By most accounts, “citizenship” is not particularly sexy. And yet sex—and the identities, practices, communities, and cultures attached to it—is very much on the state’s…
A guiding precept of the engaged citizenship practiced by many of today’s most influential activists, creative workers, and critical intellectuals is that dissent, as a…
By design, early American citizenship was a profoundly unequal institution. Its founding document is not the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed the self-evident truth of…
It may not get the amount of press that the 150th anniversary of the Civil War did, but this year is also the 150th anniversary–of…
We’re embracing the environment Leon Benn and Seth Gass’s exhibition The Genuine Article has created with cheap beer, candle light reflected off wood paneled walls, broken in couches, karaoke and maybe…
Join us for an artist talk with SPACE artist-in-residence Iyabo Boyd. Iyabo is a producer and filmmaker living in New York City. Her residency at SPACE focuses on…
The Drink N’ Crit presents the work of the first two of three charrettes that examined ways in which Portland can become a city of…
Shaktoolik is a small village on Alaska’s Norton Sound. Without sea ice to protect it from fierce storms, this community of 260 people faces coastal…
Join us for a conversation with Dydine Umunyana about coming together and understanding our shared histories and shared differences. Dydine Umunyana is the author of the…
Join us for a lingerie and fashion show presented by Dispatch and Étaín. Have a cocktail, peruse various garments from local designers and sway to…
