Happy Friday, Tulsa. You know the drill – grab your coffee (or whatever you sip in the morning), kick back, and let Tulsa Brief serve up everything you need to know for the weekend ahead.

📰 In the news

Local happenings: Discover Tulsa’s indie wood fired pizzerias, a nonprofit’s girls only art studio, and a former homeless student’s college success — catch up here.

State-level stories: OCCC’s first Black woman president entering Oklahoma Hall of Fame, a statewide dementia prevention program offering free classes, and the Thunder’s call for artists — see what else is brewing.

National headlines: Mortgage rates are trending down, investors catapult gold above 3500 an ounce, and a tropical wave eyes the Antilles — peruse the best of the rest.

Highlights this week

• Join a courageous fatherhood discussion
• Exhibit explores Black male professional identity stereotypes
• Dedication honors pioneering women in aviation history
• Guests enjoy luxury silent reading retreat experience
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📆 Around town this weekend

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Today

🎆 Neon Prairie Fest 2025 @ Neon Prairie Fest | Friday (9/5) at 6:00pm – Tulsa’s forest goes full technicolor for Neon Prairie Fest 2.0, where national headliners, live art, sunset yoga, and a colossal 3D DJ booth collide. Pack your tent, sense of wonder, and earplugs, since this community-fueled weekend blends creativity, campfire camaraderie, and questionable dance moves.

😂 Jourdain Fisher @ Tulsa Loony Bin | Friday (9/5) at 7:00pm – Feel like you’ve seen it all? Jourdain Fisher, the mind behind the viral Gangster Chef and twice-ovationed Tonight Show guest, takes over The Loony Bin for one night of razor-sharp stand-up. Perfect excuse to skip reruns and laugh at our collective chaos.

This weekend

✈️ Women in Aviation – Exhibit Dedication & Fly-In @ Tulsa Air And Space Museum | Saturday (9/6) at 10:00am – Swing by the Tulsa Air and Space Museum for a free dedication of our Women in Aviation exhibit, where Nan Gaylord’s brave legacy rubs shoulders with today’s sky queens. No cockpit required, but pilots are welcome to fly in for extra bragging rights.

📖 Quiet Chapters @ Brut Hotel | Saturday (9/6) at 2:00pm – Clear your schedule and slip away to a luxury silent reading retreat at Fulton Street Books & Coffee, where hushed vibes, top-shelf lattes, and an overdue date with a good book await. Come for the peace, stay because you forgot what uninterrupted page-turning felt like.

🎤 Staind in Concert @ Osage Casino & Hotel | Saturday (9/6) at 7:00pm – Think your air guitar is concert-ready? Staind’s rolling into the Osage Casino & Hotel this September for a night of signature angst-laden riffs and nu-metal nostalgia. Dust off those leather sleeves, grab your crew, and prepare to rock harder than your high school self.

🦞 Cousins Maine Lobster @ American Solera Brewery | Sunday (9/7) at 11:00am – Think you’ve mastered Tulsa’s taco game? This pop-up at American Solera is serving Maine, garlic, and Connecticut lobster rolls, lobster tacos, lobster quesadillas, clam chowder, and lobster tots, everything that swims in style, with cold drinks to match. Skip the line, order ahead, earn rewards.

🎭 Kimberly Akimbo @ Tulsa Performing Art Center | Sunday (9/7) at 6:30pm – Step away from reruns and head downtown to the PAC this September for Kimberly Akimbo, that five-time Tony–winning musical about a teen in an octogenarian body. It’s part laugh-out-loud, part heartstring-tugging, all worth navigating a couple extra downtown traffic lights.

😂 The Christi Show @ Tulsa Loony Bin | Sunday (9/7) at 7:00pm – Friday night at Loony Bin Comedy Club means only one thing, live comedy that lands differently once you’ve learned to laugh at life’s curveballs. Arkansas-born Christianee “Chris-tee-knee” Porter fuses razor-sharp jokes, surprise songs, and her Ms. Shirleen swagger, all ripped from her viral videos.

Next week

🎶 Music Monday @ Tulsa Central Library | Monday (9/8) at 10:30am – Little ones take center stage in this half-hour of songs, wiggles, and giggles designed to spark early literacy. Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers, it’s storytime’s cooler, louder cousin—because learning the ABCs is way more fun when you can dance to it.

🍂 Craft Club: Acorn Banners @ Tulsa Central Library | Monday (9/8) at 6:00pm – Who knew pressing tiny paper acorns could feel so festive without any sticky fingers or backyard squirrels to chase off. Join fellow grown-ups in a casual crafting session to string together your own autumn banner, registration required for this zero pressure fun.

Wanna see more? Browse our full events calendar →

🎶 Live music & entertainment

• 9/5 MJ Lenderman & The Wind @ Cain’s Ballroom – 6:30 pm
• 9/5 Bubba Sparxxx @ Shrine – 7 pm
• 9/5 Charlie Hickman Band @ The Hunt Club – 8 pm
• 9/6 The Variables @ The Church Studio – 12 pm
• 9/6 Neon Prairie Festival @ POSTOAK Lodge – 4 pm
• 9/7 The Creek Rocks @ First Presbyterian Church – 9 am
• 9/7 DJ Brunch @ En Fuego – 12 pm
• 9/8 Jordy Searcy @ The Vanguard – 8 pm
• 9/9 Peyton Flocks @ The Hunt Club – 6 pm

🏠️ Price is right – Tulsa edition

How it works: We’re going to give you some facts about a home for sale, including a picture of the outside, the kitchen, and one additional room. Your job? Guess how much it’s listed for (preferably before you click to find out).

Listed by: Blake Loveless (Walter & Associates, Inc.)

A Midtown classic with a modern twist, this brick beauty shows off soaring ceilings, walls of new thermal windows, and freshly refinished blonde hardwoods. The vaulted kitchen, now fully reimagined, spills into a sunlit family room with a fireplace and a front-row seat to the sparkling pool. The first-floor primary suite serves up double closets and a spa-worthy bath, while a roomy office with its own fireplace adds a dash of gravitas.

Upstairs, a potential second primary bedroom keeps things flexible. Out back, a pool house with a bathroom, a three-car garage, and a gated drive deliver serious perks. Philbrook and Utica Square are just a stroll away.

Make your guess, then (and only then)… see how much it costs →