It's looks like a dicey weekend for Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans!

Well, I got up for the day job and headed to the bus stop, walking in a winter SNOW-POCALYPSE!  Now, some people outside the Pacific Northwest think we tend to over-react to just a light dusting of snow, but they don't realize the hazards even a moderate snowfall can bring to the area. 

To start, the local Bigfoot population use any amount of city snowfall as an excuse to come down from the mountains and chase cats, rummage through yards and leave some really big footprints on sidewalks.  Of course, you can't follow them, as most Bigfoots are practical jokers and leave prints in a long loop.  You know you've been had by a Bigfoot as you can hear their deep, low giggles as you follow their trail back to your starting point.

Hehehehe... Third amateur cryptozoologist

to fall for that trail this hour!

And don't even get me started on the Evil Snowmen.   They're just, well, evil.

But an even more horrid fate awaits Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans heading out this week, that of the dreaded Cancelled Event.  If you plan to attend an event listed in this edition of the Weekly Update, please be sure to click on the link or, better yet, call the venue to make sure it hasn't been cancelled.  Depending on where you live, snowy or icy roads can lead to a cancellation, and you DO NOT want to be on the roads, only to find out the event you were traveling to was cancelled or postponed. 

That said, enjoy this edition of the Weekly Update.  It's full of great films, stage events and more, which will help keep the winter blues at bay.  Unless the resurgence of chilly weather forced a cancellation.  Then just relax and check out something online for the evening. 

Don't forget, it's both EASY and FREE to have your event listed on The Shadow Over Portland.  Just email me with the details, and any promotional artwork you have, at shadowoverportland@live.com and I'll do the rest!

And please help spread the word.  Should you attend any of the events listed below, let the organizers know you read about it at The Shadow Over Portland!!

Ongoing

Guillermo del Toro's Oscar nominated film The Shape of Water continues at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR) through March 1.  Visit the Cinema 21 website for more details. 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will continue showing Guillermo del Toro's Oscar nominated film The Shape of Water through March 1.  For showtimes and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

The Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway St NE, #170, in Salem, OR) will continue showing Guillermo del Toro's Oscar nominated film The Shape of Water through March 1.  For showtimes, visit the Salem Cinema website.

The Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) will continue showing Guillermo del Toro's Oscar nominated film The Shape of Water through March 1.  Visit the Darkside Cinema website for more details.

The Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA) will continue showing Guillermo del Toro's Oscar nominated film The Shape of Water through Thursday, March 1.  Visit the Pickford Film Center website for more details and advance ticket sales.

The Grand Cinema (606 S Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) will continue showing Guillermo del Toro's Oscar nominated film The Shape of Water through Thursday, March 1.  Visit The Grand Cinema website for more details and advance ticket sales.

Buy Tickets Early!

Sugar Hill, the best (okay, also only) blaxploitation zombie more ever made, screens on Tuesday, March 27, at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) at 7:30 pm.  The screening will be in GLORIOUS 35mm and classic blaxploitation trailers will play before the film.  You might want to get tickets early, as this could sell out.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

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The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the Jack Arnold classic It Came from Outer Space on Saturday, March 31, at 6 pm.  Oh, I forgot to mention the presentation is in GLORIOUS 35mm and in 3D.  AND star Kathleen Hughes will be present for a post screening Q and A.  Tickets go on sale to the general public today (Monday, February 19), and you know this will sell out fast.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

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Geekenders bring A Nude Hope: A Sci-Fi Burlesque Adventure to the Victoria Conference Center (720 Douglas St in Victoria, BC) at 6 pm on Friday, March 16.  Tickets are $25 and you must be 19 or older with ID to attend.  Advance tickets are on sale now and highly recommended, as the Capitol City Comic Con is taking place in the same location.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.

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Geekenders and the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) host A Nude Hope: A Sci-Fi Burlesque Adventure at 8 pm Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24.  Tickets are $25 in advance (highly recommended), $30 at the door.  You must be 18 or older and have ID to attend.  For more details, including a list of performers and a link to advance ticket sales (on sale now), visit the Facebook Event Page.

February, 2018

Wednesday, February 21

Tonight's Weird Wednesday offering at The Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) is the utterly insane Mexican film The Batwoman.  A bikini clad Batwoman takes on a mad scientist robbing Mexican wrestlers of the spinal fluid to create a Gill Man.  Oh yeah, that's WEIRD.  Showtime is 9:15 pm and admission is FREE, but you must be 21 or older to attend.  And folks, be sure to help The Joy Cinema's effort to keep Wednesdays WEIRD by stopping at the concession stand for some tasty treats and beverages before the show.  Remember, the Batwoman deals with people sneaking outside food and drinks into the theater as harshly as she does mad scientists.  For more details, visit The Joy Cinema website.

Friday, February 23

The Mads from MST3K are back and the Alberta Rose Theatre (3000 NE Alberta St in Portland, OR) will host two evenings of different bad movies and riffing tonight and tomorrow night (Saturday, February 24) at 8 pm.  Doors open at 7 pm for a meet and greet with the Mads (Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu), followed up with an audience Q and A following the show.  Tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the door.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the Alberta Rose Theatre website or the Facebook Event Page.

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Mike Judge's hard-to-find prophetic sci fi comedy Idiocracy screens at The Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) through Thursday, March 1.  For more details, including showtimes (when posted) visit The Academy Theater website.

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Frightmare on Main Street, present by local podcast The Horror Aisle, will screen Child's Play at 9:30 pm tonight at the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA).  Tickets are $10 on the day of the show, $7 in advance. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the Kiggins Theatre website.

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The Broadway musical version of Disney's Beauty and the Beast opens tonight at the McIntyre Hall Performing Arts and Conference Center (2501 E College Way in Mount Vernon, WA).  The production runs through March 10.  For more details, including showtimes and advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.

Saturday, February 24

The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees! at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) at 2 pm.  The series will screen a weekly cliffhanger episode of Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, and a classic (but secret) feature, all in GLORIOUS 16mm!  This week's feature theme is Twisted Intrigues, full of hidden, lethal agendas.  Series passes will be available at the door.  For more details, visit the Grand Illusion Cinema website.

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Rocket Sci-Fi Matinee presents Ray Harryhausen's classic, Mysterious Island, at noon today at the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA).  Admission is just $3.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the Pickford Film Center website.

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De Lioncourt Productions presents Cara Mia *An Addams Family Burlesque Story at 8 and 10:15 pm tonight only at Crush Bar (1400 SE Morrison St in Portland, OR).  Tickets are $16 to $24 dollars.  Doors open 45 minutes before the show.  For more details, including a list of performers and advance ticket sales, visit the Eventbrite ticket page.

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Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema (606 S Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) presents the Oscar nominated horror sensation of 2016, Get Out, tonight at 11 pm.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.

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Slim's PDX (8635 N Lombard St in Portland, OR) presents a night of pschy garage and spooky soul music with Monterey Purple, Lagoon Squad and Little Hexes tonight at 9 pm.  Admission is FREE, but you must be 21 or older to attend.  For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page. 

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The Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) After Dark series presents Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse at 9:30 pm tonight.  The film is a folk-horror tale of a 15th century woman ostracized by her village when the residences claim she is a witch.  It plays with the short Mobius.  The screening takes place at the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW Park Ave in Portland, OR).  For more details and advance tickets to the screening, visit the Northwest Film Center website.

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The Portland Black Film Festival presents a special screening of Brother from Another Planet, and a post-screening Q and A with star Joe Morton, at 7 pm tonight at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR).  The film will be shown in GLORIOUS 35mm (print courtesy of the UCLA Film and Television Archive).  For more details and advance ticket sale, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

Sunday, February 25

The Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) After Dark series ends this evening with a screening of The Endless at 9:30 pm.  The story of two brothers returning to the cult they left a decade ago is the subject of a small article in the current issue of Rue Morgue and sounds intriguing.  It plays with the short Zarr-Dos, which is summed up with one line; "Two giant heads blow shit up."  Sounds like a high note to end on!  The screening takes place at the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW Park Ave in Portland, OR).  For more details and advance tickets to the screening, visit the Northwest Film Center website.

Monday, February 26

The Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA) is celebrating its 20th anniversary by screening 20 of their most popular films.  Tonight's film is Pan's Labyrinth, presented in Spanish with English subtitles.  For more details, including the single showtime (when available), visit the Pickford Film Center website. 

Tuesday, February 27

The Portland International Film Festival presents the Spanish animated feature Birdboy: The Forgotten Children to the Empirical Theater at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 6:30 pm.  The screening is sponsored by Laika.  For more details and advance tickets to the screening, visit the Northwest Film Center website.

March, 2018

Thursday, March 1

Emerald City Comicon has announced dates for 2018!  The con takes place Thursday, March 1 to Sunday, March 4, at the Washington State Convention Center (800 Convention Place in Seattle, WA).  Guests include Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter film series), Summer Glau and Sean Maher (Firefly).  Visit the Facebook Event Page for additional details.

UPDATE: David Tennant (Dr. Who, Jessica Jones) and Billie Piper (Dr. Who, Penny Dreadful), and Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation) are scheduled to attend.

Friday, March 2

The Friday Night Lecture Series at Portland State University (1825 SW Broadway in Portland, OR) tackles Trolls: Reality, Myth or Cultural Icons tonight at 7:30 pm in Cramer Hall, Room 171.  Storyteller Barbara Fankhauser explores the lore of trolls in Scandinavian myths and culture, and shares stories of Trolls.  The event is free and open to the public.  For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.

Saturday, March 3

The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees! at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) at 2 pm.  The series will screen a weekly cliffhanger episode of Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, and a classic (but secret) feature, all in GLORIOUS 16mm!  This week's feature theme is Atomic Monsters.  'Nuff said on that one!  Series passes will be available at the door.  For more details, visit the Grand Illusion Cinema website.