As a student, few things are as frustrating as being in a hurry and having an assortment of assignment-related mishaps occur minutes before you have to dash to class. First, the…
Angels in the outfield
As I’m sure you’ve heard, it’s now 2015, and we all know what that means: God’s wrath. Well, not so much the wrath of God, but the weirdest consequence of a…
Hollywood Theatre presents Mid Century Oregon Genius
Hollywood Theater will host two evenings dedicated to the work of Oregon filmmakers Harry Smith and Homer Groening from Jan. 16–17 at 7 p.m. each night. The event is part…
Collins’ Murder of the Century is a bestseller
Professor Paul Collins’ seventh book, The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars, was released in 2012. Over winter break…
Horoscopes for the Week of Jan. 11
Capricorn December 22-January 19 Expand your horizons with a trip to the museum this week and feel your soul being moved! Aquarius January 20-February 18 Nine out of ten people are…
Load B’s Escape from Snortlandia gets real
As a city, Portland has all too frequently allowed its identity to be defined by recent transplants. It’s easy to write off Portlandia as a dumb sketch comedy show (for…
Faith in monochrome
Joshua Hale Fialkov’s ongoing series The Life After is largely a retelling of Christian mythology, in which the Christian God is an undulating blob of misplaced white limbs and eyeballs….
Practical advice for the impractical dresser
It’s no secret that Portlanders know how to dress for terrible weather conditions. We’ve got Patagonia and Pendleton to keep us from developing hypothermia, or at least what Portlanders believe…
Steers and jeers
Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 Full Metal Jacket is much more than just a war movie or an anti-war movie. Full Metal Jacket is a riveting, albeit disjointed at times, exploration of…
Shadow of Mordor: Batman with a sword
At first glance, I was a bit skeptical of Monolithic Productions’ Shadow of Mordor. Would it differentiate itself from other flashy action games and still manage to be fun? Could…
Horoscopes for the week of Jan. 10
Aries (March 21-April 19) In addition to your homework this week, be on the lookout for other ways to donate your time and talents. Someone needs you, and you’re the…