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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.

In the Pit

Performance art dance party meets feminist critique

August 10, 2023

The Collage of Memory

Zach Litwack's mixed media show reflects on living (and not living) with nostalgia.

July 26, 2023

Meet Your Local DJs: Inside Tulsa’s Dance Party Renaissance

What defines a good DJ? We're still not sure. But we are sure that Tulsa's dance music scene is alive and well (and a little sweaty).

August 10, 2022

“A Complete Catastrophe”: A Conversation with Cry Baby Hill’s Andy Wheeler

An oral history of Tulsa's most unhinged community gathering

June 8, 2022

How To See In The Dark

An interview with photographer Joseph Rushmore

June 24, 2021

Baseball For All With The Tulsa Rumblers & Tulsa Breeze

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

May 20, 2021

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.

May 5, 2021