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The Fox Oakland Theatre is a 2,800-seat concert hall, a former movie theater, located at 1807 Telegraph Avenue in Downtown Oakland. It originally opened in 1928, running films until 1970. Designed by Weeks and Day, the theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was refurbished in the 2000s and reopened as a concert venue ...
Piedmont Theatrer was opened on 15 September 1917 by musician Dave Rosebrook as a single-screen theater with a Wurlitzer organ. [1] [2] In 1934, it underwent a major Art Deco remodeling by Alexander A. Cantin, during which the balcony was added. [2] The Piedmont Theatre now focuses on independent and foreign cinema. [3]
The Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts is a historic, publicly owned multi-purpose building located in Oakland, California. The facility includes a 5,492-seat arena, a large theater, and a large ballroom. [2] The building is #27 on the list of Oakland Historic Landmarks., [3] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. [4]
The Paramount Theatre is a 3,040-seat Art Deco concert hall located at 2025 Broadway in Downtown Oakland.When it was built in 1931, it was the largest multi-purpose theater on the West Coast, seating 3,476.
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The Rachel Maddow Show featured the theater on November 2, 2011, as part of the video segment covering that day's Occupy Oakland protest and general strike. Maddow, a native of nearby Castro Valley , said that the Grand Lake Theatre was one of her favorite landmarks when she was growing up and is still a favorite of hers as an adult today.
Aug. 29—Aug. 29, 1948, in The Star: More than 8,000 children will enroll in Calhoun County public schools tomorrow morning, Monday, at 8 a.m. to begin the 1948-49 school term. System ...
In 1998, the Oakland City Council renamed City Hall Plaza as "Frank H. Ogawa Plaza" [10] in honor of Frank H. Ogawa, a civil rights leader [11] and the first Japanese American to serve on the Oakland City Council. [10] Ogawa served on the Council from 1966 until his death in 1994. [12] The plaza displays a bronze bust of Ogawa.