Walking into the opening night celebration of “No Human Involved: The 5th Annual Sex Workers’ Art Show” on the night of Nov. 8 felt a bit like entering an inversion…
PSU’s first on-campus art museum opens to the public, free of charge
Free of charge, backpacks allowed and talk as much as you want. Welcome to Portland State’s first on-campus museum—the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State. The museum opened…
Portland Book Festival’s unpublished authors
Workshops help local writers hone their craft The Portland Book Festival, held on Nov. 9, attracts upward of ten thousand visitors every year. Crowds pour into the Portland Art Museum,…
Events Calendar November 12–18
Tue, Nov. 12 Art Blue Sky: “Ahead” Blue Sky Gallery Noon–5 p.m. Free A new exhibition of work by six local photographers representing the future of Oregon photography. …
Portland theatre company produces a modern-day rendition of 2500-year-old Greek play
Director Samantha Van Der Merwe and her theater company produced a rendition of Euripides’ genre-defining tragedy Bakkai that captures the subversive nature of the original work without losing their modern…
On love, drugs and depression
Noah Gundersen’s latest album bears all Singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen’s latest album Lover captures the mood of a certain time—a journey into after-hours, dream-like spaces, exploring the uncertainties of loving and…
Events Calendar November 5–11
Tues, Nov. 5 Art “Sacred Spaces” by Bill Sharp Waterstone Gallery 7 p.m. Free The debut of a new series of paintings inspired by the poetry of Alan Ginsburg…
Garbage Day Presents: Andrew Gaines’ DEFINITIVE Halloween Horror Guide
The spookiest, sickest, stupidest offerings on streaming Halloween falls on October 31, but only if you’re lame. Real pros know that Halloween is a state of mind. Deep in a…
Kris Allen’s 10-year evolution
Kris Allen’s story isn’t one of a musician and his evolution into a singer-songwriter; he’d always been one. But rather it’s the growth into a songwriter he said he always…
Events Calendar Oct. 29–Nov. 4
Tue, Oct. 29 Art How to Draw a Ghost Outlet 5:30–8:30 p.m. $25 Talk, draw and write poems for or about ghosts. Music Natasha Bedingfield Revolution Hall 8 p.m….
Events Calendar Oct. 22–28
Tuesday, Oct. 22 Art “Exquisite Creatures” OMSI $15 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. See art and science come together through 3D displays of specimens from around the world. Music Wage War,…