I’ve written about the wild world that was Hong Kong’s cinematic golden age before with my article on The Boxer’s Omen, but there’s just too much great stuff in there…
Events Calendar March 26–April 1
Tuesday, March 26 Art “Take Me to a Place I’ve Never Been Before” Multnomah Arts Center Mon–Fri: 9 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Sat & Sun: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., through April 2 Free…
Events Calendar March 19–25
Tuesday, March 19 Art Barbara Krueger Blue Sky Gallery Tue–Sun: Noon–5 p.m. through March 31 Free All you Supreme lovers out there can now see where the inspiration for the…
50 years to a Millennium
It was a rainy afternoon in 1969 when Music Millennium first opened its doors. Music Millennium celebrated its half-century at 3 p.m. on March 15—exactly 50 years after the store…
Garbage Day
About halfway through Kuei Chih-Hung’s 1983 fever dream The Boxer’s Omen, an evil wizard eats a bunch of animal guts, pukes them up, eats the gut-puke again then spits it…
Life Coming to Fruition
Portland Center Stage’s production of Tiny Beautiful Things, Nia Vardalos’ adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s book of the same name, opened March 1. The book, published a few months after the…
Events Calendar March 12–18
Tuesday, March 12 Art “Immerse” Stephanie Chefas Project Tue–Fri: Noon–6 p.m. through March 22 Free Yellena James uses multiple layers of resin to create grandiose pieces that channel “chimerical landscapes.”…
‘House of Price’ mini-festival reminds viewers true meaning of horror
Horror’s originators, as actors and directors, captured the core of conceptual fear in a simplistic, yet entirely unorthodox manner for the era. One of those pioneers was Vincent Price, the…
#DisarmPSU Film Festival addresses issues of violence and race
#DisarmPSU Film Festival, hosted by 5th the Portland State University Student Union, was a three-day long event of films, lectures and workshops that focused on the roots of resistance, especially…
Sex & Chocolate
Events Calendar March 5–March 11
Tuesday, March 5 Art “Forty by Forty: Paintings from Mother Winter” Powell’s City of Books (Downtown) 9 a.m.–11 p.m. through March 31 Free To celebrate the start of Women’s History…