Arts & Culture

illustration by Greer Siegel of a person happily standing in front of their house in the animal crossing universe. The house is yellow and there is what appears to be a mail box.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review
Sell weird bugs to a raccoon to pay off your house debt

Dump Those Dumplings in My Mouth
Dumpling week is great, could be incredible with tiny tweaks

Mo Troper Delivers on New Album Natural Beauty

“Art for All” Museum’s Successful Opening

From Stan to Star: The Cancellation and Subsequent Redemption of Lil Nas X
Cancel culture prevents artists, like Lil Nas X, from growing past their youthful ignorance

PSU Artists of Color Collective
Artists on Campus

Frida Fest

The Complete Oral History Of The Time That The Beatles Died On Tokyo Disneyland Splash Mountain

The Lego Movie Has a Second Part?
A review by someone who hasn’t seen the first one

A Bee Or Not A Bee?
Bee populations are in decline; what do we really know?

December 7, 2020 December 7, 2020

A True Professional
Pete Krebs—one of Portland’s most iconic working musicians—talks about COVID-19, vocational challenges, and his first new album in nearly two decades

by Morgan Troper

Pete Krebs chose probably the worst time to release his first new album in 18 years. Not that he had any way of knowing…

June 22, 2020 June 24, 2020

Charli XCX – how i’m feeling now
how i’m feeling now captures the emotional instability of quarantine life

by McKinzie Smith

You might not feel that quarantine is the best time for an album full of bangers, but you’d be wrong. Charli XCX has made…

June 20, 2020 June 24, 2020

Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor
Paramore frontwoman’s first solo record brings comfort and catharsis

by McKinzie Smith

Paramore holds a special place for me. Being a pre-teen girl in the late aughts, Paramore was my ultimate wannabe-emo soundtrack. From rocking out…

June 19, 2020 June 22, 2020

The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form
In defense of a scattered record

by McKinzie Smith

Notes on a Conditional Form, the new record by British band The 1975, is long. It’s by far their longest album, with 22 songs…

June 9, 2020 June 9, 2020

Unions on the Silver Screen
How the media influences our perception of organized labor

by Nick Gatlin

In recent years and months, organized labor has moved to the forefront of our collective consciousness. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, essential workers…

June 9, 2020 June 9, 2020

Cultural Food Appropriation
Support Restaurants Operated by Minorities

by Andrew Porter

Lately, I’ve been really missing eating out around town. One of my favorite things about Portland is its diverse mix of cultural restaurants and…

June 8, 2020 June 8, 2020

Tiger King for a Day
Hypocrisy, complicity, and desperation

by Jake Johnson

Toward the end of March you could hardly go anywhere without encountering a Tiger King reference. Netflix benefited from an audience trapped in their…