PG
Cereal Cinema is the New Parkway's Saturday morning offering of family-friendly fun, accompanied by an all-you-can-eat cereal bar. We'll have classic cartoons from decades past on the screen, none announced until the actual show, but all of a PG or G equivalency.
PG-13for action/violence, some bloody images and strong language.
If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?
Dive into a curated program of delightfully inventive, surreal, and tactile short films with audio at the center of the frame. The screening features mind-bending masterworks by animation and stop-motion icons Jan Švankmajer, Caroline Leaf, Norman McLaren, and the Brothers Quay. After the lights come up, the theater transforms into a hands-on sonic playground. Ditch the "do not touch" rule and interact with a menagerie of bizarre, custom-built, and tactile musical objects you can actually play.
PGfor peril and thematic elements.
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. From the boundless imagination of the award-winning Gints Zilbalodis (Away) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Steeped in the soaring possibilities of visual storytelling, Flow is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart.
The New Parkway is now hosting a monthly five-course vegan dinner on our Mezzanine paired with a reserved loveseat and movie of your choosing (chosen from movies playing that evening). Two ticket options are Dinner+Movie for $100/person and Dinner+Movie+Unlimited Drinks for $130/person. For those buying the former option, drinks will be available for purchase from our bar. You may enjoy your dinner at any time between 6-9pm and watch a movie before or after your dinner reservation. You would arrange your dinner and movie times by emailing [email protected].
The New Parkway is now hosting a monthly five-course vegan dinner on our Mezzanine paired with a reserved loveseat and movie of your choosing (chosen from movies playing that evening). Two ticket options are Dinner+Movie for $100/person and Dinner+Movie+Unlimited Drinks for $130/person. For those buying the former option, drinks will be available for purchase from our bar. You may enjoy your dinner at any time between 6-9pm and watch a movie before or after your dinner reservation. You would arrange your dinner and movie times by emailing [email protected].
PG-13
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle. This is a special light-up screening so you and your friends can work on your crafting projects while enjoying the film.
"No More 'Normal': Radical Healing in a Hurting World” is the next installment of the Merritt Dialogue Speaker Series, a program of the Bay Area Book Festival, bringing together renowned physician and trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté and social worker and wellness practitioner Nicole Steward for an evening of deep conversation about how we heal in a time of pervasive stress, inequity, and collective grief. Moderated by author and cultural critic Jeff Chang, this event at The New Parkway in Oakland invites participants to question any desire to “get back to normal” and instead imagine forms of radical, community-centered healing that address the roots of personal and social suffering. Through an engaging dialogue that weaves together stories, research, and practical insight, the speakers will explore the connections between trauma, the body, and our broader systems, and offer pathways toward more compassionate, just, and resilient ways of living together. In-person and virtual tickets are available, making it possible to join the conversation from Oakland and beyond.
PGRated PG for mild language and some crude humor
A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back. This screening includes all-you-can-eat pasta!
Catch a screening of the acclaimed music history documentary Sisters with Transistors, which charts the unsung legacy of the women who made electronic music a global phenomenon including Suzanne Ciani, Pauline Oliveros, Clara Rockmore, Wendy Carlos, and Laurie Spiegel. The film will be followed by an intimate, live Q&A panel featuring several notable experimental electronic musicians and sound designers from the vibrant Bay Area scene, discussing legacy, DIY infrastructure, and the future of independent sound.
A feature documentary about the Auntie Sewing Squad, a grassroots collective founded by performance artist Kristina Wong in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. As PPE shortages spread across the U.S., hundreds of volunteers—mostly BIPOC women, along with Uncles and non-binary members—turned their homes into sewing hubs producing cloth masks for vulnerable communities and essential workers. The group quickly grew from a few dozen activists into a nationwide network of more than 800 volunteers. Beyond providing masks, the collective used mutual aid to support historically marginalized communities and openly discuss feminism, anti-racism, allyship, and resistance to systemic inequality.
Sleepbomb returns to The New Parkway with their original score to Robert Weine's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Come by hypnotized by amazing visuals, insane plot twists and doomy drones with the 1920 film that defined the German Expressionist genre!
PGfor thematic material, some violent content and brief language
Every night a shepherd reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand. When he is found dead, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it.
R
Danny Boyle's explosive film tracks the misadventures of young men in Edinburgh trying to find their way out of joblessness, aimless relationships and drug addiction. Some are successful, while others hopelessly are not. Based on Irvine Walsh's novel, Trainspotting melds grit with poetry, resulting in a film of harsh truths and stunning grace.