Ooligan Press hosted the winter installment of its ongoing lecture series, Transmit Culture, on the evening of Feb. 19. Panelists were brought together to discuss “The Changing Landscape of Bookselling.”…
Portland author profile: Jason Rizos doesn’t hate Wal-Mart
Jason Rizos invited me up to his house in North Portland, where he writes and lives with his wife and two dogs—whippets, like small greyhounds—to talk about publishing his book…
Lyric Rosemarie Beck exhibit to span three locations
Although the room echoes with band practice and the applause from recitals ending, students are not just moving from class to class in the Broadway Lobby Gallery. They are also…
Superhighway & Fringe Class to play Parkway North
KPSU and Portland State Professional Sound will host Portland indie-pop group Superhighway and electro-dance band Fringe Class at Parkway North on Feb. 28. The concert will be held on the…
Horoscopes for the week of Feb. 22
Pisces February 20-March 19 Fortune is going to smile on you this week as the voice of reason among your friends. Not only will they listen, but they’ll be better…
Riddles, treats, colorful lanterns ring in Chinese New Year
Portland State’s Confucius Institute will host a Chinese Lantern Festival on Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The event is free to students and the public. The Chinese Lantern Festival is…
Hollywood Theatre’s odyssey to 70mm at an end
The Hollywood Theatre will debut its 70mm projection capabilities with a screening of Stanley Kubrick’s infamous 2001: A Space Odyssey on March 2. The 70 mm format reached its peak…
Get yourself right: Hot tips to health-up your sick self
The Center for Disease Control charts Oregon’s flu season as currently widespread. This means the illness has spread throughout the region, not just small areas, and that it has spread…
Godhood and power ballads
Kieron Gillen, writer of the Iron Man series “Believe,” is even better when writing original fiction. The Wicked + The Divine is our world, but one in which every 90…
Examining images of disaster and war in anime
Dr. Hikari Hori, assistant professor of Japanese film and visual culture at Columbia University in New York, made the transcontinental journey to lecture at Portland State on Feb. 12 about…
Crouching tiger, hidden feminist
The otherworldly Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is more than just an action movie that defies gravity. It is also a multilayered narrative that explores the conflicts between duty and desire,…