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[ PAST EVENT ] Dead Media Hour w/ Stephen Slappe

A never-before-seen collection of beautiful home movies filmed by East Bay skateboarders in Oakland and Berkeley in 1965 will also be shown. Originally shot on silent 8mm film, a high-definition scan of these amateur movies will be accompanied by Slappe adding context to their history and significance as well as live 45 record spinning by DJ Lazerwolf, all deep cuts from 1965. You don’t have to be a skateboarder to love this show, but skateboarders will definitely love this show!

Tickets $15. A special screening of rare skateboarding films from the 1960s hosted by Stephen Slappe of the Dead Media Hour archive. Two early classics, Skaterdater (1965) and Rouli Roulant, a.k.a. The Devil’s Toy (1966) will be projected in glorious 16mm film.
A never-before-seen collection of beautiful home movies filmed by East Bay skateboarders in Oakland and Berkeley in 1965 will also be shown. Originally shot on silent 8mm film, a high-definition scan of these amateur movies will be accompanied by Slappe adding context to their history and significance as well as live 45 record spinning by DJ Lazerwolf, all deep cuts from 1965. You don’t have to be a skateboarder to love this show, but skateboarders will definitely love this show!

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OMGNW!

7:00 pm

ART + LABOR series - Curated by JULIO TORRES

Join us for our SPECIAL GUEST STARS series where some of our favorite Tomorrow Theater guests curate special screening series just for our audience!

For our Art and Labor series (Julio Torres’ favorite movies about getting lost in the job), Torres has curated Sorry to Bother You, The Match Factory Girl, Being There, and The 40-Year-Old Version.

Join us for this special limited series with a video intro by Julio Torres!

JANUARY

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OMGNW!

Jan 9

Songs from the Second Floor w/ Artist in Residence Julia Calabrese

GAME-O-RAMA SOCIAL CINEMA

Jan 10

Jawbreaker Bingo w/ Violet Hex

COMMUNITY PARTNER

Jan 11

Shattered Dreams: Sex Trafficking in America w/ Panel Discussion // Presented by A Village for One

SELF-CARE SUNDAYS

Jan 12

CARTE BLANCHE: Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version // ART + LABOR Series Curated by Julio Torres

MIND MELD

Jan 30

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed // Nationale Movie Night

SOCIAL CINEMA

Jan 31

To Die For // w/ Nicole Kidman Look-alike Contest!

FEBRUARY

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SNEAK PEEKS

Feb 1

Boys Go to Jupiter // presented by Jason Sturgill

NOW>>THEN

Feb 2

Groundhog Day - $5

UNORTHODOX DOCS

Feb 2

Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

Feb 6

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl // CASCADE FESTIVAL OF AFRICAN FILMS

NOW. HEAR. THIS.

Feb 7

Absolute Beginners // Sade Island DJ Night & Record Sales

QUEER CINEMA WILD CARD

Feb 8

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

SOCIAL CINEMA

Feb 8

The Love Witch // Opulent Witch: Love Spells

UNORTHODOX DOCS

Feb 9

The Painter and the Thief

GAME-O-RAMA

Feb 14

Mannequin Valentine's Day BINGO // Hosted by Violet Hex

NOW>>THEN

Feb 15

Harold and Maude

MIND MELD OMGNW!

Feb 15

Moonstruck + Special Scene w/ Artist in Residence Julia Calabrese

GAME-O-RAMA

Feb 21

North by Northwest // Ethereal Reflections Murder Mystery Party

NIGHT OF A 1000...

Feb 22

Wild at Heart // NIGHT OF 1,000 DAVID LYNCHES

NIGHT OF A 1000...

Feb 22

Blue Velvet // NIGHT OF 1,000 DAVID LYNCHES

MIND MELD

Feb 28

Iranian Night: Dance lessons + APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR // Chess Club x woo-woo

CARTE BLANCHE: MIRANDA JULY

The one and only Miranda July is back in Portland for this intimate talk at the Tomorrow Theater about her incredibly multi-faceted life and art (and everything in between!) as well as her latest creative endeavors.

Round out your Miranda July Carte Blanche experience by joining us for her curated film series on the theme of time/space/reality/memory/truth being in question.

Join us for the full series: Random Harvest, The Truman Show, The Heiress, and Somewhere In Time.