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• OUTBREAK: 7th student (18YO HS senior) sickened by meningitis that has already killed two children from Oologah.
• Oologah-Talala Emergency Medical Service report a 1YO rushed to St. Francis Hospital late yesterday afternoon (from Claremore Regional Hosp) after the little boy was showing symptoms of meningitis, although meningitis has not been confirmed.
• WHAT? Gateway Market, the long-awaited grocery store in north Tulsa near Pine and Peoria, experiencing slow sales and may shut down within months.
• First 100 Days - Mayor Dewey Bartlett will have been in office 100 days Wednesday.
• Holder: Bin Laden won't be captured alive. Holder compares him to Charles Manson.
• Inhale your coffee? Thanks to creative engineering by Harvard professor David Edwards, coffee addicts can now breathe their morning cup of joe using a product called Le Whif. Users place one end of the stick, which is about the size of a lipstick tube, to their lips, then inhale gently. 'Whiffers' intake about 100 milligrams of caffeine (which is equivalent to a small cup of espresso) and less than a single calorie with each Le Whif.
• Join KRMG and TYPros for St. Patty's Day Party on Wednesday at Dirty's Tavern in downtown Tulsa. Text BEER to 95920 and the first round of beer is on us!
• NBC's 10PM Ratings Up 45% Since Leno Move
• FINAL, FINAL, FINAL PUSH ON HEALTHCARE - Pelosi might pass health care w/o having members vote on it. "Deem and pass" has never been used for legislation of this magnitude, but the option is 1 of 3 she is considering. Obama adds a Friday public rally.
• Obama to refuse fund-raising visits during November elections to any district whose representative has not backed the bill. A one-night presidential appearance can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds.
• Time to Flood Congress with Calls, E-mails - For only 2nd time, Rush urges calls!
Keep Calling Even If It's Busy (That's the Point!): 877-762-8762 or 202-224-3121
• The Oklahoma House passes a bill requiring elementary and secondary schools to determine citizenship status of enrolled students. State lawmakers argue this bill will help the state estimate the cost of educating illegal immigrants.
KRMG Text Poll: Should our public schools check immigration status of their students? Text YES or NO to 95920 now!
• If you abandoned 15 pounds of cocaine at a Cincinnati airport bathroom, some very nice men in suits would like to speak with you...
• HILTON HEAD, S.C. - A 38-year-old father of two jogging, listening to iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday. The pilot's vision was blocked by oil on the windshield.
• Facebook has now overtaken Google's popularity among US internet users, with industry data showing it has scored more visits on its home page than the search engine.
• Tiger Woods returning to golf, will compete at next month's Masters. Woods said that after a long period away from the game he's ready to return to the place he won his first major.
• Michael Buble coming to the BOK Center June 22, 2010. Tickets are on sale now bokcenter.com, and we have tickets for giveaways on Tue-Wed-Thurs, and KRMG Insiders will have an exclusive chance to win in the next edition of The KRMG Insider.
• TU to face Kent State in NIT 6pm Wednesday.
• Oologah-Talala Emergency Medical Service report a 1YO rushed to St. Francis Hospital late yesterday afternoon (from Claremore Regional Hosp) after the little boy was showing symptoms of meningitis, although meningitis has not been confirmed.
• WHAT? Gateway Market, the long-awaited grocery store in north Tulsa near Pine and Peoria, experiencing slow sales and may shut down within months.
• First 100 Days - Mayor Dewey Bartlett will have been in office 100 days Wednesday.
• Holder: Bin Laden won't be captured alive. Holder compares him to Charles Manson.
• Inhale your coffee? Thanks to creative engineering by Harvard professor David Edwards, coffee addicts can now breathe their morning cup of joe using a product called Le Whif. Users place one end of the stick, which is about the size of a lipstick tube, to their lips, then inhale gently. 'Whiffers' intake about 100 milligrams of caffeine (which is equivalent to a small cup of espresso) and less than a single calorie with each Le Whif.
• Join KRMG and TYPros for St. Patty's Day Party on Wednesday at Dirty's Tavern in downtown Tulsa. Text BEER to 95920 and the first round of beer is on us!
• NBC's 10PM Ratings Up 45% Since Leno Move
• FINAL, FINAL, FINAL PUSH ON HEALTHCARE - Pelosi might pass health care w/o having members vote on it. "Deem and pass" has never been used for legislation of this magnitude, but the option is 1 of 3 she is considering. Obama adds a Friday public rally.
• Obama to refuse fund-raising visits during November elections to any district whose representative has not backed the bill. A one-night presidential appearance can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds.
• Time to Flood Congress with Calls, E-mails - For only 2nd time, Rush urges calls!
Keep Calling Even If It's Busy (That's the Point!): 877-762-8762 or 202-224-3121
• The Oklahoma House passes a bill requiring elementary and secondary schools to determine citizenship status of enrolled students. State lawmakers argue this bill will help the state estimate the cost of educating illegal immigrants.
KRMG Text Poll: Should our public schools check immigration status of their students? Text YES or NO to 95920 now!
• If you abandoned 15 pounds of cocaine at a Cincinnati airport bathroom, some very nice men in suits would like to speak with you...
• HILTON HEAD, S.C. - A 38-year-old father of two jogging, listening to iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday. The pilot's vision was blocked by oil on the windshield.
• Facebook has now overtaken Google's popularity among US internet users, with industry data showing it has scored more visits on its home page than the search engine.
• Tiger Woods returning to golf, will compete at next month's Masters. Woods said that after a long period away from the game he's ready to return to the place he won his first major.
• Michael Buble coming to the BOK Center June 22, 2010. Tickets are on sale now bokcenter.com, and we have tickets for giveaways on Tue-Wed-Thurs, and KRMG Insiders will have an exclusive chance to win in the next edition of The KRMG Insider.
• TU to face Kent State in NIT 6pm Wednesday.
- OUTBREAK: A seventh student has been sickened by the strain of meningitis that has already killed two children from Oologah. Karisa Pales, 18, is the first high school student to be diagnosed with the disease.
- Tulsa City Council finally votes (7-1) to approve budget amendment with $10M in reductions. Jack Henderson votes NO, John Eagleton absent.
- KTUL: A cow falls out of a cattle trailer and into the path of Interstate traffic Monday. Just before 8:45pm Monday night, state troopers said a semi truck hit a cow just east of Peoria Ave on I-44. On impact, the cow flipped over the center guard rail into eastbound lanes. Two people in a minivan hit the cow after it landed in their lane. Troopers said the cow fell out of an open door on the back of a cattle trailer. The truck exited the highway after the animal hit the road. OHP cited the semi driver for failure to secure the load. Only one person in the minivan was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The inside lanes of I-44 were closed for more than two hours.
- WB I-44 off ramp to Peoria is now OPEN! All exits from I-44 to Peoria.
- OK Senator Dan Newberry has proposed the state motto - "Oklahoma - In God We Trust." There appears to be some division over whether or not Oklahoma already has a state motto. "Labor conquers all things" is believed by many to be our state motto.
- March Madness: Employers stand to lose $1.2 billion in wasted employee time during the NCAA basketball tournament.
- ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, the Hollies - inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
- Michael Buble coming to the BOK Center June 22, 2010. Tickets are on sale now bokcenter.com, and we have tickets for giveaways on Tue-Wed-Thurs, and KRMG Insiders will have an exclusive chance to win in the next edition of The KRMG Insider.
- FINAL, FINAL, FINAL PUSH ON HEALTHCARE - The White House says the president made his "final" health care speech yesterday in Ohio because when the time comes, the votes will be there. But the "final" label might be premature depending on whether Democrats can get the 216 votes they need to pass health care. 216 Democrats in the House voted 'yes' in November, but 6 or more of these votes are now questionable, which means the focus is now on the 37 Democrats who voted no last time.
- Join KRMG and TYPros for St. Patty's Day Party on Wednesday at Dirty's Tavern in downtown Tulsa. Text BEER to 95920 and the first round of beer is on us!
- TU to face Kent State in NIT 6pm Wednesday.
- Are you a fan of KRMG on Facebook? To to www.facebook.com/KRMGtulsa.
- Espresso Yourself with Nordaggio's Coffee and the KRMG Morning News - Win delicious gourmet for your office by entering today at KRMG.com.
- 6YO Jeremiah Mitchell remains hospitalized at St. Francis Hospital in critical condition suffering from bacterial meningitis.
- Michael Buble coming to the BOK Center June 22, 2010. Tickets are on sale now bokcenter.com, and we have tickets for giveaways on Tue-Wed-Thurs, and KRMG Insiders will have an exclusive chance to win in the next edition of The KRMG Insider.
- Recycle Michael Patton on Facebook: I guess the extra hour of daylight will help the kids work in Farmville after school.
- FINAL, FINAL, FINAL PUSH ON HEALTHCARE - President Obama will begin the week near Cleveland, pushing the legislation. Meanwhile, back in Washington, furious vote counting continues, with nobody quite sure who has what votes at this point.
- Join KRMG and TYPros for St. Patty's Day Party on Wednesday at Dirty's Tavern in downtown Tulsa. Text BEER to 95920 and the first round of beer is on us!
- Actor Peter Graves (Airplane, MI) dies of heart attack outside his LA home Sunday. He would have been 84 this week.
- KJRH: Crews with the ODOT spent Sunday evening making emergency repairs to a hole in a bridge near the Keystone Dam. That work was being done in a westbound lane of Highway 412/64 and SH-151. All lanes were back open as of midnight last night.
- KTUL: A pothole causes a motorcycle driver to take a dive off his bike. It happened on the west leg of the IDL. According to troopers, 43-year-old Kent Parkins was making a turn when he struck a pothole and slid off his bike. He suffered leg and arm injuries and his bike was slightly damaged. This is at least the second accident to happen in recent days where potholes have been to blame.
- We lost an hour of sleep this weekend as Daylight Saving Time begins.
- An obese mother in the US is trying to put on weight in order to become the world's fattest woman. Donna Simpson, from New Jersey, weighs 273kg but told the Daily Mail newspaper she had her heart set on reaching her goal weight of 1000lb (450kg) in two years.
- TU to face Kent State in NIT 6pm Wednesday.
- Neither investigators for the federal government or Toyota were able to replicate the runaway speeding that Prius owner James Sikes says he experienced last week. Sikes had called 911 last Monday to report losing control of his 2008 Prius as the hybrid reached 90 mph. A report concerning the testing says that results "cast doubt" on the incident. As far as Sikes goes, he said he doesn't plan to file suit against Toyota, his wife says that their careers have been ruined, that they're fed up with everything and just want to be left alone.
- SPRING BREAK: U.S. State Department issued a warning for Americans to take precautions when visiting Mexico, especially the country's northern cities. The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a similar warning on March 4. Drug trade induced random shootings and violence in Mexico have spurred the warnings, and students heading to Spring Break appear to be heeding the advice, with an uptick in planned vacations to Europe, as well as beach laden countries down south other than Mexico. Sunday's shooting of a U.S. consulate employee didn't do the Mexican tourist bureau any favors either.
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- OUTBREAK: 30 miles north: At least 6 Oologah-Talala elementary school children stricken with bacterial meningitis; two of whom have DIED this week - a 7YO boy and an 8YO girl.
- Students there are being provided with antibiotics (with parental approval)
- Schools is CLOSED there today; next week closed for Spring Break
- For about $250, people as young as age 2 can get meningococcal vaccine
- OK Dept of Health opens hotline for info meningococcal 866-278-7134 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- REJECTED: Tulsa City Council votes 4-3 to reject Dewey Bartlett's budget amendment that sought to finalize the budget cuts. (Christiansen, Henderson, Barnes, Turner oppose; Westcott, Bynum, Mautino support; Eagleton, Trail absent) They want the mayor to explain each of the cuts, one by one. In all, the cuts total $10 million.
- Tulsa's annual singing political satire - the 2010 Tulsa Gridiron - Friday and Saturday night ONLY at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Tickets at 596-7111 or tulsapac.com.
- BOOM - A high pressure gas line exploded south of Hwy 66 just west of Chandler.
- The right lane of WB I-44 closed btwn Lewis and Riverside at 6:00 am through Saturday at 5:00 pm. Crews are working on the roads surface. You can expect long delays in the area.
- We lose an hour of sleep this weekend as Daylight Saving Time begins.
- TPD motorcycle officer breaks leg in crash yesterday as he loses control near I244/Harvard.
- APPRAISED VALUE vs. MARKET VALUE - The Mayo Hotel's developers say they'll pay $1 million for the building, where they plan a hotel. Appraised at $4M-$6M in 2007.
- TEAM COCO - Former Tonight Show Host Conan O'Brien comes to Tulsa's Brady Theater May 15th. Tickets start at $43 up to $695!
- A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.
- CONF USA Tournament: TU advances after defeating Marshall, 80-64. TU plays UTEP in the semifinals today at 3pm. Game, pregame starting at 2:30pm, heard here on KRMG.
- WHAT? A member of OK House moves picture of Obama from State House chamber.
- WHAT? PSEG Nuclear power in NJ says the US man charged in Yemen with being a member of Al Qaida had previously worked at nuclear plants and had cleared federal background checks as recently as 2008.
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday -- the wife with a broken back and neck -- after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia
- Tiger Woods has reportedly decided that the earliest he will resume his professional career would be at the Masters next month, but he hasn't finalized his decision.
- RESCUING THE RESCUERS - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. However, a judge and 95% of the workers must agree to the settlement for it to become official.
- Join KRMG and TYPros for St. Patty's Day Party on March 17th at Dirty's Tavern in downtown Tulsa. Text BEER to 95920 and the first round of beer is on us!
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- OK House bans texting & driving. Measure now moves to Senate. "A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a street or highway while using a hand-held mobile telephone to write, send, or read a text message while the motor vehicle is in motion."
- So, it's OK to surf the web? Check my calendar appointments? Play Words with Friends? Check out my Facebook page? Tweet? Play Tetris? Read Drudge? Scan through Pandora? Adjust my handheld GPS? (YES) Play Four Square? Pay bills? Watch YouTube?
- Tulsa World: Offer made for ex-City Hall - The Mayo Hotel's developers say they'll pay $1 million for the building, where they plan a hotel.
- CONF USA Basketball Tournament at BOK Center - TU wins first round game against Rice; advances to tonight's 6:30pm game against Marshall.
- We lose an hour of sleep this weekend as Daylight Saving Time begins.
- NY Salt Ban? Some NYC chefs, restaurant owners taking aim at a bill that would ban the use of salt in NY restaurant cooking.
- FEDERAL CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST A CALIFORNIA sushi chef and a RESTAURANT owner FOR allegedly SELLING WHALE MEAT
- Tulsa's annual singing political satire - the 2010 Tulsa Gridiron - Friday and Saturday night ONLY at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Tickets at 596-7111 or tulsapac.com.
- The last time Marion Jones played competitive basketball was in 1997. Now, 13 years, five stripped Olympic medals and one prison term later, the former track star will make a return to the sport. Jones signed a one-year contract with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock Tuesday, paid the rookie's minimum, $35,000.
- Public's 'right to fish' shifting under Obama? Obama proposes using UN principles to expand zoning of coastal and inland waters, raising concerns that fishing could become outlawed.
- Obama on HCR opponents: "I DON'T GET WORN DOWN. I WEAR THEM DOWN."
- Chuck Norris Turns 70 -- And He Could Still Break You - Chuck Norris is currently suing the band Earth, Wind and Fire, claiming that he is all three combined.
- Harry Smith undergoes colonoscopy live during The Early Show as Katie Couric supervises.
- Not just Tulsa - Facing potential bankruptcy, KC School Board to shut down half its schools.
- For the 3rd time in 3 years, the world has new richest man. Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu beats Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and nab the top spot on the 2010 Forbes list of the World's Billionaires.
- Nationalized Educational Standards - The United States of Education? A coalition of Governors, state school superintendents proposing nationwide academic standards.
- EXTENDED! With unemployment near 10%, Senate votes overwhelmingly Wed to extend unemployment, health insurance benefits for millions out of work, thru end of the year.
- Alzheimer's Association reporting an increasing number of cases in OK.. About 74,000 Oklahomans have Alzheimer's, and more than 96,000 expected to have Alzheimer's by 2025, largely because of the aging of the baby boomer population.
- The ED of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologizes to friends, family, fans of Farrah Fawcett, who was omitted from Sunday night's Oscar-event tribute to Hollywood personalities who had died over the past year.
- Join KRMG and TYPros for St. Patty's Day Party on March 17th at Dirty's Tavern in downtown Tulsa. Text BEER to 95920 and the first round of beer is on us!
- The Bartlett Admin's delay requesting federal JAG grant cost city taxpayers $316,768. The expense came in the form of severance fees, comp time, etc., to police officers. We now know, in an email from the acting deputy director of programs for the Bureau of Justice Assistance to Bartlett's chief of staff Terry Simonson, that the officers DID NOT need to be fired first for the JAG grant to be utilized, unlike Bartlett had previously asserted.
- ALSO, Mayor Bartlett said he would consider hiring sheriff's deputies with more federal JAG money, at a lower cost than police officers, if the city can't afford more officers.
- OK Senate bill would make it illegal to videotape assaults and post them on sites such as YouTube. Also aimed at individuals who have prior knowledge that an attack is going to happen then capture the video specifically for the Internet.
- Join KRMG and TYPros for St. Patty's Day Party on March 17th at Dirty's Tavern in downtown Tulsa. Text BEER to 95920 and the first round of beer is on us!
- Cisco has announced a next generation router that will revolutionize the internet by increasing downloads to unheard of speeds. Cisco claims the CRS-3 router: enables the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress to be downloaded in just over one second; every man, woman and child in China to make a video call, simultaneously; and every motion picture ever created to be streamed in less than four minutes.
- Walmart is raising eyebrows after cutting the price of a black Barbie doll to nearly half of the white Barbie. Walmart Says Lower Sales Prompted the Price Cut.
- BofA to eliminate the ability for anybody to make overdraft on debit card. No $, no charge.
- Nancy Pelosi: "We have to pass [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it."
- E-Trade sued by celebri-lush Lindsay Lohan following Super Bowl ads that featured talking babies. The ad quips: "that milk-aholic Lindsay." Lohan's lawyer calls it a "subliminal message" and asserts that Lohan is known by her first name, like Oprah or Cher and claims that E-Trade used her name and characterization without permission or payment
- His resignation might be official, but the controversy swirling around the resignation of Congressman Eric Massa (D-NY) is still going strong. Democratic leaders continue to deny charges by Massa that he was forced to resign his position because he was a certain "NO" vote on health care reform. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Massa been under investigation for allegations that he groped multiple male staffers working in his office
- Prosecutors allege that Colleen LaRose used the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorist overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try and kill a Swedish artist. LaRose referred to herself online as "Jihad Jane" (somewhat of a tip-off one would imagine).
- Joe Halderman, an ex-producer for "48 Hours Mystery" on CBS, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted grand larceny in the second degree in extortion attempt of David Letterman.
- CBS's Harry Smith to have a colonoscopy on LIVE TV this morning. Katie Couric plans to be with Smith as he prepares for the procedure. Couric's husband died of colon cancer 12 years ago. He was 42. Taped reports of Couric's colonoscopy aired in 2000.
- NYC CHEF SERVING CHEESE MADE OF HIS WIFE'S BREAST MILK... The response has been positive from those who've tried it, though many are too squeamish to try it.
- Tulsa's annual singing political satire - the 2010 Tulsa Gridiron - This Friday and Saturday night ONLY at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Tickets at 596-7111 or tulsapac.com.
- We lose an hour of sleep this weekend as Daylight Saving Time begins.
A former Milwaukee County sergeant was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for punching a suspect in the face several times as the man sat in the back of a squad car with his hands cuffed behind his back. (March 5)
- 1st tornadoes of the 2010 storm season touch down in Oklahoma late yesterday in far western part of the state.
- With no plea deal in place, accused rapist Brandon Brixey stops trial to plead guilty to all six felony charges, including rape. Pleas come *after* his now-10-year-old victim took the stand. Sentencing slated for April 19th. Tulsa County DA Tim Harris will seek maximum penalties.
- Death row inmate in Ohio has execution delayed as he overdoses on pills just hours before he was slated to die. He is now hospitalized in stable condition.
- Man robs Midtown Tulsa Bank. It happened Monday afternoon at the MidFirst Bank at 21st & S. Yale
- City of Tulsa may apply for Google experiment to test ultra-high-speed broadband Internet that will deliver Internet access roughly 50-300 times faster than what you're using now.
- Dan Rather on Obama: He couldn't sell watermelons if you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic.
- Tulsa's annual singing political satire - the 2010 Tulsa Gridiron - This Friday and Saturday night ONLY at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Tickets at 596-7111 or tulsapac.com.
- See Kathy Lafortune as Kathy Taylor; Tasha Ball as Sarah Palin; re-live the time in which Dewey Bartlett got stuck in the elevator at City Hall on his first day.
- Bosses at the Oscars have defended their decision to leave Farrah Fawcett out of the memorial montage, insisting it's impossible to pay tribute to every star that passed away in the last year; in spite of the fact that Fawcett was a member of the Academy for more than 20 years.
- An out of control Toyota took the driver for a scary ride. The latest incident unfolded on a San Diego highway. James Sikes says he was driving his 2008 Prius when the accelerator got stuck. He called 911 and a California patrol officer was dispatched. The officer got up along side the speeding Toyota and told the driver to lay on his brake pedal and the emergency brake at the same time.
- Meanwhile, a MN man who has been behind bars for the past 4 years following a vehicular homicide conviction in which his Toyota slammed into a car, killing 3, may have his care re-examined. The man has always claimed that his Toyota Camry sped out of control and could not be stopped. While the 96 Camry is NOT amongst the recall vehicles, a search of the NHTSA database shows at least two dozen complaints from 96 Camry owners concerning "vehicle speed control."
- A dozen previously unknown shipwrecks, some of them believed to be up to 1,000 years old, were discovered in the Baltic Sea during a probe of the sea bed to prepare for the installation of a large gas pipeline.
- Join KRMG and Tulsa's Young Professionals for our St. Patty's Day Party on March 17th at Dirty's Tavern in downtown Tulsa. Text BEER to 95920 and the first round of beer is on us! Details at KRMG.com. (Must be 21 to enter and attend.)
- We lose an hour of sleep this weekend as Daylight Saving Time begins.
- Are you a fan of KRMG on Facebook? To to www.facebook.com/KRMGtulsa.
Natasha Ball from TashaDoesTulsa.com joins us each Friday morning to give us the latest in entertainment options each weekend in and around Tulsa.For Kids
- Free Fishing at Bass Pro Shop. When you teach a boy (or girl) to fish...I don't have to spell it out for you, parents. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am-6pm, Bass Pro in BA.
- Sleep with the Sharks. Ever wondered what it'd be like to stay the night at the Oklahoma Aquarium? This weekend, kids, you can find out. Friday, 6pm-Saturday morning.
- Alice in Wonderland. See the movie or see the play at Tulsa Spotlight Theater. Movie opens Friday, play times are Friday, 7:30pm, Saturday, 2pm and Sunday, 2pm.
- Family Art Workshop and matinee at Gilcrease. Learn about the museum with your kids, make some art and watch a movie. Perfect, family-friendly Saturday afternoon. Starting at 1pm.
- Keystone Fire Dept. Chili Dinner and Dance. You can bet we Oklahomans know how to do a chili fundraiser. Saturday, 5pm, Keystone School.
Man Stuff
- Thunder Night with Tulsa 66ers. Meet the Thunder Girls, see the Cox Thunder Drummers, and watch the 66ers play. What's to lose? Friday, 7pm, Tulsa Convention Center.
- Bass Pro Shops Oklahoma State Boaters Education Course. Here comes lake season, y'all. Be sure you know what you're doing out there. Saturday, 10am-5pm, Bass Pro in BA.
- Great Train Expo. More than 200 tables of operating model railroads, including one that's big enough to ride. Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm, Tulsa Convention Center.
- Bass Pro Shop's Spring Fishing Classic. Learn how to be a successful angler. Check TashaDoesTulsa.com for times and seminar topics.
- March Badness. Help Ultimate Fighter Jake Rosholt of the X-Treme Fighting League put the smack down. Saturday, 8pm, SpiritBank Event Center.
At Expo Square
- Just Between Friends Sale. The mother of all consignment sales continues through Saturday. Expo Square. Check TashaDoesTulsa.com for times.
- Babyfest. No, this isn't the place to step right up and get your free babies. It's a two-day, free event for parents of young children. Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm.
Artsy Stuff
- Brady Art Crawl. That's what the first Friday of the month is for - for discovering Tulsa's indie art scene. Friday, 6pm. See TashaDoesTulsa.com for Brady-area locations.
- Flight. Anything and everything you ever wanted to know about man's irrepressible urge to fly. Part of 2010 New Genre Art Festival. Friday, 8pm, Saturday, 8pm, Tulsa PAC.
- Museums on Us at Philbrook. Got a BoA card? You can get in free at Philbrook this weekend.
Music
- Rebecca Ungerman Live at Calistoga Bar & Grill. Catch a live performance by Urban Tulsa Weekly's Best Female Vocalist and grab a glass of wine from one of the best bars in town. Friday, 7pm.
- Rigoletto. For every father who ever wanted to kill his daughter's boyfriend (who hasn't?), this opera, a warning of sorts, is for you. Friday, 7:30pm, Sunday, 2:30pm, Tulsa PAC.
- Norah Jones. Come away with me to the Brady Theater Friday night for what promises to be a moody concert. 8pm.
- Brooks and Dunn Tickets On Sale. Missing this May 28 show would be missing Brooks and Dunn for good. Prices start at $35.50. Be at BOKCenter.com at 10am Saturday morning to snag these last-ever tickets.
- Lori Morgan and Pam Tillis Acoustic Show. Two country queens play unplugged. Saturday, 7pm, Osage Event Center.
Movies
- Alice in Wonderland. Tim Burton is back, and he takes us into the whimsical world of Wonderland with 19-year-old Alice. She's returned to find her true destiny. The Magic 8 Ball is just not as trustworthy as it used to be. Rated PG.
- Brooklyn's Finest. Richard Gere, Don Cheadle and Ethan Hawke...I'm sorry, what was I saying? Rated R.
- Oscar Watch Party. Why watch the Oscars from your living room when you can watch it in the historic Circle Cinema? Sunday, 6pm.
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