Arts & Culture

In the second week of the Northwest Film Center’s “The Lyrical Space of Claire Denis” film series, audiences will have a chance to see where the filmmaker ended up 25 years after her debut feature film.

The original Robot Unicorn Attack, released in 2010 as a flash game and later ported to mobile platforms, became an immediate smash hit by virtue of its eccentric aesthetic, falling somewhere between childlike wonderment and the Lisa Frank layer of hell.

Portland State radio station KPSU is at the tail end of its quest to bring an FM signal to campus with the end of its three-week fundraiser, Radio Revival.

Sloppy Joes are a cornerstone food of school cafeterias around the world. Originally invented to help bulk up smaller rations of protein, Joes continue to be a fond memory from the schoolyard days. This recipe is a fresh new take on the classic meal.

With graduation—or at least finals—looming, it’s easy to get so buried in our studies that we forget how enjoyable and integral it is to our sense of community to commemorate one another for all the hard work we do.

Last week, Portland State’s Master of Fine Arts candidates opened their final show of the year, complete with a pair of artist lectures and receptions. But not to worry: Viewers will have the rest of the week to take a peek at the closing thesis exhibitions.

“I wouldn’t want to live in a world without art and music,” said Portland State professor and filmmaker Dustin Morrow, whose feature-length musical Everything Went Down screens this evening at the Northwest Film Center.

I have to admit I was initially a little skeptical of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s 2010 film Biutiful just because of all the whispering. The film has tons of it, starting with the opening scene, which turns out to be a transcendent framing device for the story of psychic hustler and single dad Uxbal and his quest to save his two young children, Ana and Mateo, before he dies of cancer.

It’s happened to everybody: Someone well versed in current trends and music inevitably asks if you’ve heard a particular song, and by all means you should have. However, this one song managed to slip through the cracks, and you’re left questioning your musical omniscience.

Fittingly for the Season of Firsts, this will be the first time that either of these pieces have been performed by the symphony. In addition, Edwards will make his first appearance as conductor emeritus and principal guest conductor.

It’s the peak of an abnormal streak of spring sun, and the Park Blocks are bustling with Portlanders excitedly coming out of hibernation. Portland State alumna and author Chelsea Pitcher has a book for lovers of young adult fiction to read as they soak up the sun.