Arts & Culture
The Park Ave Trio will play Portland State’s Lincoln Recital Hall Thursday, Feb. 16.
Just another jazz show, you say? Wrong for two reasons. One: A Portland State professor will be on hand to tickle the ivories. Two: This professor happens to be a world-class jazz pianist.
When you celebrate Valentine’s Day, show your special someone you love him or her through the magic of delicious food.
When a multi-artist show titled Resolution(s) went up in Portland State’s Littman Gallery Thursday, Jan. 12, the show and its artists unintentionally triggered issues not uncommon in the art world: taboo subjects and the possibility of censorship.
Comedienne Tina Fey probably said it best in her 2011 autobiography, Bossypants: “To this day, all I know is there are between two and four openings down there and that the setup inside looks vaguely like the Texas Longhorns logo.”
What do the words “Happy New Year” mean to you? Not every culture rings in calendar change with “Auld Lang Syne,” champagne and resolutions.
On Saturday, Feb. 11, the Confucius Institute at Portland State, the Portland Chinese Times and the Portland Art and Cultural Center will present the 2012 Chinese New Year Culture Fair at the Oregon Convention Center.
Mania Akbar’s 2004 film, 20 Fingers, is obsessed with motion. In only 72 minutes, viewers are transported along with the main characters via car, boat, train, gondola-style ski lift, moped and yet another car, for good measure.
Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard want to make it clear that they tell stories not just for entertainment, but to foster deeper human connections as well. The goal of Portland Story Theater is, in Duddy’s words, to “give people an opportunity to break down barriers and be completely real with each other.”
It’s that time of year again. The Academy Award nominations have been announced, and the countdown to the 2012 Oscars, airing on ABC Sunday, Feb. 26, has begun.
It’s no secret that Portlanders have always been innovators. When you attend 5th Avenue Cinema’s rare screening of The Clay Baker, presented by the Oregon Cartoon Institute Sunday, Feb. 12, you’ll get an earful of history, entertainment and a swelling of pride for the city you call home.
The nominees have been named, and the red carpet has been unfurled. The Oscars are back, celebrating the 84th annual awards ceremony.
Most salads start with a bed of lettuce or spinach. Thrill your guests next time you’re dining on greens with this fennel salad recipe!