Ride the waves of distorted guitar, feel the drums pound in tandem with your heart. “Census Designated” is no summer picnic; ...

Casting calls go out for a white man to play a 20-year-old savant. He should struggle with eye contact, be brilliant and ...

When I first saw the song title “Cleanest Dirty Shirt” on Buddy Wynkoop’s album “Better Than Botox,” however, my first ...

Don Brown has spent the last couple of months busking at the Portland Farmer’s Market at Portland State University. He ...

Making the decision to play the same music in an establishment that has saturated our radios, social media and streaming services reduces the potential quality of a business to a dystopian experience.

To combat anti-intellectualism, intellectualism needs a rebranding, beginning with the removal of moral superiority from the ...

On “Calculating Infinity,” the band revolutionized what is now called “mathcore,” a sound that would inspire as many ...

I was diagnosed with endometriosis, another hormonal disease primarily affecting women, at 20. However, I’d been experiencing ...

Another friend snorts and says, “Bro’s stimming.”  If you resonate with the second example, I’ll be blunt:  Fuck you, you’re ...

For many Portland natives, spending time in the city’s parks and natural areas was a prominent part of growing up. Whether it was afternoons at neighborhood playgrounds, swimming lessons at the pool ...

Editor’s note and correction notice: The research and interviews done for this article occurred in May and June of 2026. Since then, Tim Nidever has been reinstated to his position at Portland State ...

It’s summer in Portland: the sun is out, the days are long, and the Willamette River is still questionable to swim in. Spending summer in the city doesn’t have to mean breaking the bank — there are ...