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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‘Giselle’ Is A Test, And Tulsa Ballet Passed It
The company managed to make the 200-year-old ballet surprising and new
10 Art Shows To See In November
Plus: Let us help you not shop at Target for art gifts this holiday season!
Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, November 5-11
A chili cookoff, artisan markets, Jeff Tweedy and way more
Tulsa Shakespeare Company & Theatre North Cure What Ails The Doomscroller
Like the Bard himself, these companies aimed their “Othello” towards the groundlings
Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, October 29-November 4
Super mega Halloween edition!
In ‘The Lowdown,’ Lee Raybon’s Name Might Suggest Another Influence: Bill Rabon, Real-Life Tulsa Vagabond
The Tulsa artist helped shape some of the best Tulsa art of the ‘70s and remains a well-collected painter after his death in 2017
Like The Restaurant Workers She Portrays, Sophia del Rio’s “Mise en Place” Accomplishes A Lot With A Little
The show at Positive Space is a reflection—and indictment—of the restaurant industry
Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, October 22-28
Coming up this week: Ghostly tours, acclaimed authors and the city's premiere event for design geeks!
Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, October 15-21
Coming up this week: Oktoberfest, the Jonas Brothers, "Othello," and the Brookside BooHaHa parade
“The Outsiders” Musical Almost Captures S.E. Hinton’s Tulsa
The Broadway production’s stunning direction and design deliver on the novel’s dimensions, despite surface-level music and too-tidy lyrics













