Postcard From the Future: Remembering the Emerald City
In the warm summer months of the Pacific Northwest I will find myself sitting watching America’s pastime, in the city I call a second home, Seattle. I will make the four-hour trek north and...
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Postcard From the Future: Thailand’s Bua Tong Waterfall
By the spring of 2011, my family and I had been living in Chiang Mai, Thailand’s second-largest city, for about six months. I was there to set up field research for my dissertation. My...
Mexican Modernism: PDX Art Exhibit
The Portland Art Museum is having a special bilingual exhibition of artworks from the Mexican Modernism art period of the 1910’s to the 1920’s. The exhibit is named after Jacques and Natalia Gelman who...
Cruis’n Blast: Retro Review
After its release in arcades in 2017, “Cruis’n Blast” was ported to the Nintendo Switch in the fall of 2021. As the latest installment of the “Cruis’n” games, the game provides a fun experience...
5 Word Reviews
Pearls, Michael Cunningham; Illustrates love’s inevitable shelf life. Howl, Allen Ginsberg; Pages of sweaty, buzzy NYC. The Dutchman, Amiri Baraka; Loud and sinister and overwhelming.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” in Review
The movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was released this year on March 11. It was written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert who are both known for their mind-bogglingly eccentric shorts...
5 Word Reviews
A Worn Path, Eudora Welty; Route of hope, brambles, loss. Land of the Spotted Eagle, Luther Standing Bear; America’s under-the-rug history. Terrific Mother, Lorrie Moore; Heaviness written in lighter lilt.
A Drama to Challenge: Honoring Holocaust Survivors
The South Albany High School Advanced Acting class presents “And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank,” by James Still, this weekend. The play will be held at Elizabeth Bentley...
Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is the latest film in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, serving as a sequel to the first film in 2016. As a sequel to one...
