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  • Films with Benefits Presents: ZOMBINGO!

    On the heels of their wildly successful trivia and SCHLOCKBUSTER events at Fortune & Glory, the Films with Benefits hi-fi film trivia masterminds have been deep in the horror movie dungeon cooking up something fresh and exciting. Mark your calendars for October 26! Films with Benefits hi-fi trivia is pleased to present an all-new addition to our film-centric event lineup: ZOMBINGO - Bingo of the Undead -- Thursday, October 26 at 7pm. Hosted by Films with Benefits' very own mixmaster Ian, ZOMBINGO takes the B-Movie Bingo format and flips it on its deliciously brainy head. ZOMBINGO will present a collection of segments from some the finest zombie...

  • Films with Benefits Presents: The Schlockbuster Watch Party!

    On the heels of their wildly successful trivia events at Fortune & Glory, the Films with Benefits hi-fi film trivia masterminds have been deep in the B-movie dungeon cooking up something fresh and exciting. Fortunately, the wait is over!  Films with Benefits hi-fi trivia is pleased to present an all-new addition to the event lineup: SCHLOCKBUSTER - A Celebration of the Cinematically Challenged -- scheduled for Thursday, September 14 at 7pm. For our inaugural selection, we're showing one of the most deliciously terrible films of the 90s, a clip of which received a standing ovation at our last trivia night, sending our trivia teams into convulsions of...

  • Serious Black is Back

    After more than two years, our fan favorite apricot farmhouse cider has returned --and just in time for the Brew Cup. An homage to Sirius Black (of the Harry Potter universe), we craft this beauty by pitching a big, bold dose of Belgian saison yeast into a super-fruity blend of Washington dessert apples. Following a tempered fermentation, we mix in rich apricots then press the resulting cider over a botanical blend of Ceylon black tea, dried papaya, peach and apricot, in addition to blackberry leaves, and sunflower and calendula petals. Serious Black is available exclusively at the Fortune & Glory taproom starting on...

  • August Films with Benefits: Musicians Can Act, Too!

    Films with Benefits, Fortune & Glory's exclusive hi-fi film trivia event returns on Thursday, August 17 at 7pm for another rousing edition of trivia celebrating cinema's best of the best. Remember when Will Smith was better known as a rapper? Remember where Cher's catchphrase, "Snap out of it!" comes from? Remember why Madonna fornicated a man to death in Portland's Pittock Mansion? Remember how Marky Mark was nominated for an Oscar... for ACTING?!?! We know you do! And now's the time to belt out that frivolous knowledge! Because, of course, we're talking about that rarified class of hyphenates known as the Actor-Musician....

  • July Films with Benefits: ScarJo

    Films with Benefits, Fortune & Glory's exclusive monthly hi-fi film trivia event returns on Thursday, July 13 at 7pm for another rousing edition of trivia celebrating cinema's best. For July's event, Astoria has a date with Lucy! ...and the Black Widow!...and the other Boleyn girl!...and the girl with the pearl earring!...and her! Her! HER! And the ass-kicker is: they're all the same person! Of course, we're referring to the fierce, the talented, the cool, the prolific... Scarlett Johansson! Join us this coming July 13th for our next hi-fi movie-themed trivia night when Films with Benefits hosts ScarJo: a celebration of...

  • June Films with Benefits: High School Sucks!

    Films with Benefits, our monthly hi-fi film trivia event is back for another rousing edition of trivia celebrating the best of cinematic tomfoolery, so mark your calendars! June's Films with Benefits event is Thursday, June 8 at 7pm: HIGH SCHOOL SUCKS!  Who can forget...? The frenemies, the cliques, the crushes, the homework, the acne, the overwhelming newness and the pounding boredom. For four excruciatingly long years, high school is our job, our social circle, our LIFE. We've all been there, and we've all seen movies about being there --often more than once-- so come prepared with your scantron sheets and your number 2 pencils,...