How did average folks in the ancient world find a sense of community, and how would knowing about their day-to-day routines illuminate the connections between their lives and our own?
Bunuel’s caged bird sings
“In order to keep a woman honorable, you must break her leg and keep her at home,” says Fernando Rey’s dastardly pervert, Don Lope, early on in Luis Bunuel’s 1970 film, Tristana.
Beauty shop
Going to a movie in a theater is a lot like going to the barber or the hairdresser: You sit down in a chair, lean back and, for a predetermined amount of time, are captive to an artiste (or so you hope).
First Thursday outdoors
The sun’s return brought First Thursday back outdoors, and the Vanguard made sure to stop by the Pearl District to check out the monthly street gallery exhibitions.
Singing their way to Seghizzi
At “the concert…you will see 36 students pouring their hearts out onstage,” said Ethan Sperry, conductor of Portland State’s Chamber Choir. Sperry and the choir have been accepted to compete in an international competition in Italy this summer: The Seghizzi International Competition for Choral Singing is one of the oldest and largest choir competitions in the world.
Defending an Egyptian god
Next Monday, Portland will host a respected voice in the field of ancient Egyptian study: Dr. Eugene Cruz-Uribe, professor of global history and world civilizations at California State University, Monterey Bay, will come to campus to deliver his lecture, “Seth: Ancient Egypt’s Evil God of Power and Might.”
Horror in the heart of Portland
A long line stretched out from the Hollywood Theatre beneath the slowly setting sun. Men and women stood outside, waiting for the doors to open. One man wore a woolen squid head hat, another had his face painted like Frankenstein’s monster.
This is the sound of ‘Settling’
Since the early ’90s, Oregon’s immigrant population has increased drastically: Today, about 28 percent of the state’s population is foreign-born. These immigrants from far-flung countries come to the Northwest to try and start new lives—to try and settle in.
This ain’t your mama’s Police
Our country’s noise scene is dying. And before you rush to your computer to email me about how you or your friend are currently in between two and seven noise projects, allow me to offer a preemptive shushing: I’m talking about noise acts that take their shows on the road, where they play for actual people who pay money to see them.
Kingdom in the desert
There’s a marked difference between films about the Gulf War and films about the Iraq War that is obvious and fascinating at the same time. The Gulf War was the first war in which the media were directly involved, and there’s a perception that the military presence was almost a performance.
Koreana: the ideal image and its controversy
From 1910 to 1945, Japan ruled Korea, its colony. During this time Japan created an idealized outward image of Korea—known as Koreana—by using various mediums for promotion. Koreana refers to the ideal image of Korea—a mythological representation and fantasy version of Korea at odds with what the country is really like.