Well, it looks like things are cooling down in the Pacific Northwest, and the air quality advisory notices are being lifted, but the hot, hazy summer is fair from over. We still have some hot weather coming next week, and while the air quality is improving, we always could have a repeat of the past few days.
A few more days like last week, and I'll bet most everyone
will welcome the return of rainy weather.
But whether the conditions are driving you indoors, or you don't want to miss a moment of sunshine, this edition of the Weekly Update is full of great Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy films, stage presentations, outings and festivals that you are sure to find something fun to add to your calendar of events for the week!
And be sure to check out the
Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar at some point during the week, to give you an idea of the events you'll want to see in the coming months. It's almost THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, and you know I'll be updating the page as I get more details on the haunted attractions and frightful films coming to the Pacific Northwest in October.
If you want your film festival, event or haunted attraction listed on the site, just email me at shadowoverportland@live.com with all the details, and any promotional artwork, and I'll take care of it. Best of all, posting your event is FREE and will reach hundreds of local readers!
And if you attend any of the events listed on the site, please help spread the word by letting the organizers know you read about it at The Shadow Over Portland!!
Playing This Week
The damn dirty apes are coming to
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with the
Marathon of the Apes. Starting on Saturday, August 4, the series starts off with a 50th anniversary of 1968's
Planet of the Apes, with the four sequels, and the series reboot that started in 2011 with
Rise of the Planet of the Apes,
playing throughout the month. Be aware, each film is showing once, and
the Tim Burton remake is not included in the marathon. Dates and
showtimes for the first three movies are below, and you can visit this
link to The Hollywood Theatre website for more details and advance ticket sales on other films in the series.
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Torchsong Entertainment presents
Star-Crossed, a rock comedy based on Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet at the
Headwaters Theater
(55 NE Farragut in Portland, OR). Take two young lovers from the
battling forces of Heaven and Hell, add some rock tunes performed by a
live four piece band, and let the fun begin! The production, which runs
through Sunday, August 19, is considered PG-13. For more details and
advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Summer Repertory season continues at the
Academy Theater
(7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) with two classic fantasies,
The Princess Bride and the animated version of
The Lord of the Rings. Both shows play through August 16. For more details and showtimes (when available), visit the
Academy Theater website.
August, 2018
Thursday, August 16
The
PDX Drive-In Movie Spectacular presents its only genre film, John Carpenter's
The Thing, this evening at the
Portland Expo Center
(2060 N Marine Dr in Portland, OR). Carloads of up to 6 people are
admitted for just $15, while individuals ride MAX, walk or bike in are
admitted for $5. A portion of the proceeds go to the Saints Soccer
Academy. The event kicks off with music, short films, a car show and
more. Or visit the beer garden and check out the food vendors for a
snack before the show. For more details, including a list of FAQs, the
other films in lineup and to purchase advance tickets, visit the
Expo Center website.
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Portland's
Movies in the Park present a screening of
Close Encounters of the Third Kind tonight at
Elizabeth Caruthers Park (SW Gaines St and Bonds Ave in Portland, OR). The event kicks off with
music
from the blues and early jazz band Jellyroll Society at 6:30 pm, with the movie
starting at dusk. For more details about the event, including park
policies,
visit the
Portland Parks website.
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The John Waters comedy
Polyester plays at the
McMenamins Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan St in Portland, OR) through Tuesday, August 21. For showtimes and advance tickets sales, visit the
Mission Theater website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
Annihilation at 6:30 pm and
Ex Machina
at 8:30 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. Two
attendees to each screening will receive a special door prize. For more
details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
Friday, August 17
Friday Night Frights presents
Stephen King's Cat's Eye at 10 pm tonight at the
Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N. Proctor St in Tacoma, WA). Tickets are only $6 at the door. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Summer Repertory season continues at the
Academy Theater
(7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) with 1954's
Godzilla and the family classic
The NeverEnding Story. Both shows play through August 23. For more details and showtimes (when available), visit the
Academy Theater website.
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The
Rusty Grape Vineyards (16712 NE 219th St in Battleground, WA) presents a
Movies on the Lawn screening of
Jaws
tonight starting at around 9 pm. Low chairs are fine, higher chairs
must be in the back, and no outside food or drinks are allowed (you can
purchase food and drinks in the tasting room to enjoy with the film).
All ages are welcome. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
Avengers: Infinity War at 5 pm, Dune at 8 pm and
Eraserhead
at 10:30 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. Two
attendees to each David Lynch film will receive a special door prize.
For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
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Charm and Glamour Productions presents
MSTease3K at 8 pm at the
Crush Bar (1400 SE Morrison St in Portland, OR) and yes, it is what you're thinking. "MST3K Royalty" Jackey Neyman Jones (Debbie from
Manos: The Hands of Fate) will be in attendance. For more details, including a list of performers and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Saturday, August 18
Cold War Shivers: Sci-Fi Scare Films of the 50s concludes at
Cinema 21
(616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR) with a screening of the 1957 classic
The Incredible Shrinking Man.
The series will feature six classic
films and include a post screening discussion with film programmer and
film studies instructor Elliot Lavine. Advance tickets for the series
are $79.99. Showtime is 11 am. For more details and advance ticket
sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The 2nd annual
Oregon Bigfoot Festival takes place from 10 am to 6 pm at
Glenn Otto Community Park
(1102 E Historic Columbia River Highway in Troutdale, OR). The
Festival is asking for a suggested $5 donation admission for adults, $2
for kids 12 and under. No pets or outside food and drinks are allowed.
For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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Weird Elephant at
The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) gets trippy tonight at 11 pm with
Dark Side of Oz, a pairing of the 1933 classic
The Wizard of Oz, with the Pink Floyd album
The Dark Side of the Moon
as the soundtrack. Yeah, you know you've wanted to witness THIS on the
BIG SCREEN! For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit
the
Facebook Event Page.
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Country Village Shops (23718 Bothell Everett Highway in Bothell, WA) presents the
Wizard Fest
today from noon to 4 pm. The event includes wizard shows, quests,
fantasy authors and magical vendors, as well as a Quiddich Run at 1 and 3
pm. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
4th Annual Goth Float on the Clackamas River kicks off at noon at
Barton Park (19009 SE Barton Park Rd in Boring, OR). The inner tube flotilla will end at
Carver Park
(14888 S Springwater Rd in Oregon City) around 5 pm, with a scheduled
lunch break. The event is FREE, except for parking, and be advised the
event DOES NOT have a shuttle between the parks, so you need to
coordinate parking arrangements with friends. Life vest are suggested
(required for children) and you need a flotation device designed for
river use. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents the family fantasy film
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, in GLORIOUS 35mm, today and tomorrow at 2 pm. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
Forbidden Planet at 5 pm,
A.I. at 6:45 pm and
Ex Machina at 9:30 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. Each attendee will receive one pass to the OMSI exhibit
Robot Revolution. For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
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Due to popular demand, an encore screening of
Willow is scheduled at 7:30 pm tonight at
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR). For more details and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
Sunday, August 19
The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
Close Encounters of the Third Kind at 5 pm and
Solo: A Star Wars Story at 7:15 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
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Morgue Anne presents
They Strip: An 80s Horror Burlesque Spectacular at 6 pm tonight at
The Rendezvous (2322 2nd Ave in Seattle, WA). For more details, including a list of performers and advance tickets, visit the
Tickettailor site.
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Shriek: A Women of Horror Film Class
will screen and discuss Babak Anvari's tale of a woman and her daughter
surviving the horrors of war, religious fascism, misogyny and a
supernatural threat,
Under the Shadow, tonight at
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse
(8564 Greenwood Ave N in Seattle, WA). The event starts at 7 pm and
you must be 21 or older to attend. For more details and a link to
advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Monday, August 20
Marathon of the Apes continues tonight at
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with a screening of 2011's
Rise of the Planet of the Apes at 7:30 pm. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
Deadpool 2 at 5 pm,
Forbidden Planet at 7 pm and
A.I. at 8:45 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
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The
Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen the horror film
Hereditary tonight at 9:30 pm. For more details, including showtimes and advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Tuesday, August 21
Sci-Fi Extravaganza #8 brings the cheesy classic
Teenagers from Outer Space to the
Darkside Cinema
(215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR). Admission is $5, which includes a
food credit. The show starts at 6 pm with drive-in ads and other
treats, with the feature starting at 7 pm. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Horror Brew Pub Quiz! takes place tonight at
Home, A Bar
(719 SE Morrison St in Portland, OR) at 7:30 pm. Gather your team to
compete for one of two gift certificates to Home, A Bar, or try your
luck at winning a raffle prize. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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Public Domain Xinema and
Community Movie Night presents the 1924 silent classic fantasy
The Thief of Bagdad, with live musical accompaniment by
Sonochromatic,
at 7 pm tonight at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in
Portland, OR). Suggested donation is just $5 to $8. For more details,
visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Wednesday, August 22
Marathon of the Apes continues tonight at
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with a screening of 2011's
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes at 7:30 pm. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
Alphaville at 6:30 pm and
Dune at 8:15 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
Thursday, August 23
The
North Bend Film Festival opens today at the
North Bend Theatre (125 Bendigo Blvd N in North Bend, WA). The
Something Strange block of films offers a selection of shorts, and the feature films
Time Share (a psychological thriller),
Piercing (about a wanna-be murderer and an unhinged call girl),
Don't Leave Home (influenced by classical Euro-horror),
Model Home (rent free housing is too good to be true),
Billy (a ventriloguist and his dummy fall for different women; how could that POSSIBLY go wrong?),
Relaxer (a slacker tries to beat the final level of Pac-Man during the Y2K apocalypse) and
Anna and the Apocalypse
(described as a "zombie apocalypse-Christmas-comedy-musical," which
sounds awesome). And, as one might expect, events outside the theater
include a
Twin Peaks tour and two
Damn Fine Coffee Hours! For all the details, including a list of the other films and to purchase advance tickets, visit the
North Bend Film Festival website.
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Queer Horror brings
The Final Girls, a mix of
Cabin in the Woods and
The Last Action Hero, to
The Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight at 9:30 pm. The screening
opens with a preshow tribute to the greatest final girls of all time,
hosted by Portland's premier drag clown Carla Rossi. For more details
and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The fantasy film
Krull gets the
RiffTrax treatment LIVE tonight in theaters nationwide, thanks to
Fathom Events.
An encore presentation is scheduled for Saturday, August 25. For more
details, including theaters screening the event near you and advance
ticket sales, visit the
Fathom Events website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
Blade Runner (Final Cut)
at 7 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. Part of the
Reel Eats series, the film is accompanied by a 10 to 12 curated bites
arranged in numbered boxes matching key moments in the film. Admission
is restricted to 150 guests. Tickets are $30 per person, or $25 per
person for Sci Fi Fest pass holders (limited to one ticket per pass
holder). For more details and ticket information to each show, head for
the
OMSI website.
Friday, August 24
The
Summer Repertory season concludes at the
Academy Theater
(7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) with
Men in Black, playing through August 30. For more details and showtimes (when available), visit the
Academy Theater website.
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The
Rusty Grape Vineyards (16712 NE 219th St in Battleground, WA) presents a
Movies on the Lawn screening of
The 'Burbs
tonight starting at around 9 pm. Low chairs are fine, higher chairs
must be in the back, and no outside food or drinks are allowed (you can
purchase food and drinks in the tasting room to enjoy with the film).
All ages are welcome. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
The Last Starfighter at 5:30 pm,
The Matrix at 7:45 pm and
Eraserhead
at 10:30 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. For more
details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
Saturday, August 25
Wyrd War and
Fantagraphics Books celebrate the release of
Jim Osborne: The Black Prince of the Underground,
an adults only collected work and biography of "one of America's most
perplexing, violent and haunted underground comic artists." The event a
slideshow retrospective of Osborne's live and legacy by preeminent
underground comix historian Patrick Rosenkranz, and a "surprise"
cinematic classic that perfectly reflects Osborne's dark aesthetic. For
more details and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with the 1951 version of
The Day the Earth Stood Still at 5 pm, Blade Runner (Final Cut) at 7 pm and
Blade Runner 2049
at 9:15 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. Two
attendees to each Blade Runner feature will receive a special door
prize. For more details and ticket information to each show, head for
the
OMSI website.
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Tacoma Ghost Tours is conducting a
Public Ghost Hunt tonight at 8 pm at
Brandy's Attic
(755 Broadway St in Tacoma, WA). This location has been the site of
numerous unexplained occurrences that you're being asked to bring your
own ghost hunting tools to help find more evidence and maybe find
answers to some of the events. Advance tickets are recommended, as
space is limited and tickets will be available at the door ONLY if the
event doesn't sell out. For more details and advance ticket sales,
visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Sunday, August 26
Davis Graveyard (8703 SE 43rd Ave in Milwaukie, OR) is hosting a
Tombstone Workshop
today from 9 am to 1 pm.
You provide the epitaph and the instructors will help you make your
tombstone while providing tips and trick to make many more at your
graveyard! The class
costs $50 per person and is limited to 12 students, so
visit the
Facebook Event Page as soon as possible to reserve your slot.
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FLASH! A-AH!!
McMenamins Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan St in Portland, OR) brings the super cheesy goodness of 1980's
Flash Gordon to the big screen through September 1. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie screens at
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) today at 2 and 7 pm. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival concludes tonight at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with The Last Starfighter at 5 pm and
The Matrix at 7 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
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