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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. 

An Original Play About Race In Tulsa Doesn’t Look Away From Reality

Local playwrights invite Tulsa to reflect on the Tulsa Race Massacre and its echoes in the present

November 5, 2023

“We’re Gonna Stay”

Women and non-binary muralists make their mark at the Sunny Dayz Mural Festival

September 13, 2023

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