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The week ahead: Fair fun, ragtime music and WWE Smackdown
Published: 9/30/2012 7:00 AM
Last Modified: 9/29/2012 11:48 AM

This week, enjoy the fair or hit up some museums.

Sunday
It’s the last day to enjoy Tulsa’s first Food Truck Festival,
featuring a variety of foods from nine trucks and food vendors.
The host for the event, the Tulsa Air and Space Museum, also has some
special events and exhibits planned for the day, including tours on the
World War II Boeing B-29 Superfortress FIFI from the Commemorative Air
Force.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and admission is $15 per person or $25 per
family.

Monday
Enjoy rides, food, livestock, music and more at the Tulsa State Fair this week.
Monday through Thursday, the buildings will be open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
and the midway noon to 11 p.m.
Numerous events, like the Live Shark Encounter and Movie Stunt
Adventure, will be at the fair daily.
Jeremy Camp will perform on the Oklahoma Stage at 8 p.m. Monday.
Admission is $6-$10, free for children younger than 5.

Tuesday
WWE Smackdown will visit the BOK Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets are
$17-$97, available at tulsaworld.com/bok and 1-866-726-5287.
World heavyweight champion Sheamus will defend his title against “The
Mexican Aristocrat” Alberto Del Rio. Other Smackdown stars at the
event will include “The Viper” Randy Orton, “The High Flying”
Rey Mysterio and “Mr. Money In The Bank” Dolph Ziggler.

Wednesday
Check out any of the numerous exhibits at our local museums this week.
This is the last week “Antibodies: The Works of Fernando and Humberto
Campana 1989-2009” will be at Philbrook. The exhibit is full of
furniture made in unconventional ways. Admission is $9.
Or enjoy "Panoramic Landscapes of the American West: Gus Foster's Views of this Broad Land" at Gilcrease Museum. Admission is $8.

Thursday
Starting this week, Ragtime for Tulsa will present a series of programs at the Tulsa Historical Society, 2445 S. Peoria Ave., every Thursday night through October. The program will include discussions of the history of ragtime music as well as performances. Music spanning the period from the 1890s compositions of Scott Joplin to the contemporary rags by performers such as William Bolcom will be featured. This week's session is called "Survey of Ragtime" and will feature Bill Rowland on the piano and Joselyn Rowland Hughes on the violin.
Admission is $5. The event begins at 6:30 p.m.




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Nour Habib joined the Tulsa World in 2011 as a general assignment reporter for the Scene section. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in journalism and political science. Before joining the World, she covered education for a community newspaper.

She looks forward to keeping up with all there is to do in Tulsa and sharing it with you. Because, after all, the more she finds, the more she gets to do, too.

Send any fun or interesting events her way at nour.habib@tulsaworld.com.

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