Before sunrise and less than 24 hours before Village of Hope was forced to vacate, activists gathered at the houseless community Thursday, Feb. 1, to protest the camp’s impending eviction….
Keeping hope alive: The celebration
Village of Hope, Portland’s newest self-managed houseless community, opened and shut within five days this week. Nestled inside a thicket of trees and meandering trails along the Columbia River Slough…
Cannabis for connoisseurs
People can now add cannabis to their list of DIY artisanal projects. Grow Your Own: Understanding, Cultivating, and Enjoying Cannabis is a new book co-authored by Liz Crain among a team…
‘Chameleon Street,’ Fascinating, forgotten and (mostly) factual
Chameleon Street, the only film by writer-director Wendell B. Harris Jr. is, in some ways, a classic American narrative. A young man (Harris) is unsatisfied with his life and decides…
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Pillow fight!
On Jan. 19, the Siren Theater and Bad Reputation Productions presented “Pillow Fight: Cuddly yet hard-hitting improv comedy!” It would be difficult not to enjoy this particular combination of comedians:…
No justice without racial justice
Portland State alumna Walidah Imarisha spoke at “Living the Legacy: Afrofuturism and Possibilities for Oregon” Monday, Jan. 22. PSU’s Global Diversity and Inclusion department hosted the event as part of an annual Dr….
Transpose transforms choral norms
Transpose PDX put on Changes, a Concert Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, with its transgender and non-binary choir. The show also featured the acapella group Key of Q and the songwriting…
Remembering LeGuin
Grand Master of Science Fiction and Portland resident Ursula K. Le Guin passed away Monday, Jan. 22, at the age of 88. The news of Le Guin’s death came the…
‘La Noire de’ is a short and bitter upheaval of European cinema
Sometimes you don’t need your film to be two hours long to make an impact. La Noire de is a 50-minute condemnation of mid-century European attitudes toward Africans. The film…
St. Vincent’s Mississippi Studios pity party
North Portland’s Mississippi Studios and 94.7 FM announced on Twitter a free, all-ages show from alt-rock guitar player and singer-songwriter St. Vincent two hours before it began at noon Saturday,…