Visit Some of Portland’s Best Movie Theaters

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A guide to Greater Portland movie theaters: What to expect at each one

Nov. 11—If you need a reason to go to the movies, Maine theater operators are happy to try to give you one. There's been a lot of change in the Greater Portland movie theater scene in the last four or ...

These Portland movie theaters are screening holiday classics in December

One of the easiest ways to get into the holiday spirit is to turn on a movie — whether it's a kid outsmarting burglars, a cynic growing a heart after a ghostly encounter or Christmas love connecting ...

'Home Alone' gets a 4D makeover at Portland’s Tomorrow Theater

Experience a 4D screening of "Home Alone" at the Tomorrow Theater on Saturday, Dec. 13, with interactive audience fun, ...

Keep Portland Reel Weird

Portland’s oldest, still-surviving cinema—outlasting Clinton Street by one year—CineMagic is, in its latest and most invigorated version, the brainchild of two Portland movie-lovers: Nicholas Kuechler ...

'Piano Queen' holiday show returns to Star Theater in Portland

"The Queen's Key's" bring their Piano Queen holiday show back to the historic Star Theater in downtown Portland Sunday, ...

A Portland theater with a tawdry past will reopen as a burlesque venue

After closing in 2019, the historic Paris Theatre in Portland’s Old Town is preparing for a long-awaited comeback, this time as a burlesque and cancan venue under the ownership of Seattle-based Can ...

‘Punk rock Rococo’: Look inside Old Town Portland’s glitzy new burlesque theater

It’s crunch time at the Paris Theatre, Old Town Portland’s storied and scandalous soon-to-be burlesque venue. Crew members have spent the past week putting the final glittering touches on the space, ...

Airport movie theaters could help ease long layovers

In theory, airports and cinemas seem made for each other. If polls are anything to go by, the demand for more airport entertainment is sky high, and certainly cinemas can’t ask for an audience more ...

Breaking down PAM CUT’s fiery 4th annual Cinema Unbound Awards

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The 4th annual Cinema Unbound Awards featured everything you’d expect — and maybe some things you wouldn’t — from a Portland awards’ ceremony, including a Fred Armisen ...

For National Cinema Day SOME Portland Movie Theaters Will Offer $3 Admission

On Saturday, September 3, many movie theaters across the nation will only charge $3 for tickets to their shows, as part of a new holiday called National Cinema Day. The new holiday is sort of like ...

Portland’s Cinema Project is Calling It Quits, For Now

However relentlessly familiar it becomes to Portlanders, one narrative never gets less frustrating: The city is changing, and creative people can’t afford to spend a lot of time—13½ years in Cinema ...

Oregon awards $800 million to bolster veteran resource centers at 19 colleges

A big boost for veterans attending college, the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs has awarded $800 million to support on-campus resource centers.The money ...

State champ tops first Varsity Maine boys basketball poll of 2025-26

Last winter’s Class AA state finalists top this season’s first Varsity Maine boys basketball poll. Windham, which won the ...

Camper shares story of being evacuated from Oxbow Regional Park on Sandy River

Campers at Oxbow Regional Park were evacuated as the water level along the Sandy River surged Tuesday, swelling from heavy ...

Cockpit audio released after former Alaska Airlines pilot tried to cut engines during flight

Cockpit audio has been released after a now-former Alaska Airlines pilot tried to shut off the engine on a passenger flight ...

What do a Denver-based developer and a Trump pardon have to do with the NBA coming to Las Vegas?

Leadership has solidified for a company that’s trying to develop an arena to attract the NBA to Las Vegas, but several ...

Portland Timbers partner with Bank of America, unveil new kits

The Timbers' front-of-jersey kit sponsor marks the first time the official sponsor of the 2026 World Cup has been featured on ...

Portland approves plans for Maine's tallest building

The 30-story building in the Old Port would include 73 residential condominiums, an 88-room hotel, and ground-floor ...

Chief Skinner: End of Flock cameras in Eugene not the end for ALPR technology

Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner said the department will continue looking for automated license plate reading tech to ...

Heavy rainfall clogs roads in Portland, brings risk of landslides | Weather Impact Alert

Heavy rainfall, possible landslides, rising rivers and downed powerlines has prompted KGW to issue a Weather Impact Alert for ...

Right-wing reporter preps $10M federal suit alleging ‘culture of political discrimination’ by Portland Police

Harmeet K. Dhillon, who heads the civil rights division at the U.S. Department of Justice, vowed to launch her own ...

Portland Planning Board green lights Maine’s would-be tallest building

The 30-story tower slated for the city's historic Old Port received unanimous approval from the board Tuesday night.

Local roundup: UMass Lowell faces tough test vs. Maine in Portland

The UMass Lowell hockey team will attempt to go into the Christmas break on a high note. But it won’t be easy as the River ...