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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.

Years Before He Opened Noche, Marco Herrera Was Perfecting The Tulsa Tortilla

Nothing dumb about Tacos Don Mamon. We talked to Herrera back in 2021 just as he started cooking full-time in Tulsa.

May 5, 2021

Tuareg Guitars And A Saharan Acid Western

A conversation with Tulsa Noise and Foxy Digitalis, as they deliver a cross-cultural double feature—a Tuareg homage to "Purple Rain" and a Saharan desert fantasy—at the Admiral Twin

May 5, 2021

Four Questions: Skip Hill

"What I'm saying is all the things that you're denying are the things that could make this place awesome."

April 28, 2021

ArtHouse Tulsa Dives In

Rogelio Esparza and Allison Ward are the dynamic team behind an underground hit. How did they meet, and what fuels their creativity?

February 5, 2021

The Doors Are Open For All At Whitty Books

Inside the community bookstore with the wide open door

November 5, 2019