Posts Tagged ‘entertainment’
Friends of Ghost Ship fire victims upset by NBC’s dramatization
Tail Sticks Casting’s call on February 1 read: “GHOST SHIP” — Seeking Men & Women 20s-30s to play rave party goers. Types can range from edgy/artsy to bohemian. The call was to film “Deathtrap,” an episode of Chicago Fire, an NBC drama from producer Dick Wolf of Law & Order fame. The episode, set to…
Read MoreA look inside The New Parkway
The New Parkway is nearly 8,000 square feet, has two floors and features two screening rooms with a seating capacity of 145 and 125 people each. The theater will have a full commercial kitchen and a café from which people will be able to order pizza, burgers, fries, salads, soups and appetizers, as well as vegetarian and vegan options.
Read MoreThe New Parkway theater gets ready to open its doors in Uptown Oakland
It’s Wednesday night and a party is underway in Uptown Oakland. Inside a blue building decorated with graffiti, over 200 people are celebrating the return of Oakland’s beloved Parkway movie theater, which will open its doors to the public before the end of the year. Managed by New Parkway Entertainment LLC, a group of 56…
Read MoreChildren’s Hospital supporters lift their voices at benefit
The Children’s Hospital and Research Center in Oakland hosted the second annual Notes and Words event at the historic Fox Theater in downtown Oakland. The event combined authors and recording artists for an evening of spoken word and musical entertainment to a venue of nearly 1,300 guests.
Read MoreFox comparable to phoenix rising from its “depressed” roots
By Greg Barco Oakland’s Fox Theater first opened in October 1928, one year before the New York Stock Exchange crashed. Enter from stage left: Great Depression (and linger around until World War II shoves you off the stage). Fast forward to 2009: the Fox is once again opening, this time during the worst economic…
Read MoreNew and improved, neighborhood video store prepares for its sequel
The Video Room, where everybody knows your name and your favorite movie title, re-creates itself to stay afloat. Click here for the story
Read MoreChoirs rock the house in gospel music contest
story and audio slides by KRISTINE WONG and BAGASSI KOURA Thousands of fans packed Oracle Arena to cheer on six church choirs vying for a spot in the finals of “How Sweet the Sound,” a competition for the best church choir in the country. As the choirs sung, shimmied, and swayed their way through the evening,…
Read MoreBus tour brings ‘Seinfeld’ to UC Berkeley campus
By SAMSON REINY BERKELEY, Oct. 14 –- With the financial markets in ruin and the economy at a near stand-still, people are looking for a break. And perhaps, more than ever, they need a good laugh. So when Sony, who owns the syndication rights to the hit TV sitcom “Seinfeld,” teamed up with a New…
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