EDMOND — Community events

31 Saturday

Tully World Series team roping will be July 31 and Aug. 1 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie. For more information, visit www.lazye.com.

The Prix de West art exhibition and sale at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum will be open June 11 through Sept. 6. The exhibit will include more than 300 Western paintings and sculpture by the finest contemporary Western artists in the nation. Art seminars, receptions and an awards banquet round out the exhibition’s opening events June 11-13. Reservations are required for most opening weekend activities. For more information, call 478-2250 or visit www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.



2 Monday

Summer Sports Camp from the City of Edmond will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 2-13 at Arctic Edge Arena. Every day campers participate in morning workout, play basketball and ice skate. Some of the weekly acitivities include swimming, martial arts, hip hop dance, arts & crafts, hockey, ping pong, gymnatics, ballroom dancing, cheerleading, and skateboarding just to name a few. All campers must be at least 7 years old by Aug. 13. The cost is $145. For more information, call 748-5454 or visit www.arctic-edge.com.



4 Wednesday

Play in the Park will be from 10-11:15 a.m. in Stephenson Park, Fourth Street and Littler. Children will play tag games, dodge ball, relay races, kick ball, obstacle courses and more. The event is geared toward children 6-12, but the public is welcome. There is no need to register, just show up at the park. Children must be accompanied by an adult. The event is free.



7 Saturday

The Arcadia Lake Sweep will be at Spring Creek Park.

Participants will receive a T-shirt whle supplies last and a hot dog lunch, but participants are asked to bring their own gloves. Trash bags and clean-up assignments are given at the registration table. Rain out date is Aug. 14. For more information, call 216-7471.

 

Music, theater and art

31 Saturday

“Disney’s High School Musical,” based on the Disney Channel original movie, will play at the Poteet Theatre July 16 through Aug. 8. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances will begin at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees begin at 3 p.m. The theater is at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 222 N.W. 15th St. in Oklahoma City. Visit www.poteettheatre.com or call 609-1023 to purchase tickets.

Garrett “Big G” Jacobson will play blues and soul at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St. Tickets are $7, and food and beverages are available by Hideaway Pizza. For more information, visit www.ucojazzlab.com.

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park will present “The Comedy of Errors” July 15 through Aug. 7. Shows are at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at Bicentennial Park in front of the Civic Center in downtown Oklahoma City. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors, and free for children 12 and under; season tickets are $25. For more information, call 235-3700 or visit OklahomaShakespeare.com.

“I Am Love” will play at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. “I Am Love” tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reins of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi, and grandson Edo. The film is in Italian, Russian and English with English subtitles.



3 Tuesday

“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” from Lyric Theatre will play at 8 p.m. Aug. 3-7 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City. The musical tells the story of Buddy Holly and his incredible rise to fame in a show that features more than 20 of his greatest songs. For more information, visit LyricTheatreOKC.com.



5 Thursday

“Brokeback Mountain” will play at 7:30 p.m. at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art as part of the Sketch to Screen Film Festival, featuring films that have a costume in the museum’s exhibition Sketch to Screen. Visit www.okcmoa.org for more information and a full schedule.

The Mitch Bell Band will play traditional and contemporary jazz at 8 and 9:30 p.m. at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St. Tickets are $7, and food and beverages are available by Hideaway Pizza. For more information, visit www.ucojazzlab.com.

23rd Street Jazz Band will perform from 7:15-8:30 p.m. at Hafer Park as part of the Summer Concert in the Park series. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy the music. The concert is free.



6 Friday

“Harvey” by Mary Chase will play at 8 p.m. Aug. 6-28 at the Pollard Theatre, 120 W. Harrison Ave. in Guthrie. Affable Elwood P. Dowd has a kind word for everyone he meets. He lives a quiet life with his social-climbing sister and her daughter, and is devoted to his loyal and trustworthy friend and constant companion, Harvey. The fact that Harvey happens to be a 6-foot tall invisible rabbit doesn't seem to bother Elwood but is an ongoing embarrassment to his family who decides to have him committed. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, the medical establishment is turned topsy-turvy as Elwood and Harvey cause pandemonium. For specific showtimes and tickets, visit www.thepollard.org.

The film “The Desert of Forbidden Art” will play at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Aug. 6-7 and 2 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Okahoma City Museum of Art. During the Soviet rule, young Igor Savitsky daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artist’s works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB. Ben Kingsley, Sally Field and Ed Asner voice the diaries and letters of Savitsky and the artists.

Shortt Dogg will play blues and soul at 8 and 9:30 p.m. at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St. Tickets are $7, and food and beverages are available by Hideaway Pizza. For more information, visit www.ucojazzlab.com.



7 Saturday

Smilin’ Vic will play blues and soul at 8 and 9:30 p.m. at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St. Tickets are $7, and food and beverages are available by Hideaway Pizza. For more information, visit www.ucojazzlab.com.

Upcoming

August 11

Play in the Park will be from 10-11:15 a.m. in Stephenson Park, Fourth Street and Littler. Children will play tag games, dodge ball, relay races, kick ball, obstacle courses and more. The event is geared toward children 6-12, but the public is welcome. There is no need to register, just show up at the park. Children must be accompanied by an adult. The event is free.



August 12

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park will present “Romeo and Juliet” Aug. 12 through Sept. 4. Shows are at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at Bicentennial Park in front of the Civic Center in downtown Oklahoma City. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors, and free for children 12 and under; season tickets are $25. For more information, call 235-3700 or visit OklahomaShakespeare.com.

“Mamma Mia! Sing-Along” will play at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art at 7:30 p.m. Aug 12 as part of the museum’s Sketch to Screen Film Festival, featuring films with costumes in the Sketch to Screen exhibit. For more information, visit www.okcmoa.org.



August 13

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” will play at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Aug. 13 and 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Aug. 14. Based on Stieg Larsson’s international best-selling novel, this film adaptation was the top grossing European film of 2009. Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. When investigators link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost 40 years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.

Miss Brown to You will play traditional jazz at 8 and 9:30 p.m. at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St. Tickets are $7, and food and beverages are available by Hideaway Pizza. For more information, visit www.ucojazzlab.com.



August 14

Peter Krauss, Lisa Turci and Kent Kidwell will play traditional jazz at 8 and 9:30 p.m. at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St. Tickets are $7, and food and beverages are available by Hideaway Pizza. For more information, visit www.ucojazzlab.com.

Endurocross USA will be at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie. For more information, call 282-RIDE or visit www.lazye.com.



August 15

Logan McElvany will perform at 7 p.m. at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St. Tickets are $5, and food and beverages are available by Hideaway Pizza. For more information, visit www.ucojazzlab.com.

The 7th Annual Parent Child Championship will be Aug. 15 at KickingBird Golf Club. Two-person parent-child teams will play the scramble tee shot, alternate shot approach, scramble putt tournament. Entry fee includes green fees, cart, range balls and prizes. Play will begin with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The cost is $80 per team. For more information, call 341-5350 or visit www.kickingbirdgolf.com.



August 16

Norah Jones will perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Oklahoma City Civic Center, 201 N. Walker Ave. in Oklahoma City. Jones’ 2002 debut album “Come Away With Me” won eight Grammys, including album of the year, best new artist and best female pop vocal performance for Jones, and record of the year for the album’s bluesy single, “Don’t Know Why.” For more information, visit www.okccivicenter.org.