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In Chicago, Bruce Goff Finally Gets His Due  - The Pickup The Art Institute’s “Bruce Goff: Material Worlds” shows Goff as he was meant to be shown

In a long-overdue retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago, Bruce Goff shines. Our review:

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The Best Tulsa Events: March 4 - March 10 - The Pickup Any 'Heated Rivalry' fans out there?

Your weekend plans are right here. This is Tulsa Picks, our weekly guide to the best events happening in Tulsa: thepickup.com/the-best-tul...

Let's Dig Through TFA's Trove Of Bruce Goff Material - The Pickup Inside the archives of an “architect’s architect"

Let's dig through Tulsa Foundation for Architecture's trove of Bruce Goff material:
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Tom McCarthy On The Goffness Of Tulsa Club - The Pickup Tulsa was once on the cutting edge, and Bruce Goff was a big reason why

TFA docent and Bruce Goff obsessive Tom McCarthy knows what makes Tulsa Club a Goff building. We asked him about it. Read here:

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“Roughly Right” Doesn’t Need You To Be Perfect  - The Pickup Alicia Kelly’s show at 108|Contemporary brings a carpenter’s materials and an artist’s mentality together

At 108|Contemporary, Alicia Kelly's "Roughly Right' brings a carpenter’s materials and an artist’s mentality together. Our review:

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Here's Your Guide To Tulsa Art In March - The Pickup This month's new shows offer photography, painting, weaving, immersive sound, and more

GO LOOK AT MORE ART! Okay, I'm done yelling. Here's your guide to all the best art happening in Tulsa this month:

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Genius, Madness, Greed, Arson: The Story Of Bruce Goff's Iconic Bavinger House - The Pickup Russell Cobb has the story of one of Goff’s finest creations, “one of the building marvels of our own postwar period.”

Genius, madness, greed, and arson: From historian Russ Cobb, this is the story of Bruce Goff’s iconic Bavinger House, “one of the building marvels of our own postwar period.” thepickup.com/continuous-p...

In Chicago, Bruce Goff Finally Gets His Due  - The Pickup The Art Institute’s “Bruce Goff: Material Worlds” shows Goff as he was meant to be shown

The Art Institute’s “Bruce Goff: Material Worlds” shows Tulsa's Goff as he was meant to be shown. Our review from Chicago: thepickup.com/in-chicago-b...

She Captured Frank Lloyd Wright And Bruce Goff's Attention. Why Do We Still Know So Little About Olinka Hrdy? - The Pickup A search for the enigmatic Oklahoma artist and her missing Riverside Studio murals

She captured Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff’s attention. Why do we still know so little about Olinka Hrdy? A search for the enigmatic Oklahoma artist and her missing Riverside Studio murals: thepickup.com/lost-olinka

At The Spotlight, The Rivalry Between OKC And Tulsa Is Made Musical  - The Pickup The historic venue hosted a night of rappers and DJs, put together by ThunderWof. and dj noname.

At Bruce Goff's Spotlight Theater, a night of rappers and DJs put together by ThunderWof. and dj noname. proved how much one can accomplish in a 20-minute set. Our review:

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Who wants to do something financially irresponsible for Goff Week? Let's buy a Bruce Goff original in Vinita for $475,000. thepickup.com/wanna-buy-a-...

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The Impossibly Strange Beauty Of Ghanaian Movie Posters  - The Pickup Mixed-Use Space Tulsa hosted Deadly Prey Gallery's surreal cinematic gold and Tulsans flocked to see it

Mixed-Use Space Tulsa hosted Deadly Prey Gallery's surreal cinematic gold from Ghana, and Tulsans flocked to see it. Our review: thepickup.com/the-impossib...

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,…

One of the great historians of the Tulsa Race Massacre has some lessons for this moment:

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This Greenwood Jazz Club Hosted Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Then It Disappeared. - The Pickup While it only operated for a few years in the 1940s, the Down Beat Ballroom was an important part of Tulsa's live music legacy.

This Greenwood jazz club hosted Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Then it disappeared. Remembering the Down Beat Ballroom, Tulsa’s long-forgotten jazz club: thepickup.com/this-greenwo...

First Charged, Last Freed - The Pickup J. B. Stradford was one of the most successful men in Greenwood. His commitment to his community and defense of his ventures led him to indictments for instigating a riot in the aftermath of 1921. It…

J. B. Stradford was one of the most successful men in Greenwood. His commitment to his community and defense of his ventures led him to indictments for instigating a riot in the aftermath of 1921. It would take years for his family to clear his name. thepickup.com/first-charge...

ThunderWof And His Horse Have Arrived Visiting the comedian at his family ranch ahead of his historic screening at Circle Cinema

ThunderWof and his horse have arrived. Ryan Anderson visited the comedian at his family ranch ahead of last year's historic screening at Circle Cinema: thepickup.com/thunderwof-a...

Theatre North’s “Nat Turner in Jerusalem” Is As Clear As A Flame - The Pickup Set on the last day of Nat Turner’s life, the 90-minute two-man play is a masterclass in effective cinematic direction

Black History Month may be coming to a close, but Black history is still being written, and this play is a chapter Tulsa needs to read, says Alicia Chesser of Theatre North's “Nat Turner in Jerusalem.” Read the review here: thepickup.com/theatre-nort...

The Impossibly Strange Beauty Of Ghanaian Movie Posters  - The Pickup Mixed-Use Space Tulsa hosted Deadly Prey Gallery's surreal cinematic gold and Tulsans flocked to see it

It's hard to describe the impossibly strange beauty of Ghanaian movie posters, with their phantasmagorically rendered tableaus and their hilariously gory absurdities. But Mitch Gilliam is going to do it anyway.

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The Best Tulsa Events: February 25 - March 3 - The Pickup AfroFest, new films, and concerts galore in our latest events roundup

Your weekend plans? They're right here. Click here for our list of the best events happening this week in Tulsa:

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The True Story of Tulsa’s Forgotten Antihero, Sadie James - The Pickup A century ago, everyone in Tulsa knew about Sadie James and her saloon, the Bucket of Blood. But where was it? And how did the child of an enslaved woman, raised in a Kansas brothel, become the most…

Sadie James was a local celebrity in the early 1900s, but much of what she said was deemed “unfit for print” in Tulsa newspapers. She sold bootlegged whiskey to oilmen. She exposed an elaborate fraud committed by a philanthropist. This is her true story. thepickup.com/the-true-sto...

Theatre North’s “Nat Turner in Jerusalem” Is As Clear As A Flame - The Pickup Set on the last day of Nat Turner’s life, the 90-minute two-man play is a masterclass in effective cinematic direction

Set on the last day of Nat Turner’s life, Theatre North’s “Nat Turner in Jerusalem” is a masterclass in effective cinematic direction. Read our review here: thepickup.com/theatre-nort...

The Oklahoma Survivors Act Passed Over A Year Ago. Why Has Only One Woman Gone Free? - The Pickup That and more in your run through the headlines

Passed in 2024, the Oklahoma Survivors Act was supposed to create sentencing relief for survivors of domestic violence. But the new law has run into a major roadblock: district attorneys’ offices across the state do not want to play ball.

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How Do You Review An Anniversary Concert For A 60-Year-Old Record? - The Pickup On the Bob Dylan Center and its celebration of ‘Blonde on Blonde.’

The Bob Dylan Center's sixtieth anniversary celebration of "Blonde on Blonde" took over Cain's Ballroom for a night of singular performances, deep cuts and star power: thepickup.com/how-do-you-r...

Swede Devotion - We May Not Get An IKEA But We Got This Dinner We got into the sold-out Tulsmå dinner series helmed by chef collective Et Al. in collaboration with the mysterious Tulsa Loves IKEA campaign.

"We may not get an IKEA, but at least we got this killer dinner," said Becky Carman in 2024.

Looking back at "Tulsmå," an IKEA-inspired Et Al. production which Carman called "as much immersive performance art as dinner." Read here: thepickup.com/food-tulsa-l...

My Brush With Immortality Involved A Small Mouse And A Lot of Borax - The Pickup Boxing squirrels, piles of guts and more about taxidermy than you ever stopped to consider

My obsession with taxidermy led me to a taxidermy class in Black Moth, the Mercury Lounge possum, and more: thepickup.com/my-brush-wit...

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