3 Things to Do: July 23-25
The Shawnee News-Star
The school year is getting ready to start, but there s still time to enjoy the summer and things going on in the area. Here are some things to do in Shawnee and the surrounding areas this weekend.
Take a trip back in time: History is on display at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, where the “Painters of Pompeii: Roman Frescoes from the National Archaeological Museum, Naples” exhibit is on display through Oct. 17. The exhibit includes wall paintings from Pompeii and Herculaneum, cities buried after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Excavations in the 1700s uncovered frescoes painted on the walls of homes and buildings throughout the cities, and more than 80 of those artifacts and artworks are on display. Tickets are $16 and also allow access to the museum s permanent collection and the “Dale Chihuly: Magic & Light” exhibit. Children ages 17 and younger are free. While there, visitors can also check out Cafe Pompeii, a p
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3 Things to Do: Feb. 12-14
The Shawnee News-Star
Valentine s Day is Sunday, and whether you re attached or single, there are plenty of things to do in Shawnee. Here are some of them:
1. Go to a fashion show and anti-Valentine s crawl: The Anti-Valentine s Day Black Heart Crawl will take place from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and businesses all over town are joining in the fun. An art show will take place throughout the day at Shawnee Mall. Also at the mall, there will be a Gothic Fashion Show from 2 to 4 p.m., with one runway walk every 45 minutes. Following the fashion show, there will be a speed paint date mixer beginning at 5 p.m. Participants can pay $5 (with half off if they bring a picture of an ex and let the organizers tear it up) to speed paint and mingle with other singles, all while social distancing. Children can also bring Valentine s to be dropped in a mailbox, and there will be a drawing for a free painting session on Feb. 14. Several businesses around town are part
The Shawnee News-Star
What started out as a plan for a Gothic Fashion Show at Shawnee Mall has morphed into an Anti-Valentine s Day Black Heart Crawl.
Saturday, Feb. 13, there will be an art show and Gothic Fashion Show, and several businesses in Shawnee are planning to join in the fun that day as well.
“Originally, we planned for just the fashion show and the art show together. It didn t get much response when I put it to the Oklahoma City groups. In fact, they frowned upon it. But the city of Shawnee people were gung-ho, and they wanted it to happen,” Scott Baird, co-owner of the Community Art Gallery, said.