PORTLAND STATE VANGUARD
VOLUME 72 • ISSUE 1 • JUNE 27, 2017
PRIDE BY PDX SPECTRUM OF PERSPECTIVES FROM 2017
NEWS: TONIGHT WE DINE IN CHARTWELLS! P. 3 INTERNATIONAL: ROYAL DECREE SHAKES UP SAUDI LINE OF SUCCESSION P. 7
ARTS & CULTURE: CHEERS & JEERS WITH COREY FELDMAN P. 10 OPINION: TRUMPED UP SEX ED P. 13
THE VANGUARD THANKS ANN ROMAN FOR HER 16 YEARS OF DEDICATION TO STUDENT MEDIA ADVERTISING. HAPPY RETIREMENT. WE’LL MISS YOU, ANN!
COURTESY OF JOE HERNANDEZ
CONTENTS COVER DESIGN BY LYDIA WOJACK-WEST NEWS FREEDOM IN FORMATION ON JUNETEENTH
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ARTS & CULTURE LEIGH BARDUGO’S CROOKED KINGDOM
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INTERNATIONAL NAKED BIKE RIDE CYCLES ROUND THE WORLD
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OPINION CAUTION: MEDIA BIAS
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FEATURE PRIDE BY PDX: VANGUARDIANS SHARE 2017 HIGHLIGHTS
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ON & OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS JUNE 27–JULY 3
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NEWS
CHARTING A NEW COURSE FOR PSU DINING OPTIONS ANNA WILLIAMS
SILVIA CARDULLO/PSU VANGUARD As reported in March, Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services will take over Aramark’s contract with Portland State in the fall. Chartwells has branded the partnership “PSU Eats” and plans to overhaul the Viking Food Court in Smith Memorial Student Union over the summer. PSU Eats also hopes to follow in the footsteps of Aramark and PSU’s sustainability initiatives. PSU Eats, according to Marketing Manager Kim Dinardo, envisions transforming SMSU’s dining experience into a PSU version of Pine Street Market in southwest Portland. The Market, which hosts a fairy-light draped, natural wood intersection between a beer garden, food court, and 5-star restaurant, sells everything from soft-serve Salt & Straw to Korean barbecue and southern-inspired hamburgers. PSU Eats aims to follow suit. Offering packaged and prepared foods from local vendors like Cha Cha Cha!, Salt & Straw, and Stumptown Coffee, Dinardo said, Smith will receive a Portland-specific face-lift while bringing more “ethnic flavors to campus.” Subway, next to Little Vikings Childcare, will become Smith’s Place. Made-to-order cold sandwiches and wraps will still be offered in the form of PSU Eats-conceptualized
Butcher+Baker. The sandwich station will offer “premium hand-carved meats on La Brea breads baked fresh in-house,” Dinardo read from a statement. SMSU’s new era will also include prepackaged ice cream products from Salt & Straw, as well as pints and scoops, baked goods from southeast Portland-based Roman Candle Baking Company, and drinks from Steven Smith Tea Company, a local sister company to Starbucks-owned Tazo Tea. Stumptown Coffee, representing Portland’s obsession with small-batch, locally-roasted beans, will replace Starbucks in SMSU. Stumptown was founded in Portland, but is now owned by Peet’s Coffee and Tea, and operates cafes in New York and Los Angeles. Stumptown will continue to offer pastries, sandwiches, and parfaits. Einstein Bagels will be replaced with a new station that will serve “offerings of whole grains, serving largely plant-based meals full of fresh, seasonal and local ingredients, and using meat as a supporting role,” Dinardo said in an email. The interior food court, soon to be branded Smith’s Kitchen, will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, an upgrade from the Viking Food Court’s current 3 p.m.
closing time. Smith’s Kitchen will offer cuisine from Portland-based Mexican restaurant Cha Cha Cha!, which uses beef raised on a corn-free diet, as well as nonGMO ingredients, local produce, and breads from Grand Central Bakery. 503 Burger Co., serving “signature” burgers, sides, and milkshakes, will take over the grill. PDX Local, a “rotating culinary exhibition station” according to a statement, will offer students the chance to periodically vote on the next menu. Students will be able to vote for a variety of global foods, from bao buns to ramen, with a to-be-determined frequency. Under its current contract with Aramark, PSU has an AASHE Stars sustainability ranking. AASHE Stars is an independent service that rates universities on their sustainability practices, and PSU must submit data every year to maintain their membership in the program. Aramark has worked with a PSU sustainability intern to report back to the university periodically. According to Dinardo, PSU Eats recently partnered with AASHE Stars this year, but Dinardo did not offer any further information about PSU’s involvement in the coming school year. PSU Eats has hired Mark Harris as its new sustainability director, and Harris has a meeting with PSU Sustainability in the near future.
When Aramark began its food service contract with PSU in 2007, it restructured the Viking Food Court to operate with less congestion. Since then, the Vanguard has reported on transparency between Aramark and PSU on sustainability issues, less-than-desired work conditions, and its recent commitment to sourcing meat from cruelty-free companies. This year, Aramark displayed posters highlighting its sustainability efforts around the large shopping-mall style seating area, away from the actual food customers purchased. PSU sophomore Teresa Brink, who does not often eat food from the Viking Food Court, said she believes PSU students are concerned about the source of their food and prevalence of their waste. “PSU is known for [its] commitment to sustainability, and I think that the [SMSU] Food Court would be a great opportunity to implement and display those values.” If the face-lift goes as planned, and it becomes “more inviting and comfortable,” Brink said, “I would consider spending more time there.” Before PSU Eats’ fall grand opening, it plans to host an event for students. Salt & Straw will be hosting two special events on July 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Park Blocks. More details will be made public as available.
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NEWS NEWS
DON’T SHOOT PORTLAND CELEBRATED JUNETEENTH BY MAKING “FREEDOM LEMONADE” IN FRONT OF THE MARK O. HATFIELD UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE ON JUNE 19. JAKE JOHNSON/PSU VANGUARD SEE OPPOSITE PAGE FOR STORY
MONTHLY HARVEST SHARE RETURNS TO PARK BLOCKS WITH BOUNTY ANAMIKA VAUGHAN
Over a hundred people turned out at the Portland State Park Blocks for the monthly Harvest Share on Monday, June 12. The Harvest Share is organized by the Committee for Improving Student Food Security in partnership with the Oregon Food Bank. Various fresh produce such as carrots, yams and potatoes were given out in bundles to students, staff, and community members. CISFS also posts recipes on its website so students and community members can easily find ways to cook the specific food items they receive at harvest share. “Our committee started back in 2014, when we surveyed the entire student body and we have a really great rate of return,” said Jessica Cole, outgoing chair of CISFS. “It showed that 59 percent of our students had some form of food insecurity during that academic year, so that could be their money ran out and they didn’t have enough
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money to buy food until their next paycheck, they weren’t able to get the kind of food that they wanted, or they went without food because of lack of resources. And it showed that students were skipping entire days of eating, things like that. And it was just a big eye opener.” According to Cole, the Harvest Share event serves an average of around 350 individual households and an average of around 1,250 individuals per outreach, which occurs every second Monday of the month all year long. The Learning Garden laboratory, which works with the Student Sustainability Center handed out a variety of free plants, such as herbs, as a part of a senior capstone class. “All year we’ve cultivated these plants from seed to start and we bundled these up for the harvest share, for the community,” said student Danielle Moyer. “We do starts. We do seeds. We also give out her bundles and sort of
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just answer any questions that people have. It’s just teaching about food security and food development and sustainability.” In addition to the live plants, the SSC handed out packets of seeds for families to grow food at home. The Student Health and Counseling and Financial Welfare centers were also present. “Our grand vision is to join with the student sustainability center and form a campus garden so that faculty and staff can participate if they want to and be able to grow here,” Cole said. “You know we have a lot of people in residence where access to a garden isn’t always possible, so that’s hopefully down the road in the near future.” CISFS also has SNAP outreach specialists on campus twice a week for two hours to help students determine their eligibility. Any leftover food is donated to the student food pantry on campus.
OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE TURNED OUT AT THE PORTLAND STATE PARK BLOCKS FOR THE MONTHLY HARVEST SHARE ON MONDAY, JUNE 12. COURTESY OF VISITOR7 THROUGH WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
NEWS
JUNETEENTH AND LEMONADE TALKING EMANCIPATION AND EDUCATION JAKE JOHNSON
Don’t Shoot Portland celebrated Juneteenth by making “Freedom Lemonade” in front of the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on June 19, 2017. Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates when, two-anda-half years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation became law, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 to inform Texans that the war was over and those enslaved were now free. Holding the Juneteenth celebration at a federal courthouse appears to be a symbolic reference to DSP’s goal of filing a civil class action lawsuit in the federal courts against police harassment later this year. “The thing is you’ve got to get people on the record to say something that’s actually happened,” said Teressa Raiford, founder of DSP. “We’re meeting with community and families at our bystander intervention training at our community safety planning meetings. We’re going to be getting people to fill these documents out and then also to document the issues that happen to them. We’re selling t-shirts, but our plan is basically to get an investigator to help us find the claims and file the claims and articulate that in a lawsuit.” One anonymous attendee seemed to echo Raiford’s hint at the difficulty of putting people’s names and stories on the record. “Those fascist officers that have shot innocent black people to death,” the attendee said. “It’s really scary right now, and giving your support to the people who need it is really important. It’s also really hard for people to come out, not knowing, with police, I’m always keeping my eyes out for the unexpected. It’s just bad.” DSP is teaming up with the Latinx community organizers at Milenio.org in efforts reach out to community members to get information about potential harassment situations to compile on record and bring forth as evidence of a larger problem that the organizations are hoping the suit can address. “Documenting in our community issues people are having with harassment by police officers—different issues, whether they’re in mental health, schools, hospital, at your job, or just out in public,” Raiford stated. “We’re trying to figure out how people are engaged in these issues.” Film The Police representative Robert West came to the event for that very purpose, to film any interactions with the police just in case any unexpected and unnerving interactions with police were to occur. Fortunately, the event was tame and West didn’t foresee any problems occurring with officers at this Juneteenth’s “Freedom Lemonade” celebration. Freedom Lemonade Upon arrival, Raiford and several others started making lemonade. They poured ice and sugar into a large water jug then squeezed about a dozen lemons on top. Music played in the background as attendees watched the lemonade being made.
AN ATTENDEE SINGS A SONG TO BLESS JUNETEENTH AND THE FREEDOM LEMONADE. JAKE JOHNSON/PSU VANGUARD
There were signs addressing the verdict in the killing of Philando Castile, who was killed by a police officer in St. Paul, Minnesota on July 6, 2016, and that addressed the killing of Charleena Lyles that had occurred one day before on June 18, 2017 in Seattle, WA. After a song sung by an attendee intended to bless the event, Raiford invited attendees to take a sip of the “Freedom Lemonade” that was 150 years in the making. The jug did not have a spout on the bottom and the liquid did not reach the top, making it difficult to diagnose how to easily get the lemonade out. Eventually one mother served some to her children by lifting and tilting the bucket. Raiford pointed out that a mother was being forced to lift this heavy jug to get “Freedom Lemonade” for her children and no one came to help her. At this call out, several attendees came to help serve others their “Freedom Lemonade.” Raiford then explained a little bit about the point of the exercise. “We got freedom right, it’s Juneteenth, the Emancipation Proclamation celebration and everybody that’s thirsty can make lemonade,” Raiford said. “We got all the lemons and everything you need to make lemonade and everybody focused in on that jug—everybody focused in on the jug that had all the ice and had all the lemons squished into it…six people can make lemonade at the same time, but there’s people tryin’ to figure out how to get the lemonade out of that little jug right there.” Raiford then elaborated on the relationship of the exercise and freedom. “We had to figure out what were people willing to do to get their freedom,” Raiford continued. “Some people stood back and said, ‘Nah, I’m gonna see if he get his freedom first,’ or, ‘I’m gonna see if it tastes good.’ Think about your reaction to getting access to freedom and what you were willing to do to get it.” Raiford hopes that the ACLU information about individual’s civil liberties in this country will empower people to take advantage of the knowledge available to be more in control of their fates. “That’s kind of what it’s like when you’ve got Freedom Lemonade: you’ve got your civil liberties, so we want you to use them and exercise them,” Raiford said. The metaphor was concluded with a closing statement and a call and response with the audience. “It’s ridiculous,” Raiford asserted. “The freedoms that we don’t have that we have that we don’t have even put ourselves in the position to take advantage of. Are we afraid of freedom? [crowd ‘No!’] Do we know what freedom is? [c: ‘Yes!’] Do we want that? [c: ‘Yes!’] Are we gonna resist anything that takes away our freedom and our civil liberties? [c: ‘Yes!’] When do we want our freedom? [c: ‘Now!’] When do we want our freedom? [c: ‘Now!’] Drink Freedom Lemonade and listen to some music.”
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
ANNUAL WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE: HOT AS BALLS ALANNA MADDEN
Thousands of naked cyclists from all over the Pacific Northwest gathered at Fernhill Park in Northeast Portland for the 13th annual PDX World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday, June 24 in order to primarily call attention to the vulnerability of cyclists and the negative impacts of pollution-based transportation. The WNBR is one of about 100 other official naked bike rides around the world. Portland’s annual event is organized entirely by volunteers and began back in the summer of 2005. Riders of all ages, shapes, and sizes began showing up to the event’s starting loca-
tion at around 8 p.m. where they were greeted by other community participants and a large marching band that led the initial marching of the protest at approximately 9 p.m. Event attendees were asked to not arrive by car in alignment with the protest’s support for sustainable transportation. As stated by the WMBR website, “Arriving by car with bikes stowed as cargo is a big faux pas. It violates the idea of oil-free sustainability that the ride is all about.” The route of the event is not disclosed beforehand. For attendees to participate, they must join the event at the beginning or join en
route. The Portland Police Bureau blocked streets along the route and many participants shouted their appreciation toward the police on the street. The nearly seven-mile route from NE Portland ended at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown where many bikers finished their ride with a celebratory shower in the Salmon Street Springs Fountain. “This is the end! The ride is not a loop! Please leave as soon as you can!” could be heard through a megaphone from organizers who were urging bikers to observe event rules by going home or attending after parties.
“NUDITY—IT ISN’T JUST FOR SEX ANYMORE.” —WNBR WEBSITE As indicated by the name of the protest, event attendees began stripping down as soon as they arrived at the park. The official dress code for the event is “As bare as you dare,” and people could be seen in many different types of attire including costumes, underwear, body paint, or simply au naturale. According to the WNBR website, the event traditions utilize nudity “as a way to draw attention to cycling, and the folly of oil dependency.”
“IF YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO AN ORGY, THEN YOU’RE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED.” —WNBR WEBSITE The act of public nudity in Portland for the context of the event is protected by Oregon’s constitution for protest rights. However, lewd naked behavior is an arrestable offense and WNBR organizers encourage participants to avoid such behavior at all costs. Oregon’s 2015 ORS on public indecency is defined as any act in which a person performs an act of sexual intercourse
or the act of exposing genitals with an intent of arousing others or themselves. The failure to observe this law is a Class A misdemeanor and could be considered a Class C felony, depending on whether or not the act can be considered as rape in the third degree or sexual misconduct. This year’s WNBR received support from five local businesses that welcomed riders to join after they finished their ride: Paddy’s, Holocene, Club 205, Crush Bar, and the Hawthorne Food Carts, where Potato Champion offered of-age riders free beer. Although neighboring businesses also allowed naked riders inside their
NAKED BIKE RIDE IN THE UK. COURTESY OF USER ANDREW DAVIDSON THROUGH WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
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INTERNATIONAL establishments, the Hawthorne Food Carts were exceptionally busy and packed tight with naked riders and fully-clothed guests alike. People could be seen gawking at naked members and using their phones to take photographs of attendees who were eating. Vanguard staff witnessed one man in particular who insistently filmed naked attendees without their permission. When confronted with the question of whether or not he was enjoying himself while filming, the man quickly stashed his phone away and walked out. The WNBR website clearly states, “The use of cameras is not allowed at the starting/ending location, with the exception of sanctioned film crews who’ll be following strict rules.” However, there were many separate instances where fully clothed, non-event related men were seen walking around at the beginning and end locations with cameras and using them to photograph attendees without permission. Whether or not these photographs will be published or used for personal use is still being investigated by Vanguard news staff. Despite the instances of perverted behavior by some onlookers, the WNBR’s participating members embraced their nudity for the purpose of the event, which was
also extended to body confidence, community awareness, tradition, support, and environmentalism. “It’s beautiful to see people coming together to support and normalize positive body image,” said Nico ParkesPerret, a regular WNBR participant. “There is no shame on the naked ride, no matter what state of undress you’re in.” According to the WNBR Wiki page, which is contributed by naked cyclists worldwide, “[We] declare our confidence in the beauty and individuality of our bodies and the bicycles’ place as a catalyst for change in the future of sustainability, transport, community and recreation.” “We face automobile traffic with our naked bodies as the best way of defending our dignity and exposing the vulnerability faced by cyclists and pedestrians on our streets as well as the negative consequences we all face due to dependence on oil, and other forms of non-renewable energy,” states the website page. “Every year this event grows in size, and for good reason,” said Josuee Hernandez, WNBR participant. “In such a divisive time, it feels great to place your trust in thousands of strangers and expose yourself to each other. If you haven’t yet experienced it, hopefully we’ll see you next year.”
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PARIS, FRANCE
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
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CARACAS, VENEZUELA
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WORLDWIDE
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RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
NAKED BIKE RIDE IN LONDON 2015. COURTESY OF USER CHRIS BECKETT THROUGH FLICKR
Newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies emerged from parliamentary elections with a clear majority of seats, despite a turnout where less than half of France’s eligible voters participated. The mainstream Socialist and Republican parties continued to cede ground as a record number of women and many first-time candidates were voted into office. The first day of official Brexit negotiations kicked off at European Commission headquarters, beginning a process to decide the terms of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union before the current March 2019 deadline. Uncertainty abounds concerning the direction the negotiations will take, particularly in the wake of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s loss of a parliamentary majority in the general election she called to strengthen her mandate. Amid ongoing and almost daily anti-government protests, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the recruitment of tens of thousands of new police officers and national guardsmen. The Venezuelan Supreme Court also approved a lawsuit against the country’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Luisa Ortega, who has come under fire for her criticism of Maduro’s recent attempts to rewrite the constitution and strip the legislative branch of its power.
June 17–23 Chris May
India will overtake China as the most populated country in the next seven years, while Nigeria will replace the U.S. as the third most populated country by 2050, according to a United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs report. Even if fertility levels continue to decline as they have in the past, the report said, the upward trend in world population size is expected to continue. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman placed his son first in line for the throne after issuing a series of decrees that included the removal of his nephew as the country’s interior minister and the establishment of Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the successor to the Saudi Kingdom. Mohammed was the primary architect behind President Donald Trump’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia, and as defense minister has overseen the war in Yemen, which is led by a Saudi coalition.
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PRIDE 2017
PRIDE BY PDX
SPECTRUM OF PERSPECTIVES FROM 2017
MARCHING WITH MY ANCESTORS ALEX-JON EARL
Pride events for Two-Spirit Indigenous Portlanders have always been a struggle with invisibility. Even with last year’s turn as grand marshals, it is hard to call life here anything but an exercise in asserting what our scholars call “survivance,” but the same time, such things are a vital effort in talking through the crowds to those other Indigenous folks who don’t see themselves represented in society and end up lost. Two-Spirit is an identity codified in a somewhat official respect in the 1990s as a means of acknowledging historic and contemporary queer Indigenous identities. This term hugs, without absorbing, the numerous identities that tribes have acknowledged since time immemorial, while also recognizing the fluidity of identity in the present. It’s a decolonial construct meant to confront the isolating “one size fits all” approach of mainstreamed queer identity.
This year’s contingent brought a broad spectrum of the Indigenous Two-Spirit community. Veterans, students, nonprofit professionals, parents, kids and more, all marching under the banner of an identity that is hard to fully articulate to non-Indigenous folks. Some did ask, however, and were left with more questions. “So, did Indians, uh, have gays?” The question was clearly meant in good faith and was replied to as such. Our questioner left somewhat puzzled but satisfied and my friend and I looked at each other and shrugged. “The settlers made us gay, I guess,” my friend told me. “We gave them maize, they gave us gays,” I replied. “Gays for maize! Let’s put that on a shirt!” We stepped off and made our way to Tom McCall Waterfront Park, cheering throngs along the way as other Indigenous folks came out of the crowd to join us, their ancestors tagging along.
FIRST TIME PRIDE SILVIA CARDULLO
A wave of warmth hit me as I stood behind crowds of people cheering and waving rainbow flags. The weather was starting to heat up, but no one seemed to mind. I had never been to a Pride Weekend before. I’m originally from San Diego, where Pride Weekend had a very large crowd. When Pride occurred I was usually visiting family in Europe, so I was very excited to attend this year in Portland. The Trimet stabbing on May 26 left Portland quite somber. Knowing people who knew Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, the Reed student who was murdered, and knowing Micah Fletcher, the Portland State student who was also wounded by stabbing, the tragedy was difficult to process for me. The mood seemed like Portland was trying to come together after this tragedy, but everyone still seemed too melancholy. While I was at the Pride Parade, that feeling seemed to melt away. Everyone around me seemed too happy and had huge smiles on their face as dozens of dogs wearing rainbow tutus and floats with loud music went
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by. People loudly cheered as a Wizard of Ozthemed float for the Steam bathhouse came passed. I had never really seen anything like it, and everyone seemed to be loving it. After enjoying the parade, a group of friends and I headed to a diner to eat. “Happy Pride” was the common exclamation of the day. Even if you did not necessarily know the person, people seemed to be saying it to everyone with a bright smile on their face. Since the stabbing, I could not remember when the city had been so warm and friendly. I was filled with tears of joy when my friend who identifies as queer arrived at the parade and almost cried. She is from Kansas, where there are no Pride events, and this was the first Pride event she attended as well. I knew the consensus of Pride and what it is about, but actually attending Pride events is so much different. It is so warming to see people celebrate who they are all together. It had made me question why there was only one month specifically for Pride. Why would there only be one month for people for celebrate who they are? There was nothing better than to see people’s smiling faces as they embraced themselves. I’m excited to see what the weekend is like next year.
PRIDE COVER 2017
PRIDESICK
ANDREW D. JANKOWSKI Taking part in Pride felt more subversive before being gay (to speak nothing of the other letters in the queer alphabet) was socially acceptable in Portland. I miss being able to party in long-gone clubs that are now bougie boutiques and brunch spots, and while I don’t mind growing closer to forty than twenty, I admit that it’s not as fun anymore to go out and dance the night away on $2 jello shots, but don’t get me wrong: it’s still totally awesome. I think back to what life was like before banks and snack brands made on-brand efforts of support of our community, back when words like “queer” and “faggot” were actually hurtful. I think back on the people who have given their lives for queers like me to live out of the closet without fear of repercussion– or, for the people who never thought or were asked to give their lives, but rather had them taken away by acts of violence born in fear. Pride is for people who have never gotten to celebrate or express what makes their personhood unique, and to remember people who were denied the right to be who they were. Pride is for straight people too: We give thanks for the straight people who loved us before we ever saw another queer person. For those of us who live out loud every day, for those of us who have abandoned the duties of maintaining the masc-femme binary for finding middle ground, for those of us who don’t feel the queer community’s historic cultural connection with bars and booze, for those of us who have attended Pride for multiple years: It is our duty to ensure that this celebration can continue for generations to come, who are only now finding their way and being allowed to live their truth. It is up to us to create a softer, gentler world that allows for such vibrant displays of authenticity. This Pride Sunday morning, as I narrowly avoided vomiting on morning joggers, I did not puke for me. I threw up off my balcony for all the messy gays who have gone before me, for all the messy gays taken from us by violence and disease, for the messy gays who will follow after me, and for the lesbians, bisexuals, queers and trans people who live for drama, who are unapologetic and shameless in their authenticity, and for those still finding their way from the closet into themselves.
ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOE HERNANDEZ
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NEWS ARTS NEWS& CULTURE
CHEERS AND JEERS PAY THE SAME AT COREY FELDMAN SHOW ANDREW D. JANKOWSKI
COREY FELDMAN PERFORMED AT DANTE’S ON SUNDAY, JUNE 18. ANDREW D. JANKOWSKI/PSU VANGUARD In the realm of a gritty director breathing new lives into their acting careers, Corey Feldman seems closer to the spectrum of Danny Bonaduce and Lindsay Lohan than Robert Downey, Jr. or Tab Hunter. Feldman is four years removed from his tellall memoir, Coreyography, and ten years removed from The Two Coreys, his semi-scripted A&E reality series with co-star Corey Haim and then-wife Susie Sprauge that documented the former child actors’ attempts to revive their careers, with the latter season focusing almost singularly on Haim’s struggles with loneliness, addiction, and surviving childhood sexual abuse. The Two Coreys is the only thing I immediately recognize of Feldman or Haim from outside their self-aware parodies on Robot Chicken or Feldman’s role in The Fox and The Hound (1981): I saw The Goonies (1985) once in 2010 and have never bothered with it again; I’ve seen bits of Gremlins (1984) but not in order; I’ve meant to see Stand By Me (1986); and I watched The Lost Boys (1987) with my boyfriend the week before Feldman’s show at Dante’s. While watching the film, I caught this line from Kiefer Sutherland’s character (who, coincidentally, sold out Mississippi Studios last month): “Now you know what we are, and you know what you are. You’ll never grow old, and you’ll never die. But you must feed.” One friend asked me not to go, saying we shouldn’t support this train wreck. Another said, “Happy Straight Pride!” sarcastically as I entered Dante’s on the last night of Portland LGBTQ+ Pride. I felt bad leaving my dad on Father’s Day. I was genuinely confused by how many Facebook friends wanted me to go. But I had a hypothesis to test: I theorized Angelic 2 the Core, the album Feldman was pro-
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moting on his viral 2016 Today Show appearance as Corey Feldman’s the Truth Movement, is based on a profound grief based on the very public deaths of Haim and Michael Jackson, being processed by an emotionally stunted sexual assault victim/public figure whose origins read like a much darker Bret Michaels by way of teenager achieving international stardom before age 18, and that his backing band, the Angels, are part of a team of people taking advantage of said grief. After what I witnessed, though, I think I’m only half right. Feldman’s Jackson-inspired attire, and the Angels’ stage costumes that included LED wings and non-synchronized white negligees reminded me of not the best and not the worst burlesque performances I’ve seen around Portland. The music felt like performance art based on a stream of consciousness and an endurance test that exists in a bubble where the feminist progress of the last forty years never happened. Feldman and his Angels, a quintet of female musicians including his new wife, Courtney Anne Mitchell, played some of Feldman’s original music, which included a song from Dream a Little Dream (1989), a movie I’ve never heard of before my research for this review. Feldman’s discography was the first hint my hypothesis would not flesh out: it’s consistent with the self-aware/self-indulgent, late ’80s/early ’90s rock that Feldman’s performed since 1992. They were played alongside a cover medley of some of the most essential songs in the rock canon, including the Beatles, Cyndi Lauper, and Little Richard. The Angels, including their newly 21-yearold guitar player, performed original material unassociated with Feldman that was virtu-
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ally inaudible. The 21-year-old played a guitar medley that bounced between more of the American canon, which I recognized as including Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army,” and Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train.” At some point, someone played an electric violin on what I think was “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King, and I thought Feldman was personally testing my patience with acts I could only dream of but never dare perform on a paying public. The line wrapping around the block to get into Dante’s was my next indicator that my hypothesis would not have my intended outcome. I am still baffled by how many people paid money to see Corey Feldman. Again, knowing Feldman primarily as a self-aware reality TV oddity, I completely underestimated how many people are die-hard fans of ’80s public figures, no matter how far removed from their legacy they are. If that wasn’t the case, New Kids on the Block, Poison and Paula Abdul would never book a venue. It just didn’t occur to me that at least a dozen people would wear LED/feathered halos, buy Corey Feldman t-shirts or rock out to Corey Feldman’s Truth Movement, let alone enough people to form a line outside the venue. It felt like Election Night 2016: The Concert, where outrageousness and name recognition triumph over technical qualification. My final clue came when Feldman announced an incorrect number of years since Haim’s death when I thought he was calling for either a moment of silence or recognition for his late colleague. Feldman said Haim has been dead for five years, but it’s been seven. As someone still affected by a close friend’s death eight years later, I’m shocked
Feldman would get that number wrong, especially given that Haim’s death is the device which frames much of Coreyography. According to my boyfriend, who wore a Lost Boys t-shirt he bought before we started dating, Haim was also responsible for Feldman’s teen heartthrob status. Watching The Two Coreys, Haim unquestionably dominates the show. Ultimately, though, Corey Feldman’s show doesn’t read with the same apparent depth or self-loathing as BoJack Horseman. The Angels are in a symbiotic relationship with Feldman: not outright exploiting the public figure, but allowing themselves to be used as a symptom of the system that physically and emotionally tortured icons from Judy Garland to Carrie Fisher to death, a system that thrives to this day. Feldman claims to work with the Angels to save them from the predatory cycle demanding youth in Hollywood, but it’s not readily apparent what Feldman does differently than the figures he denounces. Corey Feldman is doing this because outrage views still drive ratings, and the people who bought tickets to make fun of him spent as much money as the people who came to root for him. A Coreyography snippet provides a clue: “In our business there are always ways to make money. Sign fifty autographs at twenty dollars apiece and you’ve got yourself an easy grand. Show up to a screening of The Lost Boys and you might make several times that.” Corey Feldman is traumatized and needs attention, positive or negative, to fulfill Kiefer Sutherland’s 30-year-old screen promise: You’ll never grow old, and you’ll never die. But you need to feed.
ARTS & CULTURE
SUMMERTIME READING CATCH-UP LEIGH BARDUGO’S ‘CROOKED KINGDOM’ CASSIE DUNCANSON
Last week I finished up my first year in my master’s program. I celebrated by doing absolutely nothing. I walked the dog. I drank many cups of coffee (that I could enjoy and not just pound in the hopes they would keep me awake). I watched the final game of the Stanley Cup finals (don’t ask me how a Massachusetts native started cheering for the Pittsburgh Penguins; I can’t answer that question) and I spent hours burning through Leigh Bardugo’s Crooked Kingdom. I have been trying to read this book since it first came out in September of 2016. However, due to a winning combination of moving three times, school, stress, and work, I hadn’t been able to carve out a couple hours to enjoy this novel. Crooked Kingdom is the sequel to Six of Crows and picks up where the first left off. While the novel takes place in the same universe as Bardugo’s other Grisha books, those do not need to be read first. And although the duology is marketed as YA, it’s great for anyone who enjoys multi-point-of-view books filled with action, mystery, and incredibly human, multi-faceted characters. I once tricked my partner into reading Six of Crows over protests of, “It’s not that I won’t read Young Adult, it’s just that I usually dislike the themes those books deal with.” When I wrote about this on my blog, Bardugo herself commented, cackling. It was a peak book nerd moment. According to Crooked Kingdom’s GoodReads page, “After pulling off a seemingly impossible heist in the notorious Ice Court, criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker feels unstoppable. But life is about to take a dangerous turn, and with friends who are among the deadliest outcasts in Ketterdam city [loosely based on merchant-era Amsterdam], Kaz is going to need more than luck to survive in this unforgiving underworld.” Someone is scheming, someone is lying, someone is thieving, and someone is eating waffles. Possibly, these things are happening all at once. Horrible things have happened and continue to happen to these young characters, who come from all across the globe. A boy comes to terms with the horrible actions of his father. A girl stolen from her home country is trying to earn her way back. A boy seeks revenge for the ghosts of his past. All this while working together to get the large sum of money they were promised. I’m being purposefully vague here, by the way. You just need to go read the book. All these events and their effects don’t feel overwrought; they simply add to the distinctions that make these characters who they are. At its heart, Crooked Kingdom is character-driven; despite all the action and secrecy, it’s about the nuances and unique qualities of its characters. While the
action drives the novel and adds layers to the book, the greatest pieces of this were following the people and the decisions they made. Bardugo does justice to grief. She does justice to trauma. She does justice to queer characters. She does justice to disabled characters.
Books like these are almost a relief to read. I feel like it’s been too long since I’ve been able to read a book like this that I could finish in one sitting. There are so many threads holding this book together, so many characters and plots, yet Bardugo handles them in such a way that the reader never feels overbur-
dened. There are moments of tense, nervewracking, plot-driven action-scenes; there are other, quieter moments when characters interact and are allowed to be tender. The effect is one of feeling your heart race one moment and the next feeling it clench in heartache and joy.
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OPINION NEWS
BISEXUAL PRIDE: ALWAYS ON THE FENCE KRISTI TIHANYI
I like men and women. I do not rate it on a level of equality because I do not apply mathematics to love or sexual compatibility. It’s not that I don’t see the difference of gender—I appreciate it. It’s just not a boundary to me. It’s not a factor. And even though I am married, I am still bisexual. For some, this notion can be confusing. Let me break it down for you. I’m married to a man, whom I love dearly and am exclusively involved with romantically and sexually. But in the same way that a straight man maintains that preference during marriage—most likely anyway—I maintain my sexuality. It’s part of who I am. So why on earth do I receive funny looks, scoffs, and shaking heads when I claim Gay Pride? Some people think that bisexuality is somehow a milder form of gayness—more socially acceptable or easier to admit. Stereotypes of slutty, loose women who just want it all and are selfish have been used to explain away my preference. But just like any other non-straight person, I came to find myself through initial discomfort with societal norms, admitting what I knew about myself, admitting it to others, and living with it every day. When I came out during middle school, being gay/bi/trans/ anything not straight warranted severe harassment and bullying. I personally was shoved violently out of the closet when I confided in the form of a written note to a fellow classmate that I was bisexual. She and her friends made over a hundred copies and passed them out. School really, really sucked from that day forward.
Similar to other gay students, I was referred to a special counselor—who specialized in students like myself—and was then joined to Triple Point, a gay youth group where I met a ton of other people just like myself—gay, that is. Despite having all kinds of identities and preferences, we all shared our experience and social exclusion. I belonged there. Coming out as bisexual can be just as difficult as coming out as gay, or lesbian, or asexual, or any other preference. So when I claim Gay Pride, I mean it from my experience, my identity, and from the very depths of my soul. Bisexual Pride is Gay Pride, and we’d like to be included. Have an opinion? VV is your platform. This voluntary reader-submitted column highlights campus perspectives. Submit opinions of 600 words or less to opinion@psuvanguard.com
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CAUTION: MEDIA BIAS
of bias for decades. I discussed the topic with Dr. Susanne Rijkhoff, an adjunct assistant professor of political science at Portland State, in order to look at bias in today’s context.
Mystery Flavor by Jordan Ellis Regardless of your world views, media and news bias are highly discussed in today’s political world. Seeing obviously biased information in the media causes me to wonder if I’m getting straight facts. Large news companies have their own motivations for covering stories in a particular way and weaving speculations into facts. I am in no way condemning or applauding bias whether unconscious or intentional, but as viewers and readers—and yes, writers—we need to be aware of the information we consume and produce. Bias is unavoidable. All news sources must make decisions on what to report and in what way to present the information. Different sources, such as Fox News and MSNBC among many others, have reputations for certain political leanings. Elements of marketing and branding also impact this bias. Scholars and professionals have studied the phenomenon
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“Media tell us what to think about.” — DR. SUSANNE RIJKHOFF ADJUNCT ASST. PROF. OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Dr. Rijkhoff explained that there is bias in the media on both sides, whether we as the audience are aware of it or not. Big media tends to be driven by profit, and thus need their audience— or consumers—to stay interested. This is especially true for news and media on television. Stories that are deemed relatable or the most important to their particular audience are given emphasis over others. “Media tell us what to think about,” Rijkhoff stated. Reports are speculative stories interpreted for a target audience often to the point that facts and interpretations are difficult for viewers to disentangle. People are often brought into the news sources to interpret the stories with statements like, “This is what it means for you.” Sound familiar? Confirmation bias plays a large role in our information consumption as the audience of these sources. We all have the
tendency to look for and put to memory information that confirms our pre-existing notions or worldviews. Coming across conflicting attitudes or facts can feel uncomfortable to say the least. It causes mental friction and can lead to minimal motivation to seek alternate views. Dr. Rijkhoff noted that that the internet as a news source can allow us to selectively expose ourselves to what coincides with our already held beliefs. This plays an important role for us as members of the PSU community. Dr. Rijkhoff explained that young adults especially tend to go to the internet for news. While the internet offers a wealth of information, it also simultaneously becomes the best platform to limit ourselves to information that already supports our views. The solution to this double-sided bias? Well, there is no perfect strategy. “There’s no set manual of what to do,” Rijkhoff admits. However, she stressed the importance of audience awareness. Knowing about these biases does not make us immune to them, but it can allow us to take our automatic and subconscious biases into account and perhaps give us the motivation to seek differing views. “I am somewhat optimistic. We are still aware of these processes,” Rijkhoff concluded. These issues are being discussed, and this honest and open discussion needs to continue. Break out of your usual news source bubble to see what the other sides have to say. What events do your news sources omit from coverage? Have a conversation with someone you don’t agree with and actually listen to what they have to say. Judge the facts for yourself, and repeat after me: Be aware.
OPINION
TRUMP ERA CONTSRAINS SEX ED WITH REGRESSIVE AIMS Grayscale by Gray Bouchat While Trump’s budget for the U.S. government highlights immigration policies and education cuts, the budget’s increase of funding for abstinence education in public schools has gone almost unnoticed. The Extend Abstinence Education and Personal Responsibility Education Program teaches students about the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases through abstinence. With a $116 million increase for abstinence teaching by 2020 and Trumpcare’s proposition to defund Planned Parenthood, what will sex education look like in the Trump era? Trumpcare, or the American Health Care Act, prohibits funding for any organization “that primarily engages in family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care.” Though the GOP often works to end abortion services, they seem to disregard the main cause of unwanted pregnancy: uninformed or unsafe sex practices. Currently, only 24 states require sex education in public schools, and while individuals ages 15–24 make up only a fourth of the sexually active population, they represent half of new annual STI cases. Puberty can be a confusing time, but it doesn’t have to be if we speak openly and plainly about sexuality and safe sex practices. All public schools should be required to provide accurate information to all students. Comprehensive sex education helps teens and young adults make informed and responsible decisions regarding their sexual behaviors and health. Reliable sex education also encourages positive sexual relationships by teaching the importance of communication and consent. However, abstinence education does the exact opposite. Abstinence-only education has proven time and time again to be ineffective in reducing unwanted pregnancy. Teaching abstinence often perpetuates misinformation and arguably religious ideas, such as the value of female virginity and the sanctity of marriage. Abstinence-only education leads to more unintended pregnancies because abstinence is unattainable. Comprehensive sex education teaches not only abstinence, but also about other ways to prevent pregnancy, such as forms of reliable birth control and safe-sex practices. California began teaching abstinence-based education while also teaching other forms of contraceptives. Teenage pregnancies dropped 74 percent. In Texas, where abstinence-only education is primarily taught, more than half of all pregnancies were unintended in 2010. Why is it that California’s pregnancy rate dropped with a more rounded education system, but Texas’ pregnancy rate remains the same? Comprehensive sex ed. With the Trump administration wishing to encourage abstinence education and remove accessibility to clinics such as Planned Parenthood, this is a recipe for a national family planning disaster. We must provide all citizens with the proper sex education and family planning options they need. Senators are looking to vote on AHCA on June 29. Call your senators and let them know that you want to live in a country that encourages responsible and comprehensive family planning and sex education.
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June 27–July 3
EVENT LISTINGS
OFF CAMPUS FEATURED EVENT
CONVENTION AIRPORT SHERATON OZ CON 2017 $17.50–72, ALL AGES JUNE 30–JULY 2 This annual convention celebrates the work of L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz and numerous other books. This year focuses on his eleventh book, The Lost Princess of Oz. There will be costume contests, games, trivia, cosplay, a banquet, a riverboat cruise and more.
TUESDAY, JUNE 27 FILM TIMES THRU JUNE 29 BEATRIZ AT DINNER CINEMA 21/ (2017) HOLLYWOOD THEATER MULTIPLE DATES AND $7–9, 17+ Beatriz’ (Salma Hayek’s) car breaks down at her clients’ home, who then invite her to their dinner party, where tensions over race, class and conflicting ideology ensue. COMEDY DANTE’S WHO’S THE ROSS? $3, 21+ 9 P.M. Aaron Ross’ 9+ year old late-night comedy talk show hosts its 700th episode. Musical guests include Nathan Baumgarter (And And And), Rasheed Jamal, Maze Koroma, Mandy Payne (Skull Diver), and more.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 FILM DATES/TIMES) THE FIFTH ELEMENT MISSION THEATER (1997) $3–4, ALL AGES 5:30 P.M. (MULTIPLE McMenamins screens this Bruce Willis/ Mila Jovovich/Gary Oldman sci-fi fantasy for its 20th anniversary. Jean Paul Gaultier designed the costumes, FYI. COMEDY BUT DIFFERENT PORTLAND’S FUNNIEST COMEDIANS) PERSON CONTEST HELIUM COMEDY CLUB 7/10 P.M. (ALSO $10, 21+ JUNE 29, SAME TIME Preliminary round of the annual standup comedy contest will pit dozens of hilarious Portlanders against each other as the audience advances them forward with laughs.
THURSDAY, JUNE 29 FILM 6:30 P.M. THE WIZARD OF OZ CINEMA 21 (1939) $6–8.50, ALL AGES Part of Oz Con. Film historian and Emmywinning producer John Fricke introduces the film and hosts and Q&A and trivia session after the film for prizes.
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WORKSHOP CATALYST: A SEX SEXING THE TRANSMAN POSITIVE PLACE 7 P.M. $15, 18+ Pioneering transgender porn star Buck Angel hosts a talk based on his 2011 documentary of the same name, which “will explore how to affirm and acknowledge individual gender and sexuality, the effects of testosterone on trans men and how to let go of social constructs in order to become more comfortable and self accepting.” Dance party afterward. MUSIC VESTAS (1417 NW MAKROKOSMOS EVERETT) PROJECT 5–10 P.M. The annual new music celebration starts at 5 p.m. with a food+wine happy hour and early Steve Reich pieces played by Portland Percussion Group. Other contemporary composers featured include John Adams, Kenji Bunch, Augusta Read Thomas, Branic Howard, and Michael Johanson. Concludes with a performance of Reich’s Six Pianos.
FILM 28–30) CASABLANCA (1942) MISSION THEATER 8:30 P.M. (ALSO $3–4, ALL AGES SCREENING JUNE If you’ve never seen this cinematic classic before, or if you’ve seen it hundreds of times, let me tell you: Donald Trump has made this movie WAY more poignant and timely.
FRIDAY, JUNE 30 MUSIC 7 P.M. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, ROSELAND THEATER STEPHEN MALKMUS $26–30, ALL AGES Roseland hosts the experimental pop band— featuring Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear, David Portner aka Avey Tare, and Brian Weitz aka Geologist—touring their recent album Painting With, supported by Stephen Malkmus aka the guy from Pavement. COMEDY HELIUM COMEDY CLUB BOB SAGET SOLD OUT, 21+ 7:30/10 P.M. Known for more than Full House and America’s Funniest Home Videos, the comedian comes to Portland for two shows featuring his trademark brand of humor. DANCE PARTY 9 P.M. SNAP! ’90S DANCE HOLOCENE PARTY $7, 21+ Holocene’s monthly ’90s dance party with music from Doc Adams, Colin Jones and DJ Freaky Outyy.
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SATURDAY, JULY 1
FILM 7 P.M. E.T. THE EXTRA HOLLYWOOD THEATRE TERRESTRIAL (1982) $7–9, ALL AGES Screening in 35mm. Elliott (Henry Thomas) and his little sister (Drew Barrymore) find and befriend a mysterious alien in suburban California that he names E.T., and I’m pretty sure everyone knows what happens. Screening as part of the “Spielberg on Film” series. NIGHTLIFE THE EAGLE PDX UNDERBEAR $3, 21+ 9 P.M. A dance party for bears, with go-go boys, music and an underwear contest.
SUNDAY, JULY 2 DRAG STAR THEATER SHEA COULEÉ $22–50, 21+ 3 P.M. Club Kai-Kai’s new summer concert series, TEA, features the RuPaul’s Drag Race season 9 Top 4 finalist alongside local drag from Shitney Houston, Nae Nae Dominatrix, Rakeem, Flawless Shade and Diva Dott, and music from Chanti Darling and Nasty Tasha. NIGHTLIFE LOVECRAFT BAR SAD DAY $10, 21+ 9 P.M. The saddest monthly drag and dance party in Portland. KARAOKE THE KNOW SATANAROKE FREE, 21+ 11 P.M. Satan-themed karaoke night.
MONDAY, JULY 3 NIGHTLIFE 8 P.M. HUSTLE & DRONE, DIG A PONY BOONE HOWARD, DAN FREE, 21+ DAN, DJ DIRTY RED Escape the heat with cool ambient music and patriotic booze slushies. ROCK WORLD FAMOUS GAYTHEIST, A VOLCANO, KENTON CLUB MAXIMUM MAD FREE, 21+ 9 P.M. Gaytheist holds a show in support of their second album and upcoming tour. (Also playing The Know on July 1st.)
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THEATER KELLER AUDITORIUM CABARET $25—80, ALL AGES JUNE 27—JULY 2 Roundabout Theatre Company hosts the camp classic about a pre-WWII German cabaret, the Kit Kat Klub, and their tantalizing emcee Sally Bowles.
TUESDAY, JUNE 27 CHAMBER MUSIC 7:30 P.M. CHAMBER MUSIC NW LINCOLN SUMMER FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE HALL OPENING NIGHT $10—60, ALL AGES Pianists Orion Weiss and Anna Polonsky open the CMNW Summer Festival series, which this year focuses on the works of female composers. Weiss and Polonsky will play pieces written by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and more.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 CHAMBER MUSIC NOON SACK LUNCH CONCERT THE OLD CHURCH SERIES FREE, ALL AGES Hear the music of the Madero Winds (flutist Gail Gillespie, oboist Brad Hochohalter and clarinetist Dave Bergmann) play the works of Terence Dwyer, Beethoven, Dvorak and Malcolm Arnold. FILM WHITSELL COUSIN BOBBY (1991) AUDITORIUM 7 P.M. $6—9, ALL AGES After decades without seeing one another, filmmaker Jonathon Demme reunites with his cousin, the Rev. Robert Castle, a white Harlem & Jersey City-based Episcopalian minister who ministered to the African-American community for 40+ years.
THURSDAY, JUNE 29 CHAMBER MUSIC THE OLD CHURCH IN GOOD HANDS FREE, ALL AGES 2 P.M. Cascadia Composers presents a concert of works performed by Oregon music students, including a song by our Arts & Culture editor, Matthew Andrews. ART TALK PORTLAND ART A CLOSER LOOK: JOHN MUSEUM YEON AS A COLLECTOR $17—20, ALL AGES 6 P.M. Exhibition curators Dawson W. Carr, Ph.D. and Maribeth Graybill, Ph.D. discuss Portland architect John Yeon’s collection of Asian and European art and how his objets d’art complimented his structural designs.
FILM WHITSELL SHUT UP ANTHONY AUDITORIUM (2017) $6—9, ALL AGES 7 P.M. Director Kyle Eaton will attend this screening of his new film, which centers around a neurotic Portland creative who, after losing his girlfriend, job and dignity over the course of a few days, bonds with an alcoholic theology professor after retreating to his family’s timeshare.
JAZZ 7:30 P.M. THE LEGENDARY THE OLD CHURCH MURRAY/EL’ZABAR DUO $25—30, ALL AGES Multi-reedist David Murray and drummer/ percussionist Kahil El’Zabar are critically acclaimed and celebrated outside the United States, and make a rare stateside appearance to showcase their four decades of creative genius.
SUNDAY, JULY 2
CHAMBER MUSIC LINCOLN EAST OF THE DANUBE PERFORMANCE HALL 4 P.M. $10—30, ALL AGES CMNW’s Summer Festival focuses on Eastern European composers like Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Bartok, and more.
MONDAY, JULY 3 ROCK KELLER AUDITORIUM BRIT FLOYD $38—58, ALL AGES 8 P.M. The million dollar visual art and laser show based on Pink Floyd’s discography. One of the most hi-tech Pink Floyd tribute bands.
FRIDAY, JUNE 30 AMERICANA 7:30 P.M. GARCIA BIRTHDAY THE OLD CHURCH BAND $10—12, ALL AGES Celebrate the works of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia and the Americana songbook. FILM WHITSELL THE AGRONOMIST AUDITORIUM (2003) $6—9, ALL AGES 7 P.M. Jean Dominique operated Haiti’s only free radio station for years, campaigning for democracy on the tiny island nation. This documentary shares Dominique’s history of “[battling] with a long succession of oppressive regimes, living as a symbol of freedom, the voice of the people, and the conscience of the country.” FILM 5TH AVENUE CINEMA THE DRILLER KILLER $4—5 (FREE W/PSU ID), (1979) ALL AGES 11:59 P.M. An NYC artist, slowly losing his grip on sanity due to the demands of bills, his roommates and his art, begins murdering derelicts with a power drill.
SATURDAY, JULY 1 FILM WHITSELL SWIMMING TO AUDITORIUM CAMBODIA (1987) $6—9, ALL AGES 7 P.M. This documentary on performance artist Spalding Gray reveals a feature-length monologue delivered by one man and captured by another.
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