Real West Festival

07/15/2022

Congratulations to the Historic Rivoli Theater in Pendleton!

WE GET YOU MONEY!

Could your capital project be the next one to be funded? We're accepting applications through July 28.

Thanks to our Cultural Resources Economic Fund (CREF), we are funding capital projects for the following Oregon arts & culture organizations from 2021-2023:

-Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre: $295K
- Columbia River Maritime Museum: $304K
-Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education: $400K
-The Liberty Theatre - Home of Little Theatre on the Bay: $600K
-Josephy Center for Arts and Culture: $600K
- Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: $750K
-Siletz Tribal Arts & Heritage Society: $750K Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
-Portland Art Museum: $1M
-Chehalem Cultural Center: $1.25M
- Lincoln City Cultural Center: $1.5M
-Patricia Reser Center for the Arts: $1.5M
-Rivoli Theater: $1.5M
-The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts: $1.6M
-Portland Japanese Garden: $2M
-Artists Repertory Theatre: $2M

Learn more here:
https://oregonculture.org/2022/07/capitalfunding/

04/18/2015

Don't miss the film everyone is talking about - THE L***Y MEN. Our final screening of this year's fest! Movie starts at the Elk's at 7pm - stop by for a Chuck Wagon Dinner before the movie at 5:30pm. See you soon!

04/18/2015

Come and get it! Chuck wagon dinner! Come fill up with us at the Elk's at 5:30p tonight on home made pork loin, baked beans, slaw and cornbread for all. We'll have classic Western music on the stereo and your chance to mingle with the filmmakers who are in town for the fest!

04/18/2015

At 5:00p today we have Matt McCormick's THE GREAT NORTHWEST at the Pendleton Cinema (Movies in Pendleton) - a travel doc based on the re-creation of a 3,200 mile road-trip made in 1958 by four Seattle women who thoroughly documented their journey in an elaborate scrapbook of photos, postcards, and brochures. Fifty years later, Portland artist and filmmaker Matt McCormick found that scrapbook in a thrift store, and in 2010 set out on the road, following their route as precisely as possible and searching out every stop in which the ladies had documented.

A road trip, a scrapbook, and the Pacific Northwest...

04/18/2015

Come to our screening of Sue Arbuthnot's Dryland! Film starts at 3pm at the Elk's with filmmaker in attendance!

Filmed over a decade and set in the American West, DRYLAND traces a young man’s quest for victory in a rambunctious contest, while battling to preserve a threatened way of life.

Hare in the Gate Productions, creators of the award winning documentary film Drylands. Our mission is to stir new conversation, forge connections, and deepen our understanding of a complex world. We envision a world in which diverse neighbours come together on common ground to craft a life with purp…

04/18/2015

Hungry? Stop by the Elk's this morning for a pancake breakfast! Fill up on delicious home-cooked food with your fellow film lovers and mingle with filmmakers! $8 for your meal and $4 bloody mary's for those of age - open until 11am

04/18/2015

Head down to the Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co. at 9p TONIGHT to catch some music by The Earnest Lovers! We'll be celebrating a busy couple days at the Fest so far!

04/18/2015

Head over to Hamley Steakhouse & Saloon now! A special screening of the 1954 film Johnny Guitar starts at 8pm!

04/17/2015

Filmmaker Beth Harrington talks to the crowd before the SOLD-OUT screening of "Welcome To The Club" at Prodigal Son Brewery & Pub - hope to see even more of you tonight at the Elk's and Pendleton Pendleton Cinema (Movies in Pendleton)!

04/17/2015

Still tickets left for screenings today! Head to www.realwestfest.com to check out the lineup for tonight, which finished off with a music set by The Earnest Lovers at 9p at The Great Pacific

Authentic film, music, art & culture of the West

04/17/2015

Thanks for helping kick off our first night of the festival last night! We're back with plenty more films today - starting at 4p at the Prodigal Son Brewery & Pub "Welcome To The Club," a documentary by Beth Harrington about women in the rockabilly scene. Head over to the Elk's at 6p for "A River Between Us," then at 8p make a tough choice between the Best of the NW Filmmaker's Fest Shorts program OR "Johnny Guitar." So many options! So excited to see you all!

04/16/2015

We fell in love with Pendleton - now you can too! The Real West Festival brings community, culture, film and music together to celebrate local, historic voices and classic entertainment! Join us this weekend for all the festivities! More info. at www.realwestfest.com

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