Azealia Banks is essentially the rap industry’s Courtney Love: too loud, too visible, too aggressive and too smart. Like Love, if Banks isn’t working with the right crew, the public…
In the eye of the Storm
Stripping in Oregon is a political act. To broadstroke, public nudity has led to the state having some of the freest forms of constitutionally protected expression in the United States….
Events Calendar May 29–June 4
Tuesday, May 29 FILM Deadpool 2 (2018) Multiple dates / times Cinema 21 $7–10, all ages The incredibly obscene anti-superhero Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) seeks allies to help protect a teen…
Kat Blaque’s keynote testimonial on self-actualization
Intellectuals are annoying. They’re convinced of their superiority, obsessed with academic form and constantly convincing you of their importance. Kat Blaque is not an intellectual. She knows who she is,…
Events Calendar May 1-7
FEATURED EVENT: VISUAL ART “Salt” Shaking the Tree Studio $30, all ages Shaking the Tree’s creative director Samantha Van Der Merwe curated nearly a dozen artists’ works inspired by Gandhi’s…
Events Calendar
FEATURED EVENT VISUAL ART “Salt” May 1–6 Shaking the Tree Studio $30, all ages Shaking the Tree’s creative director Samantha Van Der Merwe curated nearly a dozen artists’ works inspired…
Maarquii, Natasha Kmeto let loose at Holocene
Soul’d Out Music Festival seems well on its way to being a Portland tradition. Now in its second year, Soul’d Out attracts national-tier jazz, R&B, funk, and hip-hop music artists…
The timeless tastelessness of Female Trouble
“Who wants to die for art?” Dawn Davenport (Divine) screams before shooting a willful volunteer to death in a packed nightclub theater. She’s just strangled her own daughter to death,…
Gay strip club Silverado moving from downtown Portland
Silverado, the Pacific Northwest’s oldest male strip club, will vacate after ten years at its current downtown Portland location. According to a March 23 Facebook post, Silverado is seeking a…
Portland bar owner publishes employee data online
Editor’s note: The screenshot obtained by Portland State Vanguard was already edited by another Facebook user to hide the employee’s SSN and address, but has since been edited to obscure…
ariella tai’s ”hoe dor” curates Black aesthetic glitches
The opening reception of ariella tai’s “hoe dor,” an exhibition of glitch art inspired by Game of Thrones character Hodor (Kristian Nairn), took place on Friday, March 9 at Open…