Tulsa, OK

Mayfest Youth Art Exhibit

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest.

The comedy is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

Directing for Theatre Tulsa is Whitson Hanna. The show is produced by Sally Adams.

Miss Shelly’s School of Dance Recital

Lisa Ling: “Around the World With Lisa Ling”

Since joining National Geographic Explorer as host in 2002, Lisa Ling has covered the looting of antiquities in war-torn Iraq, investigated the deadly drug war in Colombia, examined the complex issues surrounding China’s one-child policy, and journeyed more than 1600 feet to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in search of treasure. The young journalist immerses herself in the stories she investigates, sometimes going undercover and into danger zones.

Ling has been working in television since she was 16. By age 25, she was the senior war correspondent for Channel One News. Prior to globe-trotting for Explorer, Ling was known as a co-host of Barbara Walters’ daytime talk show, The View. Ling also serves as a special contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show, covering everything from the AIDS orphan crisis in Uganda to bride burning in India. In 2005, she co-authored the book Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride, a compelling exploration of actions that connect a woman with herself, her family, her community and other women.

Tulsa Town Hall tickets are sold by subscription only: $60 for all five presentations, which are held at 10:30 a.m. on Fridays in Chapman Music Hall. For more information, call 749-5965.

Amazons, Gypsies and Wandering Minstrels

Deborah J. Hunter’s acclaimed work in poetic monologues, “Amazons, Gypsies and Wandering Minstrels,” is spoken in the voices of a detached narrator and five women living with the effects of mental illness, homelessness, addiction and abuse.

Hunter will also perform the audience favorite “Bayou Stories,” in which she portrays an elderly woman telling stories about life on the Louisiana bayou before integration. Other works to be presented are her original poems, “Home” and “Steps,” and the story “The Trees Bleed Rain” by Sloan Davis.

Ms. Hunter, popular local poet, spoken word artist and actor, will be accompanied by Arthur Thompson, Leslie Brown and Josh Massad on drums and percussion.Tickets $10.

The Legendary Maxine Brown

VH1.com calls Maxine Brown “one of the most underrated soul and R&B vocalists of the ’60s.” Although her original song “All in My Mind” was a #2 R&B hit, followed by the #3 hit “Funny,” a series of label changes seemed to sidetrack her path to stardom. In 1963, she signed with Wand Records where she took “Oh No, Not My Baby” to #24 on the pop charts and scored several hit duets with Chuck Jackson.

In 1991, Brown finally received the recognition she deserved when, along with Ray Charles and Curtis Mayfield, she received the Rhythm & Blues Foundation’s annual Pioneer Award.

Brown will perform her hits as well as songs from her 2006 CD From the Heart. Tickets are $39-$49.