Portland State’s student-operated Ooligan Press published Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships and Identity on Feb. 28. More than a year in the making, the anthology brings together…
Struggling with cultural immersion
“I call the police.” Those four words came at me from a man whose accent was so thick that he might have worked for the KGB at one point in…
White Bird to present ‘New Israeli Voices in Dance’
Portland State is rolling out the red carpet for promising, emerging choreographers in New Israeli Voices in Dance, a U.S. premiere performance at Lincoln Performance Hall from March 19–22. The…
Horoscopes for the week of March 8
Pisces February 20-March 19 Recycle cans, turn off the water while brushing your teeth and don’t waste battery power on your laptop. You can be a better human being this…
Psychic cat sees true colors, aided by sunglasses
This is my new favorite movie. My cat will never wear sunglasses again. Although enjoyable as purely a moralistic story, Vojtěch Jasný’s 1963 Czech new wave film, When the Cat…
I like it when you call me Brimp Papa
Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s Sex Criminals has finally come out with its second volume, aptly titled Two Worlds, One Cop, and it’s as perfect as the last one. Sex…
All juiced up with e-cigs
Remember those seven CEOs of big tobacco testifying before congress that, to the best of their knowledge, nicotine was not addictive? Well, they where lying. Three Portland State professors spoke…
Asian Studies institute unveils new series
Portland State’s Institute for Asian Studies will host a new quarterly series called Dialogs across Asia. The inaugural event will take place on March 11 at 6 p.m., and is…
School of Theater and Film presents The Importance of Being Earnest
As a writer, Oscar Wilde is remembered chiefly for the biting wit and cunning humor that he wove into his works. The School of Theater and Film’s presentation of The…
Ari Shaffir loves our weird ass city
Ari Shaffir is a stand-up comedian who splits his time between New York and Los Angeles. His latest special, Paid Regular, and his current storytelling series, This is Not Happening,…
Horoscopes for the week of March 1
Pisces February 20-March 19 You might not want to hear the answer to the question you’re inevitably going to ask, but you have to get through the challenges presented to…