Arts & Culture
Sometimes influential bands must be given a gestation period post-breakup so that their influence is given proper due. True innovators that transcend popular talking-point genres don’t ever get ripped off immediately. They are instead blatantly copied years later.
The Portland Art Museum is currently showcasing three large-scale sculptures by Bruce Nauman, on view through Sept. 16. This exhibition of Nauman’s work is the third in an ongoing series showcasing contemporary sculptors.
Those hip to the metal scene may still be green when it comes to Burning Love, but its members are anything but unfamiliar—if you’ve been paying attention, that is.
With graduation get-togethers galore, Portland is in need of some tasty party snacks! This fresh peachy drink is a prime palate cooler to help you cope with the summer heat. Serve it up with this crisp apple endive appetizer, and your guests will be set to party down! Both recipes are easy to whip up quickly, so you can spend less time cooking and more time celebrating.
Newsweek recently ran a gallery titled “The 13 most useless majors from philosophy to journalism.” Predictably, the arts fared badly. That’s OK, though, because Narrative Science is a company that has devised an artificial intelligence algorithm for computers to write news articles. (The lack of a byline suggests that the Newsweek piece was itself written by a computer.)
Although no audience participation is required, it will be tough to sit still while witnessing the energy on display in Professors Larry Kominz and Wynn Kiyama’s upcoming Japanese arts showcase, “Drama! Dance! Drums!”
“Opera is such a unique art,” said Christine Meadows, professor of music and opera director at Portland State. “It combines the visual arts, theater and music—that’s what I love about it.”
This Wednesday, the PSU opera program will present “Voce d’amore,” a special event on the Lincoln Hall main stage. There will be performances by students, alumni and faculty, accompanied by champagne and dessert. The event is a fundraiser and celebration of the 50-year-old PSU opera program.
If you haven’t given classical music a try, you have a rare opportunity to see Portland State’s orchestra students perform with a world renowned violinist.
PSU’s orchestral program will kick off a summer-long festival of chamber music performances, to be hosted by Portland-based Chamber Music Northwest. PSU Symphony Orchestra’s concert titled “Brahms and Beyond” will be held this Friday at Lincoln Performance Hall and will feature a guest performance by internationally acclaimed violinist and festival musician Jennifer Frautschi.
If you’re into old-school animation, the Northwest Film Center has a real treat in store. This weekend, Silvain Chomet’s 2003 surrealistic comedy The Triplets of Belleville will show alongside Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 fantasy My Neighbor Totoro.
Students in freshman inquiry courses at Portland State have the opportunity to design a variety of service-learning projects.
This week, students in professor Alma Trinidad’s Race and Social Justice Freshman Inquiry course host “Talent for Change,” a performance art event that provides a space for students to continue exploring how to respond to the social issues they’ve studied.
It may not be a polished Hollywood blockbuster, but Alex Ross Perry’s indie comedy The Color Wheel (2011) certainly provokes a visceral reaction.