2.23.07
Seminal Hip-hop movie "Wild Style" arrives in 35mm for a single screening - along with it's director Chuck Ahearn and actor/musician Fab 5 Freddy - who hold a Q&A.

12.03.06
Actor/artist Crispin Glover finishes a sold-out three day weekend at the Clinton - featuring a slideshow presentation of his books and screenings of his self-produced film "What Is It".

11.05.06
A unseasonably rainy weekend ends in chaos as the Clinton suffers over $100k in water damage due to a broken runoff spout. The break dumped over 200 gallons of water into the theater - leaving a five inch layer of H2O near the stage floor. As if this weren't enough, the following night, the theater is robbed and ransacked by thieves....

09.22.06
Political muckraking director Robert Greenwald returns to the Clinton to open his latest expose on the Iraq war - "Iraq For Sale" - to a packed audience.

09.13.06
The politics of legal marijuana and gay marriage in "Escape To Canada" are popular enough for a three-week stay at the Clinton.

07.10.06 - 07.12.06 -
"Film Geek" director James Westby shoots part of his new
project "The Auteur", at the theater. Actor Ron Jeremy shows up to do a cameo - and the whole CST staff gets in on
the action.

03.09.06 -
Popular songwriter documentary "Townes Van Zandt: Be
Here to Love Me" finishes four weeks at the Clinton.

11.05 -
November sees two unlikely hits ("24 Hours on Craigslist"
and "Kamikaze Girls") hold over for four weeks each!

08.23.05 -
Japanese underground hit "The Calamari Wrestler" finishes
a three week run of squid wrestling mayhem.

08.13.05 -
Hollywood director Darren Stein drops by the Clinton and screens his 90s cult hit "Jawbreaker" - and his new personal documentary "Put the Camera On Me".

07.28.05 -
A slice of radical history visits the CST as it hosts members of
the Black Panther Party. One of the founding members, Elbert "Big Man" Howard, speaks and signs his new book "Panthers On The Prowl".

07.21.05 -
Another indie music film strikes it big at the Clinton! Punk
documentary We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
holds out for a three-week run.

03.26.05 -
Our first Longbaugh Festival appearence! Portland director
Gus Van Sant makes a suprise appearance to do a reading from
JT Leroy's "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things"
(film by Asia Argento). See Seth with Gus!

03.04.05 -
Clinton Street Theater holds a wake for the late gonzo journalist
Hunter S. Thompson. Documentary footage and a screening
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" are viewed - to much
applause - and many glasses are raised.

10.20.04 -
Portland mayor-elect Tom Potter and human rights activist
Kathleen Saadat attend a benefit screening of "Ballot
Measure 9" for the No on Constitutional Ammendment
36 campaign. See CST owner/manager Seth mugging with Tom!

8.15.04 -
Social filmmaker Robert Greenwald attends the sold-out PDX
opening of his Fox News exposè "Outfoxed". The film plays at
the CST for a solid month and later stars in a triple feature of
political dissent - including "Hijacking Catastrophe" and
"Orwell Rolls in His Grave"

7.14.04 -
Summer is hot, but it's cool at the Clinton. During the off-season, a new heating/cooling system was installed (to the relief of many a patron). Also new to the CST is an upgraded surround-sound system that dramatically improves the audio quality.

7.1.04 -
Canadian documentary "Stupidity" completes an astounding
6-week run at the CST.

5.20.04 -
CST hosts the last known public screening of the now legendary
rock documentary "MC5: A True Testamonial".

1.17.04 -
Clinton Street Theater opens it's online schwag store for
business. T-shirts, mugs and cinema-viewing accessories
galore. Selling out never felt so good!

12.12.03 -
CST hosts the World Premiere of "Postcards from the Edge:
The Chuck Palahniuk Documentary". Chuck Palahniuk
introduces the film, and the filmmakers host a Q&A following
the screening.

10.13.03 -
Owner Elizabeth Rozier announces the sale of the Clinton
Street Theater to Nicola Spechko and Seth Sonstein.
Seth is the the festival director for San Francisco's popular
Sick Puppy Film Festival. Their first film will be a 10-year
anniversary revival of True Romance..

08.03 -
Chuck Palahniuk gives a shout to the Clinton Street
Theater while exposing the Rocky Horror "virgin"
deflowering ritual - in his Portland travalog "Fugitives and
Refugees".

11.17.02 -
the new, improved Clinton Street Theater website is born.