Representation of West Africa within the contemporary Western world is hardly present, and what little exists is highly skewed. To this end, a celebrated professor of photography at Santa Clara…
Events Calendar November 30–December 6, 2022
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, Nov. 30 Story and Art for LittlesAwake & Coffee Art10 a.m.$5Crafts vary from clay bowls and fairy wands to lanterns and water colored creations Instrumental…
Wild Arts Festival returns to Portland State University
In this modern age, it seems we are moving farther away from our natural roots. With countless corporations disregarding their adverse impacts on the environment and most people spending more…
Events – November 23-26, 2022
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, Nov. 23 Mt. Hood Bottle & Bottega 11 a.m. $42 Learn to paint Mt. Hood with instruction from an artist, while drinking mimosas Sol…
Find it at 5th: The Traveler
This week at Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinema—Portland’s only student-run theater—our film curators have chosen to project an Iranian film, The Traveler. This 1974 film is Abbas Kiarostami’s first…
Find it at 5th: Mysterious Object at Noon
This week at Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinema—Portland’s only student-run theater—our film curators have chosen to screen an experimental documentary by Apichatpong Weerasethakul titled Mysterious Object at Noon. The…
Wyrd War gallery presents the marginalized art of William Mortensen
Both consciously and subconsciously, humans tend to shy away from the unknown. To address our discomfort at its existence, we often arbitrarily assign meaning and ignore the things that continually…
The Haus of Luna returns better than ever
Imagine a house straight out of a dreamscape. It’s seemingly commonplace and yet vaguely uncanny. The clocks are indiscernible, the mirrors are windows and familiar photographs appear distorted. The closer…
Find it at 5th: Decasia
This week at Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinema—Portland’s only student-run theater—our film curators have chosen to screen an experimental film titled Decasia. The 2002 movie is a combination of…
The BookFest and Beyond
Last year, Literary Arts welcomed over 3,000 people to its annual Portland BookFest (PFB). With events split between virtual panels and live discussions, the local nonprofit found its footing in…
Die Plage Mural by Harley Gaber. Courtesy of Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Harley Gaber’s Die Plage showcases for the first time in 20 years
Post-World War II, the United States has made a point to educate its citizenry about the egregious violence that was the Holocaust. First-hand accounts of Nazi brutality appear in the…