Portland State Vanguard, Vol. 74, Issue 3

PORTLAND STATE VANGUARD

VOLUME 74 • ISSUE 3 • AUGUST 27, 2019

NEWS PORTLAND POLICE CHIEF, ROSE CITY ANTIFA AND PROUD BOYS PRAISE LACK OF VIOLENCE AT AUG. 17 RALLY OPINION RAP LYRICS BEING OF CONTEXT IN COURT TOOFPROVE GUILT 'FRIENDLY' LOAN COMPANIES AREARE AMONG US •TAKEN DREAM OUT PSU DISCUSSES IMPLEMENTATION DREAMER’S CENTER

CRIME BLOTTER

August 20–26

ANAMIKA VAUGHAN AUG. 20 Vandalism Campus Public Safety responded to a report of a brick thrown through a glass door around 7:13 a.m. at the King Albert Residence Hall.

AUG. 25 Vandalism In the Blumel Residence Hall parking lot, a student reported a broken vehicle window to CPSO at approximately 8 p.m.

AUG. 21 Vandalism A non-student reported a broken window at Growler USA.

Vehicle Break-in Between Aug. 19 and Aug. 26, CPSO took reports of seven instances of vehicle break-ins, three occuring in Blumel Residence Hall and four occuring in Parking Structure 3.

AUG. 22 Vandalism CPSO responded to a report of a damaged window in the morning at Lincoln Hall.

CONTENTS PHOTO BY GREGORY RETZ COVER BY DANA TOWNSEND

NEWS POLICE, FAR-RIGHT AND FAR-LEFT GROUPS ALL CLAIM VICTORY IN PORTLAND RALLY

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PSU STUDY ESTIMATES 38,000 HOUSELESS ON STREETS OF PORTLAND METRO

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INTERNATIONAL THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IS BURNING

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STAFF

EDIT ORI A L EDITOR IN CHIEF Nada Sewidan MANAGING EDITOR Marta Yousif NEWS EDITORS Dylan Jefferies Anamika Vaughan

ONLINE EDITOR Sangi Lama COPY CHIEF Hannah Welbourn CONTRIBUTORS Chloe Dysart Emily Price Gregory Retz

INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Madison Cecil

PRODUC TION & DE SIGN CREATIVE DIRECTOR John Rojas

ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Cervanté Pope

LEAD DESIGNER Dana Townsend

OPINION EDITOR Taylar Rivers

DESIGNERS Brandon Pahnish

DIS T RIBU TION & M A R K E TING DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING MANAGER Dylan Jefferies T ECHNOL OGY & W EB SIT E STUDENT MEDIA TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR Corrine Nightingale TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANTS Annie Ton

OPINION EGO TRIPS

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RAP LYRICS AREN’T PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT

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EVENTS

CALENDAR

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A DV ISING & ACCOUN TING COORDINATOR OF STUDENT MEDIA Reaz Mahmood STUDENT MEDIA ACCOUNTANT Sheri Pitcher To contact Portland State Vanguard, email info@psuvanguard.com

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POLICE, FAR-RIGHT AND FAR-LEFT GROUPS ALL CLAIM VICTORY IN PORTLAND RALLY

NEWS

DYLAN JEFFERIES The Portland Police Bureau, far-left and far-right groups all claimed victory in a longawaited rally held on Aug. 17, where over 1,000 far-right and far-left demonstrators took to the streets of Portland.

Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, Proud Boys organizer Joe Biggs and Effie Baum, an organizer with the far-left group Popular Mobilization, all hailed the event a success after minimal violence took place at what was expected to be a highly contentious demonstration.

This was the result of a dedicated police strategy that gave both groups autonomy to move almost wherever they liked while tactfully directing both groups far apart from one another, keeping both groups at least one mile apart at all times.

The far-right rally planned for Aug. 17— entitled “End Domestic Terrorism” on Facebook—was organized by Biggs and multiple far-right groups, including the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer.

The intention of the rally was to label the farleft group antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, an idea that has recently gained traction after antifa was widely criticized for the assault of journalist Andy Ngo at a similarly contentious protest that occured in Portland on June 29.

Counter protests were quickly organized for Aug. 17 by Rose City Antifa and Popular Mobilization (PopMob) in order to “resist the alt-right,” according to PopMob’s Facebook page.

They encouraged counter-demonstrators to come dressed in costume, and multiple performances were scheduled to take place— including marching bands, dancers and acrobats—in order to create a “spectacle like [the alt-right] have never seen before,” according to the Facebook event page.

The rally, while large and contentious, remained mostly non-violent. Various skirmishes occurred throughout the day between small pockets of left-and right-wing demonstrators.

Early in the day, the majority of the right-wing demonstrators were allowed access to cross the Hawthorne Bridge after multiple members of the Proud Boys told the Portland Police that they wanted to leave the downtown area, which the police facilitated, according to OregonLive.

After that, both left-and right-wing demonstrators wandered through various areas of Portland, some seeking out confrontation in what the Willamette Week called “a wild-goose chase.” Encounters between the groups were scarce.

Portland Police made 13 arrests throughout the day and seized various weapons, according to OregonLive. Police declared the rally a civil disturbance toward the end of the event after counter demonstrators began to disrupt traffic around Pioneer Courthouse Square before they dispersed around 6 p.m.

Outlaw told OregonLive police successfully kept the event safe while allowing both groups to exercise their free-speech rights.

Both Outlaw and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler were criticized after the protests on June 29—as well as previous protests—for not having done enough to stop the violence.

After the rally, Wheeler posted on Twitter: “I am relieved that no lives were lost. Weapons were seized quickly. @PortlandPolice did an extraordinary job keeping the peace, protecting life, & responding to violence.”

Effen Baum, an organizer with the far-left group PopMob, applauded the counter-demonstrators who came to denounce the altright and stated that the next time far-right groups return to Portland, the counter demonstrations will be even larger, according to OregonLive. “We built a very diverse coalition of people who turned out to say that hate is not welcome here,” Baum said.

A spokesperson for Rose City Antifa, who spoke at the rally and identified themselves as Jane, said “[Antifa’s] here because we are a community that is millitant, is alive, is remembering, and knows what the fuck is going on, and together we want to plan and keep it that way.”

Biggs, the central organizer of the far-right rally, said the media publicity and national scrutiny of the far-left group antifa made the event a success.

“We wanted national attention and we got it,” he told OregonLive.

Biggs specifically cited president Trump’s tweet as a success, which was posted on the morning of Aug. 17 before the rally took place, which read: “Major consideration is being given to naming ANTIFA an ‘ORGANIZATION OF TERROR.’ Portland is being watched very closely. Hopefully the Mayor will be able to properly do his job!”

Republican Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana recently supported a bill which calls for “the designation of antifa as a domestic terrorist group.”

Shorty after the rally, Biggs and other members of the Proud Boys stated they would return to rally in Portland every month until Wheeler declares “antifa an enemy of Portland and restore order,” according to Willamette Week.

Wheeler responded by saying that he would deploy the police force as often as he needs to in order to keep Portland safe.

“Clearly sustaining the kind of investments we made are going to be difficult,” Wheeler told OregonLive. “Honestly, the Proud Boys could not articulate why they were here. I don’t know if they will come here again or not.”

FAR-LEFT AND FAR-RIGHT GROUPS PROTEST REMAINS MOSTLY NONVIOLENT, AUG. 17. GREGORY RETZ/PSU VANGUARD

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NEWS

PSU STUDY ESTIMATES 38,000 HOUSELESS ON STREETS OF PORTLAND METRO

DANA TOWNSEND ANAMIKA VAUGHAN A new study out of Portland State’s Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative and the Joint Office of Homeless Services found approximately 38,000 people experienced houselessness in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties in 2017.

The study also estimated in that same year, another 107,000 people were at risk of losing their housing.

Additionally, it would cost approximately $2.6–4 billion over 10 years to assist people experiencing houselessness by finding and sustaining housing for individuals; to assist the most housing-insecure households, it would cost another $8.7–16.6 million over 10 years.

Dr. Marisa Zapata, associate professor at the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning and director of HRAC, explained those numbers at an Aug. 20 press conference.

“While we know billions can sound daunting, one of the things I really want to encourage people to think about is that in cities, we spend billions all the time on basic city infrastructure,” Zapata said. “We spend billions on our roads, our super systems, our waterways—housing is basic infrastructure, and we should be willing to support and spend the same kind of money on the basic infrastructure of where we live in order to have healthy cities.”

Zapata also explained the numbers for how many are houseless and how much it will cost the Portland Metro area are higher than in previous studies, because the researchers broadened the definition of houseless. In the

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study, “homelessness” included people on the streets, in shelters and also people who were forced to live “doubled up”—on couches, in basements or in garages after rent hikes or an untenable financial situation forced them out of their own homes.

“We don’t want to identify the least amount of housing we could offer to the smallest group of people in order to just get people off the streets,” Zapata said. “We want to be part of creating a stable, quality, affordable housing stock for all Portlanders who need it, so they can lead healthy, safe, productive and happy lives.”

Zapata said those numbers could get worse if the housing market continues to increase rent prices ahead of wages or if the federal government decreases its investments into services and rent assistance.

“We’re trying to solve housing,” Zapata said. “We need to be able to come together to create a housing strategy for the region where we’re actually weighing tradeoffs and understanding the consequences of the choices that we’re making. That would be my first action step.”

The 38,000 number took into account the annual point in time count for all three counties, population counts from the annual homelessness assessment report and the Department of Education’s annual numbers on families and unaccompanied youth experiencing houselessness.

“There’s no way to control for some of the overlap that might be in these different data sets,” Zapata said. “We kind of con-

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sider it a wash, in part because we have absolutely no data on adults who are living doubled and tripled up.”

Zapata also added this data reveals that marginalized communities such as African Americans, Native Americans and LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately affected by houselessness.

“The systems that cause homelessness will not be easily unmade, but we do believe we can unmake them and recreate them with those who are the most marginalized at the core of those issues,” Zapata said. “We believe that we can do that by thinking regionally, and by collaborating and building a movement to address these issues.”

Mark Jolin, director of the JOHS, explained some of the work being done currently by the JOHS to serve houseless communities.

When it was established in 2016, the JOHS doubled the amount of shelter beds available in the Portland metro area.

Jolin said that around 8,000 people utilized those shelter beds in 2018.

JOHS began a major expansion of supportive housing for people with severe disabilities and has committed to creating 2,000 more homes that are affordable and come with supporting services by 2028. Jolin said 600 of those homes are already on the ground or in development.

“This report tells us we can’t end homelessness until we do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to help those who have already become homeless and stop the inflow by addressing the forces that put people at risk,” Jolin said.

INTERNATIONAL

THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IS BURNING FIRE RATE UP 84% FROM 2018

SMOKE AS A RESULT OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST FIRES CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE. COURTESY OF NASA

MADISON CECIL

The Amazon rainforest—home to over 3 million species of plants and animals—is burning at a higher rate than ever before, with the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reporting an 84% increase in fires when compared to 2018. There have been over 74,000 fires in the Amazon rainforest since January.

While some of the fires were caused by Brazil’s annual dry season—temperatures and rainfall in the region remained stable, said National Institute for Space Research (INPE) scientist Alberto Setzer to Al Jazeera—many were intentionally started by humans in order to clear land for agricultural production.

“The dry season creates the favorable conditions for the use and spread of fire, but starting them is the work of humans, either deliberately or by accident,” Setzer said to The Independent.

Climate change has been “increasing the intensity and frequency of droughts,” which does lead to a worsening fire season, but many farmers have been “emboldened” by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s anti-environment stance, according to MIT Technology Review.

“This is a sick statement, a pitiful statement,” Greenpeace Brazil’s Public Policy Coordinator Marcio Astrini told Reuters. “Increased deforestation and burning are the result of [Bolsonaro’s] anti-environmental policy.”

The INPE reported every minute a portion of the Amazon equivalent to 1.5 soccer fields is destroyed by fires. There were over 9,500 fires in the Amazon rainforest between Aug. 15–21.

Bolsonaro blames non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of intentionally starting fires in the Amazon in order to damage the current administration’s reputation in both the international and national community.

“So there could be…I’m not affirming it, criminal action by these ‘NGOers’ to call attention against my person, against the government of Brazil,” Bolsonaro said in a Facebook Livestream, according to BBC. “This is war we are facing.”

Bolsonaro’s statement regarding NGOs starting the fires in the Amazon was criticized by politicians and climate scientists alike since he made the statement on Aug. 21. Greenpeace told CNN Bolsonaro’s administration was a “threat to the climate equilibrium.”

Copernicus, the EU’s satellite imaging program published a photo showing smoke covering over half of Brazil and beginning to spread in Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay, according to CNN. Nearly 1,700 miles away from the Amazon, São Paulo experienced a blackout due to heavy smoke coverage for over an hour during the afternoon of Aug. 19.

Residents of the city posted photos to social media, with some calling the blackout the “apocalypse.”

MOUNTAIN GORILLA POPULATION ON THE RISE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS RECENTLY DOWNGRADED FROM CRITICALLY ENDANGERED TO ENDANGERED. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

MADISON CECIL AND EMILY PRICE Despite their previous classification of “critically endangered,” the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List recently downgraded mountain gorillas to “endangered.”

The mountain gorillas, which are native to Central African countries, were classified as “critically endangered” since 1996, but their numbers rose by over a quarter of the previously recorded population in the last several years and are now over 1,000 in total, according to the African Wildlife Foundation.

Many scientists attribute the increase to the daily protections in place. “[This] announcement represents a huge success for conservation at a time when such success stories are increasingly rare,” said Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund CEO and

President Dr. Tara Stoinski in a statement.

“All those working to protect mountain gorillas—the governments of Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo; conservation organizations; and local communities—have a lot to be proud of.”

Scientists closely monitored mountain gorillas since the 1980s when the population was suspected to be under 650 gorillas total, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

WFF estimated there are over 600 mountain gorillas in Congo and approximately 400 in Bwindi, Uganda. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Volcanoes National Park and Virunga National Park are the only known homes to mountain gorillas remaining today.

WFF also reported mountain gorillas are a key part of the Central African ecosystem, as they graze on vegetation. They play an important role for several countries’ economies because they are a major tourist attraction. Some experts estimate that a single mountain gorilla directly and indirectly generates £2.5 million, or $2.81 million, in its life.

Conservation organizations as well as local and national governments have devoted a significant amount of time and resources to implement new intensive conservation protections. The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund began international campaigning to raise money for these intensive measures in May 2018, but the organization’s namesake, Dian Fossey, worked with mountain gorillas in the 1980s and 1990s.

“Given that during the time Dian Fossey worked with the gorillas it was thought they would go extinct by the year 2000, this continued growth based on the work she started demonstrates that intensive conservation works,” Stoinski continued in the statement.

“It also reveals the significant financial and time investment needed for conservation to happen—the mountain gorilla story clearly shows that we must be in it for the long haul and devote many more resources than are often available for conservation if we want charismatic species like gorillas, rhinos, elephants and tigers to survive.”

Today, the largest threats to mountain gorillas are human encroachment and forest degradation. Gorillas also can be susceptible to human diseases, which can lead to their deaths.

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OPINION

EGO TRIPS

DANA TOWNSEND

TAYLAR RIVERS Traveling internationally with the goal of helping an “underdeveloped country” has almost nothing to do with that country’s need for help and more of someone needing to fulfill a hero complex.

Mission trips are often well intended, but poverty is a complex, political and economic problem that won’t be solved with a week-long trip.

According to research gathered by Robert Wuthnow, a sociologist at Princeton University, it is estimated that over 1.5 million people from the United States participate in shortterm mission trips every year—and those 1.5 million people spend close to $2 billion for these trips. In addition to this, more than tens of thousands of churches along with more than a thousand Christian colleges, seminaries and high schools sponsor these trips.

“We believed we were being called by God to travel to poor countries and bring the gospel to Black and Brown people,” said Marrieete Williams a former mission trip regular to Medium.

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Missionaries travel not out of the betterment for others but for the recognition they receive from it. These trips are nothing more than an alternative vacation. From the awkward selfies with brown children to fluffing your resume with it for the next five years—stop.

More often than not, religion plays a crucial part in why so many people choose to make these international trips.

Historically, religion itself is founded by immigration patterns leading to intentional journeys of missionaries to spread the word of their religion. Ignoring the lack of resources and infrastructure, they believe that the people of these countries are in need of a savior.

In addition to individual motivations, there have been numerous cases where mission trips have been revealed to be a scam. The organizations double their travel fee and pocket the money or hassle the locals into using their space/resources.

For example, Mission Trip AirFare—a company geared toward helping organizations find flights and plan their travel itinerary—was discovered in 2017 to be a fraud. The com-

pany operated by two siblings who called themselves “faithful Chistians” had been pocketing the money from various organizations and never delivering their tickets.

Aside from the missionaries themselves, the impact on the country from their actions is critical. The majority of the people who visit these countries are highly unskilled and unequipped to deal with problems these areas face. No real influential change can be made in a week with these under-qualified people. Doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals can make an immediate impact when they offer their services for free. There are also long-term programs where teachers, engineers or trade workers can partner with schools and train young students.

People need money, adequate shelter, access to medical care and education—not painted houses and pictures.

Privilege can be blinding, but the people living their lives in the country you are merely visiting are not there to help you appreciate your life back home. They are not pawns in your journey to self-fulfillment.

OPINION

RAP LYRICS AREN’T PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT

BRANDON PAHNISH

TAYLAR RIVERS In a court of law, rap lyrics are allowed in as testimony or emit of guilt. An act of creative expression is never considered, instead rap is seen as a threat.

Hip-hop has long been a heavily critiqued, intentionally monitored genre of music. No other category of music has enticed and led the fights of many for justice and equality. The lyrics of these songs that motivate and speak to an entire community are often taken widely out of context.

Rap took over the nation and caught the attention of not only the public but specifically law enforcement and the government in the 1990s, which continues on until today. The Los Angeles Riots began April 29, 1992 and carried on until May 3, 1992.

Though the initial cause of revolt was the verdict of the famous Rodney King case, the spotlight was on rap artists N.W.A.

In the early ‘90s, N.W.A. made music that reflected their struggles and experiences growing up in the hood. More than anything, their songs criticized law enforcement that consistently targeted them and their community.

Songs such as “Fuck The Police” and prominent member of the group Ice Cube’s solo song “Black Korea” became the soundtrack to the riots.

Following their crucial role, both police and the government became heavily critical toward the rap community. Despite the songs giving a voice to a community that was often silenced, the general public viewed the genre as a violent disturbance.

Today, the stigma surrounding the genre still heavily lingers, and it has been carried into the court of law.

The First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment

of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Unfortunately, the freedom of speech section of the amendment seems to have been forgotten when it comes to the trial of rappers.

Jamal Knox, a Pittsburgh rapper was sentenced to two to six years in prison for his lyrics.

Knox, who performs under the name Mayhem Mal, was convicted in 2013 on two counts of terroristic threats and two counts of witness intimidation for his lyrics on “Fuck The Police.” He recorded the song with fellow Pittsburgh rapper Soulja Beaz (Rashee Beasley) while the two were awaiting trial on gun and drug charges in 2012.

Texas rapper Taymor Travon McIntyre, known as Tay-K 47, was recently found guilty of murder and three counts of aggravated robbery.

“The Race,” a popular song and video of his could potentially dictate how many years he will spend in prison. The song was released in 2017, months after the rapper had cut off an ankle monitor and gone on the run. The Monday following the guilty verdict, prosecutors showed the music video in full for the jury. Tay K was sentenced to 55 years in prison.

Torrence Hatch, known by his stage name Lil Boosie, went to trial in April of 2012 for first-degree murder. Louisiana Judge Mike Erwin ruled that a select few of the rapper’s lyrics can be used against him. His song “187” in particular came under a lot of scrutiny. “Any nigga who ever tried to play me, they dead now,” Boosie raps in his first verse. The prosecution specifically noted the use of “187,” “murk” and “cake” as slang terms commonly used to describe murder and money.

Although the song was not allowed to be played in its entirety, nor could any verse be read line by line, Judge Erwin ruled that those three specific words can be used as evidence against Boosie.

There are numerous other examples, but Knox’s case served as the beacon that caught the attention of the Supreme Court.

Knox’s defense team has drawn up an appeal that pleads for the Supreme Court to review the case and acknowledge it as an amendment violation. Many popular rappers of today have joined in on his defense such as Killer Mike, 21 Savage, Chance the Rapper, Meek Mill and many more.

Stated in the appeal is “a person unfamiliar with what today is the nation’s most dominant musical genre or one who hears music through the auditory lens of older genres such as jazz, country or symphony,” they wrote, “may mistakenly interpret a rap song as a true threat of violence.”

Aside from the obvious first amendment violation, the appeal addresses the fact that the jury on these trials are not equipped to understand the artistry of rap. This also applies to the Supreme Court, which consists of the majority of officials in their mid to late 60s.

The new appeal and growing support will hopefully call attention to the injustice and above anything, certify that artistic expressions of all kinds are entitled to constitutional protection.

Targeting the rap community for lyrics that reflect their experience is clearly prejudice and frankly racist. Songs are not an admission of guilt. The burden of the prosecution is not fulfilled by utilizing songs filled with exaggeration.

The first amendment guarantees the right to freedom of speech, and rap is no exception, even if you don’t like it.

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AUG. 27–SEPT. 2 ART

MUSIC

FILM & THEATRE

COMMUNITY

LAST OF THE HEAVY TUESDAYS TONIC LOUNGE 8:30 P.M. $2 • 21+ It’s the last Heavy Tuesday in Tonic Lounge history, so let’s say goodbye to the venue with Caustic Casanova and LaGoon.

VELODROME KICKSTAND COMEDY 7 P.M. $5 SUGGESTED DONATION It’s an improv showcase hosted by Mom Jeans (but not the one you’re thinking of).

EMO NITE HOLOCENE 9 P.M.–2 A.M. $10 • 21+ On Morrison instead of Ocean Avenue, get ready to sing your emo heart out at Holocene.

“PATTERNS OF ENERGY” ADORN 11 A.M.–7 P.M. FREE Catch Portland-based artist Cobb Hoelzer’s abstract works at the southeast Adorn location.

LIVE LOOPING WORKSHOP ARTICHOKE MUSIC 6–8 P.M. $25 If you’re interested in learning how to expertly lay down loop after loop, professional Annie Sea will show you how.

‘THE POET’S SHADOW’ THE HAMPTON OPERA CENTER 7 P.M. $5–30 This rock opera details the emotion of different poems coming to life.

‘PARKS & RECREATION’ TRIVIA UNTAPPED 7 P.M. $3.50–7.50 See if you know more than Leslie Knope about Pawnee.

“THE AUTOPOETS” REED COLLEGE VARIOUS TIMES FREE This group exhibition features works by Roland Dahwen, Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Tuesday Smilie.

OPEN CHANNELS S1 7 P.M. $5 (FREE FOR S1 MEMBERS) To quote Beck, they got “two turntables and a microphone.” Well, maybe not a microphone, but you can sign up for 15 slots and DJ your heart away.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: ‘L’AVVENTURA’ HOLLYWOOD THEATRE 7:30 P.M. $9 A 1960s mild thriller about a woman who disappears during a yacht trip in Sicily and the loved ones who try to solve the mystery.

CANS FOR CAMPING MCMENAMINS 23RD AVE BOTTLE SHOP 10 A.M.–10 P.M. FREE Everything that comes in a can is 10% off.

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“O HUMAN CHILD” CAMERAWORK GALLERY 9 A.M.–6 P.M. FREE These photographs by Vera Saltzman highlight the children of rural Sescatchewan and will be on display until Sept. 27.

BLINK 182, LIL WAYNE, NECK DEEP SUNLIGHT SUPPLY AMPHITHEATER 7:30 P.M. $25 & UP It’s like your dream concert come true.

JAK KNIGHT & ZACK FOX MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS 8 P.M. $20 You are guaranteed to laugh your ass off at this double-bill.

‘A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS’ VINYL NIGHT REVOCYCLE 6 P.M. REGISTER BEFORE AUG. 30 Cycle to The 1975’s newest album, if that’s your thing.

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SIP N’ PAINT: PORTLAND’S FREMONT BRIDGE LIVE LAUGH LOVE 4 P.M. $25 Come paint the iconic Fremont bridge somewhat under the influence.

ORQUESTRA PACIFICO TROPICAL, SISTER MANTOS, BLOSSOM DOUG FIR LOUNGE 9 P.M. $15 Some cumbia and R&B to ride out the summer to.

‘CHICKEN RUN’ TRE BONE 8 P.M. $10 That one movie from your childhood that you highkey still fuck with now.

CIDER MAKING 101 SCHILLING CIDER HOUSE 11 A.M. $50 Learn to ferment and make your own cider, and take some home!

“COALESCE” GALLERY @ THE JUPITER HOTEL OPEN 24 HOURS FREE These mixed media pieces by Gigi Conot will be on display until Sept. 30.

FOUNTAINE, YOUNGSHIRTMAYNE, SCOOTY, WHITE LOTUS MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS 8 P.M. FREE • 21+ It’s a Labor Day bash with some of the finest in local hip hop.

‘RETURN TO OZ’ WHITSELL AUDITORIUM 7 P.M. $8–10 As if the original wasn’t creepy enough.

2000’S DANCE FLASHBACK CRYSTAL BALLROOM 9 P.M. $8 If you’ve ever wanted to dance to early 2000’s music videos with other like-minded folks, now’s your chance.

ART IN THE PEARL NORTH PARK BLOCKS 11 A.M. FREE Labor Day barbeques are overrated—check out some cool arts and crafts as an alternative.

HELP, KING NUN BUNK BAR 9:30 P.M. $12 Help was voted one of the best new bands in Portland for a reason.

I WAKE UP DREAMING FILM NOIR FESTIVAL HOLLYWOOD THEATRE 7:30 P.M. $7–9 Out of the Past kicks off this four-day film noir fest.

LABOR DAY SALE PEARL DISTRICT 10 A.M.–9 P.M. FREE If you’re checking out Art in the Pearl, explore the surrounding shops for some Labor Day savings.

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FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO FIGHT OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM 10 A.M.–5 P.M. $8 W/ STUDENT ID This exhibition highlights the experiences of Black soldiers during World War II.

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