Schedule
2012 Portland Schedule
Doors open 6pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, with programming 7-11pm.
Doors open 12:30pm on Saturday and Sunday for afternoon programming 1-5pm. Theatre will be closed 5-6pm.
Note that we are doing an early optional wristband pickup for VIPs and 3-Day ticket holders (only) on Thursday evening, so avoid the long lines on Friday night and purchase a 3-day ticket and come on by on Thursday to get your wristband at Aliviar Coffeehouse next door to the theatre. Please bring a picture ID and your printed ticket from the Hollywood Theatre/Agile Ticketing site. This is only for VIP tickets and 3-Day ticket holders, not single day tickets.
Purhcase a VIP Ticket - includes T-shirt, posters, and VIP reception
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Join the Portland festival Facebook event page, for breaking program announcements and information on guests, vendors, evening entertainment, and more.
Be sure to check the white board in the theatre lobby for last minute changes and additions!
Friday Evening
| TIME | MAIN | LEFT | RIGHT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 PM | Vendors hawk wares, On-Screen art show, Meet your favorite authors | ||
| 6:30 PM | |||
| 7:00 PM | Opening Ceremony & Shorts 1 + Q&A |
The Skull (7:15) |
The Ruins (7:15) |
| 7:30 PM | |||
| 8:00 PM | |||
| 8:30 PM | Break / Art / Vendors | ||
| 9:00 PM | It's In The Blood | Shorts 2 + Q&A | Monsters |
| 9:30 PM | |||
| 10:00 PM | |||
| 10:30 PM | |||
| 11:00 PM | Cthulhu has left the building — After party at Tony Starlight's | ||
Saturday Afternoon
| TIME | MAIN | LEFT | RIGHT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 PM | Vendors open, On-screen art show, Meet your favorite authors | ||
| 1:00 PM | Die Farbe | Readings 1: Pugmire, Burk, Lake |
Pickman's Apprentice live drawing contest |
| 1:30 PM | |||
| 2:00 PM | Panel: The Ideal Lovecraft Film Adaptation | ||
| 2:30 PM | Break | Break / Art / Vendors | |
| 3:00 PM | Shorts 3 + Q&A | Horror Express | Panel: Women and Gender Roles in Dark Fiction |
| 3:30 PM | |||
| 4:00 PM | Panel: Horror in Comics | ||
| 4:30 PM | |||
| 5:00 PM | Dinner Break (theater closed for cleaning) | ||
Saturday Evening
| TIME | MAIN | LEFT | RIGHT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 PM | Vendors open, On-screen art show, Meet your favorite authors | ||
| 6:30 PM | |||
| 7:00 PM | HPLHS Behind the Scenes | The Lurking Fear | Panel: Grimoires Real & Unreal in Mythos Fiction |
| 7:30 PM | |||
| 8:00 PM | Panel: Writing New Horrors | ||
| 8:30 PM | Break / Art / Vendors | ||
| 9:00 PM | Whisperer in Darkness | Barbarian Days | Shorts 1 + Q&A |
| 9:30 PM | |||
| 10:00 PM | |||
| 10:30 PM | |||
| 11:00 PM | Cthulhu has left the building — After party at Tony Starlight's | ||
Sunday Afternoon
| TIME | MAIN | LEFT | RIGHT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 PM | Vendors hawk wares, On-screen art show, Meet your favorite authors | ||
| 1:00 PM | Lovecraft Under the Gun — 72hr films | Horror Express | |
| 1:30 PM | Barbarian Days | ||
| 2:00 PM | Author Readings 2: Gulbranson, Goodfellow, Morris | ||
| 2:30 PM | Break | ||
| 3:00 PM | Shorts 2 + Q&A | The Skull | Author Readings 3: Tanzer, Fuller |
| 3:30 PM | |||
| 4:00 PM | Panel: Editors of Crawling & Cosmic Horror | ||
| 4:30 PM | |||
| 5:00 PM | Dinner Break (theater closed for cleaning) | ||
Sunday Evening
| TIME | MAIN | LEFT | RIGHT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 PM | Vendors open, On-screen art show, Meet your favorite authors | ||
| 6:30 PM | |||
| 7:00 PM | Closing Benediction & Horror Express |
It's In The Blood (7:15) |
Panel: Lovecraft's Impact on Pop & World Culture (7:15) |
| 7:30 PM | |||
| 8:00 PM | Panel: Lovecraftian Art (8:15) |
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| 8:30 PM | Break / Art / Vendors | ||
| 9:00 PM | Awards & Shorts 3 + Q&A |
Monsters (9:15) |
The Ruins (9:15) |
| 9:30 PM | |||
| 10:00 PM | |||
| 10:30 PM | |||
| 11:00 PM | Cthulhu has left the building — After party at Moon & Sixpence | ||

