Arts & Culture

Hummus Topped With Varenikis And Fried Onions

“Breaking Bread” in Haifa’s A-Sham Arab Food Festival
Chef Nof Atamna-Ismaeel’s A-Sham Arab Food Festival aims to foster cultural understanding in Israel

The 2021 Portland Book Festival
Highlight from This Year's Hybrid Book Festival

PSU Student Feature: Nikki James
Artistic Innovation in Our Midst

A laptop computer reading "VRChat" levitates above a grid.

Game Night at the Dysfunctional Family
A Writer's Dive into the VRChat Phenomenon

Socially Alive
How the COVID-19 Lockdowns Caused Us to Rethink Our Social Values

Same Old Story, Different Title
A Reflection on Christopher Marlowe’s "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus"

Death of the Damsel in Distress
Marion Ravenwood in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Jazzed to be Back
Portland State Jazz Singer Anna Meyer Returns to the Stage

The Opaque Places of Cinema
A Retrospective on the 66th Flaherty Film Seminar

Where Memes and Cinema Collide
A Retrospective Look at “The Cat in the Hat”

April 12, 2022<April 12, 2022

“Breaking Bread” in Haifa’s A-Sham Arab Food Festival
Chef Nof Atamna-Ismaeel’s A-Sham Arab Food Festival aims to foster cultural understanding in Israel

by Corry Hinckley

At the start of “Breaking Bread,” an award winning film making rounds at international film festivals, Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel describes her intersectional identities: “I…

Photo: A netsuke carving at the Portland Japanese Garden is on display under a small magnifying glass, bringing to life the fine details of the piece.

April 4, 2022<April 6, 2022

Fashion, Function, and Art: Netsuke Exhibition at the Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden hosts an exhibition of traditional netsuke carvings now through April 17

by Jeremiah Hayden

Photo: A netsuke carving at the Portland Japanese Garden is on display under a small magnifying glass, bringing to life the fine details…

March 19, 2022<March 19, 2022

Mega Fest
Rare space for local Portland hip hop artists held by Black Bulb Magazine

by Daniel Bloomfield

On Friday December 3 2021, Black Bulb Magazine held Mega Fest at Alberta Street Pub, which provided a rare space for local Portland hip…

March 19, 2022<March 19, 2022

PSU Student Feature: Claire Miles

by Cicely Blackwell

Claire Miles is the star of this month’s Portland State University student feature. Claire was raised in Portland, getting her start in photography here…

March 19, 2022<March 19, 2022

Batsquatch!
A Brief History of a Local Cryptid

by Jesse Ropers

For many years now Bigfoot has been a staple of Pacific Northwest iconography. His furry face can be found on everything from cheaply printed…

March 19, 2022<March 19, 2022

On Decapitated
The Perseverance of R*pe Culture in Rock and Metal

by Dan Chilton

Content Warning: This article includes details of sexual assault. In September of 2017, all four members of the Polish death metal outfit Decapitated (Michał…

January 24, 2022<January 24, 2022

The 2021 Portland Book Festival
Highlight from This Year's Hybrid Book Festival

by Jennifer Williams

The Portland Book Festival, presented by Literary Arts, is a coveted annual celebration of great literature, of storytelling, and of those who bring it…

January 23, 2022<January 23, 2022

PSU Student Feature: Nikki James
Artistic Innovation in Our Midst

by Cicely Blackwell

Nikki James is a student at Portland State University and an incredible artist. Their passions range from illustration to poetry to painting. They are…

December 11, 2021<December 11, 2021

Socially Alive
How the COVID-19 Lockdowns Caused Us to Rethink Our Social Values

by Jennifer Williams

Currently there are many literary retrospectives on what life was like for so many during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. As we all learned, there…