Willamette Week

Oregon State University Discovered the First New Pigment of Blue in Over 200 Years. Now It’s for Sale.

In 2009, Oregon State University professor Mas Subramanian did something that hadn’t been done in two centuries—he discovered a new pigment of blue.

Apple Has Donated the Black Lives Matter Mural Painted Outside Its Downtown Store to Don’t Shoot PDX

On Friday, Apple announced it will donate the mural to the organization, calling it “a monumental art piece honoring the ongoing fight for justice.”

The Portland Winter Light Festival Will Go On In 2021—With Pandemic-Related Changes

Most organizers have pulled the plug on large-scale celebrations for the first quarter of 2021, but the Portland Winter Light Festival will go on—things are just going to look a little different. The sixth annual event is now scheduled to take place over two weekends, Feb. 5-6 and Feb. 12-13, in order to prevent crowds from mobbing the illuminated installations all at the same time. In another first, neither the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry nor the Eastbank Esplanade serve as hosts to any of the activities.

Cartoonist Shannon Wheeler’s Last Two Projects Have Involved President Trump and COVID-19. He Prefers the Virus.

In the last year, Shannon Wheeler went from drawing Donald Trump to illustrating a worldwide health crisis. He considers it a relief.

The Virtual Choreography of Adam McKinney’s “Shelter in Place” Installation Imagines One Giant Leap for Humankind

A University of Oregon Professor Is Conducting a Study on the Links Between Statues and White Supremacy in the U.S.

Geographer and ethnic studies professor Laura Pulido has begun examining over 2,000 historical landmarks around the country to see how many address racial injustice directly related to each site. Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of them don’t.