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Shoutout Addie Perryman allotment, where I live. tulsarenaissancehistory.blogspot.com/2019/08/emma-a…
Portlyn Houghton-Harjo decided to walk Tulsa, east to west. Here's what she saw: thepickup.com/frankensteined…
This year, Zephyrus, Tulsa’s only DCI drum corps, moved from the SoundSport Division of DCI, where they launched in 2022, into the Open Class. It's a major step. thepickup.com/tulsas-drum-co…
Last Monday night, the All-American Rejects played a surprise stop in Tulsa on their so-called house party tour in WOMPA’s Machine Shop, a ceiling-less brick warehouse in west Tulsa. Here's our review: thepickup.com/the-all-americ…
Despite logistical quibbles, Sixpence None the Richer's legacy shined through in a Live Room performance at The Church Studio: thepickup.com/sixpence-none-…
Despite a powerful production and performances, Pembroke Players’ adaptation of the ancient Greek play struck a confusing balance: thepickup.com/i-did-not-feel…
Maestro manages to do everything right, says Angela Evans in her latest review. There’s a ridiculous depth of selection, but it’s curated, not cluttered. Read the review here: thepickup.com/maestro-made-m…
Portlyn Houghton-Harjo decided to walk Tulsa, east to west. Here's what she saw: thepickup.com/frankensteined…
Portlyn Houghton-Harjo decided to walk Tulsa, east to west. Here's what she saw: thepickup.com/frankensteined…
Portlyn Houghton-Harjo decided to walk Tulsa, east to west. Here's what she saw: thepickup.com/frankensteined…
An old Baptist church has become a chill community spot for righteous noise. Inside Owen Park's newest venue: thepickup.com/drifters-theat…
No plans? No problem. Here's the list of the best events happening this week/end: thepickup.com/tulsa-picks-th…
All the places we would put the terrible “Cry Baby Cry” statue, now that development is stalled: thepickup.com/all-the-places…
The inspiring traces of the Gospel in Woody Guthrie’s folk legacy: thepickup.com/woodys-jesus-2
As a youth, Woody Guthrie studied Kahlil Gibran and considered converting to Catholicism and possibly taking holy orders and becoming a priest. thepickup.com/woody-guthries…
"Our song is our meeting and our music is our union. Yes. It is so. It is true." —Woody Guthrie thepickup.com/woody-guthrie-…
It's probably bad that the Woody Guthrie Center keeps selling out of stuff that says "Fascist". thepickup.com/its-probably-b…
The journey of Woody Guthrie's archive, from boxes in a basement to downtown Tulsa: thepickup.com/the-stuff-of-d…
In sketchbooks, pocket calendars, random sheets of paper, Woody Guthrie illustrated his life almost obsessively. thepickup.com/drawing-the-li…
A Woody Guthrie biographer set out to understand the man who wrote "This Land Is Your Land." What he found left him conflicted. thepickup.com/the-myth-of-sa…
The Trump administration’s deportations have an eerie echo in Guthrie’s “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee).” thepickup.com/the-government…
