Find it at 5th Ave. is a recurring column that reviews, previews and explores upcoming films at Portland State’s on-campus student theater, 5th Avenue Cinema. If you haven’t caught…
A love letter to Portland State’s on-campus skatepark
On the edge of Portland State University’s Northeast Campus, a local DIY skatepark is paving a way for community creative spaces. At the park dubbed The Courts, passersby can…
Frida Kahlo exhibit comes to Portland Art Museum
Even if you don’t know her name, you have likely seen Frida Kahlo’s face in many places. With her signature thick eyebrows, her red lips and hair pinned up with…
Bringing condors back from the brink of extinction, one egg at a time
Springtime for California Condors means egg season. For a mating pair of the enormous, vulture-like birds, this means picking out a nest site, laying a single, enormous egg and taking…
Bob’s Red Mill founder reflects on an active, well-lived life
Bob Moore has spent a long time figuring out who he is. “You don’t always know who you are,” Moore said, “until you’ve been who you are for a…
Chainsaw Girl embodies Portland’s DIY creative spirit
Portland’s do-it-yourself music scene has been part of what makes the city special for decades. Chainsaw Girl embodies this ethos perfectly. The group started when guitarists Manny and Kei met…
Not just for collectors: the surprising afterlife of typewriters in the 21st century
What kind of a person do you picture using a typewriter in the digital age? If you imagined hipster poets, novelists with day jobs or anyone who religiously collects vinyl,…
Another person’s treasure?
For the past five months, five Portland-area artists have sorted through mountains of discarded objects at the Metro Central Transfer Station (aka the “dump”), hand-selecting items to turn into the…
What does it mean to die well?
Ruth Jenkins would like you to think about death. Specifically, the Portland-based playwright and actor wants her audience to consider end-of-life care, along with the complex web of emotions, decisions…
Witness a fusion of theater and dance at Heart of Stone
When longtime friends and artists Olga Kravtsova and Alisher Khasanov decided to produce the theatrical dance performance that would become Heart of Stone, they knew they wanted to create something…
The Room
The Room is a 2003 cult classic film written, produced and directed by Tommy Wiseau that follows a successful banker named Johnny (Wiseau) after his fiancé Lisa (Juliette Danielle) cheats…