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This weekend: Festivals, a luau and PAC shows
Published: 7/19/2012 6:30 AM
Last Modified: 7/18/2012 3:08 PM


The Green Country RV and Boat Show runs Friday through Sunday at the QuikTrip Center at Expo Square.

Plenty to choose from this weekend.

Films on the Lawn
Philbrook Museum’s annual summer Films on the Lawn program continues Friday. This week the museum is showing the Academy Award-winning 1966 film “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” General admission is $7. Garden gates open at 7:30 p.m., and the movie starts at dusk. Bring blankets or chairs and a picnic basket.

Boats, Melons and BBQ
The Boats, Melons and BBQ Festival will be at Keystone Lake on Saturday. The fun begins at 9 a.m. at the New Mannford Ramp. Activities include a free fishing derby for kids, games and an activity area with waterslides.
A barbecue cook-off, vintage vehicle show, wake-boarding competition and cardboard boat races round off the event. The day will end with live music.

Mom & Son Luau
Moms, do you want some time to bond with your sons? Head to the Nienhuis Aquatic Facility, 3201 N. Ninth St. in Broken Arrow, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, for the Mom & Son Luau. Admission is $5 per person. Grandmothers and their grandsons are also welcome. Don’t forget your swimming clothes so you can enjoy the pool and slides. Or participate in some of the games for a chance to win prizes. A concession stand and some free snacks will be available.
Attendees are encouraged to buy tickets in advance at the park’s Community Center, but tickets will also be available on the day of the event. Call 918-259-6550 for more information.

Jazzy night
Saxophone player Myron Oliver and his band Fuzed will perform at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame at 5 p.m. Sunday. Head on over for a night of jazz, blues and soul music. Tickets are $10-$20, available at tulsaworld.com/mytix or 918-281-8609.

Porter Peach Festival
The 46th annual Porter Peach Festival runs today through Saturday in Porter.
It includes a peach cobbler contest, a 5k run, a car show and mud races.
For more information, go to tulsaworld.com/porterpeaches.

RV and boat show
The Green Country RV and Boat Show runs Friday through Sunday at the QuikTrip Center at Expo Square. Admission is $8 for adults, free for kids 12 and younger.
There also will be a NASCAR Simulator all three days, and the fastest time each day wins two Texas Motor Speedway tickets. Race fans can also meet NASCAR driver Jimmy Spencer from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

PAC shows
“Peter Pan” will be at the PAC at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
“Almost an Evening,” a trilogy of short plays about what hell might be, will be performed at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
The musical revue “The Course of True Love...Runs Directly Through Broadway” is set for 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.
The acoustic group Vintage Wildflowers perform 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Tickets at 918-596-7111 or tulsaworld.com/mytix.


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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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