Did you know that the Echo Theater first opened its doors as a silent film cinema? Yep, that curious little venue off Hawthorne has been around since 1911, but when talkies hit Bagdad Theater, Echo rebranded as a dance hall. Since then, the space has housed a moving company and a plumbing supply store, and is now an "alternative performance space" with aerial and acrobatic acts and classes. But we digress. Take a trip back to early-20th-century Portland at this screening of Buster Keaton's inventive silent comedy The General, supplemented by a live score by cellist and Portland Cello Project founding member Gideon Freudmann.