libertytheater.org - libertytheater.org

Columbia County's center for culture & the performing arts

in Southeast Washington

Owned and operated by Touchet Valley Arts Council in historic Dayton, Washington

NOW SHOWING!

PRACTICAL MAGIC 2

SEPTEMBER 11-15 (Opening Weekend) &

SEPTEMBER 18-22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho10_4IX1jE

Starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 returns to a world steeped in moonlit mischief and powerful ancestral magic, as the Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all in a must-see cinematic event of fun, magic and mayhem.

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Joey King, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Lee Pace, Maisie Williams, Xolo Mariduena

Rated: PG-13 for some violent content, suggestive material and brief strong language

Runtime: 130 minutes

COMING SOON!

MANHATTAN SHORT 2026

Ten Short Films from Ten Countries.

Global Audience to Decide the Winner.

You Be the Judge!

Sept 25-29

Film lovers world-wide will unite in over 500 locations

to view and vote on the ten Finalists Films in the 29th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.

The Finalists will screen simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best Actor awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue. By virtue of their selection by MANHATTAN SHORT, each short film is automatically Oscar-qualified.

For the first time in its history MANHATTAN SHORT has selected ten films from ten countries with films from USA, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Moldova, Russia, Cuba, Georgia and Mexico making up MANHATTAN SHORT 2026. “Since 9/11 my vision for this Festival has been to create a filmic Olympiad. An event consisting of ten quality shorts from ten separate countries that joins the world, and finally in 2026 we’ve managed to do that. I’m very excited for the reaction it receives from our worldwide audiences”, says Nicholas Mason, founding director of MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.

Box Office Hours:
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.

Volunteers Needed

to help sell concessions,

and help clean up after.

You get a free movie, soda and popcorn if you agree to stay and clean up.

Please contact Michele at 382-1380

Click HERE to view the Liberty Theater Closure/Cancellation Policy, and No-Refund Policy.

www.instagram.com/the_liberty_theater_dayton_wa/

Follow the Liberty Theater on Facebook for updates and information

Liberty Theater is grateful to Puget Sound Energy and their Community Support program for their support over many years, especially for safety upgrades, the digital projector, the Annex, the Balcony Remodel project, and their grants to support operations in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

The Liberty Theater expresses many thanks to
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.

Special thanks to the DAYTON/COLUMBIA COUNTY WASHINGTON FUND at BMCF for their support again in 2025 of our summer children's programs, and also for so many previous years.

Big thanks to the Warren Community Action Fund at BMCF for their generous support over the years, including for the 2025 Summer Cultural Enrichment Program (summer children's movies and shows).

Liberty Theater is grateful to the Skyline Juniors of Dayton for generous support of the Summer Cultural Enrichment Program again in 2025.

Liberty Theater is pleased and grateful to have received unrestricted grants in 2024 and 2025 from ARTSFUND to help us carry out our mission.

Liberty Theater wishes to thank INNOVIA Foundation and its Columbia County Children's Fund, for a generous grant in support of the Summer Cultural Enrichment Program SCEP2023, and again for SCEP2025

Big thanks to The Wildhorse Foundation for a major grant in July 2022 to help our Balcony Remodel Project!

ReStart Washington Grant Fiscal Year 2022 and 2023
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.

WORKING WASHINGTON 3 GRANT
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.

Our thanks to Humanities Washington, affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, for generous support during COVID-19.

Support during COVID-19 was made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor

Thanks to PSE for funds to enhance the safety of our building.

Thanks to ALL IN WA, all its donors for Matching Funds for our 2020 Annual Appeal thru BMCF Charitable Gift Guide. Thanks also to Seattle Foundation for their role in the effort

Thank you to the National Endowment for the Arts for their support, through ArtsWA.

Thanks to Blue Mountain Community Foundation for partnering with us both in our Summer kids program, and in our balcony remodel project. Learn about it HERE.

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 the Sherwood Trust for support in the original building purchases and renovations of the Liberty Theater and Annex renovation.

Thanks to ArtsWA (The Washington State Arts Commission), and the Washington State Department of Commerce for a CARES Act grant to support operations during COVID-19.

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!

Thank you to Port of Columbia, and thank you to Commerce and CDP Washington for the Working Washington 3 grant award to support theater operations during COVID 19.

Columbia County's center for culture & the performing arts

﻿in Southeast Washington

Owned and operated by Touchet Valley Arts Council in historic Dayton, Washington

COMING SOON!

Get monthly updates from Dayton's Liberty Theater!

Big thanks to The Wildhorse Foundation for a major grant in July 2022 to help our Balcony Remodel Project!

in Southeast Washington