Thousands of costumed, wide-eyed and excited fans and celebrities will fill the Oregon Convention Center from Jan. 23—25 for the third annual Portland Comic Con, hosted by Wizard World. Comic…
East Asian Studies series examines Chinese Uyghur culture
Dr. Tugrul Keskin, assistant professor of International and Middle East Studies at Portland State, spoke on the politics, history and culture of the Uyghur in Xinjiang, China, on Saturday, Jan….
QRC to screen documentary on overlooked civil rights activist
The Queer Resource Center will screen the film Brother Outsider: the Life of Bayard Rustin in the Smith Memorial Student Union, room 458 on Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. The…
The case of the Rogue Hall Kobe Beef Burger
Let’s be honest: The on-campus drinking options leave a lot to be desired. There are the upscale joints that have a distinct airport bar quality, and the cheaper options that…
De-clutter your desk
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….