Arts & Culture
This vibrant recipe mixes the delicious flavor of chickpea hummus with the bursting beautiful color of deep-red beets. Throw the two together and you’ve got one unique party dip that tastes as awesome as it looks. The rich beet flavor also adds a distinct earthiness to this traditional Middle Eastern dish.
The bonds of brotherhood, close and enduring, have shaped the destines of Hollywood filmmakers Mark and Jay Duplass.
When their latest directorial excursion, Paramount Pictures’ Jeff, Who Lives at Home, hits theaters Friday, March 16, the duo will explore this theme with actors Jason Segal and Ed Helms.
Join Portland State’s Music Department this Thursday for the final installment of winter term’s Performance Attendance Recital concert series. This week’s performance will be PSU’s own Chamber Choir.
It’s been over 60 years since an unidentified flying object supposedly crashed in a ranch in Roswell, N. M., but the hunt is still on. All across the globe, people are watching and listening for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Even as farmers ponder the implications of crop circles in the remote plains of the Midwest and Europe, scientists are examining the possibilities of microbial life on distant worlds.
“I got a buzz and it felt good, so I got drunk,” says Sharon, a Portland-area teen and recovering addict in one of the more matter-of-fact moments in Janet McIntyre’s 2011 documentary, Faded: Girls + Binge Drinking. “That was it.”
Portland Opera General Director Chris Mattaliano will be visiting PSU tomorrow to deliver a free lecture titled “The World of Professional Opera.”
From Miles Davis to Jimi Hendrix, Portland State’s Jazz Night, to be held Thursday, March 15, promises to appeal to many musical tastes and will showcase some new larger ensembles that depart from the usual musical conventions.
Chicken is the go-to lean protein that will help you meet your daily nutritional needs. Too bad it tastes a heck of a lot better when it’s been battered and deep-fried.
In a culture that often demands explicit definitions for what qualifies as “art,” open-ended creative expressions of the human experience can be a breath of fresh air.
Kong Qiu was a Chinese scholar and political figure who predated many of the famous philosophers of classical Greece, including those venerated patriarchs of ancient Western wisdom known as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. One of the transformational figures of ancient China, Kong Qiu’s teachings continue to shape Chinese culture and thought even today. In the West, however, he goes by a different name: Confucius.
Is art at its best when fashioned under heavy political and cultural constraints?
Richard Kraus, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Oregon, will address this popular question in his lecture “China’s Arts: From Mao to Now.” He will discuss the tight bond between current Chinese politics and its culture. The event will be held this Monday in the Smith Memorial Student Union.