OKCMOA CELEBRATES
"ANSEL ADAMS &
PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE WEST"
& OPENS THE ROOF TERRACE
THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH

‌

Third Thursday: Black & White celebrates "Ansel Adams and the Photographers of the West" Event also kicks off OKCMOA's Roof Terrace season

WHEN: April 18, 5 to 9 p.m. 

WHERE: The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr., Oklahoma City, OK 73102

WHO: Activities are appropriate for teens and adults and no reservations are required. Third Thursday admission is $12 for non-members and free for members.

WHAT: Inspired by our special exhibition "Ansel Adams & the Photographers of the West," April’s Third Thursday theme is Black & White. We are happy to announce that the ROOF WILL BE OPEN (weather permitting) in addition to the Ansel Adams inspired programming listed below.

• Create black and white nature gelli prints in Founders' Hall.
• Story time with Metro Library in the galleries.
• 6 p.m. Learn all the tricks of the trade from artist and educator Eric Lyons in the "If Ansel Adams Had a Smartphone Workshop" (additional ticket).
• 7:30 p.m. screening of "Diary of a Lost Girl," a 1928, black and white silent film that was the second and final collaboration of actress Louise Brooks and director G.W. Pabst in the Samuel Roberts Noble Theater (additional ticket).
• 7:30 p.m. Join Mark Zimmerman, Associate Professor of Mass Communications and Photography at UCO, and OKCMOA's Amanda Harmer as they present the "Ansel Adams from a Photographer’s Perspective Tour." This tour will focus on the technical photographic techniques used by the great master himself (additional ticket).
• Live music from The Steve Coleman Duo and cash bar on the Roof Terrace.

PHOTOS/INTERVIEWS: Opportunities will be available to photograph visitors and to interview Museum staff.

CONTACT: Becky Weintz, Director of Marketing & Communications, bweintz@okcmoa.com. 

FOLLOW: Hashtag #lovesthirdthursday on social media. 

Commentary:
OU'S CONTEMPORARY 
DANCE OKLAHOMA
WELL WORTH SEEING
PERFORMANCES 
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
By Nancy Condit

The University of Oklahoma's Contemporary Dance Oklahoma gave a performance well worth seeing Friday night. Austin Hartel is the artistic director of Contemporary Dance Oklahoma.

Merce Cunningham's "How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run" is a dance of solid color-clad dancers -- green, red, and blue t-shirts and black leotards, and great rhythm with prose as music. it was well performed by the dancers, by the orators, Lyn Cramer and Joel Burcham. The dance celebrates would have been Cunningham's 100th birthday. Cunningham was one of the great modern American choreographers.

Austin Hartel's piece, "On the Rim of the Rim (2006) -- Grand Canyon Suite,"  with music by Ferde Grofe was excellent. The dancers performed several of Hartel's signature moves as -- in couples -- they formed passengers and  donkeys riding around the Grand Canyon, and -- in couples again -- balanced on each other's legs. Their moves were very effective performed in leotards and colors of the 80's.
Leslie Kraus' "deck of dogs" was an edgy, stylized  dance with the dancers clad in red. It was performed to breathing by the dancers, aggressively turned magazine pages, and "Moon River" sung a capella by one of the dancers. It was great to a contemporary work like this.
Roxanne Lyst's "The Kingdom" was a social commentary piece. The dancers were clad in white, and  well received by the audience. The dance  performed  to "Show Me How to Dance," within "The Kingdom," was enthusiastically received and performed very well.

Contemporary Dance Oklahoma has two more performances, tonight at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 13, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14. The performances are in the Elsie C. Brackett Theatre, also known as the  Rupel Jones Theatre.

VAN GOGH, MONET, DEGAS
EXHIBIT TICKETS ON SALE
APRIL 3rd FOR
OKC MUSEUM OF ART

 

 

“Van Gogh, Monet, Degas” tickets on sale April 3



Blockbuster summer exhibition opens June 22

Ticket sales for “Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts” will begin on Wednesday, April 3 at 10 a.m. OKCMOA is the exclusive regional venue for this exhibition, and demand is expected to be high. Visitors are encouraged to buy tickets early to secure their preferred day and time.

“This exhibition offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see iconic French masterworks in Oklahoma City,” said President and CEO E. Michael Whittington. “Most of the artists in the collection are household names, but the Mellons were extraordinary connoisseurs and the works by some of the lesser known artists will both surprise and delight. We highly recommend reserving tickets ahead of your visit.”

“The Mellon Collection of French Art is among the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' greatest treasures, and the galleries that house them are popular destinations for our visitors,” said Alex Nyerges, Director of VMFA. “We’re delighted to share these incredible works of art with art lovers in Oklahoma City.” 

Featuring more than 70 works by French and European masters including Manet, Rousseau and Picasso, this exhibition celebrates Paul and Rachel Mellon’s extraordinary gift of 19^th and early 20^th-century French art to the VMFA. The blockbuster exhibition will be on view from June 22 through Sept. 22, 2019.

Tickets can be purchased online at okcmoa.com/vangogh, in person at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art or by calling the Museum at (405) 236-3100. Tickets for this high-demand exhibition allow visitors a 15-minute window for arrival time with slots available throughout regular Museum hours. The last ticket sold for the day will be at 4 p.m. The hours for this exhibition will be Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and include admission to the entire Museum, including OKCMOA’s permanent collection and “Dale Chihuly: Magic and Light.” The exhibition is free for Museum members and active military members (as part of Blue Star Museums). No other discounts apply. Museum memberships begin at $50. To learn more about membership, visit okcmoa.com/membership.

OKC DOWNTOWN.COM
ST. PATTY'S DAY EVENTS

ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVENTS

🍀 O’City St. Patrick’s Day Parade | March 16 
The O'City Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Day Parade returns with a new route. On Saturday, March 16th, throw on your finest green shirt and celebrate the greenest day of the year with your city! The parade will begin at 10 am with groups from all over the OKC metro showing their St. Paddy's Day pride. Visit their website to view the parade map.

🍀 Bricktown St. Patrick’s Day Beer Party | March 16 - 17 
The Bricktown St. Patrick's Day Beer Party is free and open to all ages! It's a two-day event happening March 16th & 17th from 1pm to midnight.The party will be located at Reno and Oklahoma Ave. Expect 10 live bands, great food, ice cold local, domestic, craft, and IRISH BEERS. Free Green Beads and Green Beer Pitcher Specials all Day! Head this way to learn more about the Bricktown Beer Party.

🍀 Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at McNellie’s | March 16 - 17
The Annual McNellie's St. Patrick's Day celebration is just around the corner! They'll be getting the party started early this year with a Patio Party on Saturday, March 16th at 6pm. Then join them for one of OKC's biggest St. Patrick's Day Block Party on Sunday, March 17th at 10am! To learn more visit their Facebook event page.

OTHER ST. PATTY'S DAY HAPPENINGS:
🍀 Pati’O Party | Jones Assembly | March 16
🍀 St. Patrick’s Day Party | Kong’s Tavern OKC | March 16
🍀 St. Patrick’s Day Party | Pretty Please Social Room | March 16
🍀 Brews & BBQ St. Patrick’s Day Partay | Stonecloud Brewing Co. | March 16
🍀 St. Pattys Bar Crawl | Coyote Ugly Saloon | March 16
🍀 Annual Block Party | TapWerks Ale House | March 16
🍀 St. Patrick’s Weekend | Elk Valley Brewing Co. | March 16 - 17
🍀 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration | Louie’s Midtown | March 16 - 17
🍀 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration | Skinny Slim’s OKC | March 16 - 17
🍀 Go Green St. Patrick’s Day | Myriad Botanical Gardens Foundation | March 17
🍀Shamrock the Weekend | Coyote Ugly Saloon | March 16 – 17
🍀Opening Day | Riversport OKC | March 16 – 17

OCU HOSTS 
BOOK SIGNING
FOR
AWARD-WINNING
ALUMNUS

OCU Hosts Book Signing for Award-Winning Alumnus

Photo courtesy of OCU

Oklahoma City University will host a reading and book signing for author and alumnus Brandon Hobson at 7 p.m. March 20 in the University Center Great Hall.

Hobson was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for his novel “Where the Dead Sit Talking.” The book, set in rural Oklahoma during the late 1980s, follows two Native American teens’ experiences in the foster care system as they try to navigate relationships and their own emotional scars. The book reached number one on Oklahoma’s Bestseller List, and it made the best book lists for 2018 from NPR’s “Code Switch,” Kirkus Reviews, and Southern Living magazine.

A member of the Cherokee Nation, Hobson received his Bachelor of Arts in English from OCU in 1992, and went on to earn a master’s degree at the University of Central Oklahoma and a doctorate at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He currently teaches English at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa. He has published many short stories in such respected literary journals as The Paris Review and Believer, has won a Pushcart Prize, and is the author of three previous novels — “Desolation of Avenues Untold” (2015), “Deep Ellum” (2014) and “The Levitationist” (2006).

For more information about the event, visit okcu.edu/film-lit.

BRIGHTMUSIC PRESENTS
"REEDS-A-PLENTY"
AT 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 19

Concert 4 “Reeds-A-Plenty”  Experience the Richness Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:30 pm St. Paul’s Cathedral 127 NW 7thStreet (at Robinson) Experience the exquisite richness of woodwinds as the Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble presents a diverse sampling of 18th- through 20th-century works for reeds in its fourth concert of the 2018-19 season Tuesday evening, March 19, 2019.  On the program are works by Saint-Saëns and Glinka, as well as a Czech and three of the worthiest French composers you’ve probably never heard of. This is a rare opportunity to hear these delightful but less frequently performed works, some by composers who are best known for their compositions for the wind ensemble.  Plenty of charm.  Plenty of splendor.  Plenty of reeds!   Music Trivia Quiz:  Leader of the Band  One reed instrument plays a unique role in the orchestra.  It is the first instrument you typically hear before every philharmonic concert.  So you may know to which instrument the other instruments in the orchestra tune before a concert, but do you know why?   See below for answer.   The works on the program are:   François Devienne, Trio No. 5 in B-flat Major (for flute, clarinet & bassoon) Mikhail Glinka, Trio Pathétique in D Minor (for clarinet, bassoon & piano) Florent Schmitt, Á Tour d’Anches (“Reeds in Turn”) (for oboe, clarinet, bassoon & piano) Clémence de Grandval, Trio de Salon, op. 8 (for oboe, bassoon & piano) Lukáš Hurnik, Fusion Music for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon & Piano Camille Saint-Saëns, Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs (for flute, oboe, clarinet & piano)   Musicians appearing:    Parthena Owens, Flute Lisa Harvey-Reed, Oboe Chad Burrow, Clarinet Rodney Ackmann, Bassoon Ruirui Ouyang, Piano Sallie Pollack, Piano  The performance will take place at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 127 NW 7th 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.   Answer to Trivia Quiz:  An orchestra tunes to a precise frequency, usually 440 hertz, known as A 440. The note is first played by the oboist and the rest of the orchestra tunes accordingly.  There are a couple of explanations why the oboe leads the tuning.  First, of all the instruments, the oboe is least affected by humidity or other weather conditions.   In addition, it is more difficult to adjust the pitch of the oboe, unlike most of the other instruments, so the other instruments have to match the oboe. Kind of makes you want to treat this little woodwind with more respect, doesn’t it?     BrightNews Briefs    Brightmusic’s Summer Chamber Music Festival Intimate Portraits in Chamber Music Mark your calendar for Brightmusic’s eighth annual Summer Chamber Music Festival:  June 6-11 at St. Paul’s Cathedral.  This year’s festival celebrates that most cherished aspect of chamber music—its intimacy.  Intimate Portraits in Chamber Music gets up close and personal with classical music’s most intimate expression:  the small ensemble—sonatas, trios, and quartets, featuring works by Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, Piazzolla and others.  Chamber music has covered a lot of ground since Joseph Haydn developed the string quartet in the mid 18th century, but the art form remains at its very core what Goethe called “a stimulating conversation between . . . intelligent people,” with us, the audience, listening in as rapt eavesdroppers.  Chamber music is a great introduction for children or for adults seeking to develop a deeper appreciation for classical music. You’ll find more information on the “Concerts” page of our website, www.brightmusic.org.   Concerns about Severe Weather or Road Conditions?   For concert status the day of the concert, listen for an announcement on KUCO (90.1 FM). Or you may call (405) 550-1484, (405) 216-5595, or (405) 550-7665 for concert status the day of the concert.  Keep these phone numbers handy—just in case.

For more information

about this and all things Brightmusic, see our website at http://www.brightmusic.org.
 

MISS BROWN TO YOU
PLAY DATES FOR
MARCH & APRIL

When will it be spring already?

Saturday, March 2nd: Full Circle Bookstore This will be a unique event, so don't miss it: Louise will perform a rare solo appearance. I can hear her right now working on wonderful things that you have never heard her perform. Seriously cool. So don't miss it, if you can. 7:30 to 9:30, no cover, adult beverages and snacks available. Where will I be? Assisting another songwriter at another performance. Nellie Clay. At the Cimarron Breeze place in Perkins. Ahead of Eliza Gilkyson. But, you knew that... Tuesday, March 5th: Art Moves at Robinson Renaissance This being Mardi Gras, we hope you don't give us up for Lent! We're actually good for you! Robinson Renaissance is at 119 N. Robinson, and we'll be there from Noon to One. Roulez Bontemps!

Saturday, March 9th: The Lobby Bar We'll be at our Neighborhood Hang! Again! So much fun! Come join us 8:30 - 10:30. Adult beverages and serious cuisine.

Friday, March 22nd: Miss Brown to You Quartet We'll be at UCO Jazz Lab with our quartet for a night of Jazz, and as always, a variety of other styles. 8:00 - $10.

You'll never guess what we've been doing! We, and by we I mean Louise, is/are hard at work cranking up 'Beehive' at the Pollard. The cast is stellar, I mean, brilliant and it's going to be a blast. We're getting the old band back together: Elyse Angelo will be with us on drums, and our good friend Jason Hunt will be on guitar. Here are the dates and the website. Friday April 12, Saturday April 13th Friday April 19, Saturday April 20th, Matinee Sunday April 21st Thursday April 25th, Friday April 26th, Saturday April 27th, Matinee Sunday April 28th Thursday May 2nd, Friday May 3rd, Saturday May 4th The Pollard Theater

Saturday, April 6th: Full Circle

We'll be back, singing the Song of Spring!