Born Herman Poole Blount, Sun Ra, in all of his prolific and inspired thinking, was a man who explicated both mythicism and reality in every essence of his existence. The…
Events Calendar Dec. 4–10
Tuesday Dec. 4 Art “A Spiritual Guide to Brute Force” UPFOR Gallery 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Free This will be Ralph Pugay’s second show at UPFOR and will feature a series…
Events Calendar Nov. 20 through 26
Tuesday Nov. 20 Art “Factitious Matter” Eutectic Gallery 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Free Visit the Eutectic Gallery for a viewing of new sculptural works exploring overarching themes of banality and everyday…
Shadow of Demons: from Africa to Afru Gallery
In a nondescript industrial building in Buckman, demons, flesh-eating beasts and frightening human faces cover the walls, painted in vibrant colors on canvases made from jumbo flour sacks. These hand-painted…
A Mercurial muse
The emotional new biopic on the late Freddie Mercury (played by Rami Malek), Bohemian Rhapsody, is a little hard to pin down and isolate into simple categories, much like its…
Events Calendar Nov. 13–19
Tuesday Nov. 13 Art “Never Was A Thing” Elizabeth Leach Gallery 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Free Isaac Layman’s “photographic constructions” focuses on immediate environments and will be on display at the…
Events Calendar Nov 7–12
Wednesday Nov 7 Community Diane Williams Powell’s City of Books 7:30 p.m. Free Diane Williams is founder and editor of literary magazine, NOON, and Powell’s is celebrating her new book…
Events calendar Oct. 30-Nov. 5
Tuesday Oct. 30 Music Nnamdi Ogbonnaya Mississippi Studios 9 p.m. $10–12, 21+ Alternative hip-hop artist Nnamdi Ogbonnaya joins Sen Morimoto onstage at Mississippi Studios for a pre-Halloween evening of dancing…
Events Calendar Sept. 11-17
Tuesday 9/11 Politics Resist Trump Tuesday at Senator Wyden’s in Portland 911 NE 11th Ave. 11:30 a.m. It’s 9/11 and Sen. Wyden’s, D-Ore., office is located at 911 NE…
Events July 31-Aug 6
Tuesday 7/31 Art Diverse Voices of Vancouver B.C. Elizabeth Leach Gallery 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Free The Pearl District art gallery continues its exhibition of visual artists from the Pacific…
Portland art gallery under fire for violent Trump depiction
One Grand Gallery—a not-for-profit art gallery located on East Burnside in Portland—came under fire in the wake of an art exhibition, “Fuck You Mr. President.” The show featured contributions by…