Arts & Culture
Paris in the late 1940s: The beautiful and the brilliant gather for a party at the home of a fashionably elegant albeit “kept” woman. As the story unfolds, the audience is swept away to the cafes, salons and other locales of the postwar Parisian smart set.
For students at Portland State and across the country, social sustainability is an increasingly important part of maintaining a dynamic campus environment—especially at a campus as urban and integrated with its surrounding city as PSU.
College students don’t get nearly enough vegetables in their diets. When we’re cruising for quick-fix lunches we often fall for carb-heavy meals that make nap-time sound irresistible during class. Pre-make this crisp and vitamin-rich salad to give yourself an energy boost.
From the Masons to the Knights Templar, conspiracy theories about secret societies and shadow governments have existed for hundreds of years. The idea that a powerful cabal of unknowns is manipulating the world at large is at once fascinating and terrifying, alluring and oppressive.
Following a band’s catalog from day one is a challenging but mostly rewarding task. Of course, undertaking the task usually requires that you actually like the band. In the case of Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, the experience is as enriching as any.
History is a treasure trove of stories more amazing than any fiction writer could invent. Two of the three films featured in this weekend’s French Film Festival—in its second weekend at PSU’s 5th Avenue Cinema—deal with historical events I’d never heard of and made me think about how films portray history in general.
Earth Day is right around the corner, and Portland State wouldn’t be doing its job if there weren’t at least one event dedicated to eco-awareness. Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science fits the bill.
“How do you bring architecture to a new generation?” asked Nora Wendl, assistant professor of architecture at Portland State. “How do you use everything in the toolbox to engage them?” These were questions Wendl was thinking about when she began development for the School of Architecture’s upcoming architectural symposium, “Strange Utility: Architecture Toward Other Ends.”
A good old-fashioned tour can be a grueling expedition, but performing on both sides of the U.S. on the same day bears its own unique stresses. Nicole Cooper, a Portland State alumna who performs under her surname, Cooper, is to perform in Nashville, Tenn., at 11:30 a.m. this Saturday, on Record Store Day. Later that evening, Cooper will also perform at 8:30 p.m. at Music Millennium here in Portland.
If you keep up on the news, you’ve likely seen a proliferation of articles about the Steubenville rape trials and the swell of political organizing against sexual violence in India recently.
Are our perceptions of other countries and their ways of life accurate? Let’s hope so: The interaction between members of different cultures has become an increasingly relevant dialogue in our globalized times.