At Discovery Lab, the cheekily-named woodwind quintet WindSync explored music through nature, play, ephemerality, and legacy: thepickup.com/chamber-musi...

David Hoffmann, Florida billionaire, became the new majority owner of the Tulsa World’s parent company earlier this year. Amid an industry-wide audience decline for traditional news media, he's invested $35 million in it, betting on a more modernized business model. thepickup.com/the-florida-...

Did you miss Gillian Welch playing Guthrie Green for free? You wouldn't have, if you had read TULSA PICKS, our weekly event list. Get it here: (And subscribe to get it in your inbox every Monday at thepickup.com/products!) thepickup.com/the-best-tul...

Thanks to its leadership changing hands, MayFest will be spread around the Route 66 celebrations instead of concentrated into one weekend this year. That leaves you plenty of room to enjoy our list of exhibits, talks, and live art happening this month: thepickup.com/mayfest-is-w...

Look alive, people. It's $5.55 Sushi Wednesday at Reasor's. thepickup.com/cheap-eats-5...

"...maybe a better way to think about R.A. Lafferty’s short fiction is to consider him a fabulist biographer of Tulsa, a textual tour guide of a city poised on the crossroads where myth and magic and history meet." thepickup.com/the-obscure-...

What's the future of the Tulsa World? Earlier this year Florida billionaire David Hoffmann took over Lee Enterprises, the World’s parent company. What's his deal? @2011prius.bsky.social went to find out. thepickup.com/the-florida-...

Little Belly, the new restaurant from the team behind Noche, may open as soon as this week. Here's everything we know about it: thepickup.com/heres-everyt...

Still looking for your plans this week? We've got you. This week, Gillian Welch is playing Guthrie Green for FREE, it's Soundpony's 20th anniversary, and more in our weekly event round-up: thepickup.com/the-best-tul...

"With its intimate scale, this is a show that feels like a beginning still unfolding." Our review of Caty Smith's "Fragmented Landscapes," at ROOMS Annex: thepickup.com/in-a-tiny-ga...

A kids’ science museum isn’t the first place you would expect to see a world-class woodwind quintet. And yet: thepickup.com/chamber-musi...

On R.A. Lafferty, Tulsa’s tall-tale biographer: thepickup.com/the-obscure-...

Riff Raff Tulsa's new adaptation of an ancient play felt urgent, unsettling, and deeply human. Our review of Meagan Mulgrew’s ‘Antigone & Ismene’:

"Lizzie," Theatre Tulsa’s latest collaboration series project with Kristen Simpson, brought big sounds and bigger feelings. Our review:

“My destination? Lo Bánh Mì Viet Hot Bread. Located at 31st and 129th E. Ave., this humble mom and pop has the goods. Six varieties of sandwich await you, as well as a generous mix of teas, slushes, smoothies, and cold coffees.”

Inside the KKK temple built in the aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre:

As the first season of ‘The Lowdown’ wrapped up, we talked to Harjo about noir, skepticism, telling the truth about Oklahoma, and that land run scene:

There’s a lot happening this weekend. Don’t miss out; get Tulsa Picks, our weekly list of the best events happening in town:

READ MORE BOOKS! Each character of this directive is painted in bubbly letters on a pane of a large gridded window of Cherry Street’s newest gem: Meadow Market Books, located in the space formerly occupied by Gas Petal Flower Shop.

“One of my favorite replies to people who say things like, ‘I don’t know if Islam is compatible with democracy’ is, ‘well, I’m not sure Christianity has always been compatible with democracy.’”

Make America GWAR Again. The legendary shock rockers splattered Cain’s Ballroom with fake blood and real political satire. Mitch Gilliam reviewed it:

R.A. Lafferty captured a city that doesn’t really exist anymore. And maybe never even existed at all. David Chandler explored the life and impact of the obscure sci-fi author who became Tulsa’s tall-tale biographer:

Here’s Tulsa Picks, where we curate the best events in Tulsa art, culture, food, comedy, music, nightlife, and more. Get it on our website:

On a busy stretch of Route 66 where Tulsa’s vintage revival keeps getting shinier, stranger, and more alive, a new restaurant is getting ready to move into one of the city’s most recognizable brunch spaces. thepickup.com/mystery-solv...

What one of the great historians of the Tulsa Race Massacre can teach us about our current moment: thepickup.com/theres-no-be...

To the person who put [email protected] in as your email address in order to read a story on the site: I saw that and it hurt my feelings

Let's check out Cherry Street's cutest new bookstore: thepickup.com/meadow-marke...

By 1977, the Hugo-winning R.A. Lafferty had written much of what would, by the end of his life, total more than 200 short stories and more than a dozen novels. On the best Tulsa sci-fi author you've never heard of: thepickup.com/lafferty-los...

How does QuikTrip's new light beer, Quittin' Time Light, stack up against the original Quittin' Time? Let's find out. thepickup.com/we-tried-qui...

This week: LitFest, Kölsch Fest, "Gypsy," and some badass women musicians in our weekly event roundup, Tulsa Picks. Get the full event list here: thepickup.com/tulsa-picks-...

"...while cycles may not be easily or cleanly broken, the act of confronting them may be the closest thing to purification one can achieve." Read our review of Riff Raff Tulsa’s 'Antigone & Ismene,' directed by Meagan Mulgrew, here: thepickup.com/cycles-of-vi...

Let's have a cheap, good lunch: a $6.35 to $7.15 sandwich at Lo Bánh Mì Viet Hot Bread. Who's in? thepickup.com/cheap-eats-l...

Our review of the highly anticipated "Lizzie," Theatre Tulsa’s latest collaboration with Kristen Simpson, about the infamous Lizzie Borden: thepickup.com/a-ladys-guid...

Meadow Market Books on Cherry Street isn’t your run-of-the-mill bookseller, says Cassidy McCants; it's Tulsa’s cutest book store, and it's meeting a vital community need. Read about it here: thepickup.com/meadow-marke...

With Markwayne Mullin now in charge at the Department of Homeland Security, some Oklahoma law enforcement agencies are already cashing in on policing and carceral dollars, with more money to come. thepickup.com/ice-cash-to-...

Choctaw singer-songwriter Samantha Crain's show at The Vanguard marked a new beginning: thepickup.com/samantha-cra...

We got the skinny on the new dining spot planned for the old Wildflower Café space: thepickup.com/mystery-solv...

Get to know airplanefactswithmax, Tulsa's surprise Lord of the Rings influencer: thepickup.com/the-max-come...

It’s almost lake beer time. Let's review QuikTrip's new Quittin' Time Light. thepickup.com/we-tried-qui...

Legendary shock rockers GWAR splattered Cain’s Ballroom with fake blood and real political satire: thepickup.com/houses-of-th...

Sandwiches at Viet Hot Bread range in cost from $6.35 to $7.15, and you get one for free when you buy four, so you can make yourself the most popular person in the office when you make the group sandwich run. thepickup.com/cheap-eats-l...

Still looking for weekend plans? No you're not. You just found them. This is Tulsa Picks, our list of the best events happening in Tulsa. Get it here: thepickup.com/the-best-tul...

"Lizzie," Theatre Tulsa’s latest collaboration series project with Kristen Simpson, brought big sounds, bigger feelings, and birds. Our review: thepickup.com/a-ladys-guid...

"A packed and blood-spattered Cain’s crowd showed that one cult will prevail, merging the raptures of rock with the brutality of reality: Make America GWAR Again." thepickup.com/houses-of-th...

"Listening to Marin’s layered voices, her self-observations, you can’t help but check in with yourself. “Her” is a song for floating the river of your mind. Just let the vocal currents take you around the bend, and notice how you feel." thepickup.com/marin-is-abo...

We are once again drinking QuikTrip's beer: thepickup.com/we-tried-qui...

Looking back on my friendship with Tulsa’s enigmatic party legend, Magic Mark: thepickup.com/my-memories-...

The Helen is set to open later this month in the former Wildflower Café space. thepickup.com/mystery-solv...

Let’s visit an essential east Tulsa lunch pickup spot: Lo Bánh Mì Viet Hot Bread. Editor-in-chief @2011prius.bsky.social wrote about this no-frills dining experience for our Cheap Eats series: thepickup.com/cheap-eats-l...

In Kendall Whittier, it’s no problem to go to more than one show in one evening, given the easy flow of the musicians’ sets and the easy walk from one venue to another. Let's do just that: thepickup.com/i-spent-an-e...