🌱 Festival Of Arts Prompts Road Closures + FBI Recruitment Event

Morning, neighbors! Helen Eckhard here with today's Oklahoma City Daily.

First, today's weather:

Windy with plenty of sunshine. High: 65 Low: 39.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Oklahoma City:

1. Downtown traffic is expected to be impacted beginning today due to temporary road closures for the Festival of the Arts. Sections of Walker Avenue, Lee Avenue, Colcord Drive, and Couch Drive will be closed for event setup and will reopen on Apr. 30. The Festival of the Arts will take place in Bicentennial Park from Apr. 19-24. (KOKH FOX25)
2. The Oklahoma City branch of the FBI is hosting a virtual Diversity Recruitment event next week. From 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Apr. 12, visitors will be able to meet with FBI special agents and professional staff to discuss career opportunities with the FBI. Preregistration online is required and available now. (KFOR Oklahoma City)
3. A local organization is hosting a "Paint the Town Blue" event in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. On Apr. 11, the CARE Center and other organizations will turn their building lights blue to help raise awareness of child abuse. Several participating businesses will also offer limited-time, themed products, including blue donuts from Hurts Donuts and six special flavors from Sasquatch Shaved Ice. (KOCO Oklahoma City)

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Today in Oklahoma City:

• Salon Series: Sondheim + The Posthuman At Oklahoma City University (1:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Oklahoma City Philharmonic will be providing music for the "For the Love of Tulips" event, sponsored by Myriad Botanical Gardens! Join the string soloists tomorrow, Apr.9 from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. (Facebook)
• The Oklahoma City Dodgers suffered their first defeat of the season on Wednesday, losing 6-5 to Albuquerque at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. (Facebook)
• Art in Bloom 2022 returns to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art today through Sunday, Apr. 10. The exhibit features floral sculpture interpretations of works from the permanent collection, all crafted by designers from the Oklahoma City community. (Facebook)

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— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.