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thepickup.comWe're Taking The Pickup To OKC! - The PickupMark your calendars for October 24 for a day at the library.

Great news, Pickup readers — we’ve partnered with the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City to host a one-day symposium on the subject of media and culture, two things we’re very much about. thepickup.com/were-taking-...

thepickup.comMeet The Best Damn Horse Dentist In Oklahoma - The PickupSheilah Bright hits the road with Edye Lucas, the best damn horse dentist in Oklahoma.

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Meet The Best Damn Horse Dentist In Oklahoma: thepickup.com/horse-teeth-...

thepickup.comThe Best Tulsa Events: October 28-November 3 - The PickupGet your Halloween plans sorted! Plus: Election Day is November 3

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It's a very Halloween edition of Tulsa Picks! thepickup.com/the-best-tul...

thepickup.comWhen Their Newspaper Got Censored, These Students Fought Back - The PickupA public spat between Tulsa Junior College and a criminal rehabilitation facility in the 1970s spilled over into a larger fight about the First Amendment.

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When Their Newspaper Got Censored, These Students Fought Back thepickup.com/when-their-n...

thepickup.comBirdTok-Obsessed? Wait Till You See These Paintings - The PickupFeathers, flight, and a plea not to be forgotten in Zia Daugherty's solo exhibit at Positive Space

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Feathers, flight, and a plea not to be forgotten: thepickup.com/birdtok-obse...

thepickup.comThis Underground Puppet Theatre New Orleans Zydeco Burlesque Punk Party Was Exactly What I Needed - The PickupA night of DIY analog magic and mayhem with Quintron and Miss Pussycat and friends.

A night of DIY analog magic and mayhem with Quintron and Miss Pussycat and friends: thepickup.com/this-undergr...

thepickup.comLet's Make The Native American Day Song Swap At Cain's An Annual Thing - The PickupCapping a citywide celebration, this night centered Indigenous music and dance on Tulsa's most iconic stage

Hell yeah thepickup.com/lets-make-th...

thepickup.comWhen Their Newspaper Got Censored, These Students Fought Back - The PickupA public spat between Tulsa Junior College and a criminal rehabilitation facility in the 1970s spilled over into a larger fight about the First Amendment.

A public spat between Tulsa Junior College and a criminal rehabilitation facility in the 1970s spilled over into a larger fight about the First Amendment thepickup.com/when-their-n...

thepickup.comWhen Their Newspaper Got Censored, These Students Fought Back - The PickupA public spat between Tulsa Junior College and a criminal rehabilitation facility in the 1970s spilled over into a larger fight about the First Amendment.

The revenge of the student newspaper! thepickup.com/when-their-n...

thepickup.comTulsa King Is Even Worse Than You Thought - The PickupTake it from me, a guy who watched the whole thing.

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Tulsa King: still bad! thepickup.com/tulsa-king-i...

thepickup.comThe Thunder Have One Opponent This Season - The PickupOklahoma City spent the offseason retooling for the Spurs. How will it play out on the court?

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Oklahoma City spent the offseason retooling for the Spurs. How will it play out on the court? thepickup.com/the-thunder-...

thepickup.comBirdTok-Obsessed? Wait Till You See These Paintings - The PickupFeathers, flight, and a plea not to be forgotten in Zia Daugherty's solo exhibit at Positive Space

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Feathers, flight, and a plea not to be forgotten in Zia Daugherty's solo exhibit at Positive Space thepickup.com/birdtok-obse...

thepickup.comHollywood's Nicest Guy Still Doing The Garage Band Thing - The PickupKeanu Reeves' band Dogstar takes the Tulsa Theater

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Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar takes the Tulsa Theater: thepickup.com/hollywoods-n...

thepickup.comBurgers With Burkhard Bilger - The PickupHow does one go from Stillwater High School to writing for The New Yorker?

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THIS LAND: How does one go from Stillwater High School to writing for The New Yorker? thepickup.com/burgers-with...

thepickup.comWhen Their Newspaper Got Censored, These Students Fought Back - The PickupA public spat between Tulsa Junior College and a criminal rehabilitation facility in the 1970s spilled over into a larger fight about the First Amendment.

When Their Newspaper Got Censored, These Students Fought Back: thepickup.com/when-their-n...

thepickup.comBirdTok-Obsessed? Wait Till You See These Paintings - The PickupFeathers, flight, and a plea not to be forgotten in Zia Daugherty's solo exhibit at Positive Space

BirdTok-Obsessed? Wait Till You See These Paintings thepickup.com/birdtok-obse...

thepickup.comThe Thunder Have One Opponent This Season - The PickupOklahoma City spent the offseason retooling for the Spurs. How will it play out on the court?

How 'bout them Thunder? thepickup.com/the-thunder-...

thepickup.comWhen Their Newspaper Got Censored, These Students Fought Back - The PickupA public spat between Tulsa Junior College and a criminal rehabilitation facility in the 1970s spilled over into a larger fight about the First Amendment.

TULSA LORE: A public spat between Tulsa Junior College—now Tulsa Community College—and a criminal rehabilitation facility in the 1970s spilled over into a larger fight over censorship and students' rights to free speech: thepickup.com/when-their-n...

thepickup.comThe Best Tulsa Events: October 21-27 - The PickupIron & Wine, Hellerween, Swan Lake, BooHaHa and more!

Tulsa Picks is here, so get ready for Iron & Wine, Hellerween, Swan Lake, BooHaHa and more! thepickup.com/the-best-tul...

thepickup.comCome Get Your AI Slop - The PickupA search for humanity at the Tulsa State Fair.

A search for humanity at the Tulsa State Fair: thepickup.com/come-get-you...

thepickup.comAt AmericanaFest, Tulsa Music Takes The Spotlight - The PickupTulsa's efforts to promote music as a workforce ecosystem paid off with center stage billing in Nashville. Plus: five new discoveries from AmericanaFest.

Tulsa's efforts to promote music as a workforce ecosystem paid off with center-stage billing in Nashville thepickup.com/at-americana...

thepickup.comThe Thunder Have One Opponent This Season - The PickupOklahoma City spent the offseason retooling for the Spurs. How will it play out on the court?

The NBA is back, baby!! thepickup.com/the-thunder-...

thepickup.comThis Underground Puppet Theatre New Orleans Zydeco Burlesque Punk Party Was Exactly What I Needed - The PickupA night of DIY analog magic and mayhem with Quintron and Miss Pussycat and friends.

A night of DIY analog magic and mayhem with Quintron and Miss Pussycat and friends thepickup.com/this-undergr...

thepickup.comWhat’s A Truthstorian, Anyway? - The PickupLee Roy Chapman didn’t fit the typical mold of a historian or a journalist. Good.

What's A Truthstorian, Anyway? thepickup.com/whats-a-trut...

thepickup.comHollywood's Nicest Guy Still Doing The Garage Band Thing - The PickupKeanu Reeves' band Dogstar takes the Tulsa Theater

Hollywood's Nicest Guy Still Doing The Garage Band Thing thepickup.com/hollywoods-n...

thepickup.comBurgers With Burkhard Bilger - The PickupHow does one go from Stillwater High School to writing for The New Yorker?

We're doing an event Saturday in Oklahoma City with The New Yorker staff writer (and Stillwater High School grad) Burkhard Bilger! thepickup.com/burgers-with...

thepickup.comThe Best Tulsa Events: October 14-20 - The PickupLore Fest, Tulsa Pride 2026, Samantha Crain, The Green Book Experience and more!

Tulsa Picks is here! Let us help you plan your week: thepickup.com/the-best-tul...

thepickup.comAt AmericanaFest, Tulsa Music Takes The Spotlight - The PickupTulsa's efforts to promote music as a workforce ecosystem paid off with center stage billing in Nashville. Plus: five new discoveries from AmericanaFest.

Tulsa artists were in Nashville for AmericanaFest, and so were we! thepickup.com/at-americana...

thepickup.comSterlin Harjo Is Proud He Made Tulsa Look Like Tulsa - The PickupAs ‘The Lowdown’ wraps up, we talked to Harjo about noir, skepticism, telling the truth about Oklahoma, and that land run scene.

The Lowdown returns to your TVs this week! Read our interview with the big guy from the end of last season here: thepickup.com/sterlin-harj...

thepickup.comIndependent Theatre Is Booming In Tulsa Right Now. We Found Out Why. - The PickupNine local theatre-makers on the reasons, risks, and rewards of self-producing a show—and the path ahead.

We got local theater producers to open their account books! Have a look inside: thepickup.com/independent-...

thepickup.comIt Was Full-On Pie Fervor At Tulsa's First-Ever Pie Festival - The PickupShortening crust vs. butter crust, bacon as a palate cleanser, and a day with Tulsa's most enthusiastic pie people at WOMPA.

Who made it out to the first-ever Tulsa Pie Festival? thepickup.com/it-was-full-...

thepickup.comWhat’s The State Of Radical Art In Tulsa Right Now? - The PickupFor 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…

From earlier this year: What's the state of radical art in Tulsa? thepickup.com/whats-the-st...

thepickup.comFrom One Fire - The PickupOne man's years-long campaign championing civil rights within the Cherokee Nation. A long read from Marcos Barbery and This Land.

On the home page today, one man's years-long campaign championing civil rights within the Cherokee Nation: thepickup.com/from-one-fire

thepickup.comThrillingly Tender Sensations Await You At "Please Touch The Art" - The PickupBridging the gap between yourself and the art on a gallery wall is more powerful than you think.

Thrillingly Tender Sensations Await You At "Please Touch The Art" thepickup.com/thrillingly-...

thepickup.comA New Day - The PickupMolly Bullock reports on how a Bartlesville teenager confronted the methods bureaucrats employed to skirt the issue of Indigenous People’s Day.

From the This Land archives: How a Bartlesville teenager confronted the methods bureaucrats employed to skirt the issue of Indigenous People’s Day. thepickup.com/a-new-day

thepickup.comCome Get Your AI Slop - The PickupA search for humanity at the Tulsa State Fair.

The Tulsa State Fair has ended. But the scourge of AI slop remains: thepickup.com/come-get-you...

thepickup.comI Got Thrown For A Loop At The Kishi Bashi Show - The PickupThe live-looping violinist brought more showmanship than precision to a candlelit downtown stage

Live loops, candlelight and more: thepickup.com/i-got-thrown...

thepickup.comTulsa’s Weird Basketball Venues That I Have Known - The PickupA lifetime of TU basketball means rare underdog runs, fiery coaches and courts that doubled for rodeo competitions.

Tulsa's Weird Basketball Venues That I Have Known: thepickup.com/tulsas-weird...

thepickup.comIt Was Full-On Pie Fervor At Tulsa's First-Ever Pie Festival - The PickupShortening crust vs. butter crust, bacon as a palate cleanser, and a day with Tulsa's most enthusiastic pie people at WOMPA.

Shortening crust vs. butter crust, bacon as a palate cleanser, and a day with Tulsa's most enthusiastic pie people at WOMPA: thepickup.com/it-was-full-...

thepickup.comWhat Happened To 'The New Republicans'? - The PickupIn 2013, This Land took a look at the state of conservatism in Oklahoma—today, it's the story of a path not taken.

Let's talk conservative politics for a minute: thepickup.com/what-happene...

thepickup.comBuilt To Spill Is Dad Rock Now, So I Went To See Them With My Dad - The PickupA night of anti-hit nostalgia at Vanguard.

Shoutout to the dads out there thepickup.com/built-to-spi...

thepickup.comI Spent Three Days Inside Ryan Walters’ Fake National Teachers Union - The PickupAI-generated prayer requests, an army of conservative teachers and a leader who’s still trying to go viral. What’s going on inside the Teachers Freedom Alliance?

What's going on inside the Teachers Freedom Alliance? We sent a teacher: thepickup.com/i-spent-thre...

thepickup.comBuilt To Spill Is Dad Rock Now, So I Went To See Them With My Dad - The PickupA night of anti-hit nostalgia at Vanguard.

A night of anti-hit nostalgia at Vanguard thepickup.com/built-to-spi...

thepickup.comCome Get Your AI Slop - The PickupA search for humanity at the Tulsa State Fair.

Do not be alarmed by all the AI slop at the Tulsa State Fair: thepickup.com/come-get-you...

thepickup.comThrillingly Tender Sensations Await You At "Please Touch The Art" - The PickupBridging the gap between yourself and the art on a gallery wall is more powerful than you think.

Bridging the gap between yourself and the art on a gallery wall is more powerful than you think. thepickup.com/thrillingly-...

thepickup.comLet’s Remember The Time OU Psychologists Turned Robbers Cave State Park Into “Lord Of The Flies” - The PickupThis was not a relaxing weekend with the boys.

Let’s Remember The Time OU Psychologists Turned Robbers Cave State Park Into “Lord Of The Flies” thepickup.com/lets-remembe...

thepickup.comI Got Thrown For A Loop At The Kishi Bashi Show - The PickupThe live-looping violinist brought more showmanship than precision to a candlelit downtown stage

I Got Thrown For A Loop At The Kishi Bashi Show thepickup.com/i-got-thrown...