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Call it peak suburbia. Call it Broken Arrow's take on the elusive third place. Just be ready to call it quits by 9 p.m. when the bar closes. We went to the grocery store where domestics cost $1.50 and Tulsans are driving well out of their way to unwind: thepickup.com/the-dream-of...
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Leaving campus for lunch was a rite of passage for Tulsa teenagers for decades—until February 15, 1994, when Stacey Burgess went to a Wendy’s for a burger and got shot instead. Read her story here: thepickup.com/tulsa-high-s...
Tulsa Ballet’s new production of "Sleeping Beauty" brought depth and detail to a century-old classic, says Alicia Chesser. Our review: thepickup.com/i-woke-up-to...
Broken Arrow Community Playhouse’s production of "Almost, Maine" is full of giddy charm, writes our theatre critic Alex Isaak. Read the review: thepickup.com/finding-love... Register for our FREE email newsletter: thepickup.beehiiv.com/
Country Bird Bakery announced earlier this week that they’d be taking over more space in their building at 3rd St. and Utica Ave. Read here: thepickup.com/country-bird... Register for our FREE email newsletter: thepickup.beehiiv.com/
Attention to detail was the hallmark of Tulsa’s most popular weekly dining pop-up. Can Et Al. duplicate it in a brick-and-mortar? Read here: thepickup.com/attention-to... Subscribe to our FREE email newsletter: thepickup.beehiiv.com
Our Pick of the Week is an exhibition opening with Tulsa Artist Fellowship alum Joel Daniel Phillips and poet Quraysh Ali Lansana. Get the full Tulsa Picks here: thepickup.com/the-weeks-be... Subscribe to our FREE email newsletter: thepickup.beehiiv.com
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We interviewed a Minnesotan living through Operation Metro Surge about what he’s seeing on the ground. Read here: thepickup.com/how-it-feels...
@jpbrammer.bsky.social's sentence about Dallas looking like it was "designed by a sentient Ford F-150" was in the New York Times Best Sentences of 2025! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin defended the recent ICE killing In Minnesota in an interview with ABC News. Read more in our latest news roundup: thepickup.com/yes-your-ele...
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