Daily Vanguard, Portland State University, OR
11 hours ago by Richard D. Oxley
Every year, PDX Pop Now! sets out upon Portland to bring us a three-day love fest of local artists.
This year, wielding two stages at Rotture in Southeast Portland (formerly Meow Meow, formerly Loveland, formerly about a hundred other things), 48 local artists will perform to delight and entice anyone within a hundred mile radius who's even marginally interested in pop music.
Daily Vanguard, Portland State University, OR
20 hours ago by Stover E. Harger III
It's been building up to this all summer.
After numerous seasonal blockbuster disappointments (I'm looking at you, Indiana Jones) and a few decent superhero adventures, this flashy but often predictable movie season has been awaiting a film that would live up to its hype and please audiences and critics alike with intelligence, thrills and an emotional resonance that would stick with theater-goers long after the credits roll.
Seattle University Spectator, Seattle University, WA
2 days ago by Matthew Martell
Though it may never again reach the point it was at during its heyday with bands like Nirvana and Screaming Trees swarming the community, Seattle's music scene is anything but dead.
Daily Vanguard, Portland State University, OR
6 days ago by Sarah Hutchins
If drug addiction and violent team sports are your two foremost interests then Hero of the Underground is going to be your Great Gatsby.
Ex-NFL player Jason Peter, with the help of Tony O'Neill, who has previously written fictionalized accounts of his own days as an addict, chronicles his climb to success that crumbled into despair and depression.