Concert Etiquette Before we talk about Vérité or Betty Who, let’s take a refresher on concert etiquette. Dear Washington Squares and Lloyd Center frumpkins: When you get one of the…
A Seat at Solange & Big Freedia
Solange Is this the best we can do for Solange? I’m sitting in the eleventh row of the sold-out Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and Solange’s opening act, the all-white clad…
Magic in magical thinking: Vanessa Carlton at the Doug Fir Lounge
“Fake news exists in families,” Vanessa Carlton said during her sold out 2017 performance at the Doug Fir Lounge, generating laughter from the audience. Carlton was explaining the painting behind…
Xiu Xiu brings anxiety to the main stage
On a breezy Wednesday evening at 8:25 p.m., I found myself waiting outside Holocene for an evening with Xiu Xiu, Force Publique and Mattress. I’d never heard of the latter…
Arts & Culture 2016 year in review
If there’s something we all can agree on, it’s that 2016 was one hell of a tumultuous year. But all is not lost; apathy and cynicism might dull the pain,…
How to work for VICE
Scrolling through the VICE homepage, viewers will see a sundry of articles on topics ranging from opinions on Justin Bieber’s dreadlocks and breaking news in the Middle East, to acid…
Editor Pick of the Week: The Pope House
If you’re a frequent Northwest 21st goer, then give Silver Dollar and Blue Moon a rest and hop over a block to The Pope House Bourbon Lounge. Although they are…
Editor Pick of the Week: Deadpool
I absolutely love seeing Marvel/DC movies, my favorite is X-men or Batman. But I wasn’t too thrilled to see Deadpool. One, because it looked like too much of a corny…
Editor Pick of the Week: Fitbit
I gave myself an early birthday gift or a late Christmas gift or a New Year’s resolution gift—do I need an excuse to buy myself a present? This purchase, though,…
Editor pick of the Week: Where to study
It’s the worst time of the term: midterms. At least with finals, as soon as you finish you are on break! With midterms, you get to study all week and…
Editor Pick of the Week: ‘Broken’
This book was published in 2007, but I don’t believe that this real-life memoir was given the amount of attention that it deserved nine years ago. Broken, My Story of…