PARKING OPTIONS ABOUND FOR FESTIVAL OF ARTS
RECEPTION PLANNED FOR CAPITOL EXHIBIT
“Her Favorite Negatives, in Print,” an exhibit by Patricia Isbell, a photographer based in Chickasha, is on display at the state Capitol’s North Gallery, located on the first floor.
Isbell’s photography has been exhibited in the Paseo Arts District and published in Outdoor Oklahoma magazine. It has been added to the permanent collection at St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee.
A public reception is planned from 4 to 6 p.m. May 24. Refreshments will be provided. The exhibit will be on display through June 5. For more information, go to arts. ok.gov.
There are multiple parking options for the 2016 Festival of the Arts, set for April 19-24 at Bicentennial Park, 500 Couch Drive. Buses, a shuttle and new parking garages will be available for festivalgoers.
Buses will take passengers from Embark parking garages to festival grounds daily. Embark also will be extending its evening hours. Go to embarkok. com for more information.
A shuttle will pick up passengers at the Bob Howard parking lot, 200 W Reno, every 15 minutes from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Additional parking is in the Arts District parking garage, 431 W Main, and throughout downtown. For more information, go to parkingokc.com.
The free festival runs 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 270-4848 or go to artscouncil okc.com.
TIBETAN SCHOLARS CREATE, DISCUSS SAND MANDALAS
NORMAN —
Tibetan scholars will discuss and demonstrate the creation of sand mandalas from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 235 W Duffy. Lectures and Q&A sessions will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. daily on topics related to Tibetan culture.
Guests can come and go and converse with the scholars while the mandala is created. A practice table will be set up so guests can work with the same materials. At a closing ceremony Saturday, the mandala will be swept up, and attendees will receive satchels of sand to take home.
For more information, go to okhumanities.org/ wheel-of-life-sand-mandala-demonstration-norman.
2 SPRING CONCERTS PLANNED AT USAO
CHICKASHA —
The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma’s concert and jazz bands will present a joint spring concert, “Classical Thunder: Jazz Lightning,” at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Te Ata Memorial Auditorium.
The concert band will showcase 20th-century works that are considered to be at once powerful and recognizable. The bands include students from nine academic majors.
The annual Concert Choir Spring Concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Alumni Chapel. The concert choir is a mixed men’s and women’s ensemble from numerous majors. Music from Brazil, Panama and Portugal will be performed in original languages.
Both concerts are free. USAO is at 1727 W Alabama Ave. For more information, go to usao.edu or call 224-3140.