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Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, May 14-20

Asian American Night Market, a Vintage Expo, a fashion show and more

Welcome to Tulsa Picks, your weekly compilation of Tulsa's best food, arts and music events, as picked by us, the staff of The Pickup. Let's get to it!

Pick Of The Week

Asian American Night Market
Friday, May 16 at 5pm
Hannah Hall, 1801 S. Garnett Rd.

The Tulsa Global District shows its stuff at this year’s free Asian American Night Market, with 14 performance groups (everything from a K-Pop crew to taiko drumming and Hmong dance), local AAPI vendors, and some of the best street food you’ll find in Tulsa.    


Wednesday, May 14 

Author Talk: Steve Liggett
7pm at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer

Screening: "Vietnam: 50 Years of Forgetting"
7pm at NAM Common / "ROOMS" Annex, 1521 S. Main St.

Thursday, May 15

Black Wall Street Motorcycle Rally (through May 17)
All day at Historic Greenwood District

Exhibit Opening: Contemporary Narrative Realism
5pm at MA Doran Gallery, 3509 S. Peoria Ave.

Community Conversations with Mayor Monroe Nichols
5:30pm at OU Founders Hall, 4502 E. 41st St.

Spring Cheese + Wine Tasting + Floral Arranging Workshop with Anthousai & Charcuteray 
6pm at Anthousai Studio, 2411 E. Admiral Blvd.

Casii Stephan and Alice Wallace
7:30pm at Belafonte, 306 S. Phoenix Ave.

Contemporary Narrative Realism, opening at MA Doran Gallery on Thursday

Friday, May 16 

Travel With Care: Bike To Work Day
All day, everywhere

Center for Heterodox Economics: Closing the Gap
6pm at 101 Archer, 101 E. Archer St.

Greek Dinner with TMACS Friday Supper Club
6:30pm at The Meat & Cheese Show, 1306 E. 11th, Suite H 

Clash for the Crown: Soulbody Cyphers
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

All-Ages Experimental Music: Blackstar Experience, Eli Grim, Ground Bus, & Crescent Window
8pm at Noise Town, 2611 W. 40th Pl.

Oklahoma Fashion Alliance: “I Drew Myself On Fire” (repeats May 17) 
9:30pm at Arco Building, 119 E. 6th St.

Saturday, May 17 

All-Day Sacred Harp Singing
9:30am at Saint Cecilia's Listening Room, 205 W. King St.

Salón at the Parlour with Branjae
10am at The Parlour, 2647 E. 15th Pl.

Tulsa Time Travelers Vintage Expo
10am at EXPO Square, 4145 E. 21st St.

Workshop: Collage with Mark Lewis
10am at Liggett Studio, 314 S. Kenosha Ave.

Sound & Solidarity 
12pm at Mixed-Use Space Tulsa, 2417 E. Admiral Blvd.

Real Talk with Tri-City Collective: Human Rights and The Crisis in Oklahoma's Criminal Justice System
2pm at Pursuit Films, 2312 E. Admiral Blvd. 

Screening: "Rebel With A Clause"
6pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

Tulsey Town Two-Step
7pm at Tulsa VFW Post #577, 1109 E. 6th St.

Record Club: Dark Side Of The Rainbow
7:30pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra: Debussy / Rachmaninoff
7:30pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.

Theatre North: “Chicken and Biscuits” (through May 25)
8pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.

Blue Whale Comedy Night: “Okie Homies” Character Showcase + Evan Hughes’ Birthday 
8pm at LowDown, 108 N. Detroit Ave.

It's the last Salón at the Parlour of the season this Saturday

Sunday, May 18

Sperry Sounds: Kalyn Fay + Country WiFi
3pm at Sperry, OK; DM organizer for location

Dreamland Screening: "Secret Mall Apartment"
7pm at Center for Public Secrets, 573 S. Peoria Ave.

Peculiar Old Chap: A Comedy Special With Arthur Dixon
8pm at Spotlight Theater, 1381 Riverside Dr.

Monday, May 19  

Nomadic Mondays with Jacob Tovar
5pm at Brut Hotel, 1840 S. Boulder Ave.

Noir Nights with Josh Fadem
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

Tuesday, May 20  

Author Talk: Joy Harjo
7pm at All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria Ave.

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