Every couple of years Oklahoma City is treated to a really great spring, a revival of the collective soul. This is one of those years, and the timing couldn't be better.

Let's be honest; Oklahoma City is a tough, heart-felt community shaped by a series of hardships and disasters that make for great movies. We don't survive and endure. We thrive, even in the worst of times.

So once again, Oklahoma City is finding itself overcoming adversity and celebrating life in the most diverse, craziest of ways — and downtown is in the middle of most of it.

Some people spent this past weekend laughing with Amy Schumer at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Others rejoiced with Charismatic Christian author and speaker Joyce Meyer across the street at the Cox Convention Center. And yet others took in an Oklahoma City Dodgers game at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. And yet others sat back, listened to some tunes and enjoyed an evening at Bleu Garten.