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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.

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The Vampire Business Is Booming

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

November 10, 2024

Everything Fits Together For Creations In Studio K

September 19, 2024

Tulsa’s Vibrant, Homegrown “Fiddler” Has It All

August 25, 2024

55 Years Into It, Living Arts Looks Back On Its Own Lineage

August 4, 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

Bradford Lovett Collages A Queer Future Full Of Rowdy Joy

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

March 31, 2024