BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T210000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20251110T174203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T174556Z UID:10000146-1763577000-1763586000@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:'Caregiving' with Ryan Shazier Fund DESCRIPTION:Join former Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier for an exclusive ‘Caregiving’ screening!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay has partnered with WQED and the Ryan Shazier Fund for Spinal Rehabilitation to bring back Caregiving during National Family Caregivers Month. \n\n\n\nThe PBS documentary Caregiving returns to The Lindsay on Wednesday\, Nov. 19\, at 7 p.m. We will show the full-length version of director Chris Durrance’s inspirational film. \n\n\n\nThis event will also include a 6:30 p.m. reception in The Lindsay’s Community Room\, sponsored by the Richard King Mellon Foundation. Shazier\, a former Steelers linebacker\, will attend the reception and introduce the screening. Tickets are available for $8.75. \n\n\n\nThis Caregiving screening was conceived as an evening of warmth\, camaraderie and recognition for all caregivers. Shazier and members of his organization will be on hand to thank caregivers for their amazing work and dedication. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCaregiving was produced by Bradley Cooper\, who also appears in the film\, and narrated by Emmy winner Uzo Aduba. Both acclaimed actors have served as caregivers for a sick parent. Caregiving highlights the many challenges and triumphs that those caring for a sick parent or loved one experience every day. \n\n\n\nSome of the caregivers featured in this film include a young father caring for both his wife and son; a 14-year-old who\, along with his father\, shares the role of caregiver for his mom; and a young woman looking after her dementia-stricken father. \n\n\n\nShazier is an Ohio State University graduate who the Steelers picked 15th overall in the 2014 NFL Draft. He made two Pro Bowls with the Steelers\, but his career was abruptly ended after suffering a spinal contusion during a game in December 2017. Shazier officially retired from the NFL in September 2020. \n\n\n\nAfter 130 spinal rehabilitation sessions\, Shazier not only gained back the strength to walk\, but he was able to dance with his wife at their wedding. He founded the Shazier Fund in November 2020. Shazier currently serves as the president and board chairman for this nonprofit dedicated to ensuring SCI (spinal cord injury) patients have access to the treatments they need. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/caregiving-with-ryan-shazier-fund/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Community Room,Documentaries,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ShazierCaregiving2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T235959 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20251023T205641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T153106Z UID:10000144-1762992000-1763337599@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:2025 Three Rivers Film Festival at The Lindsay DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay has once again partnered with Film Pittsburgh to serve as a Three Rivers Film Festival venue! Three Rivers is an annual festival spotlighting independent cinema from around the world. Its 2025 iteration will take place across multiple locations from Wednesday\, Nov. 12 to Sunday\, Nov. 23. \n\n\n\nSix engaging films representing a multitude of genres (and countries) will play at The Lindsay between Thursday\, Nov. 13 and Sunday\, Nov. 16. This will be the fifth time that The Lindsay is participating in Three Rivers\, which was recently crowned this region’s Best Film Festival in Pittsburgh Magazine‘s 2025 Best of the ‘Burgh readers’ poll. \n\n\n\nLast year’s Three Rivers offerings at The Lindsay included Western Pennsylvania-made gems Basic Psych and The Great One. We also showed Flow\, which went on to win Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTickets are now on sale for all individual Three Rivers screenings\, as well as full festival and other passes. You can purchase tickets online via Film Pittsburgh’s website\, and at The Lindsay on the day of each screening. Please direct all ticketing-related questions to Film Pittsburgh via info@filmpittsburgh.org or 412-426-FILM (3456). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAontas\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 31min | Thriller\, Crime \n\n\n\nDirector: Damian McCann \n\n\n\nStars: Carrie Crowley\, Bid Brennan\, Eva-Jane Gaffney \n\n\n\nThursday\, Nov. 13 @ 7 P.M. (In Irish\, with subtitles)\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAontas received Best Feature and Best Director honors at the 2025 Manchester Film Festival. This international crime thriller follows three women who rob an Irish Credit Union. Their heist goes horribly wrong\, and everyone involved can only reflect on the choices and events that drove these women to their fates. \n\n\n\n“Aontas features some terrific performances from stalwarts Carrie Crowley and Brid Brennan\,” raves Screen International. Director Damian McCann made “a thoroughly gripping and exceptional film\,” declares Film Threat. \n\n\n\n“Aontas is a rare gem—a thriller that leaves you on the edge of your seat as the revelations spool out\, but also a masterwork of film construction and craft.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtime for Aontas\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMistura\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 37min | Drama \n\n\n\nDirector: Ricardo de Montreuil \n\n\n\nStars: Barbara Mori\, Cesar Ballumbrosio\, Christian Meier \n\n\n\nFriday\, Nov. 14 @ 7 P.M. (In Spanish\, with subtitles)\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMistura is a festival circuit favorite\, having already been awarded the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Durango Independent Film Festival\, Sarasota Film Festival and Stony Brook Film Festival. Set in 1960s Peru\, it chronicles a formerly privileged woman’s culinary journey following a change in her societal status. \n\n\n\nDirector Ricardo de Montreuil gives audiences “a delicious look at Peru\,” praises We Live Entertainment. Mistura is “a vivid tale of self-discovery and change\,” applauds Loud and Clear Reviews. \n\n\n\n“De Montreuil paints this transformation against the beautiful backdrop of Peru\, with breathtaking cinematography that captures every detail. … These visuals are more than just beautiful; they feel alive\, showcasing Peru in a way that feels both intimate and grand.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtime for Mistura\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Fisherman\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 48min | Comedy\, Fantasy \n\n\n\nDirector: Zoey Martinson \n\n\n\nStars: Ricky Adelayitar\, Endurance Dedzo\, William Lamptey \n\n\n\nSaturday\, Nov. 15 @ 4 P.M.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Fisherman is a Ghanaian film that recently won the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature at the Cordillera International Film Festival. This heartwarming and surreal romp finds a retired fisherman embarking on an unexpected adventure with a talking fish. \n\n\n\nDirector Zoey Martinson’s film “has a lovely musical opening” and “some first-rate snappy dialogue\,” lauds RogerEbert.com. “The dialogue is delightfully wacky\,” and “the earnestness of the story will have you chuckling and smirking in no time\,” proclaims Sinema Focus. \n\n\n\n“Ultimately\, The Fisherman feels first like a recognition\, then a reconciliation between past and present for its protagonist and his family. The ending is more emotionally satisfying because it honors the core of this ethos.”  \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtime for The Fisherman\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTransplant\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 33min | Drama\, Thriller \n\n\n\nDirector: Jason Park \n\n\n\nStars: Bill Camp\, Eric Nam\, Laurence Leboeuf \n\n\n\nSaturday\, Nov. 15 @ 7 P.M.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTransplant is filmmaker Jason Park’s feature directorial debut. It stars Eric Nam as Jonah\, a highly motivated surgical resident. Jonah is pushed to his limits after landing a coveted spot training under Dr. Edward Harmon (Bill Camp)\, a legendary heart transplant surgeon who’s obsessed with protecting his perfect reputation. \n\n\n\n“Medical students everywhere will likely feel vindicated at how their vocations’ unique struggles are rendered with uncomfortable accuracy” in Transplant\, commends the Chicago Reader. Park’s medical thriller is “a meet cute between Whiplash and Grey’s Anatomy\,” writes RogerEbert.com. \n\n\n\n“The film lands the former’s nose-to-the-grindstone protege\, but graciously lacks the melodrama of the latter. … Park’s crowning achievement in Transplant is his ability to craft a diverse\, but balanced tone throughout the story. “ \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtime for Transplant\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor Worse\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 30min | Romantic Comedy \n\n\n\nDirector: Amy Landecker \n\n\n\nStars: Amy Landecker\, Bradley Whitford\, Nico Hiraga \n\n\n\nSunday\, Nov. 16 @ 3 P.M.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFor Worse is a new rom com from writer-director Amy Landecker\, who is mostly known for her acting work in projects such as the Coen Brothers’ dramedy A Serious Man and the Prime Video series Transparent. Landecker also stars in For Worse as a newly sober divorcee who starts a new fling with a younger man. \n\n\n\nHer film also stars Bradley Whitford (The West Wing)\, and “their chemistry feels immediate\, loose with warmth and crackling with possibility\,” declares The Hollywood Reporter. “Amy Landecker’s thoughtful and deeply feminine debut celebrates new beginnings at any age\,” raves Variety. \n\n\n\n“Landecker’s comedy carves its own meaningful spot among recent releases about mature women seeking new directions. … The heroine of it all is Landecker herself\, who plays Lauren with gusto as a woman who increasingly owns up to her well-earned age and enduring sexuality.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtime for For Worse\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Tallest Dwarf\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 32min | Documentary \n\n\n\nDirector: Julie Wyman \n\n\n\nSunday\, Nov. 16 @ 6 P.M.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Three Rivers Film Festival is screening The Tallest Dwarf ahead of its PBS Independent Lens debut on April 6\, 2026. This riveting documentary charts filmmaker Julie Wyman’s quest to find her place within the little people (LP) community at a moment when dwarf identity is poised to radically change. \n\n\n\nWyman crafted an “extremely compelling” examination of how dwarfism has been viewed and how it’s perceived today\, applauds Cultress. The Tallest Dwarf “shows the power of body acceptance” in any community\, proclaims Forbes. \n\n\n\n“In the film\, Wyman explores the diverse experiences of LPs through both in-depth interviews and movement-based workshops captured on film. The Tallest Dwarf asks the viewer to consider important questions\, like\, ‘What if the culture created pathways for LPs to love and accept their bodies?'” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtime for The Tallest Dwarf URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/2025-three-rivers-film-festival-at-the-lindsay/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Documentaries,Film Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3RFF2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251231T235959 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20251119T172121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T152740Z UID:10000150-1762473600-1767225599@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Center for Hope Food Drive DESCRIPTION:Support a local food pantry this holiday season!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year\, The Lindsay is collecting nonperishables for the food pantry at The Center for Hope\, an Ambridge nonprofit that has been meeting growing demands. Through New Year’s Eve\, The Lindsay will gather food donations. \n\n\n\n“Theater patrons have been immensely generous with the food drives we’ve held in the past\,” says Lindsay CEO Carolina Pais-Barreto Thor. “Center for Hope has been a long-time partner of the Theater\, and we want to step up during this time of scarcity.” \n\n\n\nThe Center for Hope welcomes donations of any non-expired\, nonperishable foods. Director Sue Otto suggests: cereal\, macaroni and cheese\, ramen noodles\, canned tuna and chicken\, and saltine or oyster crackers for soup. However\, they would be grateful for “pretty much anything off the grocery shelves.” \n\n\n\nContributions can be dropped off when you come to watch films at the Theater during its operating hours through the week and on weekends\, which are 30 minutes before the day’s shows begin through when the last show is seated. Alternatively\, bring a few cans and boxes when you watch Nuremberg this weekend—or later\, when you visit us to check out Wicked: For Good\, Zootopia 2\, Holiday Classics or any films in our lineup. \n\n\n\nDemand at the Center is “through the roof\,” with 1\,100 people served in October alone\, says Otto\, director since 2007. She has seen many new faces at the Center this fall\, including military\, federal workers and senior citizens. \n\n\n\nNot only are some out of work\, “it’s also at a time when people are getting slammed with higher prices on everything. They’re crying\, desperate on the phone and I tell them\, ‘Hey\, we’re here for you.’ We’re open to everyone.” \n\n\n\nIn addition to the food pantry\, the Center supplies Hungry Kids Snack Bags to children in the food pantry and families requesting the extra help through Ambridge Area School District\, providing 3\,600 snack bags in October to help fill young bellies over the weekend\, when school meals are not available. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/center-for-hope-food-drive/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_4511-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T220000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20251009T194437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T144321Z UID:10000142-1762455600-1762466400@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Emerging Filmmakers Showcase: 'MAXX: SON OF THE DAMNED' DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay’s only November Emerging Filmmakers Showcase is the perfect way to close out the Halloween season! \n\n\n\nMaxx: Son of the Damned is a locally made fantasy saga from Pittsburgh-based 3.B.T. Productions. This dark coming-of-age tale is centered around Maxx (Caleb Bartholow)\, the first natural-born warlock in centuries\, and the evil forces who want to use his powers for mass destruction. \n\n\n\nAn early version of this film will screen at The Lindsay on Thursday\, Nov. 6\, at 7 p.m. This showing will be immediately followed by a filmmaker Q&A. The event is free\, and The Lindsay recommends that all attendees use the form below to RSVP in advance due to space limitations. \n\n\n\nMaxx: Son of the Damned was written and directed by 3.B.T. co-founders Xayne Allen and Delaney Hathaway. Following his 21st birthday\, Maxx discovers that Eve (Amy Lyn Elliott)\, the first woman\, and her followers want to use his magical abilities to bring about the apocalypse. With Maxx’s haunting past catching up with him\, will he choose to save humanity or destroy it? \n\n\n\n“This film is the perfect way to close out spooky season\,” says Allen. “It’s dark\, thrilling and packed with that eerie magic that lingers long after the credits roll.” \n\n\n\nHathaway and fellow 3.B.T. co-founder Charlie Gray both appear in Maxx: Son of the Damned. The largely local cast also includes Christina Chickis\, Stephanie Swift\, Brian Ceponis\, Naomi Terrell and Erika Krenn. \n\n\n\n“Fans of indie cinema should be thrilled to join us for this special first look\,” says Allen. “They’ll get to experience the film before it’s complete and play a part in shaping its final cut alongside the cast and crew.” \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Emerging Filmmakers Showcase MAXX: SON OF THE DAMNED November 6\, 2025 Reservation Sign Up\n \n \n CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Number of Tickets(Required)Phone Number(Required)Email(Required)\n \n Any Special Accommodations (Seating Accessibility\, etc.)?\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick Me! URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/emerging-filmmakers-showcase-maxx-son-of-the-damned/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Maxx1-scaled-e1760037468354.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T220000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20251009T181703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T194509Z UID:10000141-1761850800-1761861600@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Emerging Filmmakers Showcase: 'BATSH*T' DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay is celebrating Halloween this year with an Emerging Filmmakers Showcase that’s chock-full of locally made frights and delights. \n\n\n\nBatsh*t is an indie horror-comedy that was inspired by genre favorites like Evil Dead\, Beetlejuice and A Nightmare on Elm Street. It follows an alcoholic who accidentally takes a hallucinatory drug and enters a nightmarish new world. \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay will be showing Batsh*t on Thursday\, Oct. 30\, at 7 p.m. This screening will be immediately followed by an in-person Q&A with director and co-writer Todd Wolfson\, star Jerry Pietrala and editor Karl O’Janpa. The event is free\, and The Lindsay recommends that all attendees use the form below to RSVP in advance due to space limitations. \n\n\n\nWolfson\, a Pittsburgh native and founder of production company Just Buried Entertainment\, is making his feature directorial debut with Batsh*t. The film stars Pietrala as Felix Darby\, a lost soul on a mind-altering journey. Along the way\, Felix encounters oddities such as a friend talking in tongues\, his roommate turning into an 8-bit character\, a talking killer cherry pie\, being haunted by his own ghost and much more. \n\n\n\nWolfson has been working on BatSh*t since 2018. He co-wrote the script with David Ogrodowski\, a veteran local filmmaker and actor who also appears in the film. The largely Western Pennsylvania-based cast also includes Tiffany Kemp\, Mikhail Tot\, Edward Pfeifer\, Nexus Lyons\, Samantha Ainsworth\, Brian Ceponis and Ben Dietels. \n\n\n\nBatsh*t is a mostly live-action film that also contains wild sequences involving both 2D and 3D animation\, stop-motion effects\, claymation—and even puppets! Be prepared for what Wolfson describes as a “very zany and original” cinematic experience. \n\n\n\n“This is a very important film to me\,” Wolfson says. “It’s jam-packed with a lot of Pittsburgh’s most talented actors. Batsh*t is a wildly entertaining dark comedy with a fantasy twist\, and it’s extremely independent to the core!” \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Emerging Filmmakers Showcase BATSH*T October 30\, 2025 Reservation Sign Up\n \n \n CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Number of Tickets(Required)Phone Number(Required)Email(Required)\n \n Any Special Accommodations (Seating Accessibility\, etc.)?\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick Me! URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/emerging-filmmakers-showcase-batsht/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Free Events,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Batshit1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T170000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20251002T174449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T174450Z UID:10000138-1760878800-1760893200@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Carnegie Screenwriters Showcase 2025 DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay’s next Emerging Filmmakers Showcase will celebrate one of this region’s longest-running creative collectives. \n\n\n\nThe 2025 Carnegie Screenwriters Showcase will take place at The Lindsay on Sunday\, Oct. 19\, from 1-5 p.m. Carnegie Screenwriters first formed in 1998 and since has grown to include writers\, filmmakers\, film artists\, actors\, teachers and students from Western Pennsylvania\, Ohio and West Virginia. These days\, Carnegie Screenwriters has participants based in California and as far away as Australia. \n\n\n\nTheir 2025 showcase will feature 10 short films created by Carnegie Screenwriter members. This event is free\, and The Lindsay recommends that all prospective attendees use the form below to RSVP in advance. \n\n\n\nThe 10 shorts that will be shown on Oct. 19 are: \n\n\n\n• The Glass Hour: While on a missing persons case\, a Pinkerton detective quickly learns that you are never truly alone while traveling in the American Old West. Directed by Clayton Petrella. \n\n\n\n• Odyssey: In the wake of a global pandemic\, a young soldier struggles through a hostile landscape to reunite with his wife. Directed by Bob Scott. \n\n\n\n• Amy: A couple meets for coffee and a special date. Directed by Bob Scott and written by Bob Skywark as a tribute to his college sweetheart. \n\n\n\n• Edges: A wife grieves the loss of her husband while reminiscing about their favorite holiday tradition of building gingerbread houses. Written and directed by Delaney Hathaway. \n\n\n\n• Lucky Charms: A superstitious young man tells his best friend about an awkward first date. Directed by William Gleeson and written by Samir Tanay. \n\n\n\n• The Burglars: Two friends decide to rob a house\, but they aren’t prepared for what’s in store for them inside. Directed by Zack Miller. \n\n\n\n• The Hammer-Handed Hitchhiker: A group of teens encounter a deadly urban legend while on spring break—and find out what it means to really get hammered. Directed by Alyssa Pearson. \n\n\n\n• Midnight: A gay couple decide to experiment with an open relationship. Can their love survive it? Written and directed by T.R. Wilkinson. \n\n\n\n• A Little Glass of Rum: After grieving the murder of his wife and son\, a prison guard dines with the killer during his last meal. Directed by Lauren Keller. \n\n\n\n• Dick Dong in the Mysterious Case of the Voluptuous Vampire: Special Agent (and overall cool guy) Dick Dong is called in to solve a string of mysterious murders—while looking very cool\, of course. Directed by Josh Poe. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Carnegie Screenwriters Showcase October 19\, 2025 Reservation Sign Up\n \n \n EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Number of Tickets(Required)Phone Number(Required)Email(Required)\n \n Any Special Accommodations (Seating Accessibility\, etc.)?\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick Me! URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/carnegie-screenwriters-showcase-2025/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Film Festivals,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CSW.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T235959 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250922T142250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T180849Z UID:10000136-1759363200-1760054399@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival: Thriller Picture Show 2025 DESCRIPTION:October marks the official start of spooky season. Once again\, The Lindsay is getting into the Halloween spirit right away. \n\n\n\nThe Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival‘s Thriller Picture Show will soon return to The Lindsay for the third consecutive year. Presented by Image 987 Productions and What Sleeps Beneath\, this annual event offers audiences a wide variety of thrilling features and short films from around the world. \n\n\n\nThe 2025 Thriller Picture Show will take place from Oct. 2-5 and also include a Dark Date Night on Thursday\, Oct. 9. This year’s lineup includes everything from a twisted tale about influencers to a new horror comedy from Tina Romero\, George Romero’s daughter. \n\n\n\nTickets are currently on sale for each feature screening and short film block. Filmgoers can purchase All Festival Passes (including Dark Date Night access) for $35\, Single Day Passes for $15 or individual feature/short block tickets for $11. Queens of the Dead and Demons are not included in either the All Festival Pass or Single Day Passes. \n\n\n\nHere’s everything you need to know about this year’s seasonally appropriate Thriller Picture Show offerings: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOCT. 2 SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBizarre Bazarre Block\n\n\n\n7:30 p.m. | 15min | Horror\, Thriller\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 2025 Thriller Picture Show will open with a block of three character-driven shorts: \n\n\n\n• The Second Floor is a psychological thriller from director Jackson Bonds. It follows a young man facing extraordinary challenges during a brothel visit. \n\n\n\n• The Convent\, directed by Cole Rawson\, is a horror-thriller about a girl going through immense effort to convince a ritualistic cult that she still remains faithful. \n\n\n\n• Mallory is director Jaime Meyers’ portrait of a man who learns that some things should remain hidden while searching for his missing daughter. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Bizarre Bazaar Block\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrind\n\n\n\n8 p.m. | 1h 24min | Horror\n\n\n\nDirector: Mark Cantu\n\n\n\nStars: Kelsey Rhea\, Brian Ceponis\, Molly Souza\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFans of locally made horror may recognize Pittsburgh-based filmmaker Mark Cantu as the director of 2021 slasher Massacre Academy and 2023 creature feature Wolf Hollow. \n\n\n\nHis latest project\, Grind\, is a horror-thriller about a group of college students who accidentally unleash cosmic horror after unearthing a cursed movie during a grindhouse film festival. All it took was pressing play on The Creeping Chaos to release uncontrollable mayhem. \n\n\n\nCantu co-wrote the script for Grind with Brian Bell and Brian Ceponis. Ceponis\, a local actor and co-founder of Western Pennsylvania production company RedSlate Films\, co-stars alongside a cast that also includes Kelsey Rhea\, Molly Souza and Stanton Rutledge. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Grind\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOCT. 3 SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKick the Can\n\n\n\n11 a.m. | 1h 30min | Comedy\, Crime\n\n\n\nDirector: Jim Menza\n\n\n\nStars: Kristin Auge\, Jack Burr\, Niko Caponigro\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nKick the Can is a lighthearted crime comedy from writer-director Jim Menza. The title evokes both a classic children’s game and a renowned episode of The Twilight Zone. This Milknose Films production comes with a tantalizing tagline: “Some games\, you play for keeps.” \n\n\n\nThe film is centered around a man who sets out on a 24-hour adventure to save a woman’s life. Along the way\, he meets a plethora of chaotic characters and finds himself in consistently strange situations. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Kick the Can\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHitman: The Slaughter\n\n\n\n12:40 p.m. | 1h 28min | Thriller\, Crime\n\n\n\nDirector: Seth Nardo\n\n\n\nStars: Ian Falcone\, Frank Ripoly\, Steve Nardo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis crime-thriller’s title is also a pretty good description of what’s in store for moviegoers. Director Seth Nardo’s film follows a group of dangerous individuals as they engage in … well\, the things hitmen do. \n\n\n\nNardo is a 24-year-old Ohioan making his directorial debut with Hitman: The Slaughter. Between the film’s content\, its setting and colorful characters\, a good alternate title for this film may have been Once Upon a Time in Ohio. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Hitman: The Slaughter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Muscle\n\n\n\n2:20 p.m. | 1h 20min | Thriller\, Crime\n\n\n\nDirector: Ryan Halasz\n\n\n\nStars: Ryan Halasz\, Stephen Caruso\, Eric Cerbo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Muscle is another-crime thriller that would make a great double feature with Hitman: The Slaughter. Ryan Halasz wrote\, directed and stars in this film about a guy with a big heart who gets caught up in a life of crime. \n\n\n\nRon (Halasz) witnesses a murder\, which eventually leads to him discovering the truth about his father’s death. It’s far beyond what Ron could have ever imagined. He must choose revenge or forgiveness—even as he grapples with some pretty extreme violations of trust. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for The Muscle\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrenzy Moon\n\n\n\n3:50 p.m. | 1h 21min | Horror\n\n\n\nStars: Alyssa Grace Adams\, Aaron Krygier\, Kayla Malika\n\n\n\nDirector: Gregory Lamberson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou probably could’ve guessed by the title that this is an old-fashioned werewolf flick. Gregory Lamberson wrote and directed this creature feature about six graduate students and a mysterious stranger battling a pack of ferocious man-beasts in a secluded cabin. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Frenzy Moon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDark Funhouse Block\n\n\n\n5:20 p.m. | 2h 2min\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHorror fans\, this is the short film block for you! \n\n\n\n• Bealtaine: Two otherworldly companions entertain a special guest as they celebrate their annual Celtic tradition of Bealtaine. Directed by Roland Keller. \n\n\n\n• Tasty Tongue (from Taiwan): A-Zhe\, who constantly curses others\, encounters a mysterious and beautiful woman. He soon realizes that something is amiss after she tries to feed him roasted tongues. Directed by Pearl Zheng. \n\n\n\n• The Dark: After a sudden tragedy\, a young woman purchases a candle that allows her to contact the dead. Directed by Brandon Diaz. \n\n\n\n• The New Blood: A woman starting a new job at a small town mall finds it complicated by a mysterious man who may have a connection to her past. Directed by Pittsburgh-area filmmaker Adam Morgan. \n\n\n\n• Trim the Barley: A photo shoot becomes a lesson on modern farming techniques. Directed by Joshua Thomas. \n\n\n\n• Real Dead: A whirlwind of bloody twists and turns await when a man comes home to propose on Valentine’s Day. Directed by Paul Pilcz. \n\n\n\n• Pennsylvania Leaf Blower Massacre: In this film trailer parody\, three youngsters are helpless against the demented whims of a would-be landscaping company that turns roadside travelers into compost\, elaborate garden sculptures—and worse. Directed by John Morgan and Jonathan Frost. \n\n\n\n• Infernalis: In a remote 19th-century pioneer village\, suspicion spreads when a newborn vanishes under mysterious circumstances. Directed by Naomi Wildermuth. \n\n\n\n• Crisis Point (from Romania): A former soldier travels through a toxic post-apocalyptic environment in search of a cure for a virus that strips the afflicated of their humanity. Directed by Valentin Raileanu. \n\n\n\n• The Balloon: A downtrodden mechanic lives in a deteriorating paradigm\, but there is more than meets the eye when the past and present converge. Directed by local filmmaker Stephanie Swift. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Dark Funhouse Block\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQueens of the Dead\n\n\n\n7:30 p.m. | 1h 39min | Comedy\, Horror\n\n\n\nDirector: Tina Romero\n\n\n\nStars: Katy O’Brian\, Jack Haven\, Jaquel Spivey\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis new horror-comedy was co-written and directed by zombie cinema royalty. Tina Romero\, a veteran filmmaker and vice president of the George A. Romero Foundation\, is the daughter of late Night of the Living Dead auteur George Romero. \n\n\n\nHer latest directorial effort recently won an Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at the Tribeca Film Festival. Romero and comedian Erin Judge co-wrote this bloody romp about a zombie outbreak in Brooklyn. An eclectic group of drag queens\, club kids and frenemies at a warehouse party must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty\, scrolling undead. \n\n\n\nQueens of the Dead boasts a talented ensemble that includes Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding)\, Jack Haven (I Saw the TV Glow)\, Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story)\, Riki Lindhome (Knives Out)\, Margaret Cho (Fire Island) and Jaquel Spivey (Mean Girls). \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Queens of the Dead\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOCT. 4 SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDead\, White and Blue\n\n\n\n10 a.m. | 1h 30min | Comedy\n\n\n\nDirector: Mike Davis\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDead\, White and Blue is a fascinating moviemaking experiment. Director Mike Davis recycled footage from more than 300 stock and public domain films and injected his creation with brand new storylines and dialogue. \n\n\n\nThis sci-fi satire follows a rogue FBI agent who is forced to partner with the United States Army to defeat the Ku Klux Plan. In an attempt to go mainstream\, the KKK has modernized and gone high tech with flashy new promotional videos\, clothing and an evil plot to plunge the country into a race war—with a shrink ray. \n\n\n\n“I made this film as if it was the last one I’d ever do\,” says Davis. “It’s a comedy\, a satire\, a surreal absurdity\, and ideally an inspiration to independent filmmakers and creators everywhere who are working with limited resources and great imaginations.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Dead\, White and Blue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWeird Adventures Block\n\n\n\n11:40 a.m. | 1h 51min\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis shorts block is a fun mix of live-action and animated fare: \n\n\n\n• Boxes for Rox (animation): Awareness is the first phase. Directed by Directed by Chelsey Raegen Knapp. \n\n\n\n• Rusty Pipe: Four characters gather in an old dark warehouse to exchange a mysterious object in a high-stakes transaction. Directed by Robert Obin and Roberto Joy. \n\n\n\n• Lord of All Future and Space: When a duffle bag explodes int existence over the Nevada desert\, Dyson Wheeler—set to be hanged—seizes his chance at escape. Directed by Chris Paul Russell. \n\n\n\n• Waiting on You: When their world begins to crumble\, the characters in a sitcom realize their reality may not be all that it seems. Directed by Emilia Brewer. \n\n\n\n• The Itch: A young man awakens in an unfamiliar apartment only to find himself under surveillance—and decaying rapidly. Directed by Gordon Phillips. \n\n\n\n• Homie: When a man realizes his “smart home” device is manipulating him to commit murderous acts\, he must find a way to regain control over his life. Directed by Kevin John Henry. \n\n\n\n• Howl If You Love Me (animation): Jim is dating Jane\, who is a werewolf. Drama emerges when Jane is put in danger and Jim is forced to make a decision that will transform his life. From Academy Award-nominated director John Dilworth. \n\n\n\n• APT 44: A young woman moves into a new apartment but hears strange noises. She finally realizes what has been banging on the door all this time. Directed by Laura Musgrave. \n\n\n\n• Tina 7X4 (United Kingdom): A very unusual upgrade causes a robot to be inhabited by a spirit. Directed by Colin Swinfin. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Weird Adventures Block\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe School Duel\n\n\n\n1:40 p.m. | 1h 35min | Thriller\n\n\n\nDirector: Todd Wiseman Jr.\n\n\n\nStars: Kue Lawrence\, Christina Brucato\, Oscar Nunez\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAre you a fan of films like The Hunger Games or Battle Royale? Then you’ll be right at home with The School Duel\, a thriller set in a near-future Florida. \n\n\n\nSammy (Kue Lawrence)\, a tormented 13-year-old\, is recruited to participate in a deadly\, statewide competition known as “The School Duel.” As he takes the battlefield\, Sammy slowly starts to understand what’s at stake. The film’s cast also includes Christina Brucato (The Menu) and Oscar Nunez (The Office). \n\n\n\n\nTickets for The School Duel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwisted Treats Block\n\n\n\n3:25 p.m. | 1h 41min\n\n\n\nThese shorts are not for the faint of heart: \n\n\n\n• It Gets Closer: After spitting out his medications\, Todd comes face to face with the thing keeping him awake at night. Directed by Matthew “Gray” Strack. \n\n\n\n• Where the Shadows Feast: After decades of men\, women and children vanishing into the darkness\, a detective and mother must follow her child’s voice into the shadows. Directed by Aaron Cabrera. \n\n\n\n• Impish: A confused religious student wants to make sure he isn’t being misinformed about the supernatural. Directed by Eric von Laudermann\, a student at Community College of Allegheny County. \n\n\n\n• RIP Advisor (Switzerland): A man obsessed with rating every tiny detail of his life realizes he doesn’t truly feel anything. Directed by Ludovic Matthy. \n\n\n\n• What Hides in Us: Looking to rebuild their relationship\, Emma and Ben find themselves terrorized by what hides inside them. Directed by Derek Hughes and Samantha Garzon. \n\n\n\n• Devil’s Playground: In the quirky\, suburban neighborhood of Devil’s Playground\, multiple children—including Molly’s daughter—have gone missing. Directed by Halle Sullivan and John Steele. \n\n\n\n• Looker: Anna learns she is inexplicably cursed to melt away when not being perceived and must go to greater and greater lengths to be seen. Directed by Max Kaplan. \n\n\n\n• Sanitorium (Spain): Overview: In the world of entertainment and mass media\, ethics is sometimes just another obstacle. Directed by Bruno Martinez. \n\n\n\n• Dying of the Light: Two sisters tend to their mentally ill mother in the midst of an apocalypse. Directed by Justin Gorun. \n\n\n\n• Bishop’s Day: Two college coeds break into the long-abandoned Bishop’s Barbershop for a night of fun. However\, they’re not alone. Directed by Christopher Kelly. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Twisted Treats Block\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMondo Hollywoodland\n\n\n\n5:15 p.m. | 1h 34min | Comedy\, Sci-Fi\n\n\n\nDirector: Janek Ambros\n\n\n\nStars: Chris Blim\, Alex Loynaz\, Alyssa Sabo\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJames Crowell\, the Oscar-nominated star of films like Babe and L.A. Confidential\, produced the sci-fi comedy Mondo Hollywoodland. \n\n\n\nDirector and co-writer Janek Ambros shot this entire film on an iPhone. A groovy mushrooms dealer and a man from the fifth dimension journey through Hollywood to find the true meaning of “Mondo.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Mondo Hollywoodland\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDemons\n\n\n\n8 p.m. | 1h 28min | Horror\n\n\n\nDirector: Lamberto Bava\n\n\n\nStars: Urbano Barberini\, Natasah Hovey\, Karl Zinny\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis Italian classic is celebrating its 40th anniversary! Demons\, directed by Lamberto Bava\, was produced and co-written by famed horror master Dario Argento. \n\n\n\nA random assortment of guests are given free tickets to a mysterious film screening. They quickly find themselves trapped in the theater alongside a horde of ravenous demons. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Demons\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOCT. 5 SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpelonk\n\n\n\n11 a.m. | 1h 10min | Sci-Fi\n\n\n\nDirectors: Desmond Denton\n\n\n\nStars: Jenny Umbhau\, Greg Kriek\, Scot Cooper\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpelonk is a sci-fi feature from South African director Desmond Denton. The Cape Town-set film takes place in 2044\, after the world has been ravaged by climate collapse and social upheaval. It was heavily inspired by “Day Zero\,” a massive drought that led to a water crisis throughout South Africa during the late 2010s. \n\n\n\nAt the film’s heart is Dante\, a disillusioned bounty hunter grappling with moral dilemmas associated with hunting rebels. His fateful encounter with Ophelia\, a rebel leader with secrets that could change the world\, sets the stage for a thrilling\, emotional journey of redemption and revolution. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Spelonk\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCultivated Chills Block\n\n\n\n12:20 p.m. | 2h 9min\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis shorts block contains quite a few international thrills and chills: \n\n\n\n• The Alert (France): After a journalist receives dangerous political information from a coworker\, he faces a tough decision: broadcast it\, or run for his life. Directed by Pascal Gonçalves. \n\n\n\n• Hunter Loading: A social media post about a soldier’s homecoming party goes horribly wrong when his friend insists on telling him about his girlfriend’s infidelity. Directed by Sasa Numic. \n\n\n\n• Patterns (Canada): A woman struggling with intrusive thoughts attempts to solve a jigsaw puzzle. Directed by Tomasz Nunes. \n\n\n\n• It Doesn’t Pass: A man manifests an entity to guide him through a difficult night. Directed by Dan Lopez. \n\n\n\n• Islander (Portugal):  On an isolated island\, a woman is followed by a mysterious figure that torments her as she tries to uncover the mystery behind her husband’s disappearance. Directed by Margarida Saramago. \n\n\n\n• The Burden of the Oath (Mexico): A dedicated and ethical doctor receives an unexpected visit that places him in a complicated situation. Directed by Alan Calderon-Villarreal. \n\n\n\n• Confrontation (France): Maxime\, a 17-year-old\, must face her greatest fear while visiting a police station. Directed by Marie Abbenanti and Sandy Pujol Latour. \n\n\n\n• Room Service: Victoria battles vivid intrusive thoughts as she comes off her antidepressants. Directed by Nieves Garcia Perchin. \n\n\n\n• Granted: A working-class student in a prestigious academic fellowship program forms a friendship with a privileged peer—until an unexpected turn of events turns their partnership into rivalry. Directed by Kaia Chambers. \n\n\n\n• The Invisible Finish Line: Is it possible to make 100 sales in nine hours? That’s for a cryptic boss to know and his employees to find out. Directed by Cyrus Choi. \n\n\n\n• The World’s Worst Porn Film: What was supposed to be a historic porn movie shoot turns into a disaster. Directed by Pat Battistini. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Cultivated Chills\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLast Block on the Fest\n\n\n\n2:40 p.m. | 2h 5min\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDo you like a quirky short? Then step right up! \n\n\n\n• The Act: A man makes an irrevocable choice after his daughter’s tragic death. Directed by Lance Parkin. \n\n\n\n• Saint James: A young man becomes obsessed with becoming a sailor after a failed suicide attempt. Directed by Luke J. McDonough. \n\n\n\n• Nemesis: A man tells his therapist about multiple incidents of being stalked by a masked figure who may be connected to his past. Directed by Dylan Cole Black. \n\n\n\n• Distant Blueshift (Singapore): A young boy ventures into the realm of AI-driven virtual communication\, believing his father to be on a faraway space station. Directed by Aloysius Ong. \n\n\n\n• The White Feather (Canada): In 1915 Belgium\, two Canadian soldiers are isolated and under attack by German snipers. Directed by Jacob Puiras. \n\n\n\n• Belleville: A phone call echoes through time\, weaving past and present into a chilling memory. Directed by Béla Baptiste. \n\n\n\n• Lavenza (Canada): When Lavenza\, a 19th-century noblewoman\, overhears her husband complaining about her looks\, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting body parts from all the women he desires. Directed by Lauren Eden. \n\n\n\n• Flat Song: Two drifters stumble into a small Nevada town plagued by cattle rustlers. Directed by Christiana Charalambous. \n\n\n\n• Plumber Landlubber: When a group of kids finds a treasure map\, they’ll play pirates for the last time. Directed. by Noah Weisel. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Last Block on the Fest\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUh…I’m Sorry\, Please Forgive Me\n\n\n\n4:55 p.m. | 1h 33min | Dark Comedy\n\n\n\nDirector: Estevan Morin\n\n\n\nStars: Eva Prevost\, Luc-Olivier Boutet\, Julianne Boucher-Telmosse\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nUh…I’m Sorry\, Please Forgive Me is the English title for the Canadian film Desole\, Pardon\, Je m’excuse. Eva Prevost stars in director Estevan Morin’s dark comedy as Ella\, who enjoys watching torture videos online. \n\n\n\nElla enjoys her hobby so much that she decides to kidnap someone herself. She quickly realizes\, though\, that the situation is more fraught (and much stranger) than she ever could’ve anticipated. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Uh … I’m Sorry\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond the Drumlins\n\n\n\n6:30 p.m. | 1h 35min | Horror\, Sci-Fi\n\n\n\nDirector: Daniel W. Bowhers\n\n\n\nStars: Michael Kowalski\, Emma Jessop\, Morgan DeTogne\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBeyond the Drumlins is a sci-fi/horror extravaganza from director and co-writer Daniel W. Bowhers. Fellow co-writer Michael Kowalski also stars as Jonathan Rust\, a professor leading an expedition to find a suitable dig site for the archeology department’s latest field work course. \n\n\n\nThe trip presents a rare opportunity for Jonathan to get his hands dirty\, and success could result in publication—or even tenure. The plan is quickly derailed when a member of the team mysteriously vanishes. Soon\, the group finds themselves at the intersection of reality and the afterlife in a harrowing descent into madness. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Beyond the Drumlins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInfluencers\n\n\n\n8:15 p.m. | 1h 50min | Horror\, Thriller\n\n\n\nDirector: Kurtis David Harder\n\n\n\nStars: Georgina Campbell\, Jonathan Whitesell\, Cassandara Naud\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nInfluencers is the pulse-pounding sequel to writer-director Kurtis David Harder’s 2022 psychological thriller Influencer. Cassandra Naud returns to the role of CW\, a murderous young woman with a particular disdain for social media stars. \n\n\n\nThe action in Influencers moves from Thailand to Southern France. Charlotte (Barbarian star Georgina Campbell)\, another social media sensation\, unwittingly finds herself in CW’s crosshairs after becoming a vacation irritant. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Influencers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDARK DATE NIGHT SHOWTIME AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnder My Skin\n\n\n\nOct. 9\, 7 p.m. | 1h 25min | Horror\, Drama\, Supernatural\n\n\n\nDirectors: Jonas Larson\, Caleb Marks\n\n\n\nStars: Carter Sirianni\, Alex Schultz\, Reagan Kelly\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDirectors Jonas Larson and Caleb Marks just completed Under My Skin in June. Their supernatural horror-drama begins with two brothers cleaning out their childhood home following their father’s death. While there with their wives\, they encounter parts of their past and present that haunt them. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Under My Skin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick Me! URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/pittsburgh-moving-picture-festival-thriller-picture-show-2025/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Community Room,Film Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PMPFF_hand-scaled-e1757529479406.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250928T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250928T190000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250908T154906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T174436Z UID:10000134-1759086000-1759086000@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival: 'Ben-Hur' DESCRIPTION:Watch this 1925 biblical epic\, accompanied by live piano music\, at The Lindsay! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Pittsburgh Silent Film Society returns to The Lindsay in September with a century-old classic full of drama\, romance and epic chariot races. \n\n\n\nBen-Hur will play at The Lindsay on Sunday\, Sept. 28\, at 7 p.m.\, as part of the third annual Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival. This screening will be accompanied by live piano music\, courtesy of local composer Tyler Stoner. Tickets are available for $11. \n\n\n\nBen-Hur was directed by Fred Niblo and stars Ramon Novarro as Judah Ben-Hur\, an aristocrat-turned-slave who is unjustly imprisoned by a former friend. \n\n\n\nA slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave\, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later\, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister\, and believing them dead\, he can think of nothing else than revenge. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe film’s cast also includes Francis X. Bushman as Roman officer Messala; Claire McDowell as Miriam\, Judah’s mother; Kathleen Key as Tirzah\, Judah’s sister; and May McAvoy as Esther\, a merchant’s daughter. \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay has been hosting Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival screenings since its inception in 2023. That year\, the Theater showed the 1920 silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. In 2024\, the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society brought fellow Robert Wiene film The Hands of Orlac to the Sewickley nonprofit theater. \n\n\n\nChad Hunter\, the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society’s founder\, reminds silent film aficionados that the Library of Congress added Ben-Hur to the National Film Registry in 1997 because it “had such a tremendous influence on filmmakers of the day.” \n\n\n\n“In this year’s festival\, Ben-Hur is one of just a couple titles that are rarely screened or seen anymore\,” Hunter says. “Seeing this film in a theater\, on the big screen\, with live piano accompaniment by Tyler Stoner\, is an opportunity not to be missed!”   URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/pittsburgh-silent-film-festival-ben-hur/ CATEGORIES:Classics,Community Partnerships,Film Festivals,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/BenHur1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T173000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250908T182154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T132657Z UID:10000135-1758735000-1758735000@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' Date Night with Stroll Sewickley DESCRIPTION:Stroll Sewickley is partnering with us on a special Downton Abbey screening and welcome reception!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay and Stroll Sewickley cordially invite everyone to a special Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Date Night fit for a lord or lady. \n\n\n\nThe last chapter in this epic story that began 15 years ago on the small screen will play at The Lindsay from Sept. 11-25. As the Crawley family and their staff enter the 1930s\, these beloved characters must navigate a changing society and determine how to lead Downton Abbey into the future. \n\n\n\nAll tickets to the 7 p.m. The Grand Finale showing on Wednesday\, Sept. 24\, are discounted to $8.75 and grant access to a welcome reception starting at 5:30 p.m. in our Community Room. \n\n\n\nHappy hour attendees will be allowed a maximum of two drinks. The Pour Boys will be on hand with a variety of themed refreshments. There will also be charcuterie to munch on\, courtesy of Nosh & Curd. \n\n\n\n\nThe drinks and hors d’oeuvres at this happy hour are all free and sponsored by Stroll Sewickley\, Simply Automated\, Travel Horizons with Becky\, Bee Organized North Pittsburgh and LaMay Property Development. \n\n\n\nThis Downton Abbey Date Night will be the second partnership between The Lindsay and Stroll Sewickley following June’s How to Train Your Dragon family screening and local business fair. \n\n\n\n“We had such a great time during our first family-friendly collaboration with The Lindsay Theater earlier this year\, that we were excited to work together again\,” says Stroll Sewickley publisher Sally Edgerly. “Except this time\, we decided to treat the grownups to a special night out!” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/downton-abbey-the-grand-finale-date-night-with-stroll-sewickley/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Community Room ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Downton8-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T235959 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250813T145640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T132833Z UID:10000132-1757635200-1758844799@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:'Clemente' DESCRIPTION:Local filmmaker David Altrogge’s documentary about The Great One is coming to The Lindsay!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay will soon be showing a locally produced documentary about arguably the greatest athlete to ever play for a Pittsburgh professional sports team. \n\n\n\nClemente will play at The Lindsay from (at least) Sept. 12-18. Duane Rieder\, founder of The Clemente Museum in Lawrenceville and a prominent local photographer\, will introduce the 4:30 p.m. Clemente screening on Sunday\, Sept. 14. \n\n\n\nDirector David Altrogge’s film spotlights Pirates legend Roberto Clemente’s amazing life\, baseball career\, and why he remains such a revered figure in Western Pennsylvania and beyond. \n\n\n\nThe film starts with Clemente’s childhood in Puerto Rico\, takes viewers through his Pirates heyday\, and immortalizes The Great One’s philanthropic legacy that was tragically exemplified by his 1972 death in a plane crash while delivering aid to Nicaragua. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe documentary includes interviews with Clemente’s sons\, Luis and Robert Jr.; the last interview with his late wife\, Vera; multiple Pirates legends; contemporary Major League Baseball stars like Francisco Lindor and Yadier Molina; Pittsburgh-raised movie star Michael Keaton; and Rita Moreno\, an Oscar-winning actor and fellow Puerto Rican icon. \n\n\n\nAltrogge is the co-founder of locally based production company Vinegar Hill. He and Vinegar Hill co-founder Michael Barnett produced Clemente alongside a group that also includes renowned director Richard Linklater and the SpringHill Company duo of Maverick Carter and NBA superstar LeBron James. \n\n\n\nThis is the second Altrogge-directed film to play at The Lindsay. Neat: The Story of Bourbon was part of the Theater’s 2024 Documentary Series. Altrogge graciously appeared at the Theater for a Neat Q&A\, and we hope he’ll be available again to discuss making this beautiful tribute to The Great One with Lindsay patrons. \n\n\n\n“Clemente is a quintessential Pittsburgh story\,” Altrogge says. “His mission was about bringing people together. We hope this film brings people together in Pittsburgh and across the world.” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/clemente/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Documentaries,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Clemente2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T203000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250729T183627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T183629Z UID:10000130-1756407600-1756413000@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Trial 54 DESCRIPTION:Watch local filmmaker Davis Rohrer’s new sci-fi thriller—and much more— at The Lindsay!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay’s second Emerging Filmmakers Showcase of August includes the public premiere of an exciting new sci-fi thriller. \n\n\n\nTrial 54 is the latest project from Pittsburgh-based filmmaker Davis Rohrer and his production company\, The 6 Shop Films. It comes with a tantalizing tagline: “The revival of the soul is possible.” \n\n\n\nThat film will be one of a few Rohrer-produced shorts screening at The Lindsay on Thursday\, Aug. 28\, at 7 p.m. The lineup will also include showings of shorts The Gray Sea and Recurrence\, as well as a sneak peak at Rohrer’s upcoming docuseries about West Virginia University’s football team. \n\n\n\nTickets are free\, but RSVPs are recommended in advance due to space limitations. Rohrer will be on hand following those screenings for an in-person Q&A. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTrial 54 stars Molly Miller as Sarah\, a participant in an experiment designed to help regain memories. As outside forces close in\, the truth of what this trial is actually hoping to prove unfolds—along with the ambitions of her doctor\, Miles Heston (Jack Erdie). The Trial 54 cast includes Mickey Miller and Natalya Wood. \n\n\n\nRohrer is a New Jersey native\, WVU graduate and military veteran. He has filmed many advertisements\, news packages\, documentaries\, training videos\, live events and more during his 13 years in the Army National Guard. In addition to short films\, Rohrer also has experience filming music-related content in West Virginia\, New York and Washington\, D.C. He hopes to eventually film a feature-length Trial 54 in Pittsburgh. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/trial-54/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Free Events,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Trial54-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T203000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250729T161818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T233647Z UID:10000129-1755802800-1755808200@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Strange Angels DESCRIPTION:Brookline native Jameson Quinn will premiere the pilot for his new boxing drama at The Lindsay.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay’s first Emerging Filmmakers Showcase of August is a locally filmed television pilot set in Pittsburgh’s boxing community. \n\n\n\nStrange Angels is a screen adaptation of Lawrenceville native Ernest Keegan’s 2018 novel of the same name. Brookline’s Jameson Quinn directed this 39-minute project that will hopefully serve as the premiere episode for a full TV season. \n\n\n\nHis pilot will premiere at The Lindsay on Thursday\, Aug. 21\, at 7 p.m. Tickets are free\, but RSVPs are recommended in advance due to space limitations. Quinn will be on hand for a Q&A following the screening. \n\n\n\nChristina Chickis stars as Marylou Caponi\, a boxing gym owner navigating a sordid world and her complicated feelings for Dan McClain (Quinn)\, her head trainer and a former fighter. The cast also includes Jose Caraballo\, Andrew Diskin\, Christine Mancini\, Ryan Covert\, Jess Uhler\, and Eddie Holliday. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQuinn spent his formative years in Brookline writing\, playing ice hockey and competing as an amateur boxer. He is now living his dream as a professional actor and filmmaker. In addition to regularly appearing in regional independent projects\, Quinn also often finds work in locally filmed Hollywood fare like The Dark Knight Rises\, One Dollar and Mayor of Kingstown. \n\n\n\nKeegan graduated from Peabody High School in 1965 and joined the Air Force a year later. After finishing his military stint in 1969\, Keegan worked for Bell of Pennsylvania—now Verizon Pennsylvania—until his retirement in 2002. Keegan was an amateur boxer in the 1960s\, and his knowledge of that scene helped inspire and inform Strange Angels. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/strange-angels/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Free Events,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/StrangeAngels2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T180000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250723T152244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250723T154150Z UID:10000128-1754676000-1754676000@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:West Point Ballet Summer Showcase DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a free evening of dance in The Lindsay’s Community Room! \n\n\n\n\n\nWest Point Ballet returns to The Lindsay to celebrate its students’ hard work and dedication to their craft. \n\n\n\nThe Coraopolis-based dance studio will hold its annual Summer Showcase in The Lindsay’s Community Room on Friday\, Aug. 8\, at 6 p.m. This event is free\, and no tickets are required for admission. \n\n\n\nThis showcase is the culminating event of West Point Ballet’s five-week summer program. Students will display the progress they’ve made. Their time to shine will include performances of classical ballet\, contemporary dance\, musical theater and partnering. \n\n\n\nWest Point Ballet was founded in 2014 by Cynthia Castillo and Damien Martinez\, both esteemed graduates of the Cuban National Ballet School in Havana. Over the past decade\, West Point Ballet has earned recognition for its outstanding training\, with graduates continuing to thrive professionally in the dance world. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/west-point-ballet-summer-showcase/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Community Room,Free Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WestPoint1-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T210000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250709T183041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250725T172522Z UID:10000125-1753988400-1753995600@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:'Validity' DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay’s third Emerging Filmmakers Showcase of July is a thought-provoking medical drama.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay’s third Emerging Filmmakers Showcase this month is a sneak peak at a fascinating new drama about medical ethics. \n\n\n\nValidity was written and directed by Pittsburgh-based artists Kate Vargish and Randy Kovitz\, respectively. Their film\, inspired by true events\, follows a hypothermia researcher struggling with the morally tricky notion of using potentially life-saving data that was obtained from a terrible source. \n\n\n\nKovitz’s feature directorial debut will screen at The Lindsay on Thursday\, July 31\, at 7 p.m. Tickets are free\, but RSVPs are recommended in advance. \n\n\n\nAmy Marsalis stars as Dr. Sidney Randall\, a researcher who stumbles across invaluable data that was gathered during experiments at long-defunct Nazi death camps. Dr. Randall recruits a team to help her navigate the cutthroat world of health-ethics debates and (hopefully) earn the medical establishment’s approval to validate her findings. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe main cast also includes Kovitz\, Dominique Brock\, Daniel Klein\, Lisa Ann Goldsmith and Ken Bolden. \n\n\n\nKovitz is an actor\, writer\, musician\, producer and award-winning filmmaker. His acting credits range from Broadway and regional theater to TV and feature films. He also teaches acting for the camera at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama while also directing\, producing and editing the school’s acting and musical theater showcase video material. Kovitz has also worked as a fight director and stunt coordinator and performer—most notably\, as Raul Julia’s fencing double in 1991’s The Addams Family big-screen adaptation. \n\n\n\nVargish is a writer and producer with an MFA in dramatic writing from Carnegie Mellon University. She has produced several independent web series and short films in the Pittsburgh area\, as well as working on projects in Seattle and Los Angeles. Vargish has also produced film work for Pitt Stages\, CMU\, 1Hood Media and Ryse Professional Wrestling. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/validity/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Free Events,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/validity-slider.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T203000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250702T171619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250705T185643Z UID:10000124-1752778800-1752784200@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:The Filmworks of Max Cianci DESCRIPTION:Local filmmaker Max Cianci will screen a selection of his narrative shorts and commercial work.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay’s second Emerging Filmmakers Showcase of July shines the spotlight on one of Pittsburgh’s most talented independent filmmakers. Max Cianci is a Hermitage\, Pa.\, native who has been living and working in Pittsburgh since 2014. The Point Park University alumnus has plenty of experience directing both narrative and commercial shorts. Cianci has plans for many projects down the pipeline—and he’s giving Lindsay patrons a taste of what’s to come. The Filmworks of Max Cianci will exclusively screen at The Lindsay on Thursday\, July 17\, at 7 p.m. This event is free\, but RSVPs are recommended. The evening will include a few Cianci-directed commercials\, three narrative short films\, a proof-of-concept short\, and an in-person Q&A with Cianci. \n\n\n\n\n\nCianci will unveil his proof of concept short film\, Tiny Toe. This is a short that he intends to make into a larger project. It follows a hunter who discovers an unusual creature in one of his traps. His hope is to create something that stands amongst the great lineage of creature and monster filmmaking here in Pittsburgh. \n\n\n\nThis event will also be the rare chance to see two other Cianci shorts on the big screen: 2020’s Loopy: A Quarantine Short Film\, co-directed by and starring Cianci\, is about a man investigating a seemingly abandoned building; and 2021’s The Sale\, about two thieves who get more than they bargained for during a looting run. Loopy was selected for over twenty film festivals during its run\, including the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). The Sale received the Audience Choice Award at Pittsburgh Short’s Thriller Chiller screening. \n\n\n\nHe will also screen Crypt\, a 48 Hour Film Project production that won Best Cinematography\, Best Actress\, and Audience Choice. Crypt follows a woman who must escape after she wakes up during the process of being mummified. Cianci and his team created this film completely over the course of a single weekend. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/the-filmworks-of-max-cianci/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Free Events,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Max_LindsayHeaderPromo_Still2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250714T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250714T210000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250702T155600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T160046Z UID:10000123-1752519600-1752526800@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:'Little Rich Lives' DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay’s latest Emerging Filmmakers Showcase is a dramedy about friendship and identity.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay’s next Emerging Filmmakers Showcase is a locally shot dramedy with big ideas. \n\n\n\nLittle Rich Lives hails from Squirrel Hill-based filmmaker Eli Zazu. This 50-minute feature follows two best friends with opposing dispositions on a journey of self-discovery over one particularly eventful night. \n\n\n\nZazu’s film will premiere at The Lindsay on Monday\, July 14\, at 7 p.m. Tickets are free\, but RSVPs are recommended. Though it’s not required\, Zazu would love if all attendees dressed in formal attire. The film will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Zazu\, stars Kain Davis and McKenna Howell\, director of photography Steven Croner\, and first assistant director Sophia Beigi. \n\n\n\nDavis stars as Richie Hilton\, a privileged but insecure aspiring real estate professional. Richie’s best friend\, Tanner (Robert Starzynski)\, is more playful and grounded. Tanner is generally amused by Richie’s behavior\, but his erratic tendencies have increasingly become a source of exasperation. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe main cast also includes Howell\, David Ogrodowski\, Alyssa Wenzel and Mya Favata. Ogrodowski\, a prolific Pittsburgh actor\, also produced Zazu’s feature directorial debut. \n\n\n\nZazu has been directing\, writing and editing films for the last eight years. The Milwaukee native moved to Pittsburgh in 2022 and quickly began churning out short films like Purple and 80 Grand. Zazu finds purpose in connecting with people and working closely with actors to bring his stories to life. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/little-rich-lives/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Free Events,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/LittleRichLives2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T235959 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250624T164946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T192254Z UID:10000122-1750982400-1751068799@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Vintage Car Display\, with Pittsburgh Cars 'N' Coffee DESCRIPTION:We’re celebrating F1: The Movie‘s opening day with an exclusive exotic car show!\n\n\n\n\n\nF1 fans: Start your engines! \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay is celebrating the opening day of F1: The Movie by partnering with Pittsburgh Cars ‘N’ Coffee to bring an exclusive vintage car display to Sewickley. Anyone walking through the Green Street Parking Lot—located directly beside The Lindsay—on Friday\, June 27 will get to marvel at and take photos with a variety of exotic cars. \n\n\n\nPittsburgh Cars ‘N’ Coffee is giving automobile aficionados the rare chance to get up close with an Ariel Atom\, Ferrari 458 Italia\, McLaren 750S Spider\, Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera and more vintage vehicles. \n\n\n\nF1: The Movie stars Brad Pitt as an older driver who is coaxed out of retirement to mentor a young hotshot. The film was directed directed by Top Gun: Maverick‘s Joseph Kosinski\, produced by F1 legend Lewis Hamilton and was filmed during real F1 Grand Prix weekends. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPittsburgh Cars ‘N’ Coffee was founded in 2010 and has since grown into Western Pennsylvania’s premier exotic and modern performance automotive enthusiast group. The group meets biweekly at Generoasta Coffee & Cafe in Warrendale and organizes multiple shows and charity events throughout the year. \n\n\n\n“Pittsburgh Cars ‘N’ Coffee is thrilled for the premier of the new F1 movie!” says Clifford Laschon\, the group’s founder and president. “Many of our members are huge Formula 1 fans and the involvement of many of the current F1 drivers\, including Lewis Hamilton as a producer\, means that this should be an exciting and realistic film. \n\n\n\n“We are honored to team up with The Lindsay Theater\, which is a wonderful venue in the heart of Sewickley. We are also happy to be bringing out a selection of privately owned exotic vehicles for the public to view on display during the movie.” \n\n\n\nNote: The Green Street Parking Lot is shutting down at 1 p.m. on June 27 for the first Night Mart of 2025. At that point\, the lot will only be accessible to approved vendors and the Pittsburgh Cars ‘N’ Coffee members whose vehicles are on display. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/vintage-car-display-with-pittsburgh-cars-n-coffee/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Community Room,Documentaries,Free Events,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-3.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T210000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250606T195059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T195100Z UID:10000119-1750960800-1750971600@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:'Caregiving' DESCRIPTION:Bradley Cooper produced this film about the joys and struggles of life as a full-time caregiver.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here!\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay\, WQED and Comfort Keepers are partnering to show a new PBS documentary about the triumphs and challenges of being a caregiver. \n\n\n\nCaregiving spotlights the stories of everyday folks—both paid and unpaid—as they navigate the rewarding and exhausting work inherent in caring for ill or aging loved ones. It was produced by Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper and narrated by Emmy winner Uzo Aduba\, who both served as caregivers for a sick parent. \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay is showing Caregiving on Thursday\, June 26\, at 7 p.m. The 30-minute screening will be preceded by a reception in the Theater’s Community Room from 6-7 p.m. and followed by a Q&A with local experts in caregiving and at-home care. \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, but RSVPs are required. It is being co-sponsored by Comfort Keepers\, an organization providing in-home care to communities across Western Pennsylvania\, and WQED\, Pittsburgh’s PBS affiliate that also recently collaborated with The Lindsay on the public premiere of the documentary Steel Links. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nCaregiving largely focuses on the experiences of six family and professional caregivers. The featured caregivers include Matthew\, a young father caring for both his wife and son; Jacob\, a 14-year-old who\, along with his father\, shares the role of caregiver for his mom; Tracy\, a young woman looking after her dementia-stricken father; and Zulma\, a paid home health aide with a family of her own. \n\n\n\n“Making this film has been an inspiring and humbling experience\,” says Chris Durrance\, the film’s director and senior producer. “We have come to appreciate that every family has a care story and we hope that this film inspires viewers to share their own\, building new communities of care that will bring us all closer together.” \n\n\n\nThose care stories extend to Hollywood stars Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) and Aduba (Orange is the New Black). The film was partially inspired by Cooper’s experiences taking care of his late father\, who had lung cancer. “Their ability to focus and give all of themselves is something that I stand in awe of\,” Cooper says during Caregiving in regards to his fellow caregivers. \n\n\n\nAduba played a similar role for her late mother\, who died in 2020 after a 495-day battle with pancreatic cancer. “I belong to the caregiving community\,” she told USA Today. She hopes that Caregiving serves as “a reminder that every single one of us is touched by the need for care.” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/caregiving/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Community Room,Documentaries,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Caregiving3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T213000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250529T210902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T220215Z UID:10000116-1750360500-1750368600@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:'The Piano Lesson' DESCRIPTION:Commemorate Juneteenth with this gripping adaptation of August Wilson’s Pittsburgh-set play.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay is partnering with the Sewickley Community Center’s Juneteenth Committee for a special presentation of The Piano Lesson in observance of Juneteenth. \n\n\n\nThis screening will take place on Thursday\, June 19\, at 7:15 p.m. General admission tickets are on sale for $11. \n\n\n\nThe Piano Lesson is a 2024 cinematic reinvention of Pittsburgh playwright August Wilson’s groundbreaking 1987 play. This supernaturally tinged tale is set in 1930s Pittsburgh and follows the brewing conflict between two siblings with vastly different ideas about what to do with an heirloom piano that physically displays their enslaved ancestors’ stories. \n\n\n\nThis take on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play is the third Wilson adaptation produced by Denzel Washington\, following 2016’s Fences and 2020’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The Piano Lesson was a family affair: It stars John David Washington\, Denzel’s eldest son\, and was the feature directorial debut of Malcolm Washington\, the Oscar winner’s youngest son. \n\n\n\nThe film also stars Samuel L. Jackson\, Danielle Deadwyler\, Ray Fisher\, Michael Potts\, Corey Hawkins and Skylar Aleece Smith. The Piano Lesson currently holds a cumulative critics’ score of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. \n\n\n\n“The Piano Lesson brings another powerful August Wilson play to the screen\,” raves The Wrap. “With performances that will resonate and a directorial debut that will not soon be forgotten\, The Piano Lesson is a lesson in love\, friendship and family.” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/the-piano-lesson/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ThePianoLesson2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T193000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250603T202336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T202337Z UID:10000117-1750177800-1750188600@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:'How to Train Your Dragon' Family Screening with Stroll Sewickley DESCRIPTION:Join The Lindsay and Stroll Sewickley for an afternoon of film\, free snacks and fun activities! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay and Stroll Sewickley have partnered to bring kids and teens a fun-filled afternoon centered around a special screening of Hollywood’s latest big-budget family film. \n\n\n\nHow to Train Your Dragon\, which starts playing at The Lindsay on June 13\, is the live-action remake of DreamWorks Animation’s 2010 adventure about an eager young Viking who unexpectedly befriends an injured dragon. \n\n\n\nAll tickets to the 4:30 p.m. How to Train Your Dragon showing on Tuesday\, June 17 are discounted to $8.75. Everyone attending that screening is welcome to a free small popcorn\, courtesy of Simply Automated. Stroll Sewickley and Lindsay Brown\, a Sewickley-based State Farm agent\, are paying for the first 75 boxes of candy bought by anyone with tickets to that showtime. \n\n\n\nThis screening will be followed by games and activities set up by local businesses in The Lindsay’s Community room. Participating businesses include Simply Automated; State Farm; Goldfish Swim School (Wexford); The Heights Counseling & Wellness; Balanced Behaviors; Transformation Weight Loss & Wellness; Wexford Dance Academy; and Noah’s Ark (Sewickley). \n\n\n\nThe original How to Train Your Dragon was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois\, the duo behind Lilo & Stitch. Dubois returned to the Isle of Berk as the sole director of this live-action reimagining. \n\n\n\nGerard Butler\, who voiced Viking Chief Stoick the Vast in the first HTTYD\, plays the same character in live action. The rest of the film’s cast includes Mason Thames\, Nico Parker\, Nick Frost\, Gabriel Howell\, Julian Dennison\, Bronwyn James and Harry Trevaldwyn. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/how-to-train-your-dragon-family-screening-with-stroll-sewickley/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Community Room ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HTTYD-June-17th-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T210000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250523T180608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250523T180609Z UID:10000115-1749495600-1749502800@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:'Steel Links' Public Premiere and Q&A DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay is partnering with WQED to show a new documentary about golf’s deep roots in Pittsburgh.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here!\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSteel Links is an hour-long WQED documentary chronicling Pittsburgh’s industrial roots and its rise to the forefront of technology\, culture and sports—including golf. \n\n\n\nThe film will play at The Lindsay on Sunday\, June 8\, at 5 p.m. and Monday\, June 9\, at 7 p.m. The June 8 showing is sold out\, but general admission tickets for the June 9 event are on sale for $11. Both screenings are taking place ahead of the film’s WQED broadcast premiere on June 10 at 9 p.m. and before Oakmont hosts its 10th U.S. Open from June 12-15.  \n\n\n\nThroughout the film\, former Pirate Neil Walker leads viewers on this heartfelt tour of the Western Pennsylvania he knows and loves. Walker also will be present at the Theater on June 8 for a live Q&A following the screening. There will also be an in-person Q&A after the June 9 show. \n\n\n\nIn addition to Walker\, Steel Links features segments with former Steelers Coach Bill Cowher; former Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch; rapper and Pittsburgh native Wiz Khalifa; professional golfer and Greensburg native Rocco Mediate; World Golf Hall of Famer and Sewickley native/resident Carol Semple Thompson; and other local luminaries representing various facets of Pittsburgh. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Steel Links pays homage to a city of grit\, resilience and reinvention\,” says Jason Jedlinski\, WQED’s president and CEO. “It’s both a tribute to our past and a reflection of our future\, chronicling the legacy and evolution of the Oakmont Country Club\, the game of golf and Pittsburgh itself. It reminds us what makes Pittsburgh—and its people—so special.”  \n\n\n\nSteel Links was created and executive produced by veteran filmmaker Brad Turkel. He also produced It’s a Beautiful Day in Pinehurst\, a one-hour PBS documentary about that area of North Carolina’s rich cultural and golfing traditions. Turkel’s vision with Steel Links was to do the same for Pittsburgh ahead of the U.S. Open at Oakmont. \n\n\n\nWestern Pennsylvania became Turkel’s “home away from home” after frequent visits to his wife’s hometown. Through Steel Links\, Turkel was able to dive deep into Pittsburgh’s modern tech\, arts\, music and sports scenes. He even united Walker\, Batch\, Mediate and Semple Thompson for 18 holes at Verona’s Long Vue Club. \n\n\n\nIn the film\, “We hear stories sharing their individual experiences with their sports and Pittsburgh\,” Turkel says. “Steel Links is told through the eyes and voices of well-known Pittsburghers. It’s like a love letter to the Pittsburgh that was\, is and continues to transform. \n\n\n\n“We want to showcase all the wonderful towns in and around Pittsburgh\,” Turkel continues. “Premiering at The Lindsay in Sewickley kind of symbolizes everything this doc is about.” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/steel-links-public-premiere-and-qa/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Documentaries,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SteelLinks6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250216T150000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250131T151429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T151430Z UID:10000112-1739714400-1739718000@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Oscars Talk with Local Film Critics DESCRIPTION:Get ready for the 2025 Academy Awards with some of Pittsburgh’s finest film critics and experts!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center is offering local cinephiles and awards-season enthusiasts a rare opportunity to hear from experts about the 2025 Oscars. \n\n\n\nAmanda Waltz\, Pittsburgh City Paper’s entertainment editor\, will moderate a wide-ranging discussion and Q&A with a panel comprising Pittsburgh Film Critics Association members Lindsey Bahr (Associated Press)\, Sean Collier (Pittsburgh Magazine) and Megan McLachlan (The Contending). Josh Axelrod\, The Lindsay’s Director of Communications and an active PFCA member\, will also be on hand.  \n\n\n\nThis free and non-ticketed event will take place in The Lindsay’s Community Room on Sunday\, Feb. 16\, at 2 p.m. These professional critics and journalists will provide their thoughts on this year’s Oscars race\, films that seem to be over- or underperforming with voters\, their ideal Oscars scenarios and much more. They’ll then take audience questions. \n\n\n\n\nLindsey Bahr has been an Associated Press film critic since 2014. While based in the Pittsburgh area\, Bahr is a regular at Hollywood’s glitziest awards shows. She covered this year’s Golden Globes ceremony and plans to be at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles for the 2025 Oscars.  \n\n\n\nSean Collier is Pittsburgh Magazine’s managing editor and film guru. He’s also a stand-up comic\, co-founder of Vigilance Theater Group\, co-host of The Number One Movie in America podcast\, and a regular on WDVE and Pittsburgh Today Live. \n\n\n\nMegan McLachlan\, a former Awards Daily contributor\, recently co-founded the awards advocacy site The Contending. Her work also has appeared in Buzzfeed\, Cosmopolitan\, The Cut\, Paste\, Thrillist\, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Washington Post. \n\n\n\nThe Pittsburgh Film Critics Association\, formed in 2023 by 15 Western Pennsylvania-based critics\, announced its first-ever film awards earlier this year. They collectively crowned The Substance\, a Best Picture nominee at the Oscars\, as 2024’s best picture. \n\n\n\nHearing from these film aficionados might prove helpful to anyone who hasn’t submitted their ballot for The Lindsay’s annual Oscars contest. Completed ballots—available only at the Theater—will be accepted until Saturday\, March 1\, at 8 p.m. The film buff who most accurately predicts the highest number of winners—matching the Academy’s Best Picture—will earn a non-transferable pass for free\, unlimited movies for the rest of 2025! URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/oscars-talk-with-local-film-critics/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Film Festivals,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/OscarStatue3-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250214T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T191500 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250130T212248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T212250Z UID:10000113-1739554200-1740078900@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Billy Gardell's "The Vortex" DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay is hosting the exclusive regional run of Swissvale native Billy Gardell’s new gambling drama.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets Available here!\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center will be the only place in Western Pennsylvania for fans of Swissvale native Billy Gardell to check out his first-ever lead dramatic role in a film. \n\n\n\nThe Vortex is set in the 1980s and stars Gardell as Pete Finnegan\, a gambling addict and the in-house comedian at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Pete ends up playing shrink to a host of colorful misfits while dodging mobsters and “collectors.” \n\n\n\nThe Vortex will play at The Lindsay from Feb. 14-20. Tickets are currently on sale for $11. \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay will be one of only a few theaters around the country licensed to show The Vortex during its initial theatrical run. The film will also debut in Los Angeles\, Chicago and Orlando\, Fla. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n“My hometown has been behind me since the early days\, so I try to share everything I do with Pittsburgh\,” says Gardell\, a comedian most well-known for his starring roles in CBS sitcoms Mike & Molly and Bob Hearts Abishola. “They made me who I am\, and so they will always get the first look.” \n\n\n\nThe film’s title refers to Gardell’s character “being caught in the vortex of his gambling addiction\,” says director and co-writer Richard Zelniker. Its cast also includes Jaina Lee Ortiz (Station 19)\, Jamie McShane (Wednesday)\, Azita Ghanizada (Suits: L.A.)\, Emily Alabi (FBI)\, Nick Gomez (Fargo) and Christopher Titus (Titus). \n\n\n\n“As the co-writer\, producer and director\, I’m humbled and grateful to say I believe we’ve created something truly special\,” Zelniker says. “I envisioned this film being experienced in the sacred space of a theater—on the silver screen\, in the dark\, with an audience.” \n\n\n\nPittsburghers will definitely want to watch Gardell flex his dramatic muscles in The Vortex. \n\n\n\n“It was a great experience to play a different tone as an actor\, and this film gave me a chance to do that\,” Gardell says. “I think that’s the key to continuing to get better and better at your job.” \n\n\n\nAdds Zelniker: “There’s nothing better than seeing a local hero like Billy Gardell shine in such a unique way. He’s phenomenal in this film\, and it’s a treat Pittsburghers won’t want to miss.” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/billy-gardells-the-vortex/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Film Festivals,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TheVortex4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T130000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250116T215814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T215816Z UID:10000111-1737896400-1737896400@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Allegheny Sport & Outdoor Film Festival DESCRIPTION:Five exciting documentaries celebrating this region’s athletic spirit—all for $11!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets Available here!\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Allegheny Sport & Outdoor Film Festival will hold a “Local Legends” screening at the Sewickley nonprofit theater on Sunday\, Jan. 26\, at 1 p.m.  ASOFF is a Pittsburgh-based project celebrating sport\, outdoor culture and adventure documentary films with a special emphasis on stories from Western Pennsylvania\, Northern Appalachia and the mid-Atlantic region. \n\n\n\nFive documentaries will be shown\, most of them spotlighting a Western Pennsylvania-based athlete or organization. This event will also include Q&As with a director or subject from each film. Tickets\, including admission to all films\, are available for $11. \n\n\n\n“The goal is to highlight this region’s outdoor spirit and bring it up to par with festivals and outdoor recreation on the national and international level\,” says Rishi Sethi\, CEO of locally based malhari.media and ASOFF’s communications and operations director. “This ‘Local Legends’ screening should be an exciting way for folks to see what’s going on in their own backyard.” \n\n\n\n\nThe five “Local Legends” films are: \n\n\n\n• We Ride (65 minutes)\, which follows three cyclists from Pittsburgh Youth Leadership endeavoring to cycle across America in just 18 days. \n\n\n\n• To Be The Man (3 minutes)\, which focuses on Michael “Gagz” Gagliardi’s battle for a fifth consecutive win at the Loopy Looper 12-hour Endurance Race. \n\n\n\n• First Waves Beaver County (5 minutes)\, a Sethi-directed documentary chronicling the expansion of the Watersmith Guild’s groundbreaking youth environmental education program into the Beaver and Ohio River valleys following the ethylene cracker plant’s pollution penalties. \n\n\n\n• Richard Hamilton (4 minutes)\, which profiles a wood-cutter and professional chainsaw carver. \n\n\n\n• Heaven on Earth (15 minutes)\, which follows the Highland Park Tennis Club as its members prepare for the start of the 2023 season. \n\n\n\nASOFF’s last engagement was at Downtown’s Harris Theater in November 2024. Festival director Chas Wagner chose The Lindsay for “Local Legends” because “there aren’t a lot of theaters that are welcoming to this kind of community programming.” \n\n\n\n“Part of our mission is to get outside of just the city\,” says Wagner. “The Lindsay is a great venue.” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/allegheny-sport-outdoor-film-festival/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Film Festivals,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SportsFestival1-e1737061714408.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250110T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T193000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20250103T185522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250103T185632Z UID:10000110-1736527500-1737055800@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:First Week-Long Run of Locally Made Thriller Basic Psych DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n\n\n\n\nBasic Psych\, a Western Pennsylvania-filmed thriller starring Michael Cerveris and David Conrad\, will play for at least a week at The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center. \n\n\n\nCerveris\, a two-time Tony winner also known for his small-screen work in shows like Mindhunter and The Gilded Age\, stars in Basic Psych as psychiatrist Stuart Prince. Conrad\, a Pittsburgh native and Ghost Whisperer series regular\, plays an enigmatic patient who Dr. Prince begins to suspect may pose a threat to others—including his family. \n\n\n\n\nBasic Psych will open at The Lindsay on Jan. 10 and will run through at least Jan. 16. Tickets are currently on sale and available via The Lindsay’s website. \n\n\n\nThis long-awaited product of the Pittsburgh film industry was directed by Melissa Martin (The Bread\, My Sweet) and penned by Jim Tucker\, a local pediatrician and novelist making his screenwriting debut with Basic Psych. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n​​“It’s a thrill for me to have my first screenplay finally come to the big screen at The Lindsay Theater!” says Tucker. “I am overwhelmed by how marvelous The Lindsay Theater is. I love that it’s a theater that has such terrific audio\, outstanding acoustics and perfect picture quality.” \n\n\n\nProduction on Basic Psych was delayed due to COVID-induced shutdowns and was finally completed in summer 2021. Filming took place all over the region\, from a house in Fox Chapel to La Roche University in McCandless to the former Vessel Studio in the South Side. \n\n\n\n“I’m in love with this city\,” says Martin. “Part of the reason I want to keep making movies is because I want to capture this city on film. We love it so much\, and it’s just beautiful.” \n\n\n\nThe Basic Psych cast also features Siena Goines (Days of Our Lives) and regional acting talent such as Cotter Smith (Unsinkable)\, Patrick Jordan (American Rust) and Carl Clemons (A Man Called Otto). Martin also shouted out locally based Basic Psych cinematographer Jeff Garton (Unsinkable) and the post-production assistance provided by Western Pennsylvania-based companies Red Caiman Studios and PMI Digital. \n\n\n\nBasic Psych premiered last year as part of the 2024 Three Rivers Film Festival. It screened two days later at The Lindsay and quickly sold out. Martin attended that Lindsay screening and thinks it’s “wonderful to have a theater here that participates with independent filmmakers.” \n\n\n\nShe can’t wait for a film that was made in her adopted hometown during a global pandemic to play for an entire week at one of her favorite theaters. \n\n\n\n“It’s a thrill ride!” says Martin. “It’s really important\, just like for us to go to the Steelers and Pirates\, to see what homegrown talent can do in this city. We can make a thing that’s a lot of fun and has a really great story.” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/first-week-long-run-of-locally-made-thriller-basic-psych/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/BasicPsych.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241215T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241215T220000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20241202T213605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T213608Z UID:10000104-1734292800-1734300000@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:MADE WITH LITTLE SLEEP: A 48 Hour Film Project Special Screening DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay is excited to host this special showcase of short films created for the Yes We Cannes Global Film Competition and The Four Points Film Project–all created by filmmakers with roots in the Pittsburgh region. \n\n\n\nThis program is presented by the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project. Please note that the screening will be followed by a Q&A session with filmmakers in attendance. \n\n\n\nTickets are available through the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Yes We Cannes Global Film Competition is a special 48 Hour Film Project challenge reserved for the top filmmaking teams from around the world. One hundred seven teams representing 13 countries participated! From the 107 entries\, fifteen films will be selected to screen at Filmapalooza (a global grand finale awards festival for the 48 Hour Film Project) in March 2025 in Seattle\, Washington.  \n\n\n\nAt Filmapalooza\, it will be announced which eight films are selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner in May 2025. The overall Yes We Cannes winner will also be announced at Filmapalooza and will be awarded a trophy and a $2\,000 cash prize. \n\n\n\nThe following Yes We Cannes teams will screen entries: \n\n\n\nBad Dates \n\n\n\nJust A Head Productions \n\n\n\nMystery Achieved \n\n\n\nSteel Moon Studios \n\n\n\nReckless Amnesiac \n\n\n\nLumen Productions \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Four Points Film Project is an annual online filmmaking competition giving teams three days to make their short. This year over 100 film teams participated from around the world. With a total prize pot of $4\,000\, the chance of getting your film screened at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival\, and eligibility to earn the Audience Award\, Four Points is an exciting competition with high stakes! \n\n\n\nThese Four Points Film Project teams will screen: \n\n\n\nBarknarc & Starfish  \n\n\n\nBeginnings \n\n\n\nFilmmaker’s Finest \n\n\n\nPhoenix \n\n\n\nChasing Joy \n\n\n\nJelko Films \n\n\n\nMEGnificent Productions URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/made-with-little-sleep-a-48-hour-film-project-special-screening-2/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Contest,Film Festivals,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/made-with-little-sleep2024-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241213T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241226T220000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20241202T192157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T192201Z UID:10000103-1734092100-1735250400@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Holiday Classics at The Lindsay DESCRIPTION:Season’s greetings! Is it ever too early to start spreading holiday cheer? \n\n\n\nGet ready for two weeks of timeless stories about togetherness\, generosity and keeping your tongue away from frozen poles. \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay will have many flavors of holiday classics on tap this year. Board The Polar Express\, get into shenanigans with Ralphie Parker in A Christmas Story\, hang out with Will Ferrell’s oversized Christmas helper in Elf or join the Griswolds for National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation!  \n\n\n\nInterested in revisiting Hollywood’s Golden Age? Look no further than the trifecta of It’s a Wonderful Life\, White Christmas and We’re No Angels! Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Dec. 21\, which is when we’ll have a sensory friendly Elf screening and Burgh Bus Christmas Vacation event. Tickets are on sale for every holiday classic screening at the links below. We hope to see you at the Theater during the most wonderful time of the year! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s a Wonderful Life\n\n\n\nPG | 2h 10min | Drama\, Fantasy\, Romance\n\n\n\nDirector: Frank Capra\n\n\n\nStars: James Stewart\, Donna Reed\, Lionel Barrymore\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow many of us can remember a holiday season without It’s a Wonderful Life? That’s a testament to the enduring universality of this beautiful drama about a businessman (Indiana\, Pa.\, native James Stewart) seeing what the world would look like without him. \n\n\n\nAlmost 80 years later\, It’s a Wonderful Life remains “a genuine American classic\,” writes The Guardian. Even in 1946\, critics like The Hollywood Reporter‘s Jack D. Grant realized that director Frank Capra had made a film in which “everyone who sees it will agree that it’s wonderful entertainment.” \n\n\n\n“His direction of the individual characterizations delivered is also distinctively his\, and the performances\, from the starring roles of James Stewart and Donna Reed down to the smallest bit\, are magnificent. When Capra is at his best\, no one can top him.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for It’s a Wonderful Life\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElf\n\n\n\nPG | 1h 37min | Comedy\n\n\n\nDirector: Jon Favreau\n\n\n\nStars: Will Ferrell\, James Caan\, Zooey Deschanel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVery little will get you in the holiday spirit faster than Elf. Director Jon Favreau’s 2003 comedy follows Buddy (Will Ferrell)\, a human raised among Santa’s elves who leaves the North Pole to find his father (James Caan) and remind jaded New Yorkers about the true meaning of Christmas. \n\n\n\nElf is an “irresistibly goofy Christmas comedy” that “takes bold pleasure in unabashed silliness\,” raves Salon. As the New York Post playfully declares: “Yule love it.” \n\n\n\n“Elf is a pleasantly old-fashioned\, gee-whillikers Yuletide confection…Ferrell’s manic\, overgrown-kid energy sweeps all before it\, announcing him as a major leading-man talent who can charm as well as amuse.”The Lindsay will be holding a sensory-friendly Elf screening on Saturday\, Dec. 21\, at 10 a.m. We encourage those who are interested in attending this screening to purchase tickets in advance. \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for Elf\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNational Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation\n\n\n\nPG-13 | 1h 37min | Comedy \n\n\n\nDirector: Jeremiah S. Chechick\n\n\n\nStars: Chevy Chase\, Bevery D’Angelo\, Juliette Lewis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho could have guessed that Clark Griswold’s (Chevy Chase) grand vision for the perfect Christmas was destined to go delightfully haywire? Well\, just everybody going into National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation who had spent the 1980s laughing along with the Griswolds’ hapless antics. \n\n\n\nChristmas Vacation “may be the only modern Christmas comedy which really stands up to repeat viewings\,” declares Time Out. The third Vacation film finds “Chevy Chase and brood doing what they do best\,” praises Variety. \n\n\n\n“If it doesn’t make you at least giggle\,” adds Empire\, “then you clearly don’t understand the true meaning of the festive season—which is of course combustible toilets and electrified cats.”The Lindsay is collaborating with The Burgh Bus on a Dec. 21 Holiday Ride that will begin with a 6:30 p.m. Burgh Bus tour and culminate in a 7:30 p.m. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation screening. Don’t miss out! \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for Christmas Vacation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re No Angels\n\n\n\nNR | 1h 46min | Comedy\, Caper\n\n\n\nDirector: Michael Curtiz\n\n\n\nStars: Humphrey Bogart\, Peter Ustinov\, Aldo Ray\n\n\n\nSINGLE SCREENING on Sunday\, Dec. 15\, at 1 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club returns to The Lindsay for a one-time showing of We’re No Angels\, the 1955 screwball comedy about three escaped convicts who are unexpectedly moved to help a kind shopkeeper and his family. \n\n\n\nWe’re No Angels soars thanks to “Michael Curtiz’s directorial pacing and topflight performances from Humphrey Bogart\, Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov\,” lauds Variety. This Broadway adaptation is an “assured\, entertaining black comedy” that feels “both warm and sophisticated\,” writes TV Guide. \n\n\n\nBe sure you head over to The Lindsay early on Sunday\, Dec. 15\, for a special introduction from Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club President Wendy Whittick. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for We’re No Angels\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhite Christmas\n\n\n\nNR | 2h 5min | Musical\, Comedy\, Romance\n\n\n\nDirector: Michael Curtiz\n\n\n\nStars: Bing Crosby\, Rosemary Clooney\, Danny Kaye\n\n\n\nLIMITED SCREENINGS: Sunday\, Dec. 15\, at 3:30 p.m. & Monday\, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFathom Events is bringing White Christmas back to theaters for its 70th anniversary! This lavish musical stars Bing Crosby\, Danny Kaye\, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen as two pairs of traveling performers who combine their talents to save a Vermont inn from closing. \n\n\n\n“With wit\, exuberance\, and some show-stopping hits\, White Christmas is a cracking musical\,” raves BBC. This film is a “cosy crowd-pleaser” with “sumptuous production values\,” commends Total Film. “This was the Mamma Mia! of its day\, a nostalgic blast of popular Irving Berlin show-tunes gift-wrapped in new-fangled VistaVision.” \n\n\n\nPittsburgh Classic Movie Club Vice President Deann Davis will provide a special introduction prior to the Dec. 15 screening. \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for White Christmas\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Christmas Story\n\n\n\nPG | 1h 33min | Comedy\, Family\n\n\n\nDirector: Bob Clark\n\n\n\nStars: Peter Billingsley\, Melinda Dillon\, Darren McGavin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll that Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun. A Christmas Story warm-heartedly chronicles his many efforts to convince the many adults in his life—including Santa—to get him a gift that keeps on giving. \n\n\n\nThis 1983 holiday comedy contains “a treasure chest of familiar moments that almost every kid—even those who don’t celebrate Christmas—can relate to\,” writes IGN. A Christmas Story is “family fare to savor” and simply “a joy to the world\,” declares The Washington Post.”If you’re a Christmas holdout\, a true believer who still hears reindeer on the roof\, and even on an unseasonably warm Christmas Eve holds out hope of waking to a yard full of snow and branches coated like velvet antlers\, then A Christmas Story is for you.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for A Christmas Story\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Polar Express\n\n\n\nG | 1h 40min | Animated\, Adventure\n\n\n\nDirector: Robert Zemeckis\n\n\n\nStars: Tom Hanks\, Peter Scolari\, Nona Gaye\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll aboard The Polar Express! This adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg’s 1985 children’s book follows a young boy who on Christmas Eve is whisked away for a magical train ride to the North Pole. His unexpected adventure teaches him important lessons about friendship\, bravery and the spirit of Christmas. \n\n\n\nThe Polar Express “is a runaway thrill” full of “rambunctious comedy…which buttresses the story’s sage wisdom\,” writes The Hollywood Reporter. Director Robert Zemeckis’ technical marvel “has the quality of a lot of lasting children’s entertainment\,” Roger Ebert wrote in his 2004 review. \n\n\n\n“The Polar Express is a movie for more than one season; it will become a perennial\, shared by the generations…The conductor tells Hero Boy he thinks he really should get on the train\, and I have the same advice for you.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for The Polar Express URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/holiday-classics-at-the-lindsay/ CATEGORIES:Classics,Community Partnerships,Guest Speaker,Sensory Friendly ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Holiday-Series-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T200000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20241104T213634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T213636Z UID:10000100-1731006000-1731009600@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Queering the Documentary: An Evening with Filmmaker Connor Lee O’Keefe DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center will introduce regional cinephiles to the singular filmmaking talent of Connor Lee O’Keefe later this month. \n\n\n\nO’Keefe is a nonfiction filmmaker\, artist and teacher who uses a queer lens to shape the realities captured in his films. He’s currently in residence as this semester’s Visiting Documentary Filmmaker at Robert Morris University. \n\n\n\nHe’ll be at The Lindsay on Thursday\, Nov. 7\, at 7 p.m. to share five of his documentary shorts as part of a specially curated Queering the Documentary program. Those screenings will be followed by a Q&A with O’Keefe. Tickets to this event are free\, but RSVPs are encouraged in advance due to space limitations. \n\n\n\n\nSome of O’Keefe’s films that will be screened on Nov. 7 include Our Transition\, which explores O’Keefe’s gender transition from his parents’ perspective; Imagine a Body\, an essay film on the spiritual nature of hormone replacement therapy for transgender men that premiered in 2022 as part of the The New Yorker Documentary Series; and No More Longing\, an immersive portrait of Brazilian musician Jaime Jobim that premiered at SFFilm in San Francisco. \n\n\n\n\n“It is a pleasure to work with our Visiting Documentary Filmmaker each fall semester\,” says Jen Stratakis\, RMU’s Arts & Humanities’ media outreach coordinator. “I have the privilege of helping each one connect with the RMU student body and greater Pittsburgh film community to share their work in a meaningful way. This semester\, Connor Lee O’Keefe brings his beautiful take on storytelling to our campus and our town. He is eloquent and his films are inspiring.”   \n\n\n\nThis is the second year in a row that The Lindsay will be hosting a Robert Morris Visiting Documentary Filmmaker’s public showcase. \n\n\n\n\n“I’m honored to have been able to continue refining my work as an artist with RMU and to have an opportunity to participate in fruitful dialogue with audiences at The Lindsay\,” says O’Keefe. “We need independent theaters to keep this art form doing what it does best—and that’s bringing people together.” \n\n\n\nRMU’s Visiting Documentary Filmmaker program is a 15-week residency that requires participants to teach a documentary introduction class\, create and share their work\, and actively engage with the RMU faculty\, student body and general community. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n“We need queer and trans perspectives now more than ever\,” says O’Keefe. “I hope these films immerse you into a space that allows you to wonder\, heal and grow.” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/queering-the-documentary-an-evening-with-filmmaker-connor-lee-okeefe/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Documentaries,Free Events,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Connor-OKeefe-background.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T210000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20241018T004207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241018T004257Z UID:10000099-1729445400-1729458000@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Strong Mind Showcase DESCRIPTION:Ninety percent of the public thinks America is having a mental health crisis\, according to the American Psychological Association. \n\n\n\nThis crisis includes anxiety\, depression\, eating disorders and much more\, says Benjamin Carlucci\, an award-winning filmmaker and Creative Director at the Strong Mind Project\, a local mental health awareness nonprofit. On Sunday\, Oct. 20\, from 5:30 to 9 p.m.\, The Lindsay will host the inaugural Strong Mind Showcase. \n\n\n\nThis free event features a pre-screening panel discussion with mental health professionals and advocates. Afterward\, two hours of short films\, separated by an intermission\, aim to promote empathy\, insight and understanding in the mental health space. \n\n\n\n“The Strong Mind Project is dedicated to cultivating conversations and raising awareness in the mental health space\,” says Carlucci\, a Squirrel Hill resident. “Our upcoming showcase will bring together talented artists with mental health professionals and advocates for the theme of ‘making the invisible\, visible.’” \n\n\n\nActivities begin at 5:45 p.m. with a panel discussion featuring Matt Walsh\, Oasis Mental Health’s co-founder and chief clinical officer; Listen Lucy CEO Jordan Corcoran; and artist Hayden Caico\, whose short film\, The Creature and Me\, will screen at the festival. \n\n\n\nFilm selections\, starting at 6:45 p.m.\, will share the best of more than 2\,000 submissions from 106 countries. An awards presentation will follow. \n\n\n\n“We are delighted to bring together so many diverse voices under one event\,” continues Carlucci. “The Strong Mind Showcase is more than just a film festival—it’s a platform for artists to shine a light on mental health challenges\, and for the rest of us to shine a light on the artists sparking crucial conversations through storytelling.” \n\n\n\nTickets are free\, but RSVPs are requested in advance to ensure seating for all. Carlucci advises that these films and conversations are suitable for ages 13 and older. URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/strong-mind-showcase/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Community Room,Film Festivals,Free Events,Guest Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Strong-Mind-Project.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T170000 DTSTAMP:20260713T111224 CREATED:20240912T144632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T155151Z UID:10000093-1727618400-1727629200@thelindsaytheater.org SUMMARY:Band Together Autism Friendly Open Mic DESCRIPTION:Band Together Pittsburgh will present one of its popular Autism Friendly Open Mics at The Lindsay. This free event will take place in the Theater’s Community Room on Sunday\, September 29 from 2 to 5 p.m. RSVPs are requested in advance. \n\n\n\n\nLongtime Pittsburgh musician John Vento and other members of Band Together will facilitate this event for anyone who wants to sing (including karaoke)\, play an instrument\, tell jokes\, do impressions\, just say hello or see what it’s all about. \n\n\n\nBand Together Pittsburgh will make microphones\, keyboards\, guitars\, amps and percussion instruments available for all attendees. Musicians are also welcome to bring their own instruments. Snacks and soft drinks will also be provided. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Everyone is welcome to come and have fun\, regardless of musical experience!” Band Together says. “Come\, enjoy the music and make some new friends with us!” URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/band-together-autism-friendly-open-mic/ CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Community Room,Free Events,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thelindsaytheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Band-Together-background.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR