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The Best Tulsa Events: August 5-11 - The Pickup
A First Friday dance battle, Latch Fest, film screenings, and more!
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Regulars at Whittier Bar believe their beloved former bar cat Latch may have left a testicular curse behind when he got neutered. We investigate! thepickup.com/the-curse-of...
The Curse Of Latch Fest - The Pickup
Organizers get sick, injured, or cosmically screwed every year. Why do they keep having such bad luck?
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Tulsa Picks is here! Scroll through out weekly list of Tulsa culture happenings: thepickup.com/the-best-tul...
The Best Tulsa Events: August 5-11 - The Pickup
A First Friday dance battle, Latch Fest, film screenings, and more!
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ICYMI: There's No Better Time To Start Reading Eddie Faye Gates thepickup.com/theres-no-be...
There’s No Better Time To Start Reading Eddie Faye Gates - The Pickup
In honor of what would have been her 92nd birthday, I’d like to pay respects to this remarkable woman—historian, educator, and pillar of her community—whose work still calls us to witness, document,…
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Add The Bend Mercantile to Tulsa's list of dreamy third spaces: thepickup.com/your-analog-...
Your Analog Dreams Are Coming True At The Bend - The Pickup
At this sweet third space in the East End Village, Skylily and Tyler Sexton brought the bedroom pop magic.
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Randy Roberts Potts reflects on a life as a seventh-grade gay kid in an evangelical Christian middle school, trying his best to develop crushes on girls. thepickup.com/something-go...
Growing Up Gay In Oral Roberts' Family - The Pickup
Growing up gay in the Oral Roberts family.
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From the archives: It’s Still Summertime — Let’s Rank Each Flavor Of Mood Brü By Slurpability thepickup.com/its-still-su...
It’s Still Summertime — Let’s Rank Each Flavor Of Mood Brü By Slurpability - The Pickup
The drinking scene is changing; this Tulsa-owned brand has a lot to do with it.
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"There I stood, 14 years old, watching hundreds of my peers have life-changing religious experiences, but all I could do was wonder why my eyes were completely dry and why God wasn’t speaking to me." thepickup.com/inside-falls...
Inside Falls Creek, Oklahoma's Most Popular Christian Summer Camp - The Pickup
Raise your hand if you want to get saved.
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Can you believe our in-house theater critic's never seen "Oklahoma!"??? thepickup.com/the-dream-of...
The Dream Of The Sooner State Is Alive In "Oklahoma!" - The Pickup
Our theatre critic sees the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical for the first time, and it's a trip
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Everything is expensive now. Housing is no exception. Ellen Ray explains why: thepickup.com/renters-arti...
Renters, Artists & Low-Income Households Are Bearing The Brunt Of Tulsa’s Housing Crisis - The Pickup
We’ve got unaffordable housing stock, skyrocketing rent and exclusionary zoning straight out of the 1950s. How did it come to this?
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The Dream Of $1.50 Draft Pulls Is Still Alive In A Grocery Store In Broken Arrow: thepickup.com/the-dream-of...
The Dream Of $1.50 Draft Pulls Is Still Alive In A Grocery Store In Broken Arrow - The Pickup
Come with me to a place where the drinks are cheap, the playground is buzzing, and the party winds down by 9 p.m.
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From 2025: A couch warrior weighs in on the women in education representing Tulsa on America's favorite game show: thepickup.com/i-want-to-be...
I Want To Be As Brave As The Tulsa Women Educators Crushing It On "Jeopardy!" - The Pickup
A couch warrior weighs in on the women in education representing Tulsa on America's favorite game show, Jeopardy.
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Ever wonder what The Colony was like back in the day? Steve Gerkin's got you: thepickup.com/for-me-the-c...
For Me, The Colony Has Always Been Timeless
From the Vietnam War to now, this place has always felt comforting.
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IMAGINARY OKLAHOMA: Heat crazed? Get into the spirit with selections from This Land Press' flash fiction series, in which 46 of America's most important writers spun their own takes on the 46th state—from cryptid fables to surreal situations. thepickup.com/hunger
Hunger - The Pickup
Published in 2013 by This Land Press, edited by Jeff Martin, and lauded by The Paris Review as “the literary equivalent of a high-wire act,” Imaginary Oklahoma is a collection of flash fiction…
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Remember this weeping, terrified infant? thepickup.com/youre-not-cr...
You're Not Crazy. This Thing Sucks. - The Pickup
Thanks, we hate it!
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ICYMI: One of our writers dug deep into her own family's history: thepickup.com/my-aunt-died...
My Aunt Died In 1975. A Stranger Showed Up Decades Later Claiming They Were In Love. - The Pickup
What it means to be together for eternity.
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From Solid Sound to WoodyFest to Tulsa, our correspondent tracks Woody Guthrie's legacy beyond nostalgia and into the future: thepickup.com/gen-z-is-fin...
Gen Z Is Finding Their Way To Woody Guthrie - The Pickup
From Solid Sound to WoodyFest to Tulsa and beyond, our correspondent follows Woody's legacy into the future.
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If you've found yourself longing for a pre-internet era, you're not alone: thepickup.com/your-analog-...
Your Analog Dreams Are Coming True At The Bend - The Pickup
At this sweet third space in the East End Village, Skylily and Tyler Sexton brought the bedroom pop magic.
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Mullin's stake in the Broken Arrow-based Botanic Tonics is worth as much as $1 million, according to a disclosure statement he made to Congress: thepickup.com/is-markwayne...
Is Markwayne Mullin Making A Killing In Artisanal Kratom? - The Pickup
A new investigation suggests the head of homeland security is playing a key role in a Trump administration campaign to boost an industry he has a stake in.
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Steve Gerkin takes us inside the Klan temple built in the aftermath of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: thepickup.com/beno-hall-tu...
Beno Hall: Tulsa's Den Of Terror
Inside The Klan Temple Built In The Aftermath Of The Tulsa Race Massacre
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Our culture editor Alicia Chesser poses an important question: thepickup.com/whats-the-st...
What’s The State Of Radical Art In Tulsa Right Now? - The Pickup
For a range of reasons, many of the expressions of resistance happening now in Tulsa look a little different than the ones that get higher visibility at rallies and protests. They’re less about now…
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Neighborhood pools create an environment unlike any other: a place where neighbors gather and unwind, sustained through the shared investment of time and resources that make recreation accessible and community-centered. thepickup.com/where-did-tu...
Where Did Tulsa’s Neighborhood Pools Go? - The Pickup
A modern history of disinvestment goes hand in hand with the era of declining social cohesion.
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IMAGINARY OKLAHOMA: Flash fiction is one of the best genres to read in the summer, quick and direct as an ice-cold popsicle to the brain. We're pleased to bring a taste of Imaginary Oklahoma to you in the heat of the season, as you do your own Oklahoma dreaming. thepickup.com/ma-bells
Ma Bell's - The Pickup
Published in 2013 by This Land Press, edited by Jeff Martin, and lauded by The Paris Review as “the literary equivalent of a high-wire act,” Imaginary Oklahoma is a collection of flash fiction…
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The dirtbag left was out in force at Cain's Ballroom: thepickup.com/the-comedy-w...
The Comedy Wing Of The Dirtbag Left Lets Loose At Cain’s - The Pickup
"Last Podcast On The Left" delivered a live show that was a mess, but not necessarily a miss.
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Wyatt Flores is hitting it big! Friday's your chance to see him for free at Guthrie Green: thepickup.com/the-best-tul...
The Best Tulsa Events: July 29-August 4 - The Pickup
Wyatt Flores, Barbara Kingsolver, Kalyn Fay and more!
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At the fourth annual Potate Awards, community theatre artists honored their own with an end-of-season party. We've got the full list of winners here—including one for The Pickup's own theatre critic! thepickup.com/tulsas-theat...
Tulsa's Theatre Workers Take A Well-Earned Bow - The Pickup
At the fourth annual Potate Awards, community theatre artists honored their own with an end-of-season party. We've got the full list of winners here.
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"Last Podcast On The Left" delivered a live show that was a mess, but not necessarily a miss thepickup.com/the-comedy-w...
The Comedy Wing Of The Dirtbag Left Lets Loose At Cain’s - The Pickup
"Last Podcast On The Left" delivered a live show that was a mess, but not necessarily a miss.
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