It’s been a lot of Christmas, and for good or bad that’s almost over. This weekend, Oklahoma City spreads her twinkly arms with a more diverse offering of seasonal and holiday happenings, plus a wink to pagans, heathens, and recovering Catholics.
If your holiday parties and last-minute feast prep leave wiggle room for wonder, weirdness, or restoration, consider slipping into one of these OKC events this weekend…
Winter Solstice Celebration @ First Americans Museum
Sat.–Sun., Dec. 20–21 · 3–6 p.m. · 659 First Americans Blvd.
Could your weary bones use the full-body bliss of a dramatic, well-timed meeting with the sun? FAM’s solstice celebration is less spectacle and more witnessing: guided walks up the mound, cultural activities, and the rare wonder of the winter solstice sun setting straight through the mound’s tunnel. Free for the whole family – don’t forget your coats and mittens.
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Paint a Bong Workshop @ Strange Earth Studios
Fri., Dec. 19 · 6–8 p.m. · 8855 E Reno Ave, Suite 212
Being a stoner is one thing; being an artist is another. Try your hand at both via this weird bong-making workshop that just might be worth the drive to Midwest City. $65 per person, registration required. We assume it’s bring-your-own-drugs. After you’ve made a beautiful or botched bong, take your herb-amped appetite up the way to Pelicans – tell them Patrick sends his warm regards and many regrets.
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Brazil (40th Anniversary Restoration) @ OKCMOA
Sat.–Sun., Dec. 20–21 · Check showtimes · 415 Couch Dr.
If you are staunchly strange and prefer your seasonal films dark, absurd and deliberately unhinged, this special screening is for you. OKCMOA has a limited showing of the newly restored 4K version of Terry Gilliam’s 1985 Brazil – a surreal, dystopian fever dream about bureaucracy, fantasy, and losing your mind politely. Be advised and encouraged: this is not a Christmas movie in any traditional or family-friendly sense.
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Winter Solstice Yin + Sound Submersion @ This Land Yoga
Sun., Dec. 21 · 7:30–9 p.m. · 405 NW 30th St.
After a year that’s had its way with your nervous system, this is how to close out the longest night. And you don’t need to know solstice from equinox or updog from downdog to dissolve a decade of stress and drop into deep peace.
It’s a rare offering from TLY that blends long, slow Yin poses (think: lovely, languid, gentle, stretches) with meditative sound submersion. Wear something super cozy and don’t be surprised if the resonance takes you some place very far away. Registration is required and space is limited, so lock it in ASAP.
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If you're getting up to something fun, weird, festive, or questionably wholesome this weekend, tell us about it in the comments.
