In 1986—the year Halley’s Comet was first observed by a spacecraft—a star was born: Intisar Abioto, whose photographs have garnered their own sphere of influence since the artist moved to…
Nostalgia in reverse
In late 2017, Pitchfork ran a prescient feature on the unlikely resurgence of rap rock—aptly titled, “The Unlikely Resurgence of Rap Rock.” The piece’s premise is that rap rock—historically one…
Trick-or-treating from the living room
Everyone is desperate for an ounce of happiness as a treat for getting through these past six months. Thankfully, the fall update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons is here. …
The show must go on
It’s no secret the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the live performing arts in Portland and beyond. So much print space has been dedicated to this topic that rattling on about…
Real change in a virtual space
The author is a member of the TEDxPortlandStateUniversity team. As we enter a mostly remote fall term, many of us are apart from the organizations, friends, clubs and classrooms…
Are we alive?
On the first Wednesday of the term—after a nasty debate and a long hot summer—what some of us needed was to just slow down and look. That’s what a group…
The most important part
The live music industry is changing forever, and Portland may have a front row seat. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unforeseen and unprecedented impact on show business—and chief among…
Still Mario after all these years
There’s a lot to both love and loathe about Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Nintendo’s new Mario compilation-cum-cash grab. The good: It gives you three of the greatest video games…
PEN15 and Ramy: simply great television
From the mid ‘00s to the early ‘10s, coming-of-age comedies starring white men or teenage boys targeted towards white men and teenage boys were a dime a dozen (and were…
The children’s musician for adults
Everyone has experienced a song perfectly capturing a mood and sustaining that feeling for its entire length. What’s rarer is an album that can perform the same trick, not only…
Celebrating your birthday during a pandemic
Alright folks, we’re almost six months into this pandemic. Along with the massive human toll and economic, political and emotional fallout this will cause, it also means almost half of…