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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.

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, September 10-16

Philbrook MIX, Broncho for $5 and a parade in the Tulsa Global District are all on tap for Tulsa this week.

September 9, 2025

Rethinking Stillness At 108 Contemporary

The new exhibition “Still: Lissa Hunter, Jane Sauer, Jo Stealey and Carol Stein” extends a dialogue among four seasoned artists and longtime friends.

September 8, 2025

We Support Tulsans Getting The Bag

Art projects, chili restaurant signage, whatever! Plus: an immersive installation takes off from, of all places, Enid

August 27, 2025

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, August 27-September 2

Punk Rock Flea Market, Joy Harjo at Guthrie Green, Jesse Aycock at the VFW, Silent Reading Party and more

August 26, 2025

Pomegranate Smears, Bloody Projections, Ghost Cowboys, And An Alien Playing Basketball? Must Be A Living Arts Show 

Exhibitions by Olivia Maday and Josiah Bolth present layered and upsetting visions of a phantasmagorical world

August 22, 2025

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, August 20-26

"Night Moves," Sumac Day, Sunset Social Club, Dante's Woodfire Pizza turns 5, and more

August 19, 2025

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, August 13-19

It's Blue Whale Comedy Festival time people, look alive!

August 12, 2025

Where Does Tulsa Comedy Go From Here?

Looking ahead to Blue Whale Comedy Festival, we talked with Evan Hughes about his decade in the local comedy scene

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, August 6-12

Latch Fest, Global Gatherings, K9 splash, Greenwood Film Fest and more!

August 5, 2025