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.
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Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, July 9-15
Meet The Pickup, WoodyFest, "Summer of Soul," Circle Cinema Film Fest, Sixpence None The Richer, and more
“Pokeweed” Is Liz Blood’s Answer To Disconnection
Talking with the editor of Tulsa’s newest indie mag
Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, July 2-8
Fiawna Forté and Annie Ellicott, comedy, magic, the 4th of July, and more
Books You Should Read This Summer
Reads for every mood, from now until whenever the heat ends
Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, June 25-July 1
Loud & Queer Fest, a talk about biodiversity in Oklahoma's streams, an evening with John Fullbright, and more
Animal Crackers, Jesus Songs, And Cartoons About Hell
Jessica Davenport’s “The Sunday School Project” was a fever dream of familiar cognitive dissonance
Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, June 18-24
Juneteenth, queer cabaret, a Michael Wallis book launch, and more
Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, June 11-17
BRONCHO, Wu-Tang Clan, Thunderwof., Father's Day and more
The Pickup’s Big Guide To Summer 2025
Pretty much everything you could do this summer in and around Tulsa









