The Highland Park Community Council is hosting a kid's Earth Day Celebration at the Super Playground! On Saturday, April 20, families are invited to celebrate the holiday and play games, make crafts, listen to music, and more! Visit HPCC's website for more information.

Celebrate Arbor Day in Mellon Park! TO: News Media FROM: Margy Whitmer (412) 527.4877 margyw@friendsofmellonpark.org DATE: Saturday, April 27, 2023 (rain or shine) TIME: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. LOCATION: Mellon Park (south side) 1047 Shady Avenue 15232 SUBJECT: Friends of Mellon Park 4th Annual Arbor Day Celebration WHO: Friends of Mellon Park, in collaboration with the City of Pittsburgh, Tree PIttsburgh and WQED, media sponsor Arbor Day in Mellon Park is a family-friendly event sponsored by Friends of Mellon Park, in partnership with the City of Pittsburgh, Tree Pittsburgh, and WQED, the media sponsor. The goal is to create an opportunity for people to get to know Friends of Mellon Park, celebrate the environment, educate kids about the importance of caring for trees, animals, and greenspaces, and to bring people and community groups from the surrounding neighborhoods together to have fun in the park! Bring a blanket and have a picnic! A few highlights of the event include: Guided Tree walks and table activities from Tree Pittsburgh;Lots of Science and art activities for kids;Planting of a new tree in the park, honoring well known and loved longtime advocate for Mellon Park, Joy Sato;Music by the Obama Academy Eagles "P.E.P" Drumline and Dance Team, and Miguel Sague III and the Trio Corazon performing music from Latin America and ff=offering Conga and Salsa lessons;Yard games from Playful PIttsburgh;And Food from the LaPalapa food truck and sweet treats from Sandy's Boo Delights at Dana's Bakery.

Film Pittsburgh's JFilm Festival, the largest Jewish cultural event in the region, will screen May 2-12 at three theaters around Pittsburgh. This is the 31st year for this highly anticipated event, which brings engaging independent Jewish-themed films to Pittsburgh. This year, JFilm will present 16 films, six of which will be available to screen virtually. "Independent films are so impactful in people's lives." said Kathryn Spitz Cohan, Film Pittsburgh's executive director. "Sometimes they feed your mind by showing you some incredible little-known history like in 999: The Forgotten Girls and other times they feed your heart by transporting you to another time like the visit to the great resorts of The Catskills. But one thing is for sure: independent films always add a richness to the human experience." JFilm will screen at the Carnegie Music Hall, the Oaks Theater, and CMU's McConomy Auditorium. The festival will include Q&As with visiting filmmakers, a Mother's Day screening with sweet bakery treats, scholar-led Film Schmooze discussions, and more. One highlight will be opening night's Pittsburgh premiere of Left Alone Rhapsody: The Musical Memoir of Pianist John Bayless at the newly restored Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. The film, sponsored by The Arthur J. and Betty F. Diskin Cultural Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, tells the inspiring story of Bayless, a Leonard Bernstein protégé and successful concert pianist and composer who suffered a debilitating stroke, and his heroic efforts to continue playing with his left hand alone. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Bayless and director Stewart Schulman. John Bayless will also play several songs before a dessert reception in the Music Hall's Foyer. In other films to watch for, Spitz Cohan says, "We're excited for our audience to look back at some beloved pop culture icons in Remembering Gene Wilder and Shari & Lamb Chop. These lovely documentaries will have you revisiting happy memories with film and TV legends who were a big part of so many people's lives." For more information about JFilm and to purchase tickets, visit FilmPittsburgh.org.

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It's a 19th century supernatural winter epic. It's a slapstick homage to silent films. It's a whole bunch of humans dressed up in beaver suits. It's Hundreds of Beavers, the one-of-a-kind film drawing crowds to theaters across the nation, opening at The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center Friday, April 26. Directed by Mike Cheslik in just his second feature effort, the film stars Ryland Brickson Cole Tews as failed applejack salesman/fur trapper Jean Kayak, who is on a mission to collect beaver pelts in order to make a living and win the heart of a local furrier. Local beavers, understandably, object. The film has racked up awards at numerous festivals, including Best Comedy and Audience Award at the Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival, Best Director at the Phoenix Film Festival and Best Narrative Feature at the Oxford, Mississippi Film Festival. "This DIY delight…is sure to develop a significant cult following with its unique mix of silent-era slapstick, animation elements, theme-park-style critter costumes, and general air of inspired absurdity," says Variety. "On paper, it would hardly be expected to remain funny for eight minutes, let alone 108. But this ingeniously home-made lark never runs out of steam." Beaver County residents, how can you resist? Residents of all counties are welcome to watch what the New York Times calls "a madcap genre-hopper" with a "cineaste's discernment" behind its hilarious surface. Tickets. The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center is an independent, film-driven arts nonprofit located at 418 Walnut St. in Sewickley.

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Art and culture aficionados will find plenty to like in upcoming films at The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center, encompassing beloved works of painting, sculpture and literature new and old. The films: Klimt and the Kiss, Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 28, at 1 p.m. Part of the Exhibition on Screen series that produced I, Claude Monet, this film takes a deep look not only into the erotic and mysterious painting but also Klimt himself and his Viennese surroundings. "Painted in Vienna around 1908, the evocative image of an unknown couple embracing has captivated viewers with its mystery, sensuality and dazzling materials ever since it was created," states the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, Thursday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 12, at 1 p.m. T.S. Eliot is considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, and Four Quartets his masterpiece. Ralph Fiennes takes to the stage to deliver what The Los Angeles Times calls "a multi-course feast of concentrated flavors: mesmerizing language, masterly invocation and the kind of poetic imagery that, in the hands of a great actor, feels like a direct line from Eliot's pen to our mind's landscape." Rivers and Tides, Thursday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. Sculptor Andy Goldsworthy makes art that intentionally doesn't last. His materials include snow, grass, stones and clay, which he uses outdoors, allowing them to be changed by nature. "We grab at beauty while simultaneously realizing it never can be possessed, a feeling brilliantly captured in this thoughtful and rewarding movie," says the Rocky Mountain News. The Lindsay, an independent, nonprofit organization, is located at 418 Walnut St. in Sewickley.

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Cryptids, a horror/comedy anthology that has garnered awards on the festival circuit and stars famed drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs, will screen as the latest offering in the Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center on Thursday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. Accolades for Cryptids include Best Feature and Best Horror Feature at GenreBlast 2023, and the Jury Award at the 2024 Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival. Produced and with segments directed by Zane Hershberger of Wexford and Justin Seaman of Claysville, Washington County, the filmmakers call Cryptids "a love letter to creature features" that takes place during a paranormal radio call-in show hosted by Major Harlan Dean, played by Briggs. As the phone lines open and callers discuss increasingly bizarre sightings of cryptids (creatures such as Bigfoot whose existence is rumored but has never been proven), Dean begins to question if real dangers lurk outside the station. Free Showcase events, a staple at The Lindsay, have developed to accelerate filmmakers' exposure and encourage exchanges between local artists and the public. The anthology includes eight chapters by seven artists, and the 85-minute screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers. Several segments were shot in Butler and Portersville, Butler County; Washington and Claysville, Washington County; and at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Hershberger, an Art Institute of Pittsburgh graduate, and Seaman, a Robert Morris University alumnus, met while working on Seaman's first feature film, The Barn, and have collaborated for the past 11 years under their companies Silver Springs Films and Nevermore Productions Films. "I love telling stories; I always have since I was a kid," says Hershberger. "After writing a multitude of stories, I wanted to see them visually come alive through the process of filmmaking." This event is free to the public but reservations are recommended as seats already are going fast. Rumor has it Bigfoot will need at least two seats so everyone behind him can see the screen. The Lindsay, an independent, nonprofit organization, is located at 418 Walnut St. in Sewickley.

This April, The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center in Sewickley celebrates "412 Day" all month, screening films both locally produced and featuring connections to the Pittsburgh area. These films reflecting the personality of the region are: Singin' in the Rain, which hard-to-please New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael called "just about the best Hollywood musical of all time," screens Sunday, April 21, at 1 p.m"directed by and starring Pittsburgh native Gene Kelly. Born in East Liberty, an 8-year-old Kelly was enrolled by his mother in dance classes, despite his childhood dream of playing shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He graduated from the former Peabody High School and the University of Pittsburgh, and opted for a dance career over law school"a wise career choice as he became one of the most celebrated dancers in motion picture history. (Burgh trivia: Gene was taught tap dancing by his youngest brother, Fred, who also polished the moves of a young John Travolta and instructed British Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in ballroom dancing. When Queen Elizabeth II met Gene in the 1950s, she famously asked if he was Fred's brother.) HIVE, a heartfelt portrayal of Pittsburgh-area beekeeper Hank B. that drew two packed houses to The Lindsay for its February debut, returns to the Theater on Sunday, April 21, at 12:30 p.m. The 25-minute documentary is directed by Moon Township resident Ryan Matthew Rust, who is also Hank B.'s nephew, and features cinematography by Scott Township's Ryan Kroboth, who beautifully captures the vibrant bees and blooms surrounding Hank at work. Tickets. Cryptids, a horror/comedy anthology that has garnered awards on the festival circuit and stars famed drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs, arrives Thursday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. as the latest offering in The Lindsay's popular Emerging Filmmakers Showcase. Produced and with segments directed by Zane Hershberger of Wexford and Justin Seaman of Claysville, Washington County, Cryptids is billed as "a love letter to creature features" involving legends such as Bigfoot, Loveland Frogman, chupacabras, the Beast of Bladenboro, Dover Demon, the Mothman. The free event includes a Q&A with the filmmakers. RSVPs are requested to ensure seating for all. UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold is "a testament to what the Pittsburgh film community can accomplish without Hollywood's help," said the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Made completely in Pittsburgh with local actors and crew among the national stars, UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold, is based on the little-known true story of the Senate investigation into the cause of the disaster. Watched by appreciative audiences in London, Belfast (where the ship was built) and Southampton (the origin point of the fatal voyage), the film screens at The Lindsay at least until Thursday, April 25. The Lindsay, an independent, nonprofit organization, is located at 418 Walnut St. in Sewickley.

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