Third Angle Preview

A brief look on the Third Angle ensemble performing “Anthrophony”. Anthrophony was written by Portland based composer Justin Ralls.

PSU Vanguard Night Out Guide Classy Drinks

PSU Vanguard presents the Night Out Guide Classy Drinks video. Leif Fuller and Emily Scott prepare the Martini and Gin & Tonic. Photography by Karl Kuchs and Jann Messer. Narrated, produced and scored by Jann Messer. To accompany “Getting the Good Stuff” by Randall Theil in the 2012 Vanguard Night Out Guide.

Protesters bearing the largest signs were often spotted at the forefront of the march.

A March Against Economic and Social Inequality

On January 28th, hundreds of protesters marched up and down Portland city streets in what turned out to be one of the largest of the more recent Occupy marches. Though their signs addressed a great many things, protesters stood together in solidarity beneath the towering skyscrapers of Portland’s banks. Following them closely were groups of police officers, some of whom blocked off streets and redirected traffic as the protesters made their way to the waterfront.

Kelsey Preslar plays one of the six “Thunder Sheets” present for the piece.

The Beat of a Different, well, instrument.

On Tuesday I had the pleasure to attend the rehearsal of the PSU Percussion Ensemble, directed by Jeffrey Peyton, as they practiced their piece, originally by John Cage, entitled “First Construction in Metal.”

Tiffany Dollar, legislative affairs director of ASPSU, leads crowd in protest chants.

Education VS. Incarceration

Last Tuesday approximately 250 people from various Portland universities and community colleges congregated in the South Park Blocks for the “Pep Rally” protest against the anual higher education tuition hikes.