“Thank you for supporting the arts” is Portland-based stripper Viva Las Vegas’ signature phrase when collecting patrons’ cash after her performances at Mary’s Club. It’s also the title of a…
PSU’s baroque pearl
Contemporary classical guitar music mainly exists at the intersection of three musical traditions: Baroque lute music, Spanish guitar music, and the contemporary tradition which fuses modernist classical trends with diverse…
Power on
Spring is underway, midterms are around the corner, Trump is still president, and people are protesting in honor of International Workers’ Day. The urge to relapse into a spell of…
Noon Concert Series
The Portland State Noon Concert series is a weekly opportunity to experience the sounds of the PSU School of Music. The concerts take place in Lincoln Recital Hall, room 75…
From dust to dust: Burning Man founder dies in San Francisco
Burning Man founder, former Portland State student and Oregon native Larry Harvey died at 70 on Saturday, April 28. Harvey suffered a serious stroke on April 4 in his San…
Events Calendar May 1-7
FEATURED EVENT: VISUAL ART “Salt” Shaking the Tree Studio $30, all ages Shaking the Tree’s creative director Samantha Van Der Merwe curated nearly a dozen artists’ works inspired by Gandhi’s…
Jane Campion’s weekend double feature
Prolific director and screenwriter Jane Campion is getting the double feature treatment at the 5th Avenue Cinema this week. On the docket is her debut feature film Sweetie (1989) and…
Viking Snapshot April 8-29
Softball: Tuesday, April 17 Portland State at Oregon State Score: 0-8 (L) Haley Schimmel closed out game one with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Schimmel also threw her first complete game….
Sing to the moon and the stars will sing
The April 26 noon concert in Lincoln Recital Hall was ostensibly a Jazz Area concert, but since jazz is as broad a term as classical, we were treated to a…
Art & Fashion at MK
Portland State students from Alison Heryer’s textile construction course held the group show “Fabric & Form” at the MK Gallery in PSU’s Art Building on April 18. The two-hour reception…
The cure for heartache
Los Angeles neo-soul-jazz trio, Moonchild performed Thursday, April 19 at the Star Theater with Momo Pixel as one of many performances comprising Portland’s annual Soul’d Out Music Festival. There’s no…