OKLAHOMA ENTERTAINMENT

Media and Websites to Check Out:

OKC:

Bricktown:

The Gazette:

PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.

Some locations to find it at: Borders, Barnes & Noble, The OU Art Museum, Hideaway Pizza

Norman Convention and Visitors Bureau:

Norman Arts Council:

Local Events:

Entertainment / Address / Dates / Notes
Oklahoma State Fair /
OK State Fair Grounds / September
Admission / decent concerts; get to see mullets while eating fried Oreo cookies.
Chocolate Festival /
Norman / February
Tickets / supports local art
OKC Festival of the Arts /
Downtown OKC / April
Free / great food vendors
Medieval Fair /
Reeves Park, Norman / April
Free / this speaks for itself.
May Fair /
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Andrews Park, Norman / May
Free / art and library book sale
Norman Music Festival /
Main Street, Norman / April
Free / local and national acts; last year Polyphonic Spree
Groovefest /
Andrews Park, Norman / Spring and Fall
Free / do you like hippies and music?
Jazz in June /
Brookhaven and Andrews Park, Norman / June, duh
Free / local and national acts; last year Chuck Mangione
Oklahoma Riverfest /
OKC / June
Free / jet ski acrobats; take a riverboat tour
Summer Breeze Concert Series /
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Parks in Norman / All summer
Free / local and national acts
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival /
Okemah, OK / July
Free / big names in folk music
Diversafest
(D-fest) /
Tulsa, OK / July
Tickets / huge music festival and conference

Animals

Entertainment / Address / Notes
Oklahoma City Zoo /
OKC Adventure District / good sized zoo with a new Oklahoma exhibit, swan boats, the usual animals.
Little River Zoo /
outside of Norman / small, but nice and close
Arbuckle Wilderness /
Davis, OK / drive and have animals lick your car.

Eateries and Drinkeries:

Entertainment / Address / Notes
Benvenutti’s / Main St.
Downtown Norman / Italian food; gellato
Bill & Dee’s Bar / 311 E Main St,
Downtown Norman / shuffle board; townies; smoking
BJ’s Brew House / / on the fancier side for Norman standards; varied menu
Blu /
201 S. Crawford
405-360-4BLU / fancy Tapas food
Bison Witches /
Downtown Norman / terrible service, low cost food
Bricktown Brewery /
Bricktown, OKC / decent food, bar
Brothers Bar / 563 Buchanan Ave / outdoor patio
Café Plaid Restaurant and Coffee Shop / Boyd Street and University / tasty and crowded lunch cafeteria style, open late, wifi sometimes
Coach’s at the Ball Park /
Bricktown, OKC / overlooks ballpark, good burgers
The Diner / 213 E. Main, Norman / great breakfast and lunch, shower afterwards or smell like grease, small restaurant so there is often a line.
The Earth Café
The Earth Bakery / Café is on Asp in the Boyd Street Area; Bakery is on Flood just south of Main St. / do you like vegetarian food and hippies?
Eischen’s Chicken / Okarche, OK
405-263-9939 / oldest bar in Oklahoma; supposed to have chicken to die for
Eskimo Snow Cones / / find good snow cone shakes all over the place, the one on Lindsay in the Homeland Parking lot is good.
Hideaway Pizza /
Boyd Street Area, Norman / good gourmet pizza
Jana’s / 1324 N Interstate Dr, Norman
(405) 447-7200 / Thai and Italian food; not always open
JJ’s Pizza Stop / 530 West Lindsey Street
Norman / good cheap pizza, subs, etc.
La Baguette / / voulez vous French food?
The Library / 607 W Boyd St, Norman / non-smoking inside; nice outdoor seating; decent menu
Louie’s and Louie’s Too / Boyd Street / Louie’s serves food; Louie’s Too is mainly the bar
Melting Pot / 4 E. Sheridan Ave, Bricktown, OKC
405-235-1000
/ expensive but yummy fondue
The Mont /
Boyd Street, Norman / nice patio, decent menu
Mr. Bill’s / 1101 Elm Avenue, Norman
/ cheap beer; bar food; karaoke; live music
New York Pizza and Pasta / Boyd Street Area, Norman / pizza by the slice; pasta
O’Connells / 120 E Lindsey, Norman
Moving soon to Asp. / Irish pub; beer pong tournaments
Othello’s / / Italian food; bar; music and comedy acts on some nights
OU Union /
blogcategory/5/2/ / Wendy’s, Sbarros, Quizno’s, Wong-Key Chinese, Crossroads (fresh food and dorm food; good breakfast and sushi), Chick-fil-a, and Laughing Tomato (healthy tomato based food)
Pizza Shuttle / (405) 360-7777
Find one near you, though. / good late night pizza and cheese bread. tons of delivery people in and out of our friend group.
Pops /
Arcadia, OK / decent menu and souvenirs, over 500 sodas to choose from
Raising Cane’s Chicken /
1113 Alameda Street / fast food only serves chicken fingers but they are delicious
The Red Cup Café /
3132 N. Classen Blvd
OKC / a true community coffee shop; occasional live music
Rusty’s Frozen Custard / 2296 W. Main St, Norman / penguins, t-shirts, and tasty custard
Service Station /
Asp, north of Boyd Street Area / great sandwiches and burgers
Sweet Basil / 211 W. Main
405-217-8424 / more upscale Thai food
T.E.A. Cafe / 1241 Alameda, Norman / Chinese and bubble tea
Thai Raja / 761 Jenkins, Norman / Thai lunch buffet
Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill / 310 Johnny Bench Drive, Bricktown OKC
405-231-0254
/ yee haw, lamb fries
Turquoise Café /
Boyd Street Area / unique menu; brunchy
Victoria’s Pasta Shop / Boyd Street Area, Norman / reasonably priced pasta shop
Vista / 111 N Peters Ave, Fl 6th
Norman / bingo, trivia, decent menu, sports bar

Malls:

Entertainment / Address / Notes
Crossroads /
South OKC / smaller and more deserted; Steve and Barry’s
Penn Square /
North OKC / as fancy pantsy as Oklahoma gets
Quail Springs /
North OKC / better than Sooner
Sooner Mall / / decent sized mall and close

Movies:

Entertainment / Address / Notes
AMC Crossroads 16 / 1211 East Interstate 240
OKC / similar to Hollywood
Harkins Bricktown / 150 East Reno Avenue
Bricktown, OKC
405-231-4747 / newer; IMAX
Hollywood Spotlight 14 / 1100 N Interstate Drive, Norman
405-579-0911 / main theater for Norman
OKC Museum of Art / / on weekends; shows independent and art films that you can’t see elsewhere
OMNIplex /
OKC Adventure Park next to Zoo / IMAX
OU Union Theater / / free for students, shows recent films every week.
Robinson Crossing / 405-447-1005 / dollar theater, 50 cent Tuesdays
Warren Cinema /
Moore, OK / new and pricier; can eat at a restaurant while you watch a movie
Winchester Drive-in / 6930 S. Western Ave, OKC
405-631-8851 / drive-in are awesome

Museums and Art:

Entertainment / Address / Notes
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum /
OKC Adventure Park / Western art; sculpture garden, rodeo gallery
Fire House Art Center /
Norman / take various art classes
L&B Yarn Store /
Grey St, Norman / learn to knit; weekly knitting circle
Oklahoma City Museum of Art /
Downtown OKC / traveling exhibits, amazing Dale Chiluly glass collection
Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum / Downtown OKC / looks really pretty at night; important landmark in the city
OU Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art /
OU Campus / free to students; great impressionist art collection and Native American art collection
Paseo Arts District /
OKC / several art galleries and studios; trendy restaurants
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History /
OU Campus / free to students; dem bones, dem dry dinosaur bones; public lectures on science
Science Museum Oklahoma (OMNIplex) /
OKC Adventure Park next to Zoo / hands-on science museum; planetarium, IMAX theater

Music Venues:

Entertainment / Address / Notes
The Biting Sow / 1 E. California, Bricktown, OKC on th canal / bar; live blues and bbq; nice outdoor patio
The Blue Door /
OKC out near Classen / non-profit; brings in a lot of singer/songwriters and Austin artists, intimate space, byob
The Blue Note / / bar; blues/rock/rockabilly
The Bricktown Ballroom /
103 E. California, Bricktown, OKC
405- 236-4143 / national acts
Cain’s Ballroom /
Tulsa, OK / national acts; easy to get front and center
The Coca Cola Events Center / / national acts
The Deli /
Boyd Street Area, Norman / bar; local acts; a dive bar
The Ford Center / / big national acts
Guestroom Records /
Norman location on Main St.
OKC location on N. Western Ave / locally owned record stores that have a lot of used cds; sponsors a softball team; podcast; sell concerts tickets
Lloyd Noble Center /
OU Campus / occasionally large concerts, advertised on sidewalks and OU newspaper
Makers /
Bricktown, OKC / cigar and piano lounge
The Opolis /
Norman / national, local, and indie acts, linked to the Starlight Mints
OU Union / / occasionally local and national acts
Riverwind Casino /
Just south of Norman on I-35 / national acts
Wormy Dog Saloon /
Bricktown, OKC / county music
Zoo Amphitheater /
OKC Zoo in the OKC Adventure District / national acts; outdoors

Sports:

Entertainment / Address / Notes
AMF Bowling / 1330 E Lindsey St
Norman / leagues, beer, smoking
Bricktown Ball Park
Oklahoma Redhawks /
Bricktown, OKC / minor league baseball team
Basketball at the Ford Center / / OKC’s new NBA team
Golfing in Norman / / several public courses
Heyday
Andy Alligator’s /

Located on I-35 between Norman and Moore / new facilities; putt putt, arcades, pizza, batting cage, go-karts, laser tag, climbing wall
OU Sports / / CGSA often has football tailgates
Perfect Swing /
on HW-9 E in Norman / older facilities, putt putt, arcade, driving range
Red Pin Bowling Lounge /
Bricktown, OKC / Bowling lounge and restaurant
Remington Park Horse Track and Casino /
OKC Adventure Park / thoroughbred racing in fall; quarter horse in spring
Sooner Bowling Center /
Norman / non-smoking
State Fair Speedway / / bring ear plugs and a love for rednecks

Theater:

Entertainment / Address / Notes
Civic Center Music Hall /
Downtown OKC / ballet, musicals, theater, orchestras
Mystery Dinner Theater /
Spaghetti Warehouse OKC
Cattleman’s OKC / can be fun or painful
OU Musical Theater
OU Theater Department
OU Opera / Catlett Music Center
Weitzenhoffer Theater / keep a look out for student performances
Shakespeare in the Park /
OKC On the Water Stage at the Myriad Gardens / good quality acting, 3 shows a summer, stage is outdoors and really a cool set up
Stage Theater /
Downtown OKC / theater in the round, good productions

Miscellaneous:

Entertainment / Address / Notes
Arbuckle Mountains and Turner Falls / / Mountain area in southern OK and nice state parks
Myriad Gardens and Crystal Bridge /
downtown OKC / Visiting parents like this
Norman Public Library / / Book sales and save money on movie rentals
Frontier City Amusement Park
White Water Bay Water Park /
/ Separate amusement parks, owned by the same company. The season pass is usually a good deal allowing you access to both parks. Frontier City is a western themed amusement park; White Water Bay is a large water park. There are several concerts here.

Deatrick 2008

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