Alicia Chesser

Alicia Chesser, a nearly lifelong Tulsan, is the co-founder and culture editor of The Pickup. Her writing about art and life has appeared in the Village Voice, The Dance Insider, The Tulsa Voice, Urban Tulsa Weekly, LUXIERE, Menagerie, Okie Modern, Pokeweed, and other publications. When she’s not out seeing someone else’s show, she makes, performs, and teaches contemporary dance and enjoys the fact that her three grown children think Tulsa is interesting enough to stick around in.

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Features

Baseball For All With The Tulsa Rumblers & Tulsa Breeze

Sandlot Sundays is bringing a new tradition to Tulsa's historic baseball fields.

Alicia Chesser

May 20, 2021

Culture

West Tulsa’s Free Spirits Converge At Edison Studios

Low tech, high vibes

Alicia Chesser

May 19, 2021

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Food

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.

Alicia Chesser

May 5, 2021

Music

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

Alicia Chesser

May 5, 2021