PSU theater department debuts Shakespeare’s Othello this weekend
“Give me the ocular proof!” Othello shouts, thus illuminating the tragic central element of Shakespeare’s classic play, opening this weekend at Portland State.
A life in pictures
Chinese-Canadian graphic novelist David H.T. Wong comes to PSU
By now it’s cliche to proclaim that “comics aren’t just for kids anymore.” Especially in a city like Portland, home to publishers like Dark Horse Comics, Oni Press and Top Shelf Productions, comic books have long since proven themselves above petty genre distinctions.
Art walk Northwest
A tour of First Thursday galleries and a look at new works
Dreary weather didn’t put a damper on last week’s First Thursday gallery walk in downtown Portland. Patrons crowded their way across the Pearl District and Old Town, filling out the breadth of galleries dotting the city’s heart.
SOAP opera
PSU’s lauded voice program throws free masquerade ball
The Student Opera Association of PSU started about 15 years ago, when funding for the university’s music program was cut, according to singer Emily Skeen. Formed by students and faculty from the ashes of the university opera, it was called Portland State Opera Theater.
One night only
Portland Opera whets appetite for upcoming fare withA Chorus Line
Lines of people wrapped around the block in front of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Sunday, Oct. 28, hoping to get tickets to a one-night exclusive showing of A Chorus Line, presented by U.S. Bank Broadway Across America.
The future of print
Master’s in Book Publishing and Ooligan Press get a new director
Per Henningsgaard’s resume is impressive. Originally from Minnesota, Henningsgaard graduated from Vassar College in upstate New York. He worked at Pearson imprint Longman in New York before going to Western Australia on a Fulbright grant to study print history and culture
Exposing Greek art
Professor to lecture on nudity and the Greek body
More than 219.4 million Americans watched one or more events in the 2012 Olympic Games, according to The Huffington Post.
A decade of loss
5th Avenue Cinema screens AIDS documentary We Were Here
What if nearly every single one of your friends were infected with a disease that doctors could barely begin to understand, let alone treat? What if, within months or even weeks, they suffered and died? What if this disease spread to friends of friends, cousins, coworkers, acquaintances, everyone you’ve ever dated or slept with and maybe even to you?
At Hoffman Hall
In front of Hoffman Hall | Photo by Danielle Derham
Greek culture for all
Students with families invited to explore Greek culture at Portland Art Museum
If you are a student who is also raising a child, you know how hard it is to find time to relax while juggling school, homework, a job and family time. It can make you crazy and leave you too exhausted to think about something as seemingly silly as actually enjoying yourself.
The art of ‘living sculpture’
Mark Vossbrink brings penjing to PSU
Penjing is “a living antique and a living art, a painting and a living sculpture,” Mark Vossbrink, a bonsai expert and member of the Bonsai International Club, said. “This is what I hope to portray when speaking at the university.”