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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.

Tradition Comes To Life At Positive Space

What if we thought about traditions as active, living things—less like ossified forms and more like natural organisms?

November 17, 2024

The Vampire Business Is Booming

Tulsa Ballet plays "Dracula" straight. But that cape is fabulous.

November 10, 2024

The City Belongs To Us

Emergent futurism in a downtown Tulsa parking garage

July 15, 2024

Pembroke Players Are Crushing It

When you think about Jane Austen for 13 years, this is the Pride & Prejudice you get.

June 9, 2024

Big Bite Returns (With A Side Of Ranch)

Oklahoma’s chefs, brewers, and mixologists came through with offerings that ranged from sexy to hearty to refreshing.

April 28, 2024

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