Tickets $15. Presented in partnership with PICA’s TBA Festival and Boom Arts, The Untold Tales of Tuteremoana is a dramatic anthology, woven together by three Whakapapa stories of the ancient Ngāi Tara people. Each episode in this series is Māori led and told in te reo Māori language. Special guest actress Mere Tokorahi Boynton (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki & Ngāi Tūhoeof Aotearoa New Zealand), who stars in the third episode, will be present to discuss the films. Mere has a long list of credited roles including Jane Campion’s The Piano (1993) and Lee Tamahori’s Once Were Warriors (1994). A few days prior to this event, Mere will be performing in Portland-based artist Sam Hamilton’s experimental opera Te Moana Meridian: How the Prime Meridian Shapes the World, and the Case for Relocating It also in partnership with PICA’s TBA Festival, Boom Arts, and the Portland Art Museum.
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FREE EVENT. This powerful event features five BIPOC adoptee authors sharing their works and engaging in conversation. More than just a reading, this is a transformative space for storytelling, connection, and empowerment—reclaiming narratives often overshadowed.
Read More[ PAST EVENT ] CARTE BLANCHE: A Conversation with Kirsten Johnson + Dick Johnson Is Dead // FREE
Posted on July 31, 2024
Tickets FREE. We’re thrilled to host award-winning cinematographer and director Kirsten Johnson in conversation with Amy Dotson. A truly innovative storyteller, Johnson’s work grapples with the meaning behind making images. Renowned for her irreverent, unorthodox & fun approach to cinematography, Johnson has redefined visual storytelling. Her fabulous style and engaging way of interacting with subjects translate to the stage; it will surely be a conversation that sticks with you. The 60 minute conversation will follow the screening of Dick Johnson Is Dead, a joyful and heartbreaking documentary about Johnson’s father entering dementia.
Read More[ PAST EVENT ] Matilda Reading Party Hosted by Books With Pictures // $5 FAM JAM
Posted on July 25, 2024
Tickets $5. Reading party before we watch a movie about the power of reading!
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Tickets $15. McDaniel High School cheer team is back to perform their signature Stomp N’ Shake routine! We’re thrilled to share the much anticipated cheerleading film Backspot, executive produced by Eliot Page, starring Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs), and directed by Jacob’s partner D.W. Waterson. This queer love story takes a grueling look at the physical and mental toll cheerleading takes on teenagers.
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Tickets $15. McDaniel High School cheer team is back to perform their signature Stomp N’ Shake routine! After that, we’ll screen the 2000s classic cheerleading comedy, Bring It On.
Read More[ PAST EVENT ] My First Film w/ Q&A: Carrie Brownstein, Ashley Connor, & Billy Feldman
Posted on July 25, 2024
Tickets $15. A performance artist, filmmaker, and music video director (who has filmed videos for Angel Olsen, Beach House, Mitski, and Zola Jesus), Zia Anger struggled to finish her own feature film. After touring around the country with her live performance “My First Film”, Anger created a film about an artist struggling to create her first feature film. After the film, Carrie Brownstein will host a Q&A with Director of Photography Ashley Connor & Co-Writer Billy Feldman.
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There’s a hero in all of us.
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Tickets $15. Take a trip and break out of your shell with Barb and Star. From the gals who brought you Bridesmaids (co-stars and co-writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo) comes Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar. Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time…ever. Romance, friendship and a villain’s evil plot…Hold onto your culottes, BARB & STAR is back at the Tomorrow Theater!
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Isabella Rossellini dramatizes insect and sea creature mating rituals.
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