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Check out Bricktown Water Taxi's for a fun and informative way to explore Oklahoma City's Bricktown entertainment district. Join them for regularly scheduled tours that showcase the district's rich history and vibrant culture. The Water Taxi Ambassadors will guide you through the canal, pointing out historical monuments, beautiful murals, and local landmarks. With private charters and dinner cruises also available, there's no better way to experience this unique and exciting area. So, come aboard and let them show you around Bricktown as they share the past, present, and future with you.

Explore the music and cultural significance of the banjo, America's beloved instrument, at the renowned American Banjo Museum, where they dedicate and safeguard the banjo's vibrant history, dynamic essence, and limitless musical possibilities. The museum has an impressive collection of banjos available for public viewing, boasting over 400 instruments, films, recordings, instructional materials, printed music, ephemera, and memorabilia worldwide. The galleries feature various types of banjos, including primitive ones made by enslaved Africans, minstrel-age instruments from the mid-19th century, Classic Era banjos from the late 1800s and early 1900s, and post-WWII banjos used in bluegrass, folk, and world music.

The Black Liberated Arts Center has grown and expanded its services. Initially created as a platform for music, literary works, and visual arts, it now includes a theater component. BLAC offers a variety of programs, including festivals, arts education, lectures, poetry readings, theater productions, presenting programs, traveling arts programs, and dance programs. Serving the community is their primary focus. Their mission to use the vehicle of fine arts to provide the total community of Oklahoma with exposure to the African, African-American/Black culture with a particular emphasis on educating Oklahoma's youth is truly commendable.