Every year, PDX Pop Now! sets out upon Portland to bring us a three-day love fest of local artists. This year, wielding two stages at Rotture in Southeast Portland (formerly Meow Meow, formerly Loveland, formerly about a hundred other things), 48 local artists will perform to delight and entice anyone within a hundred mile radius who’s even marginally interested in pop music.
Portland State is planning the construction of a new building for the School of Business Administration in order to meet increasing demands for space. The new building will be located at the southwest corner of Market Street and Southwest Park, and is slated to cover the entire block. The space is currently home to the Harder House and the Extended Studies buildings, as well as a five-story student residence, the Parkway building.
The veritable cornucopia of Montreal, Quebec has been belching forth music at an alarming rate over the past decade, and of its various sonic offerings, Wolf Parade likely falls somewhere in the center of the quality scale. Wolf Parade formed in 2003, when Spencer Krug, also a member of various other Montreal projects, such as Frog Eyes, called up friend Dan Boeckner to start a new band for a show that was to take place in three weeks time. Together they pounded out a setlist and enlisted the drumming services of Arlen Thompson.
The State Board of Higher Education approved the Oregon University System’s proposed $1.1 billion operating and capital budget for 2009-11 last Friday, July 11. The budget calls for the state to increase funding to higher education by 27 percent.
Big Town Hero owner Galen Eggert had not raised his prices since he bought the Southwest Sixth Avenue establishment in May of 2005, but rising food costs forced Eggert to hike prices for the first time this past January. “We are looking at another price hike next January,” he said. Eggert is just one of several local business owners who have been forced to raise menu prices to combat increasing food costs.
Scattered on bulletin boards, tables and phone booths across campus are various fliers and postings for employment, one of which is for workforstudents.com, a flier advertising $12 to $16 per base/appointment. The flier promises students real work experience and the possibility for a highly sought after internship. Workforstudents.com is a Web site for Vector Marketing, the selling arm for CUTCO Cutlery, aimed at recruiting potential salespeople. The Web site has some brief informational pages giving background on the company, mostly boasting its successes.