No more Picture, Pub & Pizza?
By Kuono • Mar 19th, 2009 • Category: BlogGood Bye, Oakland’s Parkway Theater.
The much beloved Theater in Oakland, Califorina — where Good Vibrations held it’s East Bay premiere of the Amateur Erotic Film Festivals — is shutting it’s doors this Sunday, March 22nd 2009.
Chronicle photo by Julia Ann Plasencia from the story about Baby Brigades
An email message read as follows:
Dear Loyal Supporters:
This is a sad but true message from Kyle Fischer, CEO of Speakeasy Theaters, and Catherine Fischer, President of Speakeasy Theaters.
After more than twelve years of serving the great cultural crossroad of Oakland, the Parkway Speakeasy Theater will be closing at the end of business day this Sunday, March 22, 2009. From African Diaspora to Thrillville to lesbian fashion shows and educational porn, the Parkway has offered an eclectic array of movies and events. It was the first theater in California to offer food, beer and wine service in a lounge style movie theater. With a nudge or a push from the community, there was little programming the Parkway theater would not try in order to better be a community center and a safe haven for diverse ideas. The Parkway brought Baby Brigade for the shuttered and abandoned parents of newborns, the first international black gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender film festival and Sunday Salon, a free event for cultural and community enhancement. We, at the Parkway Speakeasy Theater, are deeply proud of the Parkway and will profoundly miss serving its community. Thank you for your patronage.
The good news! The Cerrito Speakeasy Theater will still be open for Thrillville, African Diaspora Cinema, Baby Brigade, regular Hollywood Films where you can sit and drink beer (plus it’s cheaper than the megaplex) and much independent and community events.
News about the Parkway Speakeasy Theater:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/culture/detail?blogid=3&entry_id=37189
http://sfist.com/2009/03/19/parkway_speakeasy_theater_shutters.php
Information about GV Indie Film Festival:
Kuono >> Magazine Editor, Web Producer at GoodVibes.com and manager of the Good Vibrations Affiliate Program (GVAffiliates.com). Okay, back to work.
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