EDMOND — Edmond community events



9 SATURDAY

Arcadia Lake Eagle Watch will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Sunday. Visitors should start at the park office at 9000 E. Second St., where eagles occasionally have been spotted in a cove just to t he east. A mounted eagle, wingspan display, video and other information will be available in the park office. Arcadia Lake staff will be dedicated to helping visitors spot eagles. Visitors should dress warmly and bring binoculars or a spotting scope and a camera. The park entrance fee will be reduced to $3 per vehicle for the three-day event. Each person in the vehicle will get a wrist band for entrance into the other lake parks.

The Fine Arts Institute of Edmond is having auditions for the FAI Theatre Company production of “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory,” with roles for fifth- through 12th-graders. Auditions will be at 10 a.m. at the Fine Arts Institute, 27 E. Edwards. Call-backs will be at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 10. Auditions will include cold readings from the play and group improvisations. No experience is needed. Auditions will be on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call 340-4481 or visit www.edmond

finearts.com.

Fine Arts Institute of Edmond classes begin this week at 23 E. Edwards. Enrollment is underway for classes for adults and children by visiting www.edmond

finearts.com or by calling 340-4481. The faculty includes 23 degreed teachers whose education comes from the art departments of Oklahoma universities and renowned schools across the country. Several teachers have trained internationally.

Take Back America 2010 Tea Party indoor rally and concert will be at the Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 E. California Ave. in Oklahoma City. Doors open at 6 p.m. followed by an open microphone and program. Featured speakers include Edmond resident Stuart A. Jolly, the Oklahoma director of Americans for Prosperity, KTOK’s Mike Shannon, OKC Tea Party Director Margie Drescher, Sen. Randy Brogdon and more. In addition to the speakers, Overdrive will entertain with a variety of music. Reserved seatiing is $20. General admission (standing only) is $10. Tickets are available at www.ticketstorm.com.



10 SUNDAY

“An Evening of Magic,” featuring magicians Kevin Brasier, Michael King and others from the Oklahoma City Magic Club, will be hosted by the Edmond North High School Band Boosters. The show begins at 7 p.m. in Edmond North’s auditorium, 215 W. Danforth. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. with musical entertainment provided by the Edmond North Jazz Band. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for students and free for children under three. To purchase tickets, call 282-2679 or visit www.enhshuskyband.com to download the flyer/order form. Tickets can be picked up at the door at 6:15 p.m. the evening of the show. Dinner also will be available for purchase before the show.



13 WEDNESDAY

Young artists statewide in first through 12th grades should get out their easels, paints, charcoal, paper or mixed media to prepare works for the 2010 Youth Impressions Juried Art Show. Presented by the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond and sponsored by the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Kirkpatrick Family Fund, the show will run from Jan. 16-19 at the Edmond Downtown Community Center. The deadline for entry forms is Jan. 13. Forms are available at the Fine Arts Institute, 27 E. Edwards, from school art teachers or by visiting www.edmondfine

arts.com. For more information, call 340-4481.



14 THURSDAY

Blue Clark will sign copies of “Indian Tribes of Oklahoma: A Guide” at 5:30 p.m. at Best of Books, 1313 E. Danforth Road. For more information, call

340-9202.





Music, theater and art



9 SATURDAY

The Oklahoma City Philharmonic and Maestro Joe Levine welcome the spectacular talents of Cherish the Ladies at 8 p.m. at the Civic Center Music Hall. Cherish the Ladies has more than 11 albums under their belts, having performed with everyone from James Taylor and Joan Baez to Emmylou Harris. The group combines all the facets of traditional Irish culture by blending instrumental talents, beautiful voices and stunning Irish step dancing. Tickets are available online at okc

philharmonic.org, by calling the ticket office at 828-5387 or in person at 428 W. California, Suite 210, or at the Civic Center Music Hall.

The UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St., will present Peter Krauss, Lisa Turci and Dr. Kent Kidwell in Concert. All acts start at 8 p.m. and perform a second set at 9:30 p.m. Doors open one hour before showtime. The show cost is $7. Enjoy food and beverages provided by Hideaway Pizza. Contact the ticket office for information and reservations by calling 359-7989, ext. 1.



10 SUNDAY

UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St., presents Kyle Dillingham and Virginia Campbell in Concert at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20, cash only.

“Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nunex: Selected Works” continues at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Luiseño artist and activist Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez was born on southern California’s Rincon Indian Reservation in 1888. She was immediately adopted and taken to New York City, where she grew up in the home of a prominent physician and his sister. During her lifetime, Wa Wa Chaw was a lecturer, an entertainer and an activist for Indian and feminist causes. She was also a prolific artist and many of her drawings and original writings are now in the collection of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. This exhibition features about 30 of Wa Wa Chaw’s pencil drawings and presents representative examples of her journals and sketchbooks. The museum is at 1700 N.E. 63rd St. in Oklahoma City. For more information, call 478-2250 or visit www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.



12 TUESDAY

“Legally Blonde The Musical” will play through Jan. 17 at the Civic Center Music Hall. The musical follows sorority star Elle Woods, an underestimated blonde who doesn’t take “no” for an answer. When her boyfriend dumps her for someone more serious, Elle heads for Harvard Law School, where she proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style. The music hall is at 201 N. Walker in Oklahoma City. Tickets are available by callling 1-800-869-1451 or visiting www.Celebrity

Attractions.com. For more

information, call 297-2264.





Upcoming events



JAN. 21 - FEB. 14

“Fools” by Neil Simon will be presented at the Jewel Box Theatre. In the play, Leon Tolchinsky accepts a teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. He finds the town has been cursed with chronic stupidity for 200 years and, if he fails to break the curse, he will become stupid, too. For more information, call 521-1786.



JAN. 22

When Animals Attack? Humorous Hunting Tableaux, an exhibit, will begin at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Before there was television, Americans spent their leisure time viewing stereographs, photographs printed side-by-side on card stock to produce three-dimensional images when viewed through a stereoscope. This exhibit features a collection of stereographs depicting humorous and exaggerated hunting scenes that showcase the photographer’s inventiveness and creativity. Most of the big game images were published between 1880 and 1910, and include deer, elk, moose, mountain sheep, bear and buffalo. Images are in Osborn Studio from the Museum’s Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center. For more information, call 478-2250 or visit www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.



JAN. 24

The Harlem Globetrotters will play from 3-5:30 p.m. at the Ford Center, 100 W. Reno Ave. Tickets are on sale now at the Ford Center box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, 1-800-745-3000 and www.okfordcenter.com.



JAN. 25

Rockin’ the Library with Mr. Stinky Feet, an evening of song and dance for all ages, will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Edmond Library, 10 S. Boulevard. One of the library’s favorite kid rockers, Jim “Mr. Stinky Feet” Cosgrove, says come prepared to sing, dance and have fun.



JAN. 30

The Oklahoma City Philharmonic, lead by Maestro Joel Levine, presents an evening of “New and Improved!” with pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin. The concert begins at 8 p.m. at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker. Maestro Levine and the orchestra will be bringing the greatest symphony of the classical era with Mozart’s Symphony No. 4, “Jupiter,” the blending of piano and orchestra in Franck’s “Symphonic Variation,” and Shastakovich’s “Piano Concerto No. 1.” Tickets are available online at okcphilharmonic.org, by calling 842-5387, or by visiting 428 W. California, Suite 210.