_-_1.jpg) The theater's exterior in 2014 | |
  Tomorrow Theater Location in Portland, Oregon | |
| Former names | Oregon Theater |
|---|---|
| Address | 3530 Southeast Division Street |
| Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′17″N 122°37′40″W / 45.5046278°N 122.6277533°W |
| Owner | Maizels family, including Gayne Maizels (1967–2020) |
| Operator | Portland Art Museum (2023–present) |
| Type | Theater |
| Construction | |
| Opened | September 4, 1925 |
| Architect | Hubert A. Williams |
Tomorrow Theater is a movie theater and multimedia space in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is operated by PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow, the film and new media center of the Portland Art Museum.[1]
Previously, the venue was an adult movie theater known as Oregon Theater.[2] The building was completed in 1925 and originally housed a Wurlitzer pipe organ and vaudeville stage. It would later screen Hollywood, art-house, and Spanish-language films. The structure was acquired by the Maizels family in 1967 and became an adult cinema in the 1970s. It continued to operate as the city's longest running pornographic cinema and remained owned by a member of the Maizels family until 13 February 2020, when it went into foreclosure. It closed in early March 2020.[3] The Portland Art Museum began operating Tomorrow Theater in 2023.
- ^ "Announcing the Tomorrow Theater". Portland Art Museum. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Historic Resource Inventory: 8-227-03530" (PDF). City of Portland, Oregon. May 1980. pp. 1–2. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015. Note: Document accessible via the Oregon Historic Sites Database Archived 2015-01-01 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Shepard, Katie. (2020, March 6). Portland’s ‘porn palaces’ transformed the city into an X-rated haven. Now, its last erotic theater has closed. The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/06/portland-porn-palace/ Archived 2020-03-07 at the Wayback Machine