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
Black Wall Street Legacy Festival
Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1
Various locations in the Historic Greenwood District
This weekend marks the 104th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Over two days stacked with events, the Black Wall Street Legacy Fest honors the past, present, and future of Greenwood and the legacy of Black Wall Street. The festival features concert headliner Tobe Nwigwe, a block party, a candlelight vigil, and an address by Mayor Monroe Nichols called "The Road To Repair."
Wednesday, May 28
A Conversation With Dr. Karlos Hill: "The State Of Emergency On Historical Memory"
12pm at Historic Vernon AME Church, 311 N. Greenwood Ave.
Wine Night with Meinklang and Old Dog
5pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E. Admiral Blvd.
Making Music, Making Change Community Showcase
6pm at 647 S. Peoria Ave.
Handcraft Gathering
6pm at Community Craft, 2306 E. Admiral Blvd.
Live Portrait Drawing Workshop with Candice Steichen
6:30pm at Belafonte, 306 S. Phoenix Ave.
“Language Is A Virus” (performances through May 30)
7pm at TAC Gallery, 9 E. Reconciliation Way
Holler Choir
8pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.
Rattlesnake Milk
8pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
Thursday, May 29
Heller Theatre Company: “The World You Thought” (through June 1)
7pm at Lynn Riggs Theatre, Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, 621 E. 4th St.
Documentary Screening: "Greenwood Is Still Burning"
7pm at Inheritance Juicery, 108 S. Detroit Ave.
History of Hope: Rebuilding and Beyond with Robin D. G. Kelley
7pm at OSU-Tulsa, 700 N. Greenwood
Friday, May 30
2nd Annual C-Beat Festival (through June 1)
All day, various locations
4th Annual "Bound to Please" Burlesque Show
7pm at Studio 308, 308 S. Lansing Ave.
Soirée at The Parlour
7pm at The Parlour, 2647 E. 15th Pl.
Red Bull “Dance Your Style” Workshop + Performances (through May 31)
7:30pm at Temple of Dance, 8224 E. 41st St.
Stargazing Night
8pm at Hunter Park, 5804 E. 91st St.
Bishop Marsh Quintet ft. Jason Brown and Indicator/Activator
9pm at Thelma's Peach, 2008 E. Admiral Blvd.
Saturday, May 31
Wellness Market
9am at Brut Hotel, 1840 S. Boulder Ave.
Kendall Whittier Arts Festival
10am at Kendall Whittier Square, 1 S. Lewis Ave.
Knitting for Beginners
10am at Community Craft, 2306 E. Admiral Blvd.
Grand Opening Pollinator Party
10am at Across The Prairie, 1423 S. Harvard Ave.
The Pump Bar's 1st Birthday + Crawfish Boil
4pm at The Pump, 602 S. Lewis Ave.
Exhibit Opening: “Picture Control Memory” By Photographer Andy Mattern
6pm at The Hulett Collection, 1311 E. 15th St.
Vegan Dinner
6:30pm at The Meat and Cheese Show, 1306 E. 11th St., Suite H
World Lindy Hop Day Celebration
7pm at Southminster Presbyterian Church
Tulsa Peoples’ Orchestra Season Finale
8pm at WOMPA, 3306 Charles Page Blvd.
Sunday, June 1
Black Moth 5th Birthday Party
9am at Black Moth, 1142 S. Harvard Ave.
Tulsa Modern Movement: “Storm: Radical Togetherness”
2pm, DM organizer for location
Paul Benjaman's Sunday Night Thing
9pm at The Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave.
Monday, June 2
Desi & Cody
6pm at The Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave.
Karaoke Mondays with the Party Possum
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
Tuesday, June 3
Restorative Justice Community Circle
5:30pm at 101 Archer, 101 E. Archer St.
Bandelier
7pm at Shops @ Mother Road Market, 1102 S. Lewis Ave.
Okie Film Night: "GOFF"
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.
Starlight Jazz Orchestra
8pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
