Posts Tagged ‘parkway theater’
Historic Parkway Theater on track to open as cannabis lounge
The historic Parkway Theater has sat vacant for 10 years, but an effort—led by Bill Koziol— is underway to transform the space into a cannabis lounge.
Read MoreNew Parkway Theater gets new home on 24th Street
The New Parkway Speakeasy Theater has a new home, on 24th Street and Telegraph Avenue.
Read MoreNew Parkway Theater operator considers Auto Row, Temescal sites
If and when the Parkway Speakeasy Theater reopens, it won’t be at its former location east of Lake Merritt on Park Boulevard. Negotiations between a potential new operator and the building’s owners ended earlier this month, but two new possible locations, in the Auto Row and Temescal areas, remain in play.
Read MoreTemescal Street Cinema, now a neighborhood institution, must seek new funding
Temescal Street Cinema, now in its fourth year, regularly draws between 150 and 200 people out for a movie and music every Thursday night for a few weeks each summer, but its future funding is uncertain.
Read MoreParkway patrons plan to revive a theater in disrepair
Grab some pizza and a pint—if J Moses Ceaser has his way, the Parkway Theater might be showing movies in Oakland again as early as next year.
The only twist: The Parkway may not be able to return to its original location.
Read MoreThe Parkway’s last hurrah
By Casey Miner and Tasneem Paghdiwala Raja/Oakland North For twelve years, Oakland’s Parkway Speakeasy Theater was a community mainstay: a place to grab a beer, park yourself on a couch, watch a cheap movie and catch up with friends. But like many other small businesses, the Parkway has had a hard time weathering the recession.…
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