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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.

Tripping The Light Stochastic

Noise Town and ONE AUX deliver adventures in ambient sound

April 26, 2024

Slipstreaming Through Oklahoma’s Black And Indigenous Multiverse

"Let’s take off this jacket of the past and put on a new one. We’re growing. We can’t fit it anymore.”

April 14, 2024

Bradford Lovett Collages A Queer Future Full Of Rowdy Joy

The fags are in ecstasy in the solo show "Myths & Hymns"

March 31, 2024

Jazz Millions And Beyond

Thirty years in, Jacob Fred is still rolling in the funk.

March 10, 2024

Theatre North Brings The Heat, The Light & All The Right Questions

Every win comes with a hidden loss in Suzan Lori-Parks' "Topdog/Underdog"

February 29, 2024

Tulsa Opera Is Hitting The Big Notes

Did we just witness the first in-character artist/audience fist bump in Tulsa Opera history?

February 18, 2024

Tulsa Opera’s Valentine’s Musical Theatre Adventure Hits The Big Notes

Did we just witness the first artist/audience fist bump in Tulsa Opera history?

February 16, 2024

Amy Sanders de Melo Is Translating Tulsans’ Stories Into A Universal Language

Her new exhibition at Positive Space invites contributions from Tulsans living on the margins of society.

January 14, 2024