Arts & Culture

Portland has a reputation for being a socially progressive city, yet this reputation goes hand-in-hand with a marked history of institutionalized racism. Certain neighborhoods still remain highly racially segregated, and the Albina district in North and Northeast Portland is a shining example of these residual tensions.

Musical performances on our university campus are a common and welcome occurrence. On Thursday, March 1, the Performance Attendance Recital Series continues with a concert featuring Trio Spektrum in Lincoln Hall.

World-renowned Romanian poet Liliana Ursu will be visiting Portland State tomorrow evening joined by her colleague and translator, Washington native Tess Gallagher. Ursu will give a reading of her poetry, both in English and in its native Romanian.

Make this fine pineapple pork-fried recipe your tangy and delicious dinner tonight!

For the past three months, the second floor of Portland State’s Broadway Housing Building has been a preparation site for a group of student volunteers.

Some dance in front of tall windows, refining their choreographed movements with tenacity and concentration. Others sit behind 10-gallon buckets, rhythmically beating them with drumsticks. Some work independently on skits and runway walking.

Eleanora Derenkowsky emigrated with her family from Kiev in 1917, the year that saw the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II from Russia’s throne, the institution of a provisional government and, ultimately, the formalization of the Bolshevik government. Derenkowsky died of a brain hemorrhage due to extreme malnutrition in 1961 as “Maya Deren,” modern dancer, pioneering avant-garde filmmaker, author, early film advocate and Haitian Voudon expert.

The music of Ludwig Van Beethoven is “a force of nature,” according to Portland State Symphony Orchestra conductor Ken Selden.

Choral director Ethan Sperry calls the composer’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor “one of the most important pieces of music that’s ever been written,” adding that “it’s not something that would normally be handled by students.”

“His experience is wholly unique: His father was a pioneer of Modern Art in Iraq,” said Tam Rankin, program manager of the Portland State Middle East Studies Center, about Iraqi visiting artist and scholar Salam Atta Sabri.

This baked apple crisp is a sweet treat with a warm luscious filling that makes for the perfect winter dessert. It requires little assembly and has a flakey, crisp texture akin to apple pie. Serve it hot with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. And be sure to refrigerate your leftovers because this recipe also makes for a tasty chilled breakfast.