The lost dance

Oregon Ballet Theater evokes urban excitement, tells ghost stories

Lucas Threefoot started training at the Oregon Ballet Theater when he was four or five. He’s now a 23-year-old soloist with the company.

Capturing a civilization

This year’s Lorry I. Lokey Lecture to be delivered by editor-in-chief of groundbreaking encyclopedia

Gershon Hundert led an ambitious project, one that by all counts has been a resounding success. As editor-in-chief of the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Hundert helmed a team that set out to rigorously capture an entire ethnicity nearly destroyed by genocide and that threatened to disappear into the annals of history.

Red potato kielbasa

A warm and hearty home-cooked entrée

Perfect as a breakfast skillet or your main course at dinner, red potato kielbasa is a savory dish that will leave you satisfied.

Honoring an artist among us

A Q-and-A with PSU professor and Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award winner Pat Boas

Pat Boas, an assistant professor at Portland State, recently received the 21st annual Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award for excellence in the field of art. A public celebration honoring Boas will be held Wednesday, April 18, in the Gray Center Lounge of Kaul Auditorium at Reed College.

Architecture with a capital A

Innovative London architect Jeremy Till to give lecture at PSU

“The problem with architecture school is that people go in as humans and come out as architects,” said Jeremy Till, dean of the School of Architecture and the Built Environment of the University of Westminster, London, UK.

Muatasem Mishal stars as Daud (later “David”) who tests his faith as a Muslim by befriending Jews.

The pursuit of holiness

Film David offers a powerful glimpse into Muslim and Jewish lives

As human beings, we have the choice to spend our finite time on this earth as we so desire. For example, right now I could be sleeping, but instead have chosen to embark on yet another narrative journey in writing this article—in exchange for money to feed my junk food, clothing and buying-a-hedgehog funds.

The wise and the wisecracker Rabbi Abraham and his nameless talking cat go on a formative journey together.

Talkin’ cat tells it like it is

French animated feature The Rabbi’s Cat a vibrant film for intelligent adults

It may be an animated film about a French-speaking, wise-cracking cat, but Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar’s The Rabbi’s Cat (2011) is no kiddie cartoon.

Rochelle Kulei Nielsen plays a wall-mounted rawhide drum.

Rediscovering native roots

PSU’s Rochelle Kulei Nielsen to display Shoshone-inspired installation

Portland State Master of Fine Arts candidate Rochelle Kulei Nielsen’s studio is tucked into the heart of the university’s Art Building. The space is alive with the toil of aspiring graduate students. Nielson leads us into her corner studio, boasting artwork in a variety of media and styles, where she relates her journey as a contemporary Native American artist.

Fright night from left: Siumara Samayoa, Gabriela Dipascuale, Rosa Cristobal and Juan Antonio Martínez enact a dream sequence.

Alicia in Portlandia

PSU graduate brings the Mexican-American dream of college to life in play Jardin de Sueños

The curtain opens on a frustrated father, exhausted mother, prima-donna daughter and gangster son. Their faces obscured by classical masks, the ensemble looks, at first glance, like a caricature of a Mexican-American family.

Raising awareness from left: Permias PDX members Emily Jenkins, Melissa Timora and President Fraya Saquina talk culture and diversity.

Welcome,Permias PDX

Newly formed Indonesian Student Association brings attention to Southeast Asian culture

Last Thursday was a special day for the newly formed Portland State Indonesian Student Association, called Permias PDX, which held its first-ever community event on the second floor of Smith Memorial Student Union.