Arts & Culture
Every year, thousands of visitors make their way to the Portland Japanese Garden to take in the amazing sights. Though the sheer beauty of the gardens is an experience unto itself, few visitors come away with a comprehensive understanding of the Japanese connection to the natural world.
Check it: She describes herself as a “redheaded Barbie come to life.” She prefers vintage furs to fleece. She’s into one-of-a-kind statement jewelry and flashy rings. She paints her lips cherry red, loves old black – and – white films, and sips her black coffee with a straw. She’s not afraid to let you know what she thinks. She believes that green is the new black.
With school back in session, it’s best to look at the new school year as an opportunity to fill your brain with bountiful amounts of new information. A poorly nourished brain cannot absorb all this fresh knowledge. Do yourself the favor of eating a filling breakfast that will keep you alert and excited for class.
“How do we really put pressure on the rallying cry ‘never again’ so that it will mean something?” asked Marie Lo, director of the Portland Center for Public Humanities.
Homelessness is an ongoing and visible issue in Portland, and the youth are no exception. But Portland State’s master’s program in architecture is trying its hand at helping out.
“I’m a young 72,” said Lourdes Markley, a student at Portland State’s Senior Adult Learning Center, by way of introduction. Markley was taking a brief break during a practice for White Bird Dance’s performance of Sylvain Émard’s Le Grand Continental, which Markley and approximately 159 other nonprofessional community members will perform this Sunday at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Green Day is a band that spans generations. It’s no easy feat for a group to stay commercially viable as long as Green Day has. But about four albums ago, many listeners across these generations started thinking the same thing: “I can’t believe this band is still around.”
Charles Bernstein, the “postmodern jester of American poesy,” will bring his idiosyncratic and playful poetry to Portland State, with the help of the English department’s creative writing master’s program.
Dance companies around the world have been able to capture an audience’s attention in distinct ways.
Some use the strength of a dancer to captivate the eye; others use creativity and innovation to strike wonder in an audience’s mind; and some master the art of playing with the audience’s heartstrings, conveying the deepest emotions.
Some of the most unique and surprising art forms spring from nothing more than a group of committed citizens in search of creative expression. Taiko, the traditional Japanese musical performance featuring large drums, is one such art form.
“Tension and foreboding. Seediness, despair.” These are the attributes of classic film noir, according to Morgen Ruff of the Northwest Film Center, and they will be projected in all their 35mm-glory this weekend at the center’s celebration of noir, “Dangerous Desires: Noir Classics.”