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THUNOV 5
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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Free First Thursday with Live Wire Radio

Overview Portland Art Museum invites the community to join a Free First Thursday event, offering free admission to the museum for all, plus a Live Wire event as part of the Literary Arts Portland Book Festival. Visitors can take in the afternoon gallery pop-ups, the evening show, or both! Free First Thursday + Museum pop-ups 4:30 – 6 p.m. — 4:30-6:00pm — Free, pre-show, pop-up performances will take place throughout the Museum’s galleries. Performers are poet and rapper Dessa, bestselling...
SUNNOV 8
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
💰 PaidFilmDocumentariesMuseumsReadingsLGBTQ+

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026) Directed by Sasha Waters Freyer. 1hr 31min. Not Rated. If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Best-selling poet and Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, queer and out but intensely private—Oliver’s poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites. She was America’s unlikely, contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty...
SATNOV 14
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
FilmDocumentariesMuseums

🤝 Ornette: Made In America (1985)

Ornette: Made In America (1985) Directed by Shirley Clarke. 1hr 17min. Not Rated. Guest programmed by Rob Lewis, PAM CUT @ The Whitsell presents Ornette: Made In America (1985). This freewheeling documentary is a portrait of Ornette Coleman’s life, legacy, and evolution over...
FRINOV 20
NOV 20–NOV 21 · Hours not provided
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FilmCultural Heritage

Film Screening: Take Care of My Cat (South Korea)

Experience a moving coming-of-age story about friendship, identity, and finding your place in a changing world.

Set in the South Korean port city of Incheon, Take Care of My Cat follows five young women navigating life after graduation as their friendships are tested by different dreams, opportunities, and social expectations.

Directed by Jeong Jae-eun, this acclaimed film offers a heartfelt and insightful look at young adulthood, class, and the challenges of growing up in a rapidly changing society.

🌏 Join us for a special screening celebrating Korean cinema and storytelling!

  • Friday, November 20: 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
  • Saturday, November 21: 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
  • Sunday, November 22: 3:00 PM
SUNNOV 8
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Doors 6:15 PM
FilmMuseumsTalks & Lectures

A Proclamation for Peace: Film preview and celebration

Doors open at 6:15 pm A Proclamation for Peace joins poetry, global languages, and music to produce a short film advancing cultural exchange, education and global peace. The project draws on a poem by Oregon Poet Laureate 2018-2020, Kim Stafford,...
SATNOV 21
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Talks & LecturesFilmMuseums

Truthiness: Featuring Sterlin Harjo & Reginald Dwayne Betts

Panel discussion featuring MacArthur Fellows Sterlin Harjo and Reginald Dwayne Betts. What is more shapeshifting than the truth? Sterlin Harjo & Reginald Dwayne Betts join PAM CUT for a MacArthur Fellows Panel. Presented as part of PAM CUT’s PLUS PLUS Festival, join us for a FREE hosted discussion exploring questions like: What are truths? What makes them true? In this moderated conversation, we ask multidisciplinary artists Sterlin Harjo and Reginald Dwayne Betts to consider truth and...
SUNNOV 22
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
💰 PaidFilmMuseumsIndieFolkSoul

Station to Station: A Roadtrip Through Modern Creativity

Station to Station: A Roadtrip Through Modern Creativity, Directed by Doug Aitken. 62min. Not Rated. The Station to Station feature film is made-up of 62 one-minute films including conversations, performances and unrepeatable moments from the journey, bringing together an amazing cross- section of people and places, from icons of culture to a hitchhiker found on a desert road. With each changing minute the film explores creativity through a different artist, musician, place or perspective,...
SUNNOV 15
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
💰 PaidFilmMuseums

Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon (1985)

Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon (1985) Directed by Michael Schultz. 1hr 49min. PG-13 Rated. Guest programmed by Terrelle Brown, PAM CUT @ The Whitsell presents Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon (1985). This stunning camp musical kung fu classic is a portrait of a young man in 1980’s New York City, set against a backdrop of a Motown soundtrack and fantastic street culture and fashion as he searches for his Master. Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon is a wild take on the Kung Fu craze and rides on the...

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