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Open Signal: Portland Community Media Center

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Open Signal: Portland Community Media Center

Tell your story! At Open Signal you can access cameras, media classes, studios & equipment - free!
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With a commitment to creativity, technology and social change, Open Signal makes media production possible for everyone. We provide skills, equipment, inspiration and we amplify local voices on five cable channels. Open Signal builds upon the legacy of Portland Community Media (PCM), an organization that empowered thousands of Portlanders to access video and television technology during its 35-year history.

06/11/2026

Coming up on Sunday, June 14th: Come be in community and hear from Black clinicians working in serious illness care at an in-person or virtual screening of the first episode of Fabric of our Journey.

Palliative care is about how we want to live our best lives in the setting of serious illness. Through storytelling and bearing witness, learn how this caregiving is something that Black people have known for time immemorial.

Join us for one of two screenings and Q + As, one at 4pm and another at 7pm. A performance by Sebe Kan West African dance company will following the 4pm screening. Complementary bites and non-alcoholic beverages provided.

🎟️ Register here:
bit.ly/fabricofourjourney

🌐 If you can’t make the in-person screening, watch live at 4pm on Xfinity Channel 22, or register for the streaming link here:
bit.ly/fabricofourjourney-online

06/05/2026

Coming up on Saturday, June 20 from 2p to 6p: Celebrate Juneteenth with an afternoon of film and community at Open Signal!

We’re inviting our producers, community members, and neighbors to come together to enjoy movies, share space, and celebrate Black voices and representation on screen. This free event is an opportunity to connect and appreciate the power of film to bring people closer, spark conversation, and celebrate shared experiences.

Free admission — no registration required. Popcorn will be provided, with concessions available for purchase.

05/07/2026

This months Microcinema is a screening of 'places in pieces vol. 4' by Jason Pappariella. Jason is a visiting artist and will be in person for a Q&A following the screening.

‘places in pieces vol. 4’ picks up where the series left off in 2011, as a non-narrative regionally focused meditation. This installment makes its way across Eastern and Central Europe, moth tracking from the Baltics to the Balkans, fluttering about the Caucasus region.

Register today for this June 1st screening.

Link in bio

05/04/2026

Ready to take the next step from editing student to working professional?

Open Signal and Lucky Day are teaming up for a behind-the-scenes workshop designed for emerging editors ready to break into Portland’s post-production world.

Learn what Assistant Editors actually do, how professional post houses operate, and what it takes to build a lasting career in editorial. Practical advice, real industry insight, and candid Q&A with working pros.

This is where the next step starts.

Register at the link in bio.

04/29/2026

Here is our calendar for May! You can find all of our classes and upcoming events on our calendar on our website. Link in bio.

04/21/2026

We are excited to have this four-week hands on introduction to being a DJ course happening in our classrooms starting on Mondays in May!

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If you use the code OPENSIGNAL you will get 20% off!

Sign up today, seating is limited.

04/15/2026

📢 Coming up on Saturday, April 25th at 4pm: Join KBOO Community Radio and Open Signal for a powerful evening of journalism, storytelling, and community action at Cinema 21 with special guest Amy Goodman!

You are invited to a special screening of Steal This Story, Please!, a documentary about the work of journalist and Democracy Now! host, Amy Goodman. Stay after the film for a live Q&A with Amy Goodman and director Carl Deal, moderated by KBOO volunteer and independent journalist Barbara Bernstein.

Join us for a special meet and greet with Amy Goodman following the Q&A. Tickets are limited and proceeds support KBOO and Open Signal!

Get your ticket at the link in our bio or at:
bit.ly/stealthisstory

04/10/2026

We apologize for any inconvenience. We are working to get them online as soon as possible.

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04/08/2026

Join us for the second iteration of the Open Signal Microcinema!

We will be screening Guardian of the Land by LaRonn Katchia and scenes from the upcoming feature documentary Our Fire by Galen McCaw.

Guardian of the Land is a short film where cultural and community leaders of Nch'i-Wána (or Columbia River) tribes share perspectives and oral histories on America's most famous cryptid-Bigfoot, as a spiritual being that teaches one to enter into a relationship with the land.

Our Fire is an upcoming feature documentary which follows Klamath Tribal member Anna Merritt in her work to bring cultural fire back to life. Working alongside the Klamath Tribes Natural Resource Department the project explores land management, cultural revitalization, and first foods.

Register today through the link below for this special screening on Monday, April 27th!

bit.ly/os-microcinema

04/06/2026

Service alert for Monday, April 6th: Scheduled system updates today, April 6th, from 8a to 6:45p will disrupt our cable channel programming, website, and phone lines. Our cable channels and streams may experience loss of signal.

We’ll be working to restore services as quickly as possible. Thanks for your patience!

Address

2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Portland, OR
97212

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

(503) 288-1515

Website

http://www.opensignalpdx.org/

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