Northwest Film Center to screen black-and-white ‘objectionable comedy’
It may not be a polished Hollywood blockbuster, but Alex Ross Perry’s indie comedy The Color Wheel (2011) certainly provokes a visceral reaction.
Home and hearth: An artist’s perspective
Internationally renowned artist Olaf Breuning to visit PSU, present newest film
Portland State’s Master of Fine Arts program has a real treat in store for its Visiting Artist Lecture Series this week: Internationally renowned artist Olaf Breuning will pay the university a rare visit and premiere his latest film, Home 3.
China’s Communist Revolution remembered
PSU Confucius Institute, Institute for Asian Studies to screen The Founding of a Republic
Mao Zedong remains one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century.
While his leadership unified China under Communist rule with the defeat of the Nationalist armies of Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, Mao is also remembered in the West as a man whose harsh rule killed millions upon millions of people.
Fens and farewells
PSU theater students perform Caryl Churchill’s Fen as year’s final production
For many of the students in Portland State’s Department of Theatre and Film, this week’s performance of Caryl Churchill’s Fen will be their final time onstage together. Though they are bracing for an emotional conclusion, the cast expects a production that will be a fitting farewell to their college experience.
Art escapes the museum
PSU’s art and social practice MFA program to host weekend-long art conference
Socially engaged art will hit Portland State in full force this weekend during the 2012 Open Engagement conference.
G.I. Janes
PSU veterans groups to show Lioness, a documentary about female soldiers in Iraq
They were the first female fighting force to serve in direct combat for the U.S. military: Team Lioness, a support unit stationed in Iraq. Their contributions to the war effort have been all but anonymous. Until now.
Japanese dance embodies local lives
Documentary The Local Culture Project captures Portland dance group’s art and life explorations
On the outskirts of North Portland, the Headwaters Theatre stands tucked against a stretch of rail yard on the edge of the Piedmont District. Here, the theater’s founder, Mizu Desierto, often plays host to contemporary art and dance originating locally and abroad.
Tomb raider
Egyptologist Nigel Strudwick to lecture at PSU about 20-year excavation
From the architectural marvels like the Great Sphinx and the pyramids to the ancient tomb of the child-king Tutankhamen, ancient Egypt has long captured the world’s imagination.
Native soldier, legal scholar
Attorney and Native American rights advocate Walter Echo-Hawk to speak at PSU
Walter Echo-Hawk views himself as a foot soldier in the advocacy movement for the indigenous rights of Native Americans. His weapon of choice: the law.
The health of nations
PSU student featured in film, panel discussion on Canada’s single-payer healthcare system
Never mind the Affordable Healthcare Act of 2009: There are still many people out there advocating for a universal, single-payer healthcare system.
Magic and mayhem
Spectacular entertainment from final installment in PSU’s Korean Film Festival
Gods and goblins and fireball-hurlin’ wizards…need I say more?
Jeon Woo Chi: The Taoist Wizard (2009) features all of this good stuff, and Portland State students will have an opportunity to enjoy it on the big screen.