Past Events – Events Calendar

First Friday Art Crawl: Musical Legacies of the Dust Bowl

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Join us for First Friday Art Crawl at Zarrow! Live music, art, food and drinks — all with free admission! We'll be premiering our Musical Legacies of the Dust Bowl […]

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Musical Legacies of the Dust Bowl: Dust-to-Digital keynote

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Join us for a talk with April and Lance Ledbetter, the owners of Dust-to-Digital, on the history of their work with music, music restoration and music mediums. Directed by the […]

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On the Side of the Road: Lucinda Williams, Lead Belly, and American Fiction

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Need Friday night plans? Join us for a live musical performance and talk on rock and its roots, led by Nashville-born, North Carolina-based independent musical artist Florence Dore. Part-rock, part-talk, […]

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“Food Instagram: Identity, Influence & Negotiation” book launch

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities will host the launch of "Food Instagram: Identity, Influence & Negotiation" at the Zarrow Center. Join us for an enlightening (and delicious!) evening with […]

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First Friday at Zarrow – Tulsa Girls Art School Exhibition

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Please join us at the Zarrow Center downtown for the Tulsa Girls Art School art exhibition opening on First Friday. Art, music, food and drinks – all with free admission!

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Dylan and the Beats

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

This three-day symposium will feature presentations from some of the world's leading experts on Dylan's music, art and influences. Discussion panels, keynote lectures and concerts will help us better understand Dylan's long-standing fascination with the Beat poets and writers, including Ginsberg, Kerouac, Waldman and others. This event will run in partnership with the opening of […]

Arts and Humanities Festival

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Visit the Zarrow Center for Art & Education for an evening of fine art, live performances, documentary film-making, custom poetry and much more, all created by arts and humanities students at The University of Tulsa.

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Hate Speech and the First Amendment: Why Neither is a Stable Entity

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Join us for an evening with esteemed literary theorist and scholar Stanley Fish, Ph.D., for a discussion on hate speech and the first amendment. Fish argues that hate speech is not a stable entity because it cannot be defined. The first amendment is not a stable entity because it is a rhetoric — a collection […]

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New Voices from TU

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

We are excited to host "New Voices from TU," a creative writing showcase presenting the work of the 2021-22 TU creative writing mentees. Each year TU creative writing students are paired with artists from the Tulsa Artist Fellowship (TAF) to collaborate and receive feedback on their work. This established mentoring program is led currently by […]

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First Friday at Zarrow

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Please join us during First Friday Art Crawl for an evening of art, food, drinks and live music at the Zarrow Center downtown. Musician Steve Liddell will be playing the gallery, and visitors are invited to experience the current exhibition, Bison: From Near Extinction to Recovery & Renewal. As always, admission is free. Doors open […]

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Return of the American Bison: A Conservation Success Story

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Join the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at the Zarrow Center downtown for a screening of Return of the American Bison. A talk and Q&A session with filmmaker and three-time Heartland Emmy Award winner Mary Anne Andrei will follow the screening. This event is free and open to the public.

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Opening of “Bison: From Near Extinction to Renewal & Recovery” at Zarrow

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Tatanka, bison, buffalo, ptéĥčcaka (Lakota), sisilia (Lenape) the Monarch of the Plains – bison are known by many names in different languages. Relationships between humans and bison can be traced back for at least 30,000 years, as evidenced by images painted on the walls of caves such as Chauvet, Trois Freres and others in Europe. […]

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Indigenous Histories: The University of Tulsa and the Presbyterian School for Indian Girls

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

TU Professors Laura Stevens, and Sara Beam, Muscogee (Creek) Nation oral historian Midge Dellinger, and TU students Lizy Bailey (Cherokee Nation, Choctaw) and Lexie Tafoya (Cherokee Nation) will give a talk on their research on the history of the founding of The University of Tulsa and its early identity as the Presbyterian School for Indian […]

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Canceled: First Friday at Zarrow

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

Note: This event has been canceled due to inclement weather. Please join us during First Friday Art Crawl for an evening of art, music and food. Free and open to […]

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Opening of “Train of Ink” at Zarrow

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK

The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities will help welcome the new year by reopening the Zarrow Center in the heart of Tulsa’s Arts District. This space has long served as a critical hub for the arts and humanities, both on our campus and in the larger community. Over the next few months, the building will […]

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