(ERA). The exhibit focuses on the most tumultuous years of Oklahoma’s battle over the amendment, from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Adults, $7; kids (6-17), $5; kids (5 & under), free. Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. 522-0765, www.okhistory.org Through December Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Fireworks (Archives) at Oklahoma City Museum of Art (415 Couch Dr) features the first of a series of works by internationally- renowned filmmaker and visual artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Through the use of pyrotechnics in a single-channel video installation, the flickering light of fireworks and the sudden flash of a digital camera illuminate unconventional animal sculptures at a temple in Northeast Thailand. Adults, $12; kids (6-18), $10; kids (5 & under), free. Wednesday-Saturday, 10am- 5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm; Third Thursdays, until 9pm. 236-3100, www.okcmoa.com Feb. 4-23 FREE History of Hip Hop Dance Performance at the Metropolitan Library System (multiple locations) features local performers from the R.A.C.E. Dance Collective with a fun and educational performance to celebrate hip hop dance. All ages welcome. See website for show times and locations. www.metrolibrary.org Opening Feb. 6 Inclusion in Art–Spirit of Color at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame (1400 Classen Dr) features works by nine prolific artists of color living in Oklahoma, honoring their long- standing commitment to the arts, community, sacrifice and achievements. Adults, $7; kids (6-17), $5; kids (5 & under), free. Tuesday- Friday, 9am-5pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm. 235-4458, www.oklahomahof.com Feb. 14-29 Love Letters at Pollard Theatre (120 W Harrison Ave, Guthrie) features a funny and emotional portrait of the powerful connection of love between two friends, rebellious Melissa Gardner and straight-arrow Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, who have exchanged notes over 50 years. $25. See website for show times. 282-2800, www.thepollard.org
Adults, $12; kids (6-18), $10; kids (5 & under), free. Wednesday-Saturday, 10am- 5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm; Third Thursdays, until 9pm. 236-3100, www.okcmoa.com Through May 10 Find Your Western at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1700 NW 63rd St) features a collection of movie posters, film stills, comic books, pulp publications, novels, costumes and more, all exploring how different people have interpreted the West. Adults, $12.50; kids, (6-12), $5.57; kids (5 & under), free. Monday- Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm. 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org Warhol and the West at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1700 NW 63rd St) explores Warhol’s love of the West represented in his art, movies, attire, travels and collecting. The portfolio includes 14 iconic images of Western subjects such as Custer, Geronimo, Annie Oakley and John Wayne. Adults, $12.50; kids, (6-12), $5.57; kids (5 & under), free. Monday- Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm. 478-2250, nationalcowboymuseum.org FREE O. Gail Poole’s Sideshow at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (555 Elm Ave, Norman) features the satirical, often irreverent imagery of artist O. Gail Poole and the oddities of the artist’s late work. Tuesday- Saturday, 10am-5pm; Thursday, until 9pm; Sunday, 1-5pm. 325-4938, www.ou.edu/fjjma FREE Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (555 Elm Ave, Norman) features the practices that emerged from Oklahoma in the mid- century with more than 150 drawings, documents and objects, many of which are drawn from the newly created American School Archive. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am- 5pm; Thursday, until 9pm; Sunday, 1-5pm. 325-4938, www.ou.edu/fjjma Through November Until We Organize: The Struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment at the Oklahoma History Center (800 Nazih Zuhdi) features 23 photographs, both local and national, from activists for and against the Equal Rights Amendment
Through Feb. 29 Wanted: Dead or Alive at the Oklahoma History Center (800 Nazih Zuhdi) features images of some of Oklahoma’s most infamous criminals. The 38 black and white images consist of mug shots, crime scene locations and group shots with criminals and law enforcement officers, spanning more than 70 years. Adults, $7; kids (6-17), $5; kids (5 & under), free. Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. 522-0765, www.okhistory.org Through March 1 Photographing the Street at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (415 Couch Dr) features the work of four American and Canadian artists who have chosen the street as their primary subject: Garry Winogrand, Mike Peters, Gary Mark Smith and Ian Wallace. Adults, $12; kids (6-18), $10; kids (5 & under), free. Wednesday-Saturday, 10am- 5pm; Sunday, noon-5pm; Third Thursdays, until 9pm. 236-3100, www.okcmoa.com Through March 15 Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints: Popular Art of the Northeast of Brazil at Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art (1900 W MacArthur, Shawnee) features photographs, sculptures, paintings, prints, religious objects and more highlighting the complex and vibrant culture of the northeast of Brazil. Adults, $5; kids (6-17), $3; kids (5 & under), free. Tuesday-Saturday, 10am- 5pm. 878-5300, www.mgmoa.org Through March 29 Cosmic Culture: Intersections of Art and Outer Space at Science Museum Oklahoma (2020 Remington Pl) features a Minecraft-inspired installation made from 2,000 bamboo and paper kites that explores how space exploration and visual art have influenced each other. Adults, $15.95; kids (3-12), $12.95. Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm; Sunday, 11am-6pm. 602-6664, www.sciencemuseumok.org Through May 3 One Must See Many Things: Selections from Ben Shahn’s Rilke Portfolio at Oklahoma City Museum of Art (415 Couch Dr) features a selection of 20 lithographs by Ben Shahn, known for his linear and abstracted images of the human body.
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