Arvie Smith at the Portland Art Museum
byThe Portland Art Museum is a pretty cold place, with its staunchly white walls and an air conditioned breeze that seems to blow even…
Arts & Culture
Getting Ready for the Nintendo Switch
byAnnounced October 20 2016 with an expected March 2017 release, the Switch––a hybrid home and portable gaming console––is Nintendo’s seventh major video game console…
“Moonlight”: A Review
by“Who is you, Chiron?” Identity is perhaps the most crucial, and yet maddeningly elusive—even contradictory—parts of life. “Moonlight” is all about the challenges, changes,…
Magic and Creativity with Anthony Alvarado
byAnthony Alvarado is a Portland-based writer who teaches at Portland Community College, and he is also the author of a book called “DIY…
Camp Here Tonight: Recent Littman Gallery Piece Sheds Light on Houselessness
byWynde Dyer, a local artist and a Portland State University alumni returned to campus for the first time in eight years for an art…
“Denial”: A Review
byIn “Denial”, Deborah Libstadt must defend herself and the historical integrity of the Holocaust when holocaust denier David Irving sues her for libel. The…
Getting Mystical with Alan Moore’s “Jerusalem”
byAfter a decade in the making, Alan Moore’s highly anticipated novel “Jerusalem” has been released. It is an experimental pastiche, or imitation of different…
Pop Quiz: Understanding Andy
by“Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?” —Andy Warhol. The name Andy Warhol represents one of those iconic…
Under the Sun
byLoudspeakers call all citizens to attention, people flock to gather in an otherwise empty basketball court, and so begins a morning of requisite…
Bon Iver’s “22, A Million”
byThe concept of a lonely bearded man retreating into the Wisconsin wilderness to create a painfully vulnerable folk record seems like it was written…