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December 2017 events
December 2017
After School Program
December 1-22, 2017 | 3 - 6 p.m.
Now, an Engaging Afterschool Program that’s Affordable...Did you know, “Children in afterschool programs benefit from a wide variety of essential supports and activities that encourage healthy behaviors, increase knowledge and skills, and provide learning opportunities,” (Afterschool alliance.org).The Afterschool program at the Thrive Center offers art & craft, homework assistance, sports, dance, piano lessons, Christian life skills and more. Cost - $5 per day for ages 5 through 12 years, Monday to Friday, 3 pm to 6 pm at 555 S. Memorial. For details and registration visit IGCenter.org or call 918 836 5525
Pops I - Home for the Holidays Featuring Jeff Shadley, Trumpet
December 2, 2017 | 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Kick off your holiday season with TSO’s family-centric newest holiday tradition! This evening of diverse holiday mix of classical and jazzy holiday favorites will feature the local favorite, trumpeter and vocalist Jeff Shadley along with members of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra led by guest Pops conductor Ron Spigelman.
Location:
Lorton Performance Center
550 S Gary Pl
Tulsa, OK 74104
For more information, contact:
Amy Roark
(918)-584-3645
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Brown Bag It 2017-18 Series Announced for Tulsa PAC Trust
December 6, 2017 | 12:10 - 12:50 p.m.
The Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust’s Brown Bag It free noontime concert series on select Wednesdays at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center is back with another exciting line-up. The popular series, which was established in the early 1980s, is once again returning to the first Wednesday of every month, with the exception of January. Vocalist Janet Rutland kicks off the 2017-18 Brown Bag It season. Janet is equally comfortable singing Hank Williams or Johnny Mercer. Rutland will be accompanied by pianist Spencer Sutton for a set of vintage pop, jazz and country music. The mission of the series is to offer the community an opportunity to visit the Performing Arts Center facility and hear quality musical presentations. Audiences are invited to bring and eat lunch during the concerts, creating an informal atmosphere. Likewise, the musicians are encouraged to “inform” as well as perform by giving background information or program notes during the concert, breaking down the barriers between performer and audience. Each concert lasts 40 minutes. Concert Schedule First Wednesday from 12:10pm - 12:50pm Tulsa Performing Arts Center – Westby Pavilion Free and family friendly! September 6, 2017: Janet Rutland October 4, 2017: Annie Ellicott November 1, 2017: Trio Balan-Kan December 6, 2017: Tulsa Festival Ringers* February 7, 2018: Barron Ryan March 7, 2018: the bART Center for Music April 4, 2018: TSO Woodwinds Quartet May 2, 2018: TSO Brass Quintet June 6, 2018: Luis Eduardo Garcia, African Drums *The December concert will be held in John H. Williams Theatre at 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. About the Tulsa PAC Trust: The Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust is a non-profit organization formed with private funds in 1977 after the construction of the City of Tulsa’s Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Its Board of Trustees, appointed by the Mayor, share a passionate love of the arts and a dedication to the cultural life of the city. TPACT presents a season of entertainment events, assists the Performing Arts Center with facility improvements and gives grants to local arts organizations.
For more information, contact:
(918)-596-7111
Collinsville Hometown Christmas
December 7-9, 2017 | 7 - 9 p.m.
COLLINSVILLE HOSTING SECOND ANNUAL “HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS” VARIETY SHOW Collinsville, OK (October 31, 2017) – Collinsville is bringing back their popular Hometown Christmas variety show for a second year this December. There will be three performances this year, running nightly at 7:00 from Thursday, December 7 through Saturday, December 9. All performances will take place at Herron’s Crown Opry Theater on Main Street. This Dickensian-themed variety show lasts two hours, with over 80 performers to entertain you with holiday songs and dances. This show promises to bring you an evening you will always remember and is a great way to celebrate Christmas with the entire family! Tickets are available for purchase beginning November 1. All proceeds from ticket sales go to benefit three of Collinsville’s nonprofit missions: Arubah Community Clinic, Dividing Bread, and Main Street Ministries. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children age 12 and under. Tickets may be purchased online anytime by visiting the Hometown Christmas Facebook page or in person Monday through Thursday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce, located at 1126 W Main Street. Seating is limited to 300 per performance and tickets will sell quickly, so purchase your tickets early! Generous sponsors making this event possible are: American Bank of Oklahoma, Hometown Insurance Agency, Collinsville Kids’ Academy, T&S Plumbing, Collinsville Collision Center, Collinsville Family Pharmacy, City of Collinsville, Collinsville Chamber of Commerce and Collinsville Downtown, Inc. Don’t miss this wonderful Christmas experience in charming downtown Collinsville! For more information, call the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce at (918) 371-4703 or Collinsville Downtown, Inc. at (918) 371-5530.
Location:
Herron's Crown Opry Theater
1015 W. Main St.
Collinsville, OK 74021
For more information, contact:
Cyndee Green
(918)-938-1929
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COLLINSVILLE HOSTING SECOND ANNUAL “HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS” VARIETY SHOW
December 7-9, 2017 | 7 - 9 p.m.
Collinsville is bringing back their popular Hometown Christmas variety show for a second year this December. There will be three performances this year, running nightly at 7:00 from Thursday, December 7 through Saturday, December 9. All performances will take place at Herron’s Crown Opry Theater on Main Street. This Dickensian-themed variety show lasts two hours, with over 80 performers to entertain you with holiday songs and dances. This show promises to bring you an evening you will always remember and is a great way to celebrate Christmas with the entire family! Tickets are available for purchase beginning November 1. All proceeds from ticket sales go to benefit three of Collinsville’s nonprofit missions: Arubah Community Clinic, Dividing Bread, and Main Street Ministries. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children age 12 and under. Tickets may be purchased online anytime by visiting the Hometown Christmas Facebook page or in person Monday through Thursday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce, located at 1126 W Main Street. Seating is limited to 300 per performance and tickets will sell quickly, so purchase your tickets early! Generous sponsors making this event possible are: American Bank of Oklahoma, Hometown Insurance Agency, Collinsville Kids’ Academy, T&S Plumbing, Collinsville Collision Center, Collinsville Family Pharmacy, City of Collinsville, Collinsville Chamber of Commerce and Collinsville Downtown, Inc. Don’t miss this wonderful Christmas experience in charming downtown Collinsville! For more information, call the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce at (918) 371-4703 or Collinsville Downtown, Inc. at (918) 371-5530.
Location:
Downtown Collinsville
1015 W. Main St.
Collinsville, OK 74021
For more information, contact:
Cyndee Green
(918)-371-4703
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Living Nativity
Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
December 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 & 16, 2017
Pecan - Walnut Festival & Living Nativity Heart of the Shepherd @ Shepherd’s Cross December 7, 8 & 9 & 14, 15 & 16 2017 Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10:00 am – 8:00 p.m. • The Living Nativity is an indoor, heated walk through event complete with farm animals and costumed characters inside a gambrel roof barn at Shepherd’s Cross, an authentic working farm, just north of Claremore OK on Scenic Route 66. • Come to the farm and enjoy the peace of a few hours spent in the country, contemplating that original Christmas when the Christ Child was born in a stable. • Christmas light display – white light – peaceful & reflective • Open the barn door and step back in time - spinning, weaving and wool working demonstrations throughout the day. • Complimentary apple cider & cookies. • Enjoy a Shepherd Christmas children’s audio-visual program. • This year the Living Nativity will feature Christmas Musicians or a Dramatic Story each hour : o Christmas Musicians include either a violinist, flutist, guitarist, gospel musicians, quartets, cellists The Living Nativity is rich with old time gospel music o The Inn Keeper’s Wife - the story of Christ’s birth from the perspective of the Innkeeper’s Wife’s – written & told by Frankie Campbell o Menagerie at the Manger - the story of Christmas from the animals at the manger – written & told by Linda Allen o Musicians needed. Go to the Living Nativity page to find information about volunteering • Picture in the manger – with family & friends – start a new tradition • Shepherd’s Shop will be open, featuring a host of Made in Oklahoma crafts & gifts from over 50 artisans – lovely unique Christmas gifts o Animal Welfare Approved, farm fresh grass fed, free range, natural lamb meat is available. o 100% natural wool yarns and fibers are available; processed at our own mini-wool mill. Shepherd’s Cross is an “eco-friendly” wool mill. o A Fair Trade Shop that sells hand made products from missions, and returns 100% of the proceeds to those missions, is a part of Shepherd’s Shop, representing several nations. o This is walnut & pecan harvest season on the farm. Farm fresh black walnuts & native pecans will be available at down home country prices; or enjoy pre-picked or buy whole and we will crack for. o Amish Made fudge & nutty treats available o Watch as your pecans are cracked in the silo • Enjoy watching the sheep resting in the pastures, as they did that first Christmas night. • The event is donation based admission. Suggested donation is $5.00 per person. • Journey with the Shepherds – Wagon Ride in the pasture with the sheep - as they journeyed to see the Christ on that first hallowed night. Available every two hours ($7 per person; cancelled in inclement weather). 100% of proceeds benefit missions. • Buses or groups of 20 or more, please schedule in advance. • Shepherd’s Cross is home to a non-profit Christian organization called Heart of the Shepherd that hosts this event. Shepherd’s Cross provides the farm, animals and the barn for the event. • Make an Evergreen Wreath to take home – great family or group activity; $15 each; 100% of proceeds benefit missions • Make a Christmas Ornament – to take home; $5.00 each; 100% of proceeds benefit missions • The Living Tree - Provide a gift to the less fortunate – this is Heart of the Shepherd’s “Angel Tree” • Free Children’s activity – bird feeder and/or woolly sheep • Shepherd’s Special Bundle Deals: o #1: Includes all donation based activities – suggested donation $5 per person o #2: Journey with the Shepherds - $7 per person – Includes all donation based activities plus a wagon ride o #3: Christmas Journey & Ornament - $ 9 per person – Includes all donation based activities, wagon ride & make an ornament o $4: Christmas Journey & Wreath - $ 20 per person – Includes all donation based activities, wagon ride & make a wreath • Christmas Coloring Contest • Farm Museum & Educational Silo & Bible Garden self-guided tours • The Living Nativity will proceed even in the case of inclement weather. Activities take place inside the heated Amish built gambrel roof tour barn, which houses some of the animals as well as the wool processing, farm museum, games, hands on learning stations, story time and the gift shop. • Shepherd’s Cross is an accredited Agritourism facility, a Made in Oklahoma Company, is Animal Welfare approved, and is a distribution site for the Oklahoma Food Co-op. • If your family would like to volunteer in the Living Nativity please contact us. Shifts are for two hours, throughout the day. Participants experience a memorable, peace filled, quality family time. Costumes are provided; pictures made available after the event. Volunteers receive a Free Wagon ride & the opportunity to scale to the fourth floor of the silo; one free wreath making per volunteer group; & make an ornament for each participant • The Dickinson family has been providing a Live Nativity to the Claremore area for over 25 years. • Event sponsored by Heart of the Shepherd – a Christian Public Non-profit organization (501-C3) that operates at Shepherd’s Cross • To find out more information about this woolly event please visit our website: www.ShepherdsCross.com - go to Living Nativity at the bottom of the tool bar http://www.shepherdscross.com/livingnativity.html or call 918-342-5911 https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdsCross Contact: Shepherd’s Cross Inc. & Heart of the Shepherd Inc. Dr. Diane Dickinson, owner & executive director eat3@eau3eav3eaw3 918-342-5911 16792 East 450 Road, Claremore, OK 74017
For more information, contact:
Diane Dickinson or Amy Kinsey
(918)-342-5911
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Christmas Cantata,
December 17, 2017 | 10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.
You're invited to join us for a presentation of the miraculous story of Christmas through traditional carols and Christmas favorites. It also reminds us that the story of God's love didn't stop there. Come join us for this celebration of the birth of Jesus.
For more information, contact:
Terry Jarrard
(918)-299-1257
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Getting Clear on Law of Attraction with Marta Riggin
December 18, 2017 | 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Do you feel blocked, bored or unhappy? Feel like you never quite get what you really want? Learn to use the forces of the Universe to finally become everything you're meant to be. Intuitive counselor and spiritual life coach Marta Riggin will help you to take the Law of Attraction into the next step to manifest what you want in this interactive workshop. Find out how the Law of Attraction works and what you don't know that keeps it working against you. Discover the blocks that keep you from bringing your desires to life. Learn the tricks to uncover and focus on what you really want to be able to step in your dream life. Each session will focus on a different aspect of how the law of attraction works and different techniques to help it work for you. After some lecture and discussion, we will address individual concerns in the class and take you through the process to get you past what's blocking you. The price per class is $15. Following classes will be held on the 1st Thursday of each month. *Please bring a notebook to each class. Marta Riggin is a registered nurse, certified massage therapist, energy healer and intuitive life coach. She received her Bachelor's degrees in Health Sciences and Nursing from Grand Valley State University in Allendale Michigan and certifications in Massage Therapy and Energy Healing at the Fuller School of Massage in Virginia Beach, VA. A continual student since 1992, Marta has certifications in many modes of energy healing including Quantum Touch, Therapeutic Touch, Polarity, Reiki and others. Under the influence of teachers like Paramahansa Yogananda, Tony Robbins, Abraham Hicks and other metaphysical teachers, Marta brings a broad spectrum of wisdom to her counseling. In her free time, Marta enjoys playing guitar, singing, studying metaphysics and Law of Attraction and spending time in meditation.
For more information, contact:
(918)-455-0102
Drawing on Memories
Monthly on the Third Tuesday | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
December 19, 2017
There is a gallery discussion of specific art pieces followed by a hands-on, interactive activity. This program provides an opportunity for the person with the disease to use remaining motor skills and non-linear communication to recreate a representation of them that lets other recognize their essence. Meet others directly affected with an early-stage diagnosis. Snack and drink provided. Event is free but space is limited, please call 800-272-3900, or visit alz.org/Oklahoma.
Location:
Philbrook Museum of Art
2727 S Rockford Rd
Tulsa, OK 74114
For more information, contact:
(800)-272-3900
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