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Alicia Chesser

Alicia Chesser is the managing editor of The Pickup. She's been writing about the arts in Tulsa for two decades. When she's not at someone else's show, she makes and teaches contemporary dance and messes around with creative nonfiction.

Crawl To The Year’s Finish Line With These December Art Shows

What even is reality?? Ask a Tulsa artist this holiday season

December 3, 2025

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, December 3-December 9

First Friday, The Nutcracker, a concert at Tyler Thrasher's Materia shop, and insane amounts of Yuletide cheer

December 2, 2025

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, November 26-December 2

Road races, extra meals and more in this very Thanksgiving edition of Tulsa Picks.

November 25, 2025

With “The Seagull,” Tulsa Gets Another Classic Play Well Done

Little Shop of Productions brought renewed reverence and relevance to the 1896 Chekov play

November 24, 2025

After Nearly Six Years, Kendall-Whittier’s The Studio Will Close 

The creative space, which sprouted out of the pandemic, gave artists of all kinds a space in which to work

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, November 19-25

Celebrating Lee Roy Chapman, The Moth Mainstage, and more!

November 18, 2025

It’s Been A Hell Of A Month For Mango

Police nab one of the city’s most prolific graffiti artists

November 13, 2025

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, November 12-November 18

We've got architecture tours, a major political event and Arab Film Fest this week!

November 10, 2025

‘Giselle’ Is A Test, And Tulsa Ballet Passed It 

The company managed to make the 200-year-old ballet surprising and new

November 6, 2025