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Lace Up, It’s Time to Skate Over to Broken Arrow’s Outdoor Ice Rink

Broken Arrow ice rink located in the Rose District opens this weekend.

• Ice Ice Baby: It may be unusually warm outside now but starting Friday, it’s going to be freezing in BA. The ice is real at the rink and its freezing up now getting ready for skaters. The Broken Arrow temporary ice rink will bring holiday magic and memories through Jan 7th.

• Bundle Up: Located in the heart of the downtown Rose District, the Main Street attraction is back with ice skate rentals, extended hours, and available for group events. Put on your scarves, grab your hot cocoa and let’s get gliding!

Entry starts at $10 and there are special discounts for military members. See all the ticket prices and the calendar of events HERE.

Event

Downtown Tulsa Midweek Market Tonight

Shop for tonight’s dinner under the T-town skyline. The Midweek Market will help you get a hearty and healthy dinner on the table and you might knock out some Christmas shopping too.

• Efficient and Eclectic: Where else can you shop for fresh foods from local growers, grab a handmade gift for Christmas and catch some live music in the middle of the week? The Midweek Market will help you do just that. The market is open from 4pm to 7pm.

• Produce and Parking: Parking is free at the event that takes place every Wednesday through Nov 15th. (Two to go!) There are more than 40 diverse vendors in attendance all gathered at the Chapman Green tonight.

To see a complete list of vendors and find the free parking lots, click HERE.

Sponsored By Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Create Holiday Memories at the Final Season of Listening Forest, Just a Short Drive To Bentonville

Fill your holiday season with light, sound, and wonder at “Listening Forest”, an interactive nighttime experience at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

• Fall in Love With Listening: If you haven’t made the short drive over to Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, AR, it’s time. They’ve got a magical display that won’t be returning. Back for its third and final season, Listening Forest combines light, sound, and technical marvels to create an immersive world waiting for its final piece: you.

• Fascinated in the Forest: Listening Forest offers eight interactive installations, each designed by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, that invite you to play with tools built for surveillance and transform them into instruments of connection. Talk about a sensory experience to savor! You can even reserve a VIP snow globe to sit in for viewing the forest with sips and snacks.

Listening Forest is open through Dec 31st. Don't miss your chance to make lasting memories at this one-of-a-kind exhibition. Get tickets today!

Community

Tulsa Curling Club Grows in Popularity

It’s time to do some curls. Not the ones you’ll find in the gym, but the ones you’ll find on the ice.

• Olympic Treasure in T-Town: You’ve probably heard about curling since it’s growth and attention from the Olympics. The winter team sport is now a thing in Tulsa. Tulsa’s Curling Club operates out of the Tulsa Oilers Ice Arena but will soon move to the new WeStreet Ice Center.

• Frozen Fun: TulsaPeople featured the Tulsa Curling Club and its growth in membership. There are now 90 members who participate in curling activities by offering instruction, training, practice, and league play since the club’s founding in 2012. The US won the Olympic gold medal in Feb of 2018 and that sparked the uptick in members of all skill levels.

Sign up for instruction or book an event this season. Read more about the sport featured by TulsaPeople HERE.

Nonprofit Highlight

Tulsa Based Nonprofit Fights Food Insecurity

One in five Oklahoma children experience food insecurity and Hunger Free Oklahoma Wants to help.

• From Hunger to Hope: Hunger Free Oklahoma is based in downtown Tulsa and recently released its annual impact report. They’ve been busy! The organization has more than 30 employees dedicated to raising awareness and raising money for food shortage among Oklahomans.

• Success in the Numbers: The organization aimed at getting food into the hands of those in need reports hosting 115 people from 46 different organizations in educational webinars and shining the spotlight on SNAP, a grocery assistance program that distributed $7.6m to Oklahoma families last year.

Read more about how you can help Hunger Free Oklahoma or receive assistance HERE.

In other news

• 🍕 Pizza Pay it Forward: It’s not just a Starbucks trend but one that’s happening at a Broken Arrow pizza restaurant where a post-it note started the idea of paying for a pizza for the guy behind you.

• 🇺🇸 T-Town at a Glance: Mayor G.T. Bynum covered dozens of topics at his recent State of the City address and KRMG lists 5 takeaways.

• 🧥 Bundle Up Tulsa: It may be warm now, but Tulsa’s Meadow Gold District business leaders are thinking ahead by holding a clothing drive for when Mother Nature puts on the freeze.

• ☕️ Leave Room for Cream: Just in time for Veteran’s Day, the Coffee Bunker announces it will hold a brew tasting fundraiser for Tulsa war heros.

• ✨ Cosmic Show: Get ready to look to the skies this weekend for a cosmic light show that is best viewed around midnight.

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