Tickets $15. Join us on 4/20 for a “half-baked” rock opera featuring two classic afterschool specials, “Stoned” and “The Day My Kid Went Punk.” They will be live-scored by Portland’s own provocative improv orchestra, Party Killer, renowned for their sonic invention, exotic instrumentation and mind-blowing performances.
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Tickets $25. Dubbed as a “theater-circus-danceumentary” by director and Do Jump company founder Robin Lane, That Happened tells the life story of the Portland-based acrobatic, circus, dance troupe from its inception in 1977 through pandemic virtual performances and ultimately ending with a live filming of the troupe.
The film begins with a whirlwind journey through Do Jump live performances from 1977 through 2019. From 2020 to the present, a new element of the company’s life emerged in the form of That Happened, a physical, poignant, and zany multi-genre reflection of the evolving experiences of an ensemble of talented circus performers and musicians during the extraordinary time of the pandemic to present. Featuring performers: Nicolo Kehrwald, Patric McGuire, Kailee McMurran, Jack StockLynn, Rhys Thomas, Brittany Walsh, Jacki Ward, and Tia Zapp.
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Tickets $15. Grab a can of pineapple juice and crank up Faye Wong’s cover of “Dreams”—we’re celebrating 30 years of the Wong Kar-wai masterpiece Chungking Express. A touching study of love, connection and heartbreak, the film’s emotional power feels just as raw today as its 1994 release. Portland band The Fourth Wall will play a set inspired by the film.
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Posted on March 14, 2024
Tickets $15. Happy Birthday to the King of the Monsters! The big 7-0. Celebrate the international icon’s day with a screening of his feature debut. Local VFX supervisor and production designer Joshua Cox will give a talk before the film, in honor of Godzilla’s recent VFX Oscar win.
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Tickets $15. Put your sneakers on and dance on down to the Tomorrow Theater for one of the most iconic displays of futuristic sneakers in cinema, presented in celebration of PAM’s Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks exhibition. This 1989 sequel managed to correctly predict numerous technological changes that would come to fruition 26 years later, including smart home technology, video chat systems, hands-free video games, and tablet computers with fingerprint scanners. The Nike Air Mag, depicted in Back to the Future II became an actual, self-lacing shoe in 2008, created by footwear innovators Tinker Hatfield and Tiffany Beers.
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Tickets $15. Come dance around the maypole on the remote island of Summerisle with the original springtime horror film. We promise there are no bees.
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Tickets $15. What if following your dreams meant leaving behind your home and family? Examine the corners of life’s hardest choices through the story of Palestinian actress Hiam Abass (Succession, Ramy).
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Tickets $15. Celebrate women directors’ contributions to horror with a screening of the nearly-lost-to-time film Hollywood 90028. Christina Hornisher’s sole feature film was given new life with a 4K restoration by Grindhouse Releasing in 2023. Local character makeup artist Christina Kortum will give a crash course in horror makeup before the film.
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Tickets $15. Remind yourself that reading can be fun! Learn more about the beloved PBS series Reading Rainbow and its iconic host LeVar Burton through this spectacular new documentary. Tomorrow Theater neighbors Gone West PDX will host a pop-up selling their specially curated, locally made products.
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