Submit calendar items and photos by Wednesday for Friday’s Weekend section. Please include your phone number. E-mail features@muskogeephoenix.com, fax 684-2865 or mail to Features, P.O. Box 1968, Muskogee 74402. For information, phone Features Editor Leilani Roberts Ott, 684-2908, or Features Writer Travina Coleman, 684-2901.

TEAM ROPING, Barton Arena of Warner is producing team roping draw pots on Fridays and Saturdays — Fridays, Barton Arena in Warner, and Saturdays, Hilltop Arena in Muskogee. Books open, 7 p.m. and close 8 p.m. Information: 463-3269 or 616-9269 or e-mail letsrope@crosstel.net.

PLAYNIGHT SERIES 2008, 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Porter Roundup Club. Events include flag race, cloverleaf barrels, pole bending and surprise event. Negative coggins required, original copy. Concessions. Information: 261-9690.

CHECOTAH MASONIC LODGE 86 ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT, breakfast, 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Lodge Hall in Checotah. $5 donation will be accepted. Menu includes: Sausage, eggs, pancakes, biscuits and gravy to help fund Lodge charitable projects. Information: Harvey Jervis, 473-6878.

FARMERS’ MARKET, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays, Market Square, Muskogee Civic Center parking lot, Fourth Street and Okmulgee Avenue. Oklahoma grown herbs, vegetable and bedding plants, hanging baskets, spring produce, bakery goodies, tamales, herbal products and live bluegrass music. Information: 686-6939.

CITYWIDE DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT, Saturday, First Baptist Christian Life Center. This is a one-day tournament with a maximum of 32 teams consisting of six players of which two must be female and two alternates. Cost: $50 per team payable at registration. You can register at First Baptist Church, main office, 111 S. Seventh. Information: 869-7264.

TRI-STATE GOSPEL SINGING CONVENTION, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, McKey Baptist Church, between Sallisaw and Vian, exit off I-40 on Dwight Mission Road about one mile. Church is on the east side. Potluck lunch at noon. Information: 733-4259 or zaneandlinda@yahoo.com.

AUTHOR GARY W. BABB BOOK SIGNING, 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Hastings Books, Music and Video, 2230 E. Shawnee. He has written “Earth is Ours,” a story of symbiotic relationship between a self-aware female computer and an American Indian man dying of old age.

BOAT BUILDING INFORMATION SESSION, for River Rumba Cardboard Boat Regatta, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, food court at Arrowhead Mall. Build a cardboard boat to race with family and friends. Instructions and cardboard will be provided and registration forms will be available. Information: www.exchangeclubmuskogee.org.

MUSKOGEE COUNTY GOSPEL SINGING CONVENTION, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, first Sundays, except October; Greenleaf Apartments, 715 S. York St. Information: Zane and Linda Harding, 733-4259; or Charles and Fay Learned, 683-4230.

FREEDOM WALK, hosted by Downtown Muskogee Main Street Program, 7 a.m. Sept. 11, Muskogee Civic Center parking lot and then cover a 2-mile walk along the south loop of Centennial Trail. The walk is part of a national event to commemorate and remember the heroes and victims of 9-11-01 and to pay honor and respect to veterans and troops. Participants can sign a support banner that will be sent to troops in Iraq. Donations will be accepted for DMI and Blue Star Mothers.

HILLDALE FIFTH QUARTER, open to youth after Hilldale High School’s home football games on Sept. 12 and 26 and Oct. 3, 16 and 31, Grandview Baptist Church, 3608 S. Cherokee Drive. Information: 683-2477 or www.grandviewbaptist.com.

COMMUNITY BREAKFAST, 8 to 10 a.m. Sept. 13, second Saturday, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Activity Center, 2130 W. Okmulgee Ave. Free. Enter through the south doors. Information: 687-7571.

HIRA TEMPLE No. 116 and HIRA COURT No. 155 ANNUAL POTENTATE AND COMMANDRESS BALL, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sept. 13, VFW Post 474, 3811 W. Okmulgee Ave. Donation: $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Dress is semi-formal. Information: George Hutton, 681-2073; Jeff Jones, 232-4734; or Diann Diggs, 687-6941.

RIVER RUMBA CELEBRATION, 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 20, Three Forks Harbor following the River Rumba Cardboard Boat Regatta, featuring music by Elvis T. Busboy and the Blues Butchers. Sponsored by Love Bottling and A & B Distributing, concessions available. Presented by the Muskogee Parks and Recreation, Muskogee Port Authority and The Exchange Club. All proceeds benefit the Exchange Club Shoe and Coat Fund. Information: www.exchangeclubmuskogee.org

CRUISE NIGHT AND BURN OUT, 5 to 10 p.m. Sept. 20, Gore, presented by Gore Chamber of Commerce and Gore Street Kings. Trophies awarded with $200 first place prize and cash prizes for second to fifth place. Information: www.goreok.net, goreokchamber@yahoo.com or 489-2534.

14th ANNUAL COWBOY TRADE DAY, Sept. 20, Route 66 Rogers Point Park, Catoosa. More than 150 dealers from across USA plus thousands of bargain hunters. New dealers welcome. Information: 809-6757 or 343-0149 or www.cowboytrader.com.

WOMEN HELPING WOMEN POTLUCK LUNCHEON, noon Sept. 20, Ark of Faith, 401 E. Broadway. Ark will furnish Red Lobster manicotti and cheddar biscuits. Mary Sharp will speak on conquering low self-esteem. Vocalists will be Mary Sharp and her sister, Peggy Judkins. This meeting is for women only. Bring a side dish and a friend. Information: 682-8411.

TRAIL OF TEARS REMEMBRANCE MOTORCYCLE RIDE, 9 a.m. Sept. 22, rain or shine, from Hot Springs, Ark., to Okmulgee. Motorcyclists will meet at Oaklawn Park Racetrack parking lot, on Central Avenue in Hot Springs. Have a full tank of gas and a full stomach. Leaving at 9 a.m. No registration fee, police escorted. The only stop will be in Heavener for lunch. All day event. Information: Bill Cason, ride leader, (877)868-8747 or log on to www.trailoftears-rememberance.org.

COMMUNITY BREAKFAST, 8 to 10 a.m. Sept. 27, fourth Saturday, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Parish Life Center, 301 N. Virginia. Free. Enter through the west doors. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council No. 962. Information: Alan Zbavitel, Grand Knight, 683-1662 or Joe Brandt, K of C activities chairman, 577-6141.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, hosted by Muskogee New Friends, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 2, first Thursdays of the month, Muskogee Civic Center, second floor. Information: Sherri Apperson, 686-9453.

FALL HISTORIC HOME TOUR, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 4, presented by The Rogers County Historical Society in Claremore. Tickets: $10 per person and includes entry to five historic homes and refreshments at the Belvidere Mansion. Tickets are available at the Belvidere Mansion, Fourth and Chickasaw 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Information: Marleta McGuire, 341-4902, or the Belvidere Mansion, 342-1127.

HOUSTON ROCKETS VS. ORLANDO MAGIC NBA PRE-SEASON GAME, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13, BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at the Tulsa Convention Center Box Office, online at www.bokcenter.com, charge by phone at (877) 885-7222 or participating tickets.com outlets. Tickets start at $27 with a limited number of VIP seats available.

MAHENWAHDOSE CREEK STORYTELLER, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Oct. 25, Eufaula Indian Community Center. Information: www.eufaulaareaarts.org.

LESLIE JORDAN, 8 p.m. Oct. 30, John H. Williams Theater, PAC Center, Second and Cincinnati streets, Tulsa. Box office: 596-7111 or www.thelesliejordan.com.

27th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, Morris High School Gym, Morris, 66 booths of unique items, sponsored by Prairie Bell OHCE and OSU Extension Center.

24TH ANNUAL MISS OR MR. MERRY CHRISTMAS PAGEANT, Nov. 15, Muskogee Civic Center. Pageant is open to girls from birth to 18 and boys from birth to 36 months. Information: Debbie Morgan, 463-2693.

FORT GIBSON CHRISTMAS TOUR OF HOMES, 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 14, Fort Gibson.

RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, featuring the Rockettes, show times vary Dec. 22 to 24, BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets: $76, $51 and $27. Tickets will go on sale in September. Group sales available now. Ticket information is available online at www.bokcenter.com, area Homeland stores, Tulsa Convention Center Box Office or by calling 1-877-TULSA-CC. Information: 596-7153.

MISS OR MR. AZALEA PAGEANT, March 28, 2009, at the Muskogee Civic Center. Pageant is open to girls from birth to 18 and boys from birth to 36 months. Information: Debbie Morgan, 463-2693.