Columbia County's center for culture & the performing arts
in Southeast Washington
Owned and operated by Touchet Valley Arts Council in historic Dayton, Washington
THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS
The Liberty Theater in Dayton is featured in this film!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbAyrFj5Ihs
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10 at 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:15)
Following the movie, there will be a Q&A session with the Director-Writer-Producer: Rustin Thompson
Ticket Price - $10.00
Ten states. 10,825 miles. 123 theaters.
A journey into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater.
Filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that—thanks to their thoughtful caretakers—are not only surviving but thriving. Between the stops along the way, Rustin poetically intersperses excerpts from Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 classic film The Last Picture Show, as well as reflections on past and present hardships facing the film exhibition industry. The Last Picture Shows is not only a timely portrait of an industry in crisis, one facing the headwinds of consolidation, streaming, and the diminishing theatrical experience, but it also reminds viewers that even in vast cinema deserts, there are oases of community and gathering that remain, where the movie house continues to be a place of wonder, contemplation, and connection.
The Last Picture Shows
Runtime: 78 minutes
NOW SHOWING!
SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY
AUGUST 21-25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3uI5sLosKU
It's a BRAND NEW DAY for Peter Parker. Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn’t remember him -- and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him -- sparks a change in Peter he may not have the power to control. But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves - a powerful villain no one can even see.
Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya , Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Michael Mando, Mark Ruffalo, Tramell Tillman
Rated: PG-13 for sequences of action/violence and some language.
Runtime: 144 minutes
COMING SOON!
THE BRINK OF WAR
AUGUST 28 – SEPTEMBER 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-T0TlMN-RE
President Reagan races against time to salvage a deal with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could dismantle nuclear arsenals—or ignite disaster. With pressure mounting on all sides, every word spoken brings the world closer to peace... or destruction.
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Jared Harris, J.K. Simmons
Rated: PG for language, thematic elements and smoking
Runtime: 120 minutes
MAGIC FARAWAY TREE
SEPTEMBER 4-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npJuXZVbctw
When a modern family is forced to relocate to the remote English countryside, the children discover a magical tree inhabited by extraordinary and eccentric residents. At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular, fantastical lands, where the wonders and trials of their adventures help the family reconnect and rediscover one another for the first time in years.
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Michael Palin, Jennifer Saunders, Mark Heap, Rebecca Ferguson, Jessica Gunning, Nicola Coughlan
Rated: PG
Runtime: 110 minutes
2-5 pm Tuesday & Friday
In Person or by Phone at
(509) 382-1380
You can buy tickets at the door which open 45 minutes before the show.
REGULAR MOVIE TIMES
FRIDAY 7:00pm
SATURDAY 7:00pm
SUNDAY 3:00pm
TUESDAY 6:30pm
All regular movie tickets are sold only at the door, open seating, no reservations.
You get a free movie, soda and popcorn if you agree to stay and clean up.
Click HERE to view the Liberty Theater Closure/Cancellation Policy, and No-Refund Policy.
UNITED WAY of the Blue Mountains
for a generous grant in 2023 for our SCEP2024 summer children's program, and again in Nov 2024 for the 2025 summer children's program.
Big thanks to The Wildhorse Foundation for a major grant in July 2022 to help our Balcony Remodel Project!
Liberty Theater is thankful for awards totaling $ 4,200 from Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds, for general operating expenses incurred for our program.
This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission (now also known as “ArtsWA”) and the National Endowment for the Arts.
We were fortunate to receive a CARES Act grant of $12,500, in 2020, for COVID related support, from the Washington State Department of Commerce, disbursed by CDP Washington, and coordinated to us by Port of Columbia.
We express our sincere gratitude to those agencies for this support.
Special thanks for the ARTS WASHINGTON GRANT RECEIVED in 2020
Arts Washington awarded a $10,000 support grant to the Touchet Valley Arts Council, owner and operator of Dayton's historic Liberty Theater. The Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Commerce made the CARES relief funding available to Washington State arts and cultural organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through the grant application process.
Thanks to OCF and the C.M. Bishop Jr. Family Fund for ongoing valuable support during the COVID-19 years and recovery.
Thanks to PSE for funds to enhance the safety of our building.
Thanks to Innovia for repeated support of our Summer Cultural Enrichment Program through Columbia County Children's Fund.
Thanks to the Murdock Trust for support in the original building purchases and renovations of the Liberty Theater and Annex renovation.
Thanks to theWildhorse Foundation for significant electrical/HVAC upgrades.
And again in 2022 for major support for our Balcony Safety Remodel Project.
We are proud to be a member of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce!
