Upcoming Events

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is LIVING YOGA. Living Yoga's mission is to foster healing and resilience through trauma-informed yoga. They work with people whose lives have been shaped by trauma and interpersonal and structural violence. This includes communities impacted by incarceration, addiction, poverty, mental and behavioral health challenges, homelessness, sexual assault, and war. They especially focus efforts in places where these issues intersect.

About ANIMAL HOUSE:

The Lampoon people understand the darkest secret of an American college education: one of the noblest reasons to go is to spend four years studying sex.

Frank Rich, TIME Magazine

Join Representative Power for an exclusive advance screening of The Human Element and a conversation about critical environmental efforts coming up in the Oregon 2019 legislative session.

From the award-winning documentary team that produced Chasing Ice comes producer Matthew Testa and renowned photographer James Balog's newest film that reveals how environmental change is affecting the lives of everyday Americans. Critics describe The Human Element as a "compelling...and visually stunning documentary," and one that shows "why we, as a society, can no longer turn a blind eye to the drastically changing world around us."

Doors open at 6:30pm. Come early to grab seats and participate in an important conversation and short preview with environmental leaders at 7:00pm moderated by Representative Power. Together, we can ensure that environmental justice is a top priority in the 2019 legislative session.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance or at the doors. Advance purchase recommended as this event may sell out.

Our thanks and recognition to sponsors Renew Oregon, Neil Kelly Company, SeQuential, and the Clinton Street Theater who have made this event possible!

An offbeat environmental documentary about giant swamp rats invading coastal Louisiana and the story of a defiant people on the edge of the world, who are defending their communities, culture and livelihoods from the onslaught of this curious and unexpected invasive species.

Filmmakers present opening night for a post-screening Q&A!!!

ONE WORLD * ONE WEEK * ONE FESTIVAL

Latest News: Filmgoers in Portland can unite with over 100,000 film-lovers around the world during the week of Sept 27 - Oct 7 when the 21st Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at the Clinton Street Theater on September 29 and 30.

Record Number of Entries:

The Nine MANHATTAN SHORT finalists hail from eight countries with films from Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo, New Zealand, USA, and two films from the United Kingdom. These Final Nine short films represent the best short films among 1565 submissions from 73 countries received by MANHATTAN SHORT for 2018, testimony to the enduring vibrancy and creativity of short films. This year's Final Nine represent an extraordinary range of film genres that includes intimate dramas; fast-paced animation; spine-tingling tales; a World War II epic; a film shot entirely underwater and a comedy.

What is MANHATTAN SHORT?

MANHATTAN SHORT is not a touring Festival; rather, it is an instantaneous celebration that occurs simultaneously across the globe, bringing great films to great venues and allowing the audiences to select their favorites. If the Film Festival experience truly is about getting great works in front of as many eyes as possible, MANHATTAN SHORT offers the ultimate platform -- one that sees its films screened in Sydney, Mumbai, Moscow, Kathmandu, Vienna, Cape Town to cinemas in all fifty states of the United States and beyond --

You Be the Judge!

The Judges of the Finalists' Films are you. Audiences at each venue will be handed a voting card upon entry to each cinema and asked to vote for the ONE film they think should win. Votes are tallied by each cinema and sent through to MANHATTAN SHORT HQ. The over all winner is announced on Monday October 9, 2018.

"In times like these, cross-border events like MANHATTAN SHORT that contribute towards greater tolerance and understanding are needed now more than ever. This is a festival that's about communities bonding together via their local cinema. I want to thank and congratulate all the filmmakers and cinemas involved in the global cinematic event. MANHATTAN SHORT is not going to cable TV or Video on Demand or anywhere else. So get down to your local theater to see 10 of the best short films the world has to offer," said Founding Director Nicholas Mason.

CHECK OUT THE TRAILER HERE.

The Clinton has been showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show weekly since 1978, making it one of the longest running movies in the world! Come on down and join us any Saturday night at midnight (doors open at 11:30pm).

Ticket price includes service fee.

"I first saw Rocky Horror when I was 9 years old, and it blew my mind and changed my life. I made my mom take me and my 6 year old sister to see it in West Hollywood, bless her heart. They called all the virgins on stage, so we went. "Do you want to get me arrested, kid? Sit back down." As a freshman at Reed, I took my dorm mates to see it for their first time. So glad for your uninterrupted commitment to educating today's youth." Nili Yosha

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is Morrison Child and Family Services.

Morrison Child and Family Services partners with families and communities to provide effective and responsive services for children and youth coping with adversity and trauma. Morrison delivers specialized services to children, from birth through age 21, and families coping with abuse, neglect, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, mental health difficulties, criminality, and other harmful stress factors. Our award-winning programs recognize and respect cultural differences and support the growth of children to enhance their safety, development, education, and future success.

About JURASSIC PARK:

This movie doesn't just stand the test of time, it transcends it.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star

The Portland Circuit, a collaboration between the #OregonMade Creative Foundation, the Northwest Film Center, the Hollywood Theatre, the Clinton St. Theater, and Cinema 21, has been created to provide a local theatrical run for locally produced feature films. This initial pilot program will select feature-length films and allow them to have a paying audience screening in four of the most dynamically programmed theaters in Portland.

These “theatrical runs” will consist of a four day, theatrical screening in each of the participating theaters (each on separate days). The first run will be held in October 2018 and then a second run of a different, still-to-be-named feature film will follow in February 2019.

We are pleased to announce that the sixth feature film from director Jon Garcia, “Sex Weather,” has been selected as the inaugural Portland Circuit project.

Director Jon Garcia and crew members will be in attendance for a question and answer following all of the screenings.

Shot on location in St. John's Newfoundland in November of 2016, CROWN AND ANCHOR is a projectspearheaded by friends and former bandmates: Matt Wells (Much Music, MTV, Designated Survivor) and Michael Rowe (Arrow, The Flash).

You tell the story this way. Your mother remembers it that way. Your brother has his version. And who knows, decades later everyone might remember it in a completely different way.

Kitty Kaping, Kriya Kaping, Gretchen Peterson and Pearl Steinberg explore stories from different points of view in “Relationships in Memory,” the Portland Storytellers Guild’s monthly performance Saturday evening, October 6 at the Clinton Street Theater. From mothers and daughters and grandmothers to a fish in the desert to brushes with angels, their stories will delve into how our memories choose our version of events in a fascinating evening of stories worth remembering.

Respect the woods: or die!

Debut screening to be followed with a Q&A session with the director, cast and crew of Dykefoot.

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is Make-A-Wish®Oregon.

Make-A-Wish serves a unique, and vital, role in helping strengthen and empower children battling critical illnesses.

Thousands of volunteers, donors and supporters advance the Make-A-Wish®Oregon mission to grant life-changing wishes of children with critical illnesses living in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. With YOUR help, they hope to grant more than 250 wishes each year.

Hitchcock prolongs his prelude to horror for more than half the film, playing with audience suspense with comedy and romance while he sets his stage. The horror when it comes is a hair-raiser ...

James Powers, Hollywood Reporter

This political drama sheds light on the historical figure Fritz Bauer, the Hessian Chief Public Prosecutor who was involved in the capture of Adolf Eichmann between 1959 and 1962.

Cast: Ulrich Noethen, David Kross, Dieter Schaad, Bernhard Schütz, Nathalie Thiede, Attila Georg Borlan

Come learn and share in the tradition of Día De Los Muertos.

There will be live performances by Virginia Lopez, Son Jarocho Huitzilin, Ballet Folklorico Papalotl & Mariachi Portland.

Muertos Film/Music night will highlight some of the traditions of Día De Los Muertos in Mexico & Latin America. Sugar skulls will be given to all attendees!!

Benefit for KBOO and the No Olvidados Program- a water project.

The Be It Yourself nights, while fully audience directed, are designed to be more family friendly and for those eager to have their first Rocky experience. Watch a cool little video about BIY Nights HERE.

Beer, wine and hard cider available for those 21 and over. Prop bags for sale - preshow with virgin games and MC Nathan!!!

Written by William Shakespeare

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is Investments for Developing Communities.

Investments for Developing Communities, IDC, understands that people impact the environment. Our education and economic development programs with under-served people are thoughtfully designed and implemented with this idea in mind: that there is a constant and reciprocal interaction between humans and the environment. Working both locally and internationally, IDC uses the PHE(Population, Health and Environment) model to guide our vision of a healthy balance between all people and the environment they live in.

"HEALTHY People. Healthy Environment. A JusT WORLD."

Paul Attanasio, Washington Post

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is Portland Community Football Club.

Portland Community Football Club (PCFC) offers high quality, affordable club soccer for low-income, immigrant and refugee youth between 3 & 18 years old in the Portland, OR Metro area. No one is turned away for lack of funds.

PCFC is committed to being a completely inclusive club. They are the first youth soccer club in Portland to have an open acceptance policy for LGBTQ & gender non-binary players, coaches, staff and families. Founder and Director of Coaching, Kaig Lightner, is an open queer, transgender man who strongly believes that sports provided him with the guidance and strength he needed as a youth. He wants to make sure other youth who identify as LGBTQ find a home at PCFC.

Austin Trunick, Under the Radar

Who knows why the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is so intimately linked with Halloween? Maybe it's the Frankenstein spoof, the meat cleaver, the touch of cannabilism. Maybe it's aliens from outer space. You take your pick--there are many layers to peel back before you discover the heart of this cult classic. That's why folks come back again, and again, and again. For many, ROCKY HORROR is what makes Halloween their favorite holiday of the year.

Whether you're a veteran or a newbie, where better to see ROCKY HORROR during the Halloween season than at the LONGEST, CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING WEEKLY SHOW IN THE WORLD (39 years and counting)? Yep, you heard that right--39 years and counting.

Unpack that French Maid's dress from that box behind the kids' old toys and dust off your tap shoes, and come delight in this cinematic right of passage and cherished Portland tradition.

Costume contest, prizes, goodies and more.....Come show us what you got!

Doors open at 1/2 hour before show time.

North Pole, NY is a feature-length documentary about Santa's Workshop, one of the very first theme parks in the U.S. Battling against a changing economy, the digital world, and a con-man who tries to steal Christmas, the dreamers in one small town vow to keep the park open and the magic of Christmas alive all year.

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is PDX Pop Now!

PDX Pop Now! is dedicated to stimulating and expanding participation in Portland music. As an all-volunteer organization committed to being accessible, current, and local, they provide and support live performances and recorded materials. They aspire to advance a sustainable community which values inclusivity and a high caliber of artistry to enable a creative dialogue between artist and audience.

Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com

A “Monster” of a Show at Clinton St. Theater November 3

Just when you might think the goblins and gremlins of Halloween are behind you for another year, the Portland Storytellers Guild will bring them back to life in “Monsters,” a evening of sometimes chilling and always provocative tales from Steve Henegar, Holly Robison and Julie Strozyk Saturday, November 3 at the Clinton Street Theater. Doors open at 7 and the stories begun at 7:30.

“They waft through our lives as insubstantial as ghosts, prosaic as a skunk; carried on a lingering howl of desire under the moon, and as unexpected as the goddess Kali in a babushka,” Henegar says in the wistful style that has made him a Guild favorite. ”Even before you’d read Freud, they became the personification of everything inside you that was bursting to get out. As kids, they showed up to remind you how not to behave or the consequences if you didn’t. Too interesting, too familiar to be restrained– monsters with your best interests at heart, monsters wanting retribution; monsters like a mirror, all waiting kindly, patiently, hungrily in ambush.”

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is KINSHIP HOUSE.

Kinship House addresses the missing piece in services provided to most children touched by foster care and adoption. In addition to significant mental health concerns, these children have been traumatized by a necessary but difficult system. They need to explore the circumstances of their past to prepare for a successful future. Kinship House helps minimize transitions and increases the chances of children settling into a stable, healthy and permanent home.

Referred to by the New York Times as “…exuberant and arrestingly beautiful”, and by the London Telegraph theatre critic as “…one of the most extraordinary nights at the theatre.

I have ever known”, Rimas Tuminas’ miraculous Eugene Onegin is, at long last available to a world-wide audience.

The play unfolds in the memory and imagination of Pushkin’s characters. The images are split between past and present, between reality and imagination.The scale of the production constantly shifts from noisy celebrations to secluded contemplation, from crowd scenes to lonely recollections, all of which are drawn together from the past just like the fragments of Tatyana’s love letter, framed and hung on the wall, looming next to and above Onegin’s arm-chair.

Filmed before a live audience from Moscow's venerable Vakhtangov Theatre.

Language: Russian
Translation: English subtitles

Running time: 3 hours 25 min with one intermission.

Sydney, Australia. 1974. A group of outsiders band together with a mission. In world of satin jumpsuits and screaming teens on Countdown, they form the high energy rock’n’roll band RADIO BIRDMAN, forever determined to keep compromise from their art.

Switched off, shut down and booted out of venue after venue they stay determined to do things their own way, and they slowly accumulate a cult-like following of youth, a ‘New Race’ of disaffected youth who rally around the band.

Descent into the Maelstrom is the true story of Radio Birdman, from their original formation to the present. Like the band itself, it’s an independent production, made from outside the industry. It shows what the band meant to the fans, and how they changed Australia, by inspiring a golden age of indie music from Cold Chisel to Midnight Oil.

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is IMPACT NW.

Impact NW is a premier provider of educational and social services in the greater Portland metro area. Their mission is to help people prosper through a community of support.

Impact NW is a private non-profit organization that began in 1966 as Portland Action Committees Together, Inc. (PACT). Four neighborhoods came together and created the agency to address the growing problems associated with poverty in the area.

Since its inception, Impact NW has been a leader in providing individuals of all ages with the skills and resources necessary to achieve success and to advocate for themselves and their communities. Annually, over 30,000 low-income children, youth, families, seniors, and adults with disabilities participate in Impact NW’s comprehensive anti-poverty programs.

A former German World War II officer journeys to the Ukraine with his granddaughter to find the only woman he ever loved – just as a new war breaks out in the former Soviet Union in Spring 2014.

Cast: Juergen Prochnow, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Tambet Tuisk, Suzanne von Borsody

The gripping and touching drama about love, forgiveness and the long shadows of the past sends its protagonists Jürgen Prochnow (“The Boat”, “The English Patient”, “The Da Vinci Code”) as the old man and Petra Schmidt-Schaller (“Stereo”, “My life in Orange”), one of the most talented German actresses as his granddaughter, on an exciting road trip through a land in turmoil. Helmed by prize-winning director Nick Baker Monteys (“The Man Who Jumped Cars”).

About the Director:

Nick Baker-Monteys was born in Berlin in 1964. He gained a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Stirling in Scotland and worked as a journalist for different London newspapers before moving to Berlin in 1990 shortly after the Wall came down. Since then he has worked in Germany as a writer, director and script consultant on films for cinema and television and is a guest lecturer and tutor at the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB) in Berlin. His films include: PERFECT MOMENT (short, 2006), THE MAN WHO JUMPED CARS (2010), and THE FINAL JOURNEY (2017).

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is GIRLS BUILD.

GIRLS BUILD inspires curiosity & confidence in girls 8 - 14 by teaching them the basics of building. During one-week summer camps, they learn carpentry, plumbing, electricity, concrete, sheet metal and much more! Girls have fun with other girls their age, learning the basics of many trades from skilled female instructors.

Got grandkids or other young family members? Want to spend some quality time with them? Give them a treat they'll never forget--The Amazing Bubble Man!

"Greatest bubble show on Earth." - SFGate.com

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is PROJECT LEMONADE.

Project Lemonade provides foster youth with a back-to-school shopping experience and offers support to inspire self-esteem and promote success. Each August youth ages 5-20 shop for free back to school clothes at the Project Lemonade store in Lloyd Center Mall. Each foster youth chooses his or her own new or nearly new outfits, accessories and shoes.

How better to ward off the darkening days of ahead than with an evening of tales that discover new sources of light?

Barbara Fankhauser, Patrick Gannon, Rob Luck and Jacki Wildenauer will find cause for gratitude and celebration in the most unlikely places in the Portland Storytellers Guild’s final monthly show of 2018.

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is OREGON FOOD BANK.

The mission of the Oregon Food Bank is to eliminate hunger and its root causes because no one should be hungry.

In their work to eliminate hunger in Oregon, they believe we must also address the root causes of hunger through public policy, nutrition and garden education, and public awareness.

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is OREGON WALKS.

Oregon Walks is a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to promoting walking and making the conditions for walking safe, convenient, and attractive for everyone.

Sr. Rose Pacatte, National Catholic Reporter

BORNHOLMER STRASSE is a magnificently ironic and astonishingly moving comedy about hope meeting despair and heroes who have no desire to be such.

Cast: Charly Hübner, Milan Peschel, Rainer Bock, Max Hopp, Ludwig Trepte, Ulrich Matthes, Frederick Lau

Things are really f*cked up right now. And here on Clinton Corner, we're doing our bit to make things better.

Every Monday night, come to the Clinton Street Theater, enjoy a film on the big screen (the way it should be seen!), make friends, have a few laughs, scream, cry and raise money for a good cause.

Tonight's nonprofit recipient is JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS.

Janus Youth Programs is a leader in creating innovative, community-based services which enhance the quality of life for children, youth, and families. We work in partnership with others to create a safe and healthy community.

Since originating in 1972 as a Multnomah County demonstration project providing residential care for adolescents struggling with homelessness and drug abuse, Janus Youth Programs has provided a second chance for at-risk youth with few resources, and no place to turn for help.

Today, they have grown to become one of the largest nonprofits in the Northwest operating more than 40 different programs that span Oregon and Washington. An organizational philosophy grounded in collaboration defines who we are and everything we do.

Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia

Directed by Lithuanian choreographer, Anzelica Cholina, this multiple award-winning Vakhtangov Theatre production of Anna Karenina tells the story of Tolstoy’s classic novel entirely in contemporary dance. In this way, Cholina succeeds in finding the equivalent of Tolstoy's words in harmony and movement, with every gesture holding meaning. The distinctive music of Alfred Schnittke helps to reveal the inner turmoil of the characters and their depth.

Winner of the "Villanueva Award", Best Foreign Performance, International Havana Theatre Festival; Winner "Crystal Turandot" Best Debut Performance, Olga Lerman.

Language: Russian
Translation: English subtitles
Running time: 2 hours 15 min with one intermission.

Written by Grigory Kanovich

Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia

Rimas Tuminas' adaptation of two novels by fellow Lithuanian, Grigory Kanovich, is a dreamy, ruminative, comedic road trip, centering around the parlous fortunes of Eastern European Jews at the start of the 20th century. A period piece that carries a modern conscious, Smile Upon Us, is a Becket-like "Waiting for Jehovah" that has garnered rave reviews during its recent runs in both London and New York, and promises to be just as memorable on the big screen. Featuring three towering figures from the Russian stage, Viktor Sukhorukov, Aleksei Guskov and Vladimir Simonov.

Language: Russian
Translation: English subtitles

Running time: 190 minutes (includes one 15 minute intermission).

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