<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Paul Petrov of the Ballet Russe, backstage at the JC Williamson New Year's Eve party, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 31 December 1936 / Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/3612597734/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3612597734_a03c7f0fe0.jpg" alt="Paul Petrov of the Ballet Russe, backstage at the JC Williamson New Year's Eve party, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 31 December 1936 / Sam Hood" width="500" height="369" /></a></p>

Champagne, fireworks, swanky parties, stuff to do for the kids and those silly 2010 glasses - you want it all this New Year's Eve, and you've got it right here in Tulsa. 

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<h2>Swanky Parties</h2>
<strong>New Years Eve Gala at Crowne Plaza Hotel</strong>
When: Starting at 4pm New Years Eve
Where: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111159658950064&amp;index=1">Crowne Plaza Hotel</a>, 100 E. Second Street
For one price, get every NYE party in the hotel. Here's the line-up: Imzadi in the Tulsa Ballroom; Mid Life Crisis in Promenade Ballroom; Brian Lee &amp; Friends in the Upper Lobby; a Texas Hold 'Em Tournament, 4pm-7pm; Access to Cigar &amp; Martini Lounge in Oklahoma Ballroom and Photos Now Photography in Lower Lobby. Call Crowne Plaza at (918) 560-2219 to reserve your spot, and if you plan on celebrating with a few glasses of champagne, be sure to ask about the room packages available.

<strong>Olive Drop New Year’s Party</strong>
When: Starting at 7pm New Years Eve
Where: <a href="/">Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville</a>
Enjoy a five-course meal prepared by Outlaws Gourmet Catering, drinks at Copper Bar, and a complimentary champagne toast at midnight, when a large olive will be lowered from the top of Price Tower - which is Frank Lloyd Wright's only realized skyscraper, by the way - into a martini glass. Dinner reservations are available with seatings at 7pm and 9pm. Call (918) 336-1000 for room reservations and for a spot at dinner.

<strong>Velo Ball</strong>
When: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve
Where: <a href="http://www.jasonperryphoto.net/?p=133">Hey Mambo</a>, 114 N. Boston Ave.
If you're looking for a cycle-centric NYE party, Hey Mambo is the place to be on the last night of 2010. The evening will include a Mustache Cup Goldsprints Roller Race Tournament from Superleggera Cycling and Multisport, a live DJ, hot food from the kitchen of Hey Mambo (which is really yum, if you ask me), Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap, plenty of prizes and photography of the evening by Jason Perry Photography. The restaurant bar (cash or charge) will be in full operation for the evening, too. <a href="http://www.jasonperryphoto.net/?p=133">Individual passes are $35, couples are $60</a>.

<strong>Crystal Ball 2011: A New Years Eve Masquerade</strong>
When: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve
Where: <a href="http://www.tulsacrystalball.com/">Enso Bar, Electric Circus and IDL Ballroom, all at 1st and Detroit</a>
Get gussied up in your finest black and white NYE attire and disguise and beguile fellow revelers as you masquerade between three of the hottest clubs in Tulsa into the wee hours of the night. Entertainment includes the beats of the Panic! Crew, Steve Club and DJ Dilation &amp; Jimm-A. <a href="http://www.ticketstorm.com/event/skyyvodkapresentscrystalball2011anewyearsevemasquerade/idlballroom/tulsa/5868/">Tickets are $15 per person or $20 per couple, and VIP packages are $25 per person, $40 per couple</a>.

<strong>New Years Eve Speakeasy</strong>
When: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve
Where: <a href="http://cosmo-cafe.com/">Cosmo Cafe &amp; Bar</a>, 3334 S. Peoria Ave.
Be prepared to be transported back to the era of classy attire, sexy jazz and stiff drinks. While you’re partying like it’s 1929, check out free champagne toast at midnight, accompanied by what Cosmo called “fancy stuff on crackers.” Heck, yes. Plus, if you show up in a 1920s get-up, you’ll get a bonus party favor.

<h2>Performances</h2>

<strong>Sylvia Browne</strong>
When: 8pm New Years Eve
Where: <a href="http://www.milliondollarelm.com/event-center">Osage Event Center</a>, 951 W. 36 Street North
Always wanted to have your most pressing, personal questions answered by a psychic? This NYE is your chance. Tickets to see Sylvia are $30, or you can pay $100 and guarantee that you'll have your question answered. Stay tuned for the book signing after the lecture.

<h2>For a Family-Friendly New Years Eve</h2>

<strong>THE Party! Hahn Appliance Warehouse New Year's Eve on Brookside</strong>
When: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve
Where: <a href="https://www.newyearsevetulsa.com/pages.aspx?pageid=1">Brookside (Peoria Avenue) between 36th and 39th Streets</a>
This second-ever event brought the community together last year to share in the excitement of a Times Square-esque, free outdoor street party complete with a lighted ball drop, fireworks, bands and entertainment, and they're going to do it even bigger and better to ring in 2011. A choice of outdoor and indoor activities along Brookside guarantees participants of all ages to can comfortably enjoy the festivities, even if our Oklahoma weather rears its ugly head. Look for live entertainment from Eric and the Adams (one of my favorite Tulsa bands) on an outdoor stage and dancing in the VIP Party Tent (<a href="https://www.newyearsevetulsa.com/Purchase_Tickets.aspx">tickets to which are $75 per</a>). All proceeds raised by THE Party will benefit the <a href="http://www.cfbeo.org/">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.

<strong>New Years Eve in the Blue Dome District</strong>
When: 10pm-1am New Years Eve
Where: On Elgin Avenue between First and Second Streets
Put a little bit of hip and historic into your New Years Eve celebration this year. Grab the kids (and feed them all manner of Pixie Stix and Fun Dip to keep them awake) and head to the Blue Dome District for some fireworks, as well as warm drinks for both the adults and the kids and beer for those 21 and over.  

<h2>The New Year in Motion</h2>

<strong>Race Into the New Year</strong>When: 11:45pm New Years Eve
Where: <a href="http://tatur.org/RINY.html">River Parks West Amphitheater</a>, 2100 W. Jackson Ave.
Run from one year to the next with this sixth-annual 5K race along the Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River. Look for a fun run, too - it'll start a bit earlier, at 11pm - as well as a live DJ, fireworks at the stroke of midnight, prizes and giveaways and champagne on the course. Don't miss out on the post-race plethora of food and drink, including black-eyed peas, cornbread, cookies and other treats. The race benefits the Tulsa Police Officers Memorial and supports <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/">the rebuilding of the Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The race fee is $25, or free for kids 5-11. <a href="https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=3970">Register here</a>.

<strong>Polar Bear Plunge</strong>
When: 1:11pm New Years Day (Get it? 1/1/11 at 1:11?)
Where: <a href="http://tatur.org/PolarPlunge.html">River Parks West Amphitheater</a>, 2100 W. Jackson Ave.
How big a boy are ya? If you can complete this race - a two-mile run that sends you plunging into three swimming pools - you'll have me convinced that you are all that is man (or woman!) for now and forever. The entry fee is $25 for those who dress in costume and $30 to those who chicken out. Look for free pizza, cold beer and drinks at the race, and the first 300 to sign up for the race get finishers' tees. Proceeds benefit the River Parks Trail Systems. If after <a href="http://runnersworldtulsa.zenfolio.com/p451670097#h10dad90a">looking at these photos from last year's Polar Bear Plunge</a> you still think you've got what it takes, <a href="http://tatur.org/polarplungeregister.html">register here</a>.

<strong>Don't see your favorite NYE party on this list?</strong> No big - we can fix that. <a href="mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com">E-mail me with the details</a>. 