Northwest Film Center - Jan/Feb 2019 schedule

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019

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WINTER CLASSES

WINTER YOUTH CLASSES

After Effects

Digital Cinematography for 9th-12th Grade

Intro to digital effects, motion graphics and compositing

Starts Monday January 28 (eight weeks) Art of Filmmaking I

The 101 of digital filmmaking

Starts January 23 (12 weeks) Digital Cinematography

In-depth camera techniques

Starts January 22 (10 weeks) Screenwriting Fundamentals Basics of dramatic scriptwriting

Starts January 22 (10 weeks) Screenwriting Advanced

Deep dive into building out your draft

Starts January 23 (10 weeks) Stop Motion Animation

2D storytelling with Dragonframe

Starts January 28 (eight weeks) 2

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Develop your creative eye

Starts January 26 (five weeks) Digital Moveimaking for 4th-6th Grade Winter Break camp in live action filmmaking

Starts December 17 (five days)

Digital Moviemaking for 6th-8th Grade Winter Break camp in live action filmmaking

Starts December 17 (five days)

WINTER WORKSHOPS Arri Alexa Camera Orientation Primer on our primo rental camera

January 12 (1pm-4pm) Basic Lighting

Use a light kit to create various effects

January 19 (1pm-5pm)

See and Hear: Optical Sound & Motion Painting on Film Visiting artist workshop with Richard Reeves

February 23 (10am-3pm) Storyboarding

Sketch out your film idea, shot by shot

February 16 (10am-3pm)

Bolex Camera Orientation

16mm loading, metering and film stocks

January 12 (9:30am-12:30pm)

Bolex In-Camera Techniques

Dissolves, slo mo, multi-exposure and more!

January 26 (10am-5pm) Hand Processing

How to process and handle S8 and 16mm negative

February 2 (10am-2pm)

International Screenwriter’s Association (free) Third Thursday gathering of Portland Chapter

January 24, February 21, March 21 (7pm-9pm) NOV/DEC 2018 NWFC

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A Universe: Films by Laura Heit

Northwest Tracking

The Film Center’s Northwest Tracking program showcases the work of independent filmmakers living and working in the Northwest—Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington—whose work reflects the vibrant cinematic culture of the region. Whether presenting single artist retrospectives, new features, documentaries, or inspired collections of short works, Northwest Tracking offers testimony to the creativity and talent in our flourishing media arts community.

All screenings will feature a visiting artist

Thursday, January 10, 7 pm *Reception at 6pm A Universe: Films by Laura Heit, Oregon,

1997–2018 dir. Laura Heit (60 mins., animation, digital)

At the heart of animator and puppeteer Laura Heit’s creative universe is a yearning to connect to human emotions. Laura presents a program of ten films from 1997 to present that exemplify her ability to engage with the audience through visual and abstract interpretations of sentiment. In addition, her installation “Hypothetical Stars” will be set up during the reception.

EXTRA ORDINARY: Short Films & Videos About Everyday Life by Julie Perini

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Wednesday, January 16, 7 pm *Reception at 6pm EXTRA ORDINARY: Short Films & Videos About Everyday Life by Julie Perini, Oregon, 2005–2019 dir. Julie Perini (80 mins., documentary/found footage/ performance, digital)

In addition to feature-length documentaries, Portlandbased filmmaker Julie Perini continually creates short works exploring the everyday world around her through voyeurism, performance, and pop cultural contemplations.

In this program of quirky life examinations, Julie presents a well-rounded selection of her experimental video works.

The Animated Films of Richard Reeves

Thursday January 24, 7pm *Free

(Bloodworks Live Studio, 1210 SW 6th Ave) NW Music Video Showcase, Oregon/Washington/ Idaho/Montana/ British Columbia, 2017–2018 dir. Various (70 mins., music videos, digital) Join us for our annual showcase of some of the best music videos being made by Northwest filmmakers for bands around the globe.

Thursday January 31, 7pm Solo: The Evolution of the One Man Band, Oregon, 2017

Thursday February 21, 7pm The Animated Films of Richard Reeves, British Columbia, 1992-2018 dir. Richard Reeves (60 mins, animation, 35mm/digital)

Working in the tradition of animation greats such as Norman McClaren, Len Lye, and Mary Ellen Butte, Canadian animator Richard Reeves works directly on strips of 16mm and 35mm celluloid to create rhythmic works overflowing with vibrant color and liveliness, in which the imagery creates the soundtrack. Richard will conduct a workshop on Feb. 23.

dir. Billy Dimes (60 mins., documentary, digital)

Director Billy Dimes, a one man band himself, investigates the history and present day atmosphere of this special art form, in which creative musicians who wield multiple instruments at once are attributed the unique moniker of “One Man Band.” A performance will take place prior to the screening.

Thursday February 7, 7pm The Portland Circuit, Oregon, 2018

See nwfilm.org for screening details In partnership with the Oregon Made Creative Foundation, this unique project provides the opportunity for a locally made feature film to be given a “run” in the community in which it was created.

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Mr. Soul!

Reel Music 36

Featuring a kaleidoscopic selection of genres, movements, labels, bands, and solo artists, our 36th Reel Music film festival features the latest in music film—from intimate portraits to career-spanning celebrations—alongside archival films ripe for re-discovery.

Friday, January 18, 7 pm Mr. Soul!, US, 2018

Sunday, January 20, 3:30 pm Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA, US/Japan, 2017

Soul!, a now-legendary PBS music and performance show broadcast from 1968 to 1973, gave black Americans real, radical representation on television, particularly through the host Ellis Haizlip, a quietly revolutionary figure who beamed into more than 65% of black households at the show’s peak.

This tender portrait of legendary Japanese composer Sakamoto follows him from the 3/11 Fukushima nuclear disaster through stage 3 throat cancer and the creation of his long-gestating 2017 solo record async.

Saturday, January 19, 7 pm A Bright Light—Karen and the Process,

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async Live at the Park Avenue Armory, US, 2018

dir. Melissa Haizlip & Samuel Pollard (90 mins., documentary, DCP)

Switzerland, 2018 dir. Emmanuelle Antille (94 mins., documentary, DCP)

Antille’s film is a deeply personal, experimental road movie tracing the life and travels of famously reclusive folk singer Karen Dalton, from her beginnings in the downtown folk scene of the 1960s to her death from AIDS in 1993.

A Bright Light- Karen and the Process

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dir. Stephen Nomura Schible (100 mins., documentary, DCP)

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dir. Stephen Schible (65 mins., performance documentary, Blu-Ray)

Schible’s companion film to Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA is an intimate live document of the composer performing new works from his async album at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory in April 2017. Featuring abstract visuals by experimental filmmaker Takashi Makino.

Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA

Friday, January 25, 7 pm The Ballad of Shirley Collins, UK, 2017

Saturday, February 9, 7 pm Depeche Mode: 101, UK/US, 1989

Legendary UK folk singer Shirley Collins, noted for her working-class songs, famously lost her voice in the late 1970s, but made a comeback in 2016 with her first new material in nearly 40 years. Curry and Plester’s loving document charts Collins’ career and resurgence.

Following Depeche Mode’s 1988 US tour, the filmmakers unravel the mystery of the legendary electronic pop band, who we see behind-the-scenes and in a series of enthralling live performances for masses of adoring fans.

Saturday, January 26, 7 pm Where Are You, João Gilberto?, Switzerland/

Sunday, February 10, 4:30 pm Gospel According to Al Green, US, 1984

dir. Rob Curry & Tim Plester (94 mins., documentary, DCP)

Germany/France, 2018 dir. Georges Gachot (107 mins., documentary, DCP)

Gachot visits Rio in search of traces of the reclusive Brazilian musical legend João Gilberto, creator of the Bossa Nova—the filmmaker following in obsessive German writer Marc Fischer’s footsteps in this intricately layered film.

dir. David Dawkins, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker (117 mins., performance documentary, Digital HD)

dir. Stephen Loveridge (96 mins., documentary, DCP)

Mugge’s captivating portrait of the famed soul singer oscillates between a Green performance at an intimate gathering—after giving up his lucrative singing career to become a pastor—and behind-the-scenes, candid conversations.

Sunday, January 27, 4:30 pm Friday, February 15, 7 pm Looking for Oum Kulthum, Germany/Austria/Italy/ Milford Graves Full Mantis, US, 2018

Morocco, 2017 dir. Shirin Neshat (90 mins., drama, DCP)

dir. Jake Meginsky & Neil Young (91 mins., documentary, DCP)

Neshat’s (Women Without Men) latest feminist parable Looking for Oum Kulthum is a lavishly-shot meta-fiction about filmmaking and the revolutionary life of legendary Egyptian singer Oum Kulthum, one of 20th-century music’s most broadly popular talents.

Free jazz percussionist Milford Graves is one of the genre’s most innovative figures, possessing a passionate creativity which Meginsky and Young tease out in this suitably freewheeling document of Graves at the age of 75, having not lost a single step.

Friday, February 1, 7 pm If I Think of Germany at Night, Germany, 2017

Saturday, February 16, 7pm Matangi/Maya/M.I.A., US/UK, 2018

Karmakar’s unconventional portrait of the German techno scene builds great energy, yet charmingly shows the strange things that happen behind the scenes—and the unusual and disorienting existence of being a professional DJ.

A loving, disheveled portrait of the Sri Lankan rapper Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam (aka M.I.A.) that provides an illuminating glimpse into the birth of a global pop icon from her humble beginnings.

dir. Romuald Karmakar (105 mins., documentary, DCP)

Friday, February 8, 7 pm Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax Records, US, 2018

dir. Stephen Loveridge (96 mins., documentary, DCP)

The Ballad of Shirley Collins

dir. Julia Nash (95 mins., documentary, DCP)

A storied record shop and label first from Denver and later settled in in Chicago, Wax Trax Records was a crucial resource for a generation of independent musicians and fans—yet led a mercurial existence, which director Julia Nash sensitively brings to light.

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Kusama:Infinity

Weekend Engagements Thursday, January 3, 7 pm Saturday, January 5, 7 pm Sunday, January 6, 4:30 pm Kusama: Infinity, US, 2018

dir. Heather Lenz (76 mins., documentary, DCP)

This kaleidoscopic portrait of fine artist Yayoi Kusama uncovers her working methods and preoccupations, reveling in her playful, intensely colorful artistic world. *preceded by

Friday, February 22, 7 pm Saturday, February 23, 7 pm Sunday, February 24, 5:30 pm I Am Cuba, Cuba/USSR, 1964

dir. Mikhail Kalatozov (108 mins., drama, DCP)

Blending documentary realism with aching melodrama, all captured with some of the most beautiful cinematography ever committed to celluloid, Kalatozov’s masterpiece is a snapshot of Cuba at a vital time in the country’s history.

New 4k digital restoration!

Kusama’s Self Obliteration, US, 1967

dir. Jud Yalkut (24 mins., experimental, 16mm)

A frenetic polka-dotted fever dream complete with psychedelic soundtrack, the 1967 short is both a performance document and highly collaborative experiment in which everything becomes a canvas for Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama I am Cuba

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The Hitchhiker

Not Wanted

Three By Ida Lupino

Special Screenings

Classical Hollywood’s first actress-turneddirector, Ida Lupino is mostly known for her social-problem pictures, but she created a wide variety of work from film noir to melodrama— here we present three new restorations of exemplary films from her remarkable career.

“People are tired of having the wool pulled over their eyes. They pay out good money for their theatre tickets and they want something in return.

They want realism. And you can’t be realistic with the same glamorous mugs on the screen all the time.”—Ida Lupino

Sunday, January 13, 1:30pm Northwest Film Center Student Screening, US, 2018, dir. Various

Friday, January 11, 7 pm Not Wanted, US, 1949

dir. Ida Lupino & Elmer Clifton (91 mins., film noir, DCP)

Celebrate with us the accomplishments and wild variety of projects our students made during the 2018 Fall Term.

Who Will Write Our History

Sunday, January 27, 2 pm Who Will Write Our History, US, 2018

dir. Roberta Grossman (97 mins., documentary, DCP)

This atmospheric noir focuses on a bored young waitress (Sally Forrest) who follows a suave musician (Leo Penn) on the road, only to have the cold realities of life thrown in her face. New 4k digital restoration!

A true story about the WWII archival writings that were compiled by a small band of Jewish resistors, historians, journalists, and illustrators determined to save records of their lives and the events in the Warsaw Ghetto while under Nazi control.

Saturday, January 12, 7 pm The Hitch-Hiker, US, 1953

Saturday, February 2, 7 pm The House of the World, Poland/US, 1998

Two fishing buddies pick up a hitchhiker after a trip to the lake, only to find that their companion is a killer on the loose—and they’re the next target. New 4k digital restoration!

Podemski traces the history of a family photograph, traveling to Poland with a group of elders to conduct a memorial service and remember the utter devastation inflicted upon Polish Jews during the Holocaust.

Sunday, January 13, 4:30 pm The Bigamist, US, 1953

Sunday, February 3, 12 pm Shoah, France/UK, 1985

dir. Ida Lupino (71 mins., film noir, DCP)

dir. Ida Lupino (80 mins., film noir, DCP)

Lupino tackles polygamy (and co-stars) in this lean tale of a traveling salesman (Edmond O’Brien) married to two women, neither of whom know about the other.

New 4k digital restoration!

dir. Esther Podemski (54 mins., documentary, 16mm)

dir. Claude Lanzmann (565 mins., documentary, 35mm) See nwfilm.org for screening details. Lanzmann’s legendary nine-and-a-half-hour work—comprised of detailed interviews with Holocaust survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators—is one of most important and most critically-lauded documentaries ever made.

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Aguirre, The Wrath of God

Genrified! Cult & Other Curiosities Sunday, January 6, 7 pm Wisconsin Death Trip, UK/US, 1999

Sunday, February 10, 7 pm Beau Travail, France, 1999

The lives and voluminous deaths of the late 19th-century residents of Black River Falls, Wisconsin are masterfully retold in James Marsh’s (Man on Wire) 1999 adaptation of Michael Lesy’s cult book.

An unshakeable tension emerges between a career Legionnaire and a young recruit, threatening the safety of one and the livelihood of the other.

dir. James Marsh (76 mins., drama/sci-fi, 35mm)

Sunday, January 13, 7pm Brighton Rock, UK, 1948

dir. John Boulting (92 mins., film noir, 35mm)

Adapted from the novel by Graham Greene, John Boulting’s noir tale of a violent mobster who murders a reporter—and then marries the only person who can implicate him in the crime—is a cold, morally obsessed classic of mid-20th century British filmmaking.

dir. Claire Denis (92 mins., drama, 35mm)

Sunday, February 17, 7pm Barton Fink, US, 1991

dir. Joel Coen (116 mins., drama, 35mm)

John Turturro plays Barton Fink, an elitist 1940s New York playwright riding high on his first Broadway success when Hollywood comes knocking at his door with an unwelcome offer to work in pictures.

Sunday, January 20, 7pm The Navigator, Australia/New Zealand, 1988

dir. Vincent Ward (92 mins., action/adventure, DCP)

With the Black Plague encroaching on a small medieval town, the village elders take the advice of a young boy experiencing prophetic dreams and begin to dig a pathway to salvation.

Sunday, January 27, 7pm Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Germany, 1972

dir. Werner Herzog (95 mins., adventure/drama, DCP)

Klaus Kinski plays the titular madman Don Lope de Aguirre in Werner Herzog’s 1972 chronicling of an ill-fated Spanish quest for El Dorado, the fabled city of gold.

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Barton Fink

The Passenger

Case of the Mondays

This ongoing series of classic films and cutting-edge new work will get you moving into the week.

Monday, January 7, 7 pm Make Way for Tomorrow, US, 1937

Monday, February 4, 7 pm Distant Constellation, Turkey/US, 2017

dir. Leo McCarey (91 mins., comedy/drama, 35mm)

dir. Shevaun Mizrahi (80 mins., documentary, DCP)

Monday, January 21, 7 pm The Passenger, Italy/Spain/France, 1975

Monday, February 11, 7 pm Vagabond, France, 1985

Antonioni’s languidly-paced, sun-drenched existential thriller stars Jack Nicholson as a war reporter who takes on a dead arms dealer’s identity while searching for his next story.

One of Varda’s most critically-lauded films, Vagabond stars the electric Sandrine Bonnaire as a young wanderer longing for true freedom—from men, work, and the shackles of official society.

Monday, January 28, 7 pm The Prairie Trilogy, US, 1978-80

Monday, February 18, 7 pm A City of Sadness, Taiwan, 1989

One of classical Hollywood’s most underrated films, this tale of aging parents forced to play second fiddle to their children’s burgeoning (and busy) adult lives is hilarious and heartbreaking in equal measure.

dir. Michelangelo Antonioni (126 mins., thriller, 35mm)

dir. John Hanson & Rob Nilsson (120 mins., documentary, DCP)

This shimmeringly gorgeous, unconventional documentary trilogy centers on the life of Midwest labor organizer Henry Martinson and the history of the North Dakota Nonpartisan League, founded in 1915.

Sleek new office construction rises next to an Istanbul retirement community, but the real focus of Mizrahi’s tender film are the community’s residents—an amusing group of pranksters, artists, and intellectuals.

dir. Agnès Varda (105 mins., drama, 35mm)

dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien (157 mins., drama, 35mm)

Hou’s stunning masterpiece, winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, follows the Lin family through the “white terror,” in which thousands of citizens were rounded up and killed by the government in February 1947. Imported 35mm print!

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7 pm The Prairie Trilogy (p.11)

2 pm Who Will Write Our History (p.9)

4:30 pm Looking for Oum Kulthum

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7 pm The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (p.10)

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7 pm The Passenger (p.11)

3:30 pm Ryuichi Sakamoto CODA & Ryuichi Sakamoto: async Live at the Park Avenue Armory, (p.6)

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15 7 pm EXTRA ORDINARY (p.4)

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3 7 pm Kusama: Infinity (p.8)

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7 pm Mr. Soul! (p.6)

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7 pm Not Wanted. (p.9)

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7 pm A Bright Light —Karen and the Process (p.6)

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7 pm The Hitch-Hiker (p.9)

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7 pm Kusama: Infinity (p.8)

SATURDAY 5

7 pm Solo: The Evolution of the One Man Band (pg.5)

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2 7 pm If I Think of Germany at 7 pm House of the World (p.9) Night (pg.7)

FEBRUARY 1

7 pm Northwest Music Video 7pm Ballad of Shirley Collins. 7 pm Where are You, João Gilberto? (p.11) Showcase @ Bloodworks Live (p.11) Studio (p.5)

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10 7 pm A Universe: Films by Laura Heit (p.4)

THURSDAY

WEDNESDAY

Make Way for Tomorrow— January 7 (p.11)

TUESDAY

watch film all year round . join the silver screen club .

1:30 pm Fall Term Student Screening (p.9) 4:30 pm The Bigamist (p.9) 7 pm Brighton Rock (p.10)

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7pm Wisconsin Death Trip (p.10)

4:30 pm Kusama: Infinity(p.8) 7pm Make Way for Tomorrow (p.11)

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SUNDAY

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12pm Shoah (p.9)

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7 pm A City of Sadness (p.11)

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7 pm Barton Fink (p.10)

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A City of Sadness—February 18 (p.11)

5:30 pm I Am Cuba (p.8)

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7 pm Beau Travail (p.10)

4:30 pm Gospel According to 7 pm Vagabond (p.11) Al Green (p.7)

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7 pm Distant Constellation (p.11)

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7 pm Aguirre, the Wrath of God (p.10)

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$8 PAM Members, Students, Seniors

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7 pm I Am Cuba (p.8)

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7 pm Milford Graves Full Mantis (p.6)

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7 pm I Am Cuba (p.8)

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7 pm Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (p.7)

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7 pm Industrial Accident: The 7 pm Depeche Mode 101 (p.7) Wax Trax Records Story (p.7)

$5 Silver Screen Club Friends, New Wave & Children

7 pm The Animated Films of Richard Reeves (p.5)

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7 pm Portland Circuit (p.5)

Unless otherwise noted, all films screen at the Northwest Film Center—Whitsell Auditorium located inside the Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue

$10 General Admission

The Animated Films of Richard Reeves— February 21 (p.5)

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I Think of Germany at Night— February 1 (pg.7)

EQUIPMENT RENTAL SPECIAL 2019 Get the gear you need to make films this year!

Details at nwfilm.org/equipment

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Unless otherwise noted, all films screen at the Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium located inside the Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue

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