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Posted by Kimberly Gehl

February is now ” brewpub and craft beer month” thanks to the work of local film aficionado Jacques Boyreau, Willamette Week screen editor Aaron Mesh and Beer Northwest Magazine. This beer and movie-loving triad have come together to present Portland's 1st Annual BAM: Beer & Movie Fest, opening this Wednesday night at the Bagdad Theatre.

Wednesday's opening night party is FREE, so anyone interested in celebrating the fusion of two of the most wonderful gifts the heavens have bestowed upon us* should swing by to try new seasonal beers from New Belgium Brewing and Nikasi Brewing, to pick-up free beer-related loot, to enter a raffle for DVDs and vintage movie posters, and to meet the BAM crew responsible for plotting 2 fun-filled weeks of BAM mayhem.

BAM promises to be a festival in the fullest sense of the word. The schedule boasts a 4 brewpub line-up, with screenings scheduled at the Academy Theatre, The Bagdad Theatre, Cinema 21 and the Mission Theatre. Films include cult classics, “super trash”, 80s sci-fi and comedy treasures, 5 Portland premieres, a 4-night “MetalHaus”series, and plenty of beer-themed favorites (see the full film line-up below). In addition, BAM will also be throwing opening and closing parties, hosting beer dinners, holding free pub and bar events, hosting an art gallery show and a metal music concert, and – last but not least – there will be additional special (FREE) screenings at various theatres across the city.

Featured beers and schedule after the break…

FEATURED BEERS
Sponsors: Ninkasi Brewing and New Belgium Brewing
Hopworks Urban Brewery
Laurelwood
Lompoc
Firestone Walker
Southern Oregon Brewing
North Coast Brewing
Woodchuck Cider

SCREENING SCHEDULE

Feb 15-18: The Academy Theater - $4 admission; purchase tickets at theater box office
Alien, *restored* 35mm
Big Trouble in Little China, 35mm
Labyrinth, 35mm
Raging Bull, 35mm

Feb 19-21: Bagdad Theater - $3 admission; purchase tickets at theater box office
Adventures in Babysitting, 35mm
Beer Wars, Digital
Burnt Offerings, 35mm
The Final Terror, 35mm
Invasion USA, 35mm
Sonicsgate, Digital - Portland Premiere!
Split Second, 35mm

Feb 19-24: Cinema 21 - $8 admission; purchase tickets online here, or at theater box office
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Digital
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, 35mm
Cracked Actor, Digital
The Deadly Spawn, rare 35mm
House (Hausu), *restored* 35mm – Portland Premiere!
The Human Centipede, Digital - Portland Premiere!
In a Lonely Place, *restored* 35mm - Portland Premiere!
Manhunter, 35mm
Red Dust, 35mm
White Lightnin', 35mm - Portland Premiere!
White Woman, 35mm
The Wild Bunch, Digital

Feb 22-25: Mission Theater - $5 admission; purchase tickets at theater box office
Trick or Treat, Digital - “MetalHaus” Programming
1970 Archival Performance of Global Unity Orchestra - “MetalHaus” Programming
A Night In Heaven, Digital - “MetalHaus” Programming