Indigenous Peoples’ Day—celebrated on Oct. 9—is “a day to celebrate who Indigenous people are,” said artist and business-owner Rebecca Kirk (Klamath and Leech Lake Ojibwe). “There was a time when…
Community & Wellness Resources
Happening Soon Children’s Costume Swap SMSU 333 Oct. 19, 11 a.m. Free The Resource Center for Students with Children invites the PSU community to a children’s Halloween costume swap. Snacks,…
Artist Spotlight: Adalia Rios
Portland State senior Adalia Rios is a BFA student who specializes in oil painting. Her art blurs the boundaries between horror and fantasy, giving life to otherworldly creatures with a…
Community & Wellness Resources
Happening Soon ASL Club SMSU 258 Oct. 12, 3 p.m. Free for students ASL learners of all levels are invited—from beginners to fluent signers—to come together in person and…
Hung Liu’s art transcends citizenship with humanity
Portland is home to a robust and diverse community of artists and creatives. You will not have to travel far from Portland State to experience it. Right on campus—inside Fariborz…
Holding Fire at Well Well Projects
An unexpected collection of objects welcomes visitors into a brightly lit gallery room through the streetside windows of Well Well Projects in North Portland. A wooden dining room table…
Artist Spotlight: Forest Wolf Kell
When Portland-based artist Forest Wolf Kell was asked what inspired his work, he answered everything. “It’s hard to explain because I don’t know if inspired is the right word,”…
Profit over people
American cultural and political hegemony is part and parcel of a nation founded on imperial colonization, a foundation upon which it has never stopped expanding. From Operation Condor to the…
Learning from history’s mistakes
The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) reopened this summer after a four-month period of renovation. Alongside three core exhibitions which focus on Oregon’s Jewish community and…
Can we engage in Shakespeare ethically?
This summer, 11 Portland parks have transformed grassy lawns into theater stages for the fifteenth season of the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival (OPS Fest). OPS Fest prides itself on…
2023 Festa Italiana
One hundred years ago in southwest Portland, what is now Portland State, high-rise apartments and hotels was a thriving Italian-Jewish community. The area between Clay Street, the Portland city dump—now…