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 partner is OREGON FOOD BANK. Oregon Food Bank collects food from farmers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, individuals and government sources, and distributes that food through a Statewide Network of 21 Regional Food Banks and approximately 1,200 food assistance sites serving all of Oregon and Clark County, Washington.

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).

The Science Ten Minute Play Festival will let you tag along with two androids working a 9-5 that hide human emotions from their boss. The de-thawed head of Steve Jobs finds out the future sucks. A dude short on cash makes the mistake of joining a medical experiment. A desperate wife pretends to be a bird to regain her partner's love. During an interview, a teacher discovers the school is more than non-traditional. A spacewalk with a clumsy astronaut and an obsessive ex partner. Aliens argue over whether they should destroy earth. An actress gets a role in "Frankenstein," but realizes she is cast as the monster and the doctor is played by an android. A woman uses time travel to save a date from going horribly wrong.

In-between each of the plays we will have our house band, junglecorp, laying down a rock opera about what the future may hold for genetic engineering...

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

Celebrating the international achievements in Popular Culture.

POPOLOGY® observes the technology race against humanity, and how to bring your personal messages to life.

This is a first ever POPcast™ of popological proportions.

POPOLOGY® Is Literally The Center Of Your Digital Universe™!

featuring JOE REY, your host as first POPOLOGIST®, in an evening of inquiry, and fun of the ages.

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

Ready for a very different evening out? Want to see amazing acts of physics involving the science of bubbles combined with wistful European style musical accompaniment? Direct from the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, The Clinton St. Theater presents the Bubble and Squeeze Cabaret!

Louis Pearl, AKA the Amazing Bubble Man, accompanied by accordion diva Jet Black Pearl, have created a new stunning spectacle of bubble based entertainment withcabaret style theatre and music. The show is geared towards an adult audience, leave the kids at home!

These are bubbles like you’ve never seen before; oscillating, psychedelic trails of opalescent soap films, bubbles as human habitation, huge smoke filled wobbly UFOS that drift about with a mind of their own, all accompanied by “a formidable force of music, which truly has to be seen to be believed” (Edinburgh Review), with ballads about slugs in love, enlightened strippers and hallucinating butterflies.

These seasoned performers weave a not to be missed, compelling, imaginative and stylish evening of entertainment and wonder.

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!!!

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.

Latest sci-fi thriller from the incomparable Neil Breen.

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.

A presentation of the

PORTLAND GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL – Monthly Film Series

This is an additional special screening of JIM BUTTON AND LUKE THE ENGINE DRIVER (Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer), which made its Oregon premiere at #PGFF2018.

In the tradition of special films in Germany for the holiday season, this screening is FREE for all children under 12 yrs and GENERAL ADMISSION is $7.00.

Cast: Henning Baum, Kao Chenmin, Andy Cheung, Tadashi Endo

Based on the book by Michael Ende (The Neverending Story), this visual feast with breathtaking special effects is an entertaining epic about friendship and self-discovery. It received the German Young Literature Prize in 1961 and has been translated into 33 languages. Its huge success later spawned the sequel Jim Button and the Wild 13 (original title: Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13).

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.

Christine Blackburn (Story Worthy Podcast, Story Smash the Storytelling Gameshow) has played many roles in her life but here she is 100% herself! Christine tells hilariously and heartfelt woven stories about growing up with no rules, becoming a flight attendant and the ups and downs of the airline industry, her journey to and thru the Peace Corps, and facing death head on. Join us for Surviving The Ride!

Special guest artists!

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.

If you are new to Portland (and even if you aren't) come experience a PORTLAND CHRISTMAS TRADITION--the Clinton Street Theater's 12th annual Christmas screening of THE BIG LEBOWSKI.

COME COMFORTABLE. COME IN YOUR ROBE AND PAJAMAS.

Screening every night at 7:30pm from December 22nd through December 26th, except on Christmas Day when we've got a 4pm matinee.

Serving the Clinton's own blend of RICE RUSSIANS. Believe me, you're gonna want some.

35mm Print!!

"The Big Lebowski is a mess. But what a glorious, wonderfully-entertaining mess it is." --James Berardinelli

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).

PACIFIC NW CAST & CREW. Come out and support local independent filmmaking.