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October 24, 2018
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
A scene from ‘My Summer as a Goth’ by Portland filmmaker Tara Johnson-Medinger. The movie
gets a screening for opening night at the Northwest Film Center’s annual Northwest Filmmakers’
Festival, showing Wednesday, Oct. 31 at the Portland Art Museum. The festival of new works by
regional media artists runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 5.
New Films by Northwest Artists
Skating into Portland
Moana is on a high-seas adventure with demigod
Maui in the new touring Disney on Ice production
‘Dare to Dream,’ featuring five daring Disney
princesses and hosts Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
The ice skating extravaganza is coming Thursday,
Oct. 28 through Sunday, Oct. 28 to the Moda
Center. Tickets start at $23.
A Portland filmmaker will be
in attendance for the screening of
her new movie “My Summer as a
Goth,” the opening night attrac-
tion for the 45th annual North-
west Filmmmakers’ Festival,
coming Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 7
p.m. at the Portland Art Museum,
downtown.
Tara Johnson-Medinger, the
film’s director/producer, lives in
Portland. Her producing credits
include City Baby, Rock N Roll
Mamas, The Winding Stream,
Working Lunch and The Musi-
cianer. She is also the executive
director of the Portland Oregon
Women’s Film Festival. My Sum-
mer as a Goth is her feature direc-
torial debut.
Following the screening, you
can join the festival’s opening
night and Halloween-themed par-
ty at the Portland Art Museum’s
Fields (Sunken) Ballroom with
the Portland band The Ok Chorale
leading partygoers in songs by
dead musicians.
The Northwest Filmmakers’
Festival is dedicated to showing
new works by regional artists and
runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 5. All
screenings will take place at the
Portland Art Museum’s Whitsell
Auditorium. For a complete line-
up, visit nwfilm.org.