
evening of mostly lyrical and jazz dances last evening at OCU' Kirkpatrick
Fine Arts Auditorium. 
The evening's highlight was "Fireflies," with women and men holding jars of
lit fireflies against an evening setting of a dark blue back drop and evening
lighting. The performers danced as though they were directed by the fireflies.
It was an almost magical dance, choreographed by Julie Russell Stanley.
The other show stopper was women tappers in a free style, arms involved
dance to "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker," choreographed by Jessica Fay.
Quite well costumed with the women in flannel, with other shirts tied around 
their waists, and touches of suspenders.
From a lighting and costuming point of view, "Blue Skies," was a knockout
as a man sang and danced in a white tux, with a chorus line of vibrant
deep sky blue leotard clad and teal over the elbow gloved women danced, 
including eye high kicks.
From a dance acting point of view, Shelby Ward was particularly effective in
the "1775 - Mama Look Sharp" opening dance of the "Patriotic Suite." As Mama,

she looked for her son through tall grass and across the stage, in a well acted, well
danced piece choreographed by Jo Rowan. 
The performances continue tonight at 8 p.m., and Saturday, March 10 at 2p.m.
and 8 p.m.
   

OCU DANCERS PRESENT
SPRING BROADWAY REVIEW
MARCH 8 - 10

Oklahoma City University Dancers Courtesy of OCU

  Oklahoma City University’s internationally renowned American Spirit Dance Company will showcase American musical theater dance with its annual Broadway Review spring show from March 8 to 10.

The show opens with the Starettes dancing to “The Trolley Song,” a precision-line number. This year’s production will reflect the charm of the 1890s with candy pink costumes, straw hats and colorful ribbons. OCU's dance program is nationally renowned for producing Radio City Rockettes, with more than 50 alumni performing with the world famous dance company.

Directed by OCU dance Chairwoman Jo Rowan, audiences can sample a Broadway-like show through fast-paced tap, jazz and theatrical dances — all without traveling to New York — on the stage of OCU’s Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center.

The show features more than 100 dancers performing all American entertainment styles. Fast-paced tap and exciting jazz numbers will keep the audience on their toes and dancing in their seats. Theatre dances from classic musicals will move show goers to tears and laughter. Each dance is a tribute to the American dance styles of tap, jazz and ballet, to a 1900 Scott Joplin American Rag, Hip Hop “Glorious,” and ballroom “Embraceable You.”

“Crunchy Granola” in the style of Bob Fosse pays tribute to the choreographer, and keeps the show moving and grooving. Show goers will also step back in time to the MGM days of Hollywood musicals dripping in class, excitement and romance. The dynamic technique of OCU jive dancers will jump for joy to the fast paced big band sound of the 1940s.

This year’s show features a patriotic suite dedicated to those who have served and sacrificed. The suite encompasses stories from the Revolutionary War with “Mama Look Sharp,” the Civil War with “Letter to Sarah,” World War I, World War II and Vietnam. The suite concludes with a moving rendition of “God Bless America” and the “Preamble to the Constitution.” These patriotic numbers include 50 dancers, representing all 50 states.

“We are now experiencing the freedoms that Americans gave their lives to protect," Rowan said. "We will be honoring all who have and are serving our country, and those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice."

OCU's Broadway Review show takes the stage at 8 p.m. March 8 and 9, and 2 and 8 p.m. March 10.

For tickets, visit okcu.edu/tickets or call 405-208-5227.

BRIGHTMUSIC'S 
FOURTH CONCERT
"MONTAGE OF SOUND"
7:30 P.M. MARCH 20

“Montage of Sound”

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 7:30 pm

St. Paul’s Cathedral

127 NW 7^th Street (at Robinson)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, Oklahoma City’s Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble will present the fourth concert of its 2017-18 season, “Montage of Sound.”  An ensemble of winds, accompanied by viola and piano, will present a collection of significant but rarely-heard shorter chamber pieces by an eclectic mix of 19^th- and 20^th-century European composers. 

The works on the program are: 

Gaetano Donizetti, Trio for Flute, Bassoon & Piano

Franz Schubert, Auf dem Strom, D. 943, (for tenor, horn & piano)

Émile Paladilhe, Solo pour Hautbois (“Solo for Oboe” and piano)

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Four Hymns for Tenor, Viola & Piano

Madeleine Dring, Trio for Flute, Oboe & Piano

Benjamin Britten, Canticle III, “Still Falls the Rain,” op. 55 (for tenor, horn & piano)

Francis Poulenc, Trio for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano

The performance will take place at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, March 20 at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 127 NW 7^th Street (at Robinson).  Individual concert admission is $20 per ticket.  Children, students and active-duty military personnel are admitted free with ID.  More information about this concert is available on Brightmusic’s website at http://www.brightmusic.org.

NATIONAL THEATRE'S
PRODUCTION OF HAMLET
AT TINSELTOWN & QUAIL 24
AT 7 P.M. MARCH 8

Go to Fathom Events website for tickets and trailer https://www.fathomevents.com/events.

CHOREGUS PRODUCTIONS
OUT OF TULSA TAKING
PEOPLE ON NEW YORK
DANCE AND PLAY EXCURSION:
LAST WEEK TO SIGN UP

Last chance to reserve your space on this best-ever trip and experience. Must sign up this week! 2018 New York Dance Excursion April 7 - 12, 2018 > 5 nights + 6 days in New York City > 3 outstanding dance performances > Hotel, round trip airfare, local transportation & more Dance performances feature: Ballet Hispanico Dance Theater of Harlem Martha Graham Dance Company PLUS > The Iceman Cometh on Broadway with Denzel Washington > New York Harbor Cocktail Cruise > Cloisters Museum Tour with included lunch in Ft. Tryon Park > Dance Studio visit > Orchid Show at New York Botanical Garden > Optional Backstage Tour of Metropolitan Opera > Time for 2 Optional Broadway Shows of your choice > Farewell dessert reception This trip has garnered nothing but rave reviews for three years. Perfect for dance fans or anyone who loves travel enhanced with the arts. And at a rate that makes this an excellent value: Total Tour Price (per person, double occupancy):  $2450 Single Occupancy:  Add $575 Click here to view more details on our website. Don't wait...to make your reservation today, call: 918-688-6112 Choregus is an IRS 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation. Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent provided by the law. Our mission is to present outstanding performing arts that would otherwise not appear on Tulsa stages and to engage the community with the visiting artists.