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Welcome to Oklahoma City!

We are thrilled to host you for the 78th Annual Meeting of the U.S. Conference of

Mayors. We know you will find our city a productive place to conduct the important business of USCM. We know you will also enjoy the social activities that we have planned during your visit. Oklahoma City is a unique place, where urban sophistication meets prairie values. Our city was founded in a land run in 1889, and became the capital of our brand new state exactly 100 years ago this week. We are young, but we have moved fast, and now boast one of the country’s strongest economies, the nation’s newest NBA team, and a slew of ongoing public and private developments downtown. As you make your way around, you will see a few cranes and street detours, but I know this is one audience that appreciates progress. Again, welcome. On behalf of the people of Oklahoma City, we are proud to host you, eager to tell you our story, and anxious for the memories you will leave us with.

Sincerely,Mick CornettMayor, Oklahoma City

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With a downtown urban renaissance and shimmering riverfront, a burgeoning art scene and world-class museums; the flavors of the world and the comforts of home are alive in Oklahoma City. Our hip and spirited environment blends with a deep western heritage, creating a place where culture and commerce thrive. With renowned festivals, national sporting events, treasure-filled museums and a variety of districts highlighting arts, entertainment, history and diversity, the possibilities for adventure and fun in Oklahoma City are endless!

Downtown Oklahoma CityDowntown Oklahoma City reverberates with the energy of commerce by day and the rhythms of entertainment by night. Explore the many museums, walk through parks, or stop for coffee or lunch at one of the many restaurants and cafés around the district.

Staying in the heart of the city has many advantages. Several arts venues and museums are within walking distance of downtown hotels, including the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. Experience this peaceful monument that pays tribute to those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever by the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The interactive memorial

learning museum offers visitors from around the world comfort and hope. The museum, and outdoor memorial with its reflecting pool, gives pause to all who visit and provides important insights through special exhibits.

Adjacent to downtown Oklahoma City is the fastest-growing entertainment district in the Southwest – Bricktown. With its large concentration of high-energy night clubs, casual lounges and list of restaurants covering a multitude of culinary cultures, Bricktown has something for every taste. And, when you factor in its picturesque setting, embracing a mile-long canal lined with eateries, clubs, a movie theatre, a bowling lounge, the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark and beautifully landscaped gardens and public art, you’ll discover something the whole family can enjoy!

Vibrant melodies can be heard coming from the American Banjo Museum and the Academy of Contemporary Music, the newest additions to the district. Shop or watch the fish swim in the museum-like setting of Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World. Take the Water Taxi cruise along the canal and discover the history of this energetic district. Or hail a pedicab or one of several horse-drawn carriages that can be seen ferrying customers all over Bricktown. It’s the perfect place for you to choose your own adventure.

The Oklahoma River is fast becoming one of the world’s premier venues for rowing and canoe/kayak. The river’s Boathouse District includes the Chesapeake Boathouse and, now under construction, the Devon Boathouse – home of the Oklahoma City University Rowing – and the Chesapeake Finish Line Tower. Each year the river is site of numerous regattas and is now a U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Site.

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Don’t miss a moment of what this wonderful city has to offer. The Conference may not have started yet, but you’re here and there’s plenty to do in Oklahoma City!

Thursday, June 10 Dead Center Film Festival Opening Night at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art

Founded in 2001, the deadCENTER Film Festival, the largest and most prestigious film festival in Oklahoma, attracts filmmakers and festival attendees from around the nation. Thousands will descend on downtown Oklahoma City to enjoy national and international award-winning independent films at various venues. The opening night event will be set on the Terrace Rooftop of the beautiful Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The festival will continue throughout the weekend with a myriad of independent films, panels and numerous networking events. For more information, and a complete list of programming, visit www.DeadCenterFilm.org.

Oklahoma City RedHawks Baseball Game The Oklahoma City RedHawks Triple- A-Baseball team will take on the Albuquerque Isotopes, offering exciting baseball and great family fun. This top farm club for the Texas Rangers features some of the rising stars in professional baseball. Games are held at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, designed as a throwback to baseball stadiums of yesteryear, overlooking the downtown Oklahoma City skyline. Admission is free for conference guests! Show your USCM badge at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.

RAIN: A Tribute to The BeatlesFrom Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road! They look like them and they sound like them! “The next best thing to seeing The Beatles,” raves the Denver Post. Experience all the music and vocals are performed totally live at the Civic Center Music Hall. RAIN covers the Fab Four from the

earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience . . . a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s light up video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups. Sing along with your family and friends to such Beatlemaniac favorites as “Let It Be,” “Hey Jude,” “My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Come Together” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

Call 800-869-1451 or visit www.CelebrityAttractions.com for tickets.

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Oklahoma City is rolling out the red carpet for you with spectacular evening activities throughout the USCM Annual Meeting! All of these events will have bus or shuttle transportation provided for attendees.

Friday, June 11 A Taste of Bricktown Presented by Veolia Water 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Tonight, you will partake in the cuisine of the southwest’s premiere entertainment district, while enjoying a musical salute to Oklahoma Rock and Roll.

Just steps from the convention center, Bricktown is Oklahoma City’s hottest entertainment and dining district. Originally a warehouse district, Bricktown was transformed in the 1990s through private entrepreneurship and public investments. Surrounded by the Bricktown Canal, the Bricktown Ballpark and the headquarters of Sonic, America’s Drive-In, you will savor a fabulous selection of food from Bricktown’s many restaurants.

Oklahoma is known for much more than just country music. Oklahoma claims four members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Charlie Christian and Wanda Jackson from Oklahoma City – plus rock legends The Flaming Lips. Hall of Famer Woody Guthrie is from

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Okemah, Okla. and rock legend Leon Russell is from Tulsa. Local oldies rock band “The Wise Guys” will provide background music to your experience.

Complimentary Canal rides on the Bricktown Water Taxi will take you by the Centennial Land Run Monument, soon-to-be the world’s longest series of bronze sculptures, commemorating the dramatic founding of Oklahoma City. On April 22, 1889, a land run opened up Oklahoma City to settlement, and the population went from zero to 10,000 in one day. Exactly 100 years ago today, on June 11, 1910, the voters of Oklahoma chose Oklahoma City to be the capital of this brand new state.

Business Casual Attire – Men: collared shirts, khakis, Bermuda shorts. Women: slacks, sundresses, comfortable shoes.

Special thanks to IPS Group, Inc.

After Party at The Skirvin Presented by JP Morgan Chase & Co. 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.14th floor

Enjoy drinks and live music by Juanita Ellington, cousin of jazz legend Duke Ellington, at Oklahoma’s grandest hotel, where guests are enveloped in a world of luxury and festivity. This beautifully restored and reinvented gem is the hub of a vibrant downtown.

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the academy of Contemporary music in Bricktown is the only U.S. branch of this famous U.K program.

Saturday, June 12 An Oklahoma Hoedown! Presented by Waste Management, Inc. 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Tonight’s event will celebrate the authentic details of an Oklahoma Hoedown, featuring live country music, mouth-watering barbecue, line dancing, trick ropers, horseshoe pitching and the world-famous Express Clydesdales.

Oklahoma City is steeped in country and western culture. Just two miles from the active Oklahoma National Stockyards, the Oklahoma State Fair Park will be the site of tonight’s event. Funded through a hotel-motel tax passed by the voters of Oklahoma City in 2004, the Oklahoma State Fair Park facilities are world-class, and make Oklahoma City the “Horse Show Capital of the World.”

This evening’s event coincides with a cutting horse exhibition that you will have the opportunity to visit. Cutting horses are used to separate a single animal from a cattle herd. These animals are outstanding athletes with great intelligence and grace.

Casual/Western Wear – jeans, cowboy boots, hats.

After Party at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art with Honorary Hosts Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner Presented by Bank of America Merrill Lynch10 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Experience the many sides of Oklahoma City as you unwind

from your hoedown with drinks and live music on the downtown rooftop of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

The Museum is home to the most comprehensive collection of Dale Chihuly glass sculptures in the world, which will be open to you for a private viewing. You will also have the opportunity to tour the special exhibit “Sketch to Screen: The Art of Hollywood Costume Design” featuring some of the most famous costumes in film history, from “Ben Hur” to “Superman.” Across the street from City Hall, the Museum opened in its present location a decade ago, following the renovation of what had been the abandoned Centre Theater.

Your honorary hosts for the evening will be world-famous Olympic gymnasts Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner. “Bart and Nadia” have been Oklahoma City cheerleaders for two decades now, and operate the Bart Conner Gymnastic Academy in the metro. Comaneci won five Olympic gold medals while competing for Romania, and was the first gymnast to ever receive a perfect 10 in an Olympic

OKC is home to more national and international championship horse shows than any other venue in the world.

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Sunday, June 13 The Flaming Lips with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Presented by Devon Energy Corp. 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Tonight, you will bear witness to music history amid a psychedelic and multi-media concert extravaganza, as the world-renowned alternative rock band The Flaming Lips join the Oklahoma City Philharmonic for the first time ever, in a special engagement commissioned just for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

From their home base of Oklahoma City, The Flaming Lips have sold three million albums and become legendary for their live shows and unique sound, winning three Grammys along the way. Led by Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd, The Lips are a local treasure, representing an unexpected side of Oklahoma City to fans around the world. Last year, the State of Oklahoma named their hit “Do You Realize??” the Official Rock Song of Oklahoma. Meanwhile, their longtime manager Scott Booker has grown their influence by founding the Academy of Contemporary Music (known colloquially as the “School of Rock”) in Bricktown, educating hundreds of young people in the business of music. Tonight, the Lips will perform for the first time with Oklahoma City’s Philharmonic, under the direction of Joel Levine.

The venue for tonight’s event, the Ford Center, was constructed in 2001 to attract major league sports, which it did in 2008 when it became home to the NBA’s most

exciting young team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. A renovation approved by the voters in 2008 is now underway.

Business Casual Attire – Men: jacket, no tie. Women: dress or slacks and comfortable shoes.

Special thanks to AT&T and Enogex, an OGE Energy Corp. Company.

After Party at Nonna’s Purple Bar with Honorary Host Barry Switzer

Presented by Advanced Academics, Inc. 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Complete your evening with a visit to the Purple Bar at Nonna’s Euro-American Ristorante on Flaming Lips Alley in Bricktown. Nonna’s is a cozy and fun bar with unique lighting that splashes down

Hailing from Oklahoma City, the Flaming lips are three- time Grammy winners.

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from mouth-blown glass fixtures and chases soft colors across the front of the bar. The second floor patio allows for a great view of the city.

Your honorary host for the evening will be legendary football coach Barry Switzer. Switzer is one of only two head coaches to win both the Super Bowl and the NCAA football championship. His Super Bowl title came with the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX, and his national championships came with the University of Oklahoma in 1974, 1975 and 1985.

Monday, June 14 A Broadway Review Presented by the Chickasaw Nation

Tonight, you will conclude your time in Oklahoma City as a Broadway star guides you through a tour of Oklahoma’s unique musical theater heritage, while you visit America’s premier institution of Western history, art and culture – the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

Oklahoma City native, Broadway star and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara will be tonight’s headline entertainer. O’Hara will present songs from the most famous musical in the world, “Oklahoma!”, while performers from Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma City will present songs from “The Will Rogers Follies,” the Tony Award-winning musical that told the story of legendary Oklahoman Will Rogers.

O’Hara has starred in such Broadway productions as “South Pacific,” “The Pajama Game” and “The Light in the Piazza.” She is a graduate of the Oklahoma City University musical theater program that has also given the world Kristen Chenoweth and three Miss Americas.

The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum opened in 1955 and is home to the world’s greatest collection of Western art and artifacts. The galleries will be open to you for the evening, including the Prix de West special exhibit. This prestigious invitational art exhibit features more than 300 Western paintings and sculpture by the finest contemporary Western artists in the nation.

Business Casual Attire – Men: jacket, no tie. Women: dress or slacks and comfortable shoes.

Special thanks to INTEGRIS Health, Inc.

Oklahoma City University is home to a nationally renowned theater program with such graduates as Kelli O’Hara and Kristen Chenoweth.

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