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
Samantha Crain
Friday, May 9 at 8pm
Saint Cecilia's Listening Room, 205 W. King St.
Yes, Mayfest is this weekend. (Find a link to the full fest schedule below!) But for those in the know, this is the highlight of the week: Samantha Crain, who just released her album Gumshoe, playing a full set in a fairy-lit church basement. Saint Cecilia's Listening Room, a beautiful experiment in intimate folk-music listening, is ending its run as a concert venue after this weekend, and it'll be missed. Crain, meanwhile, is going strong: her resonant voice and curve-ball lyrics and melodies hit harder and sweeter than ever.
Wednesday, May 7
Queer Women’s Collective Meetup
5:30pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E. Admiral Blvd.
Author Talk: Mary Annette Pember, "Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools"
7pm at Magic City Books, 221 N. Archer
Black Queer Tulsa: Walk For Me Wednesday
9pm at The Tulsan Bar, 412 E. 2nd St. S.
Thursday, May 8
Tulsa Trailblazers Cocktail Class: Women Who Shaped Tulsa’s Architectural Identity
6:30pm at The Vault, 620 S. Cincinnati Ave.
Tulsa Ballet Signature Series (through May 11)
7:30pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.
Vinegar Syndrome Screening: “They Call Her Death”
7:30pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis
Skullbasher + Natty Gray
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
Friday, May 9
Mayfest (through May 11)
11am throughout the Tulsa Arts District
Exhibit Opening: “Juxtapose”
5pm at Liggett Studio, 314 S. Kenosha
May Second Friday Art Crawl On 66
6pm at 4077 Southwest Blvd.
Screening: “The Encampments” (through May 10)
7:30pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis
The 66 Kicks Improv Comedy Show
8pm at Cody Mayo Studio, 317 S. Trenton Ave. #B
Thundersleet
9pm at The Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave.
Ghoul Friends Queer Cabaret
10pm at Starlite Bar, 1902 E. 11th St.
Saturday, May 10
KAHÂRIWIS (Cliff Swallow) Site Visit with Tulsa Artist Fellowship
9am at Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Pawhuska
Oddities & Curiosities Expo (through May 11)
10am at EXPO Square, 4145 E. 21st St.
Second Saturday
12pm at Edison Studios, 4040 W. Edison St.
Tulsa Really Really Free Market
12pm at Mass Movement Community Arts, 1217 E. Admiral Blvd.
Japanese Tea Ceremony
2pm at Martin Regional Library, 2601 S. Garnett Rd.
Create Tulsa: Visual Art Resource Fair
4pm at Tulsa Artist Fellowship, 109 M.L.K. Jr. Blvd.
Gen X Party
6pm at DVL, 302 S. Frankfort Ave., #Suite D
So Nice To See You with DJ Heartwerk
7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E. Admiral Blvd.
Renee Fleming’s Voice Of Nature: The Anthropocene
7:30pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.
Spring Fling: A Burlesque Show
8:30pm at Tulsa Little Theatre, 1511 S. Delaware Ave.
Lady Gaga Night with DJ Kylie and DJ Katnip
9pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main
Sunday, May 11
Mother’s Day Hike
7am at Keystone Ancient Forest, 160 Ancient Frst Dr.
Dog Mom Brunch
11am at 1903 S. Boston Ave.
Mother’s Day Fresh Flower Pop-Up
12pm at 108|Contemporary, 108 Reconciliation Way
Sidewalk Sundays with Sobo & By.Everyone
1pm at 2201 E. Admiral Blvd.
Music On Exhibit: A Musical Bouquet
2:30pm at Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.
Monday, May 12
Monday Jazz Night with Mike Cameron
8pm at Vintage Wine Bar, 324 E. 1st St.
Tuesday, May 13
SK8 Date
7pm at McClure Park, 7440 E. 7th St.
Tarot Tuesdays Three-Week Workshop with Tulsa Spirit Tours
7pm at Tulsa VFW, 1109 E. 6th St.
Jacob Tovar
8pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
