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Page 12 March 1, 2017 Arts & ENTERTAINMENT Northeast Portland’s non-profit Hollywood Theater has opened a ‘micro-cinema’ at Portland International Airport, a 17-seat movie house for travelers to watch short films for free, which will play on a loop. Northwest Films at Airport Unique free theater opens on Concourse C A first-of-its-kind free theater experience featuring short films from regional filmmakers is now greeting travelers at Portland In- ternational Airport. The Hollywood Theatre at PDX, a free 17-seat micro-cinema located in the C Concourse, was developed by northeast Portland’s nonprofit Hollywood Theater in collabora- tion with the PDX Art program at the Port of Portland. The airport venue will offer an hour-long pro- gram of short films from Pacific Northwest filmmakers, including documentaries, music videos, ani- mations, and short fiction. Playing on a loop, the theater will be open to travelers around the clock. Updates will be made quarterly with new films. The in- augural program includes a Pink Martini-inspired video from Hous- eSpecial; a circus-themed story of love gone wrong from animator Chel White; and a hip hop video from Portland rapper Mic Capes. The venue will also be used for occasional live performances and other special events. The Hollywood Theater at PDX features state-of-the-art projection and sound, thanks to a top-notch crew of technical partners, many of whom donated equipment and time. Filmmakers are encouraged to submit their work for consider- ation of future programs through filmfreeway.com. c annon ’ s r ib e xPress 5410 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, Or Call to Order: 503-288-3836 Open (hours) Sun-Thurs: 11a-8p Fri-Sat: 11a- 9p Cannon’s, tasty food and friendly neighborhood atmosphere. Photo courtesy b ryon P hilliPs P hotograPhy Kalimah Abioto, artist-in-residence with the media arts center Open Signal and the Regional Arts and Culture Council, will debut her film “Sight” on First Thursday, March 2, as part of Neon Lights, a monthly digital media event in which artists project their work onto the exterior wall of the arts coun- cil’s downtown offices at 411 N.W. Park Ave. Embracing Your Shadow Filmmaker debuts ‘Slight’ on First Thursday and the Regional Arts & Culture Council have partnered to support artist-in-residence and Portland filmmaker Kalimah Abioto. The residency is part of Night Lights, a monthly digital media event on First Thursdays in which artists project their work onto the north The media arts center Open Sig- exterior wall of council’s down- nal at Portland Community Media town offices. A graduate of the film program at Hollins University in Virginia, Abioto’s work includes experi- mentally edited short documen- taries and narrative films, with a focus on the African American communities in Portland and Memphis. In November, she used the re- sources of a $5,000 grant from the arts organization and the media equipment, facilities and training of Open Signal to travel to Mali, West Africa, where she collected video footage in Dogon Country, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since returning to Portland, she has collaborated with local danc- ers, musicians, filmmakers and prop-makers to create “Sight,” a film that tells the story of three young girls with the ability to travel to different dimensions, who help an adult woman to redis- cover her own power. “It’s a film about spirituality— going inside to retrieve your gifts and share them with the world,” Abioto said. “Embracing your shadow, in a way.” Abioto will debut “Sight,” start- ing at dusk, on Thursday, March 2 at the Regional Arts and& Culture Council’s north exterior wall, 411 N.W. Park Ave. On March 22, she will deliver an artist talk in conjunction with her film collaborators at Open Sig- nal at 7 p.m., screening her film again, discussing her filmmaking process and taking questions from the audience about its inspiration and production.
