Three women sat on platforms of various heights, breathing for a few moments, building suspense in the silence until six words filled Portland State’s Studio Theater in Lincoln Hall: Let…
Dr. Octagon is back
Rapper. Orthopedic surgeon. Gynecologist. Resident of planet Jupiter. 1990s rap and hip-hop fans know who this is without introduction. Dr. Octagon returned back to Earth’s musical orbit on April 6…
Events calendar: April 17–23
April 14–21 Design Design Week Portland All over Portland Prices vary, mostly all ages If you’ve ever wondered where the action is in the design community in Portland, it really…
Get ready for Portland’s Soul’d Out Festival
Portland’s annual Soul’d Out Music Festival is back this week with dozens of legendary performers include Erykah Badu, De La Soul, Wyclef Jean, and R+R = Now, aka Robert Glasper’s…
Electronic music is still music
“Well, that’s not real music,” my friend would say as he switched out of my deadmau5 playlist on Spotify to put on some classic rock. This seems to be the…
Woodwinds transform differences into beauty
It’s a little weird to group everyone in the Woodwind Area together for one recital, but that’s what the Portland State School of Music & Theater did at their noon…
Viking sports snapshot
Viking highlights for the week of April 2–8, 2018. Women’s Golf Monday and Tuesday, April 2–3 Portland State @ Wyoming Score: 10 out of 20 teams PSU placed 14th out…
‘Belladonna of Sadness’
Belladonna of Sadness, directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, is an erotic tale of violence and revenge set in medieval France and told through psychedelic animation. Based off the book Satanism and…
Chapo Trap House visits Portland
The leftist political comedy podcast Chapo Trap House made two appearances at Holocene on Sunday, April 1. Hosts Matt Christman, Felix Biederman, Virgil Texas, Amber A’Lee Frost and Will Menaker…
DJ Salinger: Spring, rain and poetry
DJ Salinger Weekly Playlist: April 9–16 It’s officially April, but it may as well be October all over again. If you don’t drown or freeze to death first, this playlist…
Events Calendar April 10-16
Tues., April 10 My Boyfriend is a Bear Art Exhibit Sequential Art Gallery + Studio, 2 p.m. 328 NW Broadway, Apt. 113 Portland Artist Cat Farris celebrates the release of…