Featured Event FILM Portland Horror Film Festival June 8–10 Hollywood Theatre $16–55, all ages Second annual mass screening of 40+ local and international horror films. Thursday, June 8 CABARET BOYeurism 7:30…
On-campus events: June 8–12
Featured Event DANCE Summer Splendors June 8–10 Lincoln Performance Hall $34–58, all ages NW Dance Project’s artistic director, Sarah Slipper, rejoins the acclaimed Chopin Project to interpret the master composer’s…
Communities of color question Trimet priorities
A Trimet Board of Directors meeting to approve its new $1.2 billion budget on May 24 attracted a crowd of activists condemning an $11.5 million line item to build a…
Alive from Libya, it’s Wednesday at noon!
The Portland State University Studies program hosted a talk given by one of its mentors, Mohanad Elshieky, on May 17 in Smith Memorial Student Union. The local comedian presented a…
Panel presentation will offer sex trafficking prevention tips to students
On Wednesday, May 31, 2017, the sex trafficking prevention nonprofit Nest will host a panel presentation for high school participants in Nest’s prevention curriculum pilot to discuss child sexual exploitation…
Resistance: an evening with Chris Hedges
Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, Princeton professor, and Presbyterian minister Chris Hedges spoke at Aladdin Theater on May 26. Advocating resistance against fascism, speaker Chris Hedges recounted the history of crippling…
On campus events: May 30–June 5
Featured Event THEATER Tower and The Puppeteer May 30–31, 7 p.m. Lincoln Performance Hall $8–20, all ages Two kabuki productions presented in English, featuring folk dance and drums. Tower is about goblin Princess Tomi…
Off-campus events: May 30–June 5
Featured Event PUNK ROCK Queer as in Fuck You Fest June 2–3 Black Water Bar $5–10, 21+ Over a dozen queercore musicians are spread out over two nights in celebration…
#Artists4BlackLives
Revolución Coffee House hosted Don’t Shoot Portland’s monthly “Second Saturday Social Justice” meeting led by Teressa Raiford on May 13. The small cafe on SW 6th created an intimate space…
On-campus events: May 23–29
Featured Event HIP-HOP The Break Friday, May 26, 4 p.m. Parkway North $5 (free w/PSU ID), all ages PSHA hosts this celebration of b-boy/b-girl culture, with a dance-off featuring a…
Annual Salmon Bake redebuts at PSU
The United Indian Students in Higher Education (UISHE) held its annual salmon bake on Friday, May 19, on the Portland State Park Blocks. The UISHE provided attendees with a meal…