Um, if you like art you really should go see this

One of the best displays of innovative art that also has a broad appeal is Daniel Barrow's Everytime I See Your Picture I Cry currently at the TBA festival and being performed at the Art Museum. A story told by the artist with projections of comic-book like depictions, Everytime employs some really amazing imagery, full of symbolism, a little gore, and deep emotions.

The story does become a little stormy, especially by the last chapters, which is full of generalizations and simplistic understandings about love, death, suffering and art. However, overall it is a compelling narrative through the eyes of a janitor and art-school drop out while he creates a phonebook complete with visual representations of those included by sneakily drawing them in their homes.

The vocal story-telling by the Winnipeg artist is supplemented with Barrow's projections, gorgeously drawn with a little bit of peek-of-boo mixed in, complete with movement and symbolism of instances that are more abstract.

This is the LAST NIGHT to check it out. Highly recommended.

Northwest Film Center

Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum

6:30 pm

$15

Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People- a study in dichotomy

Last night at the Winningstad Theatre marked the world premiere of Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People's Last Meadow. Some parts were rich with energy and subtext, others were downright atrocious. The best was about three-quarters of the way through when the three main players disrobe and break out into dance moves only seen in the most homosexual and best techno clubs, with a little ballet mixed it.

With trite statements from a mike/amp combination on stage such as "America is a disaster" and a break midway through, literally, the three performers stopped, commented that a moth was disrupting their stage presence during the performance, drinking water, and talking about pooping, it was mostly a discombobulated mess.

Some statements, such as "I wish my parents loved me the way I want to be loved"

(or something along those lines, and we can all relate, right?) showed hints of accessibility. Most did not. But I would be lying if the crazy dance moves to Madonna didn't make me smile.

TBA:09 is among us

Yes, it is that time of year again. Time for T:BA 09, with its experimental and questionable art and performance, it has become a premier art festival in the Northwest, harnessing talent from all over the world.

Tonight's docket includes Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People's world premiere of Last Meadow. Here is what PICA has to say about it:

Last Meadow is set to an original score created by first-time composer Neal Medlyn and lighting by longtime collaborator Lenore Doxsee. Mining movement and text from James Dean’s East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant, Last Meadow creates a non-narrative collage of sensorial confusion, aka an America where the jig is up and the dream has died. Last Meadow is about the space of waiting, when things don’t move forward, don’t happen as they should, and mixed messages are the only ones we get.

I won't be able to give you my thoughts on it until tomorrow morning, cause I am going to what will probably be one of the highlights of the festival, the Explode into Colors performance with Janet Pants & Chris Hackett later tonight after Last Meadow.

Here are the deets if you want to come join in on the arty fun.

Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People

Fri. Sept. 4th 6:30-8pm

Sat. Sept 5th 6:30-8pm

Sun. Sept. 6th 6:30-8pm

Mon. Sept. 7th 8:30-10pm

$15-20

Buy tix at the door.

Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA)

Winningstad Theatre

111 SW Broadway

Explode into Colors with Janet Pants & Chris Hackett

TONIGHT! 10:30pm at THE WORKS- Washington High School

531 SE 14th Ave. Portland, OR 97214

All Ages, $8-10

Pod cast of Big Sky Conference football coaches conference call, Wednesday, Sept. 2

Listen to the pod cast of today's conference call with Big Sky football coaches:

• Sacramento State's Marshall Sperbeck
• Northern Arizona's Jerome Souers
• Weber State's Ron McBride
• Idaho State's John Zamberlin
• Portland State's Jerry Glanville
• Northern Colorado's Scott Downing
• Montana's Bobby Hauck
• Eastern Washington's Beau Baldwin
• Montana State's Rob Ash

PSU NEWS: Disability Resource Center is finally moving!

The DRC is delighted to announce that we will be moving to the first floor of the Smith Memorial Student Union this month! We will be located in the Northeast corner of the building, just down the hall from ASPSU in room 116.



The new location will be more accessible for students and will allow us to share our work space with the Assistive Technology Center.



Moving all the DRC offices and staff will take a few days, so the DRC will be closed September 10-15. We'll do our best to check e-mail during this time, but may lose access to voice mail on Friday, September 11.



If you visit the DRC before September 10, you will probably see us packing and sorting through things. We hope you'll pardon our mess!

Rola Khouri

Receptionist

Disability Resource Center

TwitterTracker: PSU-related tweets

On this edition of TwitterTracker, take an inside look at the new rec center from @psucampusrec.

Today via @psucampusrec: Truly the front welcome is just about done.


Today via @psucampusrec: Main lobby is 99% done!

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PSU/PORTLAND NEWS: Mayor Adams and PSU President Wiewel to officially open Cycle Track downtown today, 2-3 p.m.

The official opening of a Cycle Track on SW Broadway marks a new phase in Portland's development as a world-class bicycling city and reaffirms Portland State's commitment to sustainability. A Cycle Track protects bike riders from downtown traffic by placing them in a buffered bike lane between the curb and on-street parking. This event will be celebrated with a press conference for the demonstration project.

Opening remarks will be given by Portland Mayor Sam Adams followed by Portland State President Wim Wiewel. Also in attendance will be Scott Bricker, executive director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance.

When:
Today, Monday, August 31, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where:
Portland State University between Neuberger Hall and Smith Memorial Student Union

Scott Gallagher
Office of University Communications
503-725-8789
503-957-7545