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.

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Arts & Culture

Books You Should Read This Summer

Reads for every mood, from now until whenever the heat ends

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Matt Carney, Alicia Chesser, and Z.B. Reeves

June 30, 2025

Tulsa Picks

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, June 25-July 1

Loud & Queer Fest, a talk about biodiversity in Oklahoma's streams, an evening with John Fullbright, and more

Alicia Chesser and Katie Wiehe

June 24, 2025

Today’s stories are sponsored by Tulsa Ballet, presenting The Nutcracker, December 7-21

Tulsa’s favorite holiday tradition returns with Tulsa Ballet’s The Nutcracker!

Tulsa Ballet invites you to join Marie on a magical journey. Featuring exciting choreography, larger-than-life sets, live accompaniment by the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, and a cast of over 100 local children joining the Tulsa Ballet dancers on stage to bring the holidays to life, The Nutcracker leaves audiences spellbound.

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Food

Lunch For $5? That’s Baloney

We hit up Route 66’s newest food truck

Alicia Chesser

June 20, 2025

Reviews

Animal Crackers, Jesus Songs, And Cartoons About Hell

Jessica Davenport’s “The Sunday School Project” was a fever dream of familiar cognitive dissonance

Alicia Chesser

June 19, 2025

Tulsa Picks

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, June 18-24

Juneteenth, queer cabaret, a Michael Wallis book launch, and more

Alicia Chesser

June 17, 2025

Tulsa Picks

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, June 11-17

BRONCHO, Wu-Tang Clan, Thunderwof., Father's Day and more

Alicia Chesser

June 10, 2025

Arts & Culture

The Pickup’s Big Guide To Summer 2025

Pretty much everything you could do this summer in and around Tulsa

Alicia Chesser, Z.B. Reeves, Megan Shepherd, Alex Isaak, Matt Carney, and Katie Wiehe

June 4, 2025

Tulsa Picks

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, June 4-10

Tulsa Tough, First Friday, Pride kickoff, and more

Alicia Chesser

June 3, 2025

Arts & Culture

First Friday Guide: June 2025

Better hydrate for this one: there are eight art openings this weekend.

Alicia Chesser

June 2, 2025

Tulsa Picks

Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, May 28-June 3

Black Wall Street Legacy Fest, Lassalle's Crawfish Boil, a pollinator party, burlesque and more

Alicia Chesser

May 27, 2025

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