ENID, OK — Beau Jennings, noted Oklahoma singer and songwriter, will be performing at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center on Saturday, September 11th, beginning at 7:00 p.m. as a part of the new Museum After Dark series of events. The Heritage Center will remain open to the public until 9:00 p.m.
Museum After Dark events were created to make the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center more accessible to the working public. “We wanted to create a regular, monthly opportunity to make the Heritage Center open and available after regular business hours for people to come and experience all that we have to offer. It’s hard for working people to visit museums when we close at 5:00 each evening,” said Heritage Center Director Jake Krumwiede.
“Not only do we want to create the opportunity for people, but we want to incentivizing them, too. Each month, we are featuring some sort of extra experience to go along with the extended opportunity,” said Krumwiede. On September 11th, the Heritage Center is continuing “Village Sounds,” which is a three-part music series taking place during Museum After Dark from August through October. Village Sounds is a chance for visitors to explore Oklahoma history and culture from the perspective of Oklahoma-based musicians.
Beau Jennings is a Norman-based singer and songwriter for Beau Jennings & The Tigers after years of fronting Brooklyn-based Americana rock band Cheyenne. Beau Jennings recorded an album, and a music-based documentary in 2015 titled, “The Verdigris: In Search of Will Rogers,” which explored the history and impact of Oklahoman Will Rogers. The documentary aired across the United States on PBS.
Also featured at Museum After Dark this Saturday is the opening of the new exhibit “Thrift Styles,” which explores the reuse of feed sacks to make clothing and other household objects and illuminates how the “upcycling” of these bags mutually benefitted twentieth-century consumers and businesses. With forty-one works from patterns to garments, it serves as an example of past ingenuity that can inform today’s efforts towards sustainability. As a part of the Museum After Dark event, heritage seamstress Marna Davis will be doing demonstrations in the gallery and talking to visitors about how hand-made clothing was made. Marna Davis will be doing demonstration from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is located a 507 S. Fourth St. in Enid. For more information, please call 580-237-1907 or visit www.csrhc.org.
The Heritage Center and Humphrey Heritage Village are open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center is a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state. Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information about the OHS, please visit www.okhistory.org.
