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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. 

May Yang Is Speaking

In May Yang’s “Wordplay,” language comes alive

February 13, 2025

Pony Coffee Has Always Felt Like Home

How Tulsa preservationists turned a house, thousands of bicycles, and countless pieces of art into the city’s best new coffee shop

February 12, 2025

Here’s Your Guide To First Friday

An opportunity to meet the new TAF fellows, plus Black leaders get the portraiture treatment at February’s First Friday Art Crawl.

February 6, 2025