{"id":206028,"date":"2026-03-05T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206028\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:18:10","slug":"oaklands-grand-lake-theater-marks-100-years-with-free-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206028\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland&#8217;s Grand Lake Theater marks 100 years with free classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nh5i8fb3uu9xfmwt.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland celebrates 100 years \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; The Grand Lake Theater in Oakland is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week, marking a century since the historic movie palace first opened its doors on March 6, 1926.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The theater has survived the eras of vaudeville and silent film to become a beloved neighborhood landmark. To mark the occasion, it hosted a full day of free classic film screenings.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">&#8220;Anyone can come in and watch four Hollywood classics here, and we&#8217;re rotating them on all four screens,&#8221; said owner Allen Michaan. &#8220;We&#8217;re playing Walt Disney&#8217;s &#8216;Fantasia,&#8217; Walt Disney&#8217;s &#8216;Snow White,&#8217; &#8216;Singin&#8217; in the Rain&#8217; and &#8216;Wizard of Oz.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">For patrons, the draw went beyond the films themselves.<br \/>&#8220;It&#8217;s just \u2014 how could you not come here? It&#8217;s beautiful. The organist is playing,&#8221; said moviegoer Mike Chiappetta. &#8220;Where else do you see an organ like that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Celebrations continue through the weekend, with theater tours scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6-grand-lake-theater_ktvucb69_146_mxf_00.00.35.52.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">A bag of popcorn at the Grand Lake Theatre.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7-grand-lake-theater-2_00.00.30.06.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Someone plays an old-time organ at Grand Lake Theatre. March 5, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7-grand-lake-theater-2_00.00.00.56.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Grand Lake Theatre owner Allen Michaan. March 5, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6-grand-lake-theater_ktvucb69_146_mxf_00.00.06.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">The Grand Lake Theater in Oakland is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week. March 5, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6-grand-lake-theater_ktvucb69_146_mxf_00.00.00.00.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">The Grand Lake Theater in Oakland is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week. March 5, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/oakland\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/entertainment\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; The Grand Lake Theater in Oakland is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week, marking a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,1184,967,100,143,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-206028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-ca","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}