In honor of the Granada’s Theatre’s 100th anniversary this year, they will be screening a documentary that explains the theater’s historic journey and its cultural significance in Santa Barbara, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 at 1214 State St.

Tickets are free and can be reserved on the Granada Theatre website.

The creator of the film is award-winning filmmaker April Wright. Joining her will be film historian and professor of Cinema Studies, Ross Melnick and special guests.

The Granada Theatre opened on April 9, 1924, first as a vaudeville and silent movie palace. It then it had time as a premiere Warner Bros. movie theater. Most recently, the theater has served the community as a performance center.

Today, the state-of-the-art venue has 1,500 seats and is home to eight resident companies: American Theatre Guild, CAMA, Santa Barbara Choral Society, Music Academy, Opera Santa Barbara, State Street Ballet, The Santa Barbara Symphony, and UCSB Arts and Lectures.

For more, visit www.granadasb.org.