GRIEF STICK FILM with MUSICAL GUEST CORRINA REPP
Thur FEB 20
PAM CUT’S Tomorrow Theater
Event Runtime: 120 min.
TICKETS $15
Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.
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THE EXPERIENCE
Kicking off this event, musician and Grief Stick music composer, Corrina Repp returns to Portland, after moving to LA, to serenade the Tomorrow Theater audience in a homecoming not to be missed.
Following Corrina, writer, producer, and musician Alex Behr will read poems from her book Grief Stick, which she composed during her partner Chris’ illness.
ON SCREEN: Grief Stick
2025. Directed by Brian Padian. Runtime: 17:30 minutes.
After 30 years, separated by time and circumstance, Portland poet Alex Behr reunites with her lost love Chris Hartman. Soon after reconnecting, Chris becomes ill with an accelerated, fatal disease. Grief Stickexplores the contours of love and death, using photographs, poems, voicemails, and video to show the before, during, and after of the illness and how it impacted them both.
A Northern Flicker Films/Dogwood Ink co-production
With grant support from Regional Arts and Culture Council
February Workshops
The Story Renovation Workshop with Alex Behr
Attic Institute
Feb 9-Mar 2, Six Sundays
10 AM-12:30 PM
1033 SW Yamhill St, Suite 405, Portland
Signup at the Attic Institute
Dig into your stories.
Reframing story “revision” as a renovation can break down barriers of procrastination, frustration, and fears a story will never become “right.” Story renovation means keeping the structure, or bones, and restoring or reimagining other parts through guided word play.
Participants will use story drafts to practice hands-on renovation approaches such as highlighting, cutting and taping, and drawing maps, along with generating new passages. We’ll leave with renovation techniques to keep us motivated and engaged and guidance and models from craft experts.