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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 ...
As with the nearby Grand Lake Theatre, its balcony has been converted into two smaller theaters, bringing the total number of screens to three. [1] It underwent further remodeling in 2011. [1] The Piedmont Theatre acts as a venue for multiple film festivals, including the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Frameline Film Festival, and CAAMFest.
Thrillville is the name of a monthly theater event in Oakland, California dedicated to showcasing B-movies, cult movies, science fiction films, and exploitation films. [1] The event features a film (from one of those genres) combined with special guests and a live stage show, typically a musical or Burlesque act.
The area near 20th Street and Broadway had been Oakland's main shopping district in the mid-20th century. Several buildings from that era remain, including the former H.C. Capwell department store, which later became Sears and is currently being developed into a mixed-use retail and office building called "Uptown Station;" [2] the I. Magnin department store; the Paramount Theater; and the Fox ...
Piedmont Avenue also has "the Bay Area's Book Row," with multiple independent bookstores concentrated within a six-block radius; [9] the Piedmont Theatre, which is the oldest still-operating theater in Oakland (built in 1917); [10] and the 1893 ice cream parlor Fentons Creamery, which was featured in Pixar's 2009 movie Up. [11]
Scenes from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "The Wizard of Oz," "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins." Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images
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Crumbley's attorney, Michael Deszi, filed a motion in the Oakland County Circuit Court on Thursday, arguing that Crumbley is not a "flight risk" and "poses no danger to the public."