Three Rivers Film Fest Continues at Regent Square and Harris Theaters; Allegheny Land Trust Green Spaces (Mon., 11/18/19)

1) The 37th Annual Three Rivers Film Festival is the largest, and longest running film festival in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The festival is produced by Pittsburgh Center for the Arts & Media. The Festival brings a variety of quality films to the Harris Theater and the Regent Square Theater. This year’s schedule approximately 40 films—American and foreign drama, recently restored
classics, indies, and a shorts program. Tonight’s screenings include Los Reyes and Give Me Liberty at Regent Square; and Flatland at the Harris.  For a full list of films see the Festival’s website. Continues through November 23. 980 Liberty Ave., Cultural District.

Sycamore Island is a Green Space haven that’s river-bound and close to town. (Photo: Lindsay Dill)

2) Speaking of Pittsburgh’s best-kept secrets: Have you heard of Allegheny Land Trust?  The nonprofit maintains “Green Spaces” across the city and into the suburbs and exurbs. There’s a bunch of them, open daily for activities ranging from relaxed walks to biking, birding, and even camping. Wingfield Pines, south of Downtown, is a reclaimed strip-mining area. Audubon Greenway in Sewickley is notably bike-able. Emerald View Park on the slopes of Mt. Washington offers wooded trails with, as the name implies, great views. And Sycamore Island—in the Allegheny River, just a few miles upstream from the Point—is singularly cool. Reachable only by boat, it’s a patch of undisturbed nature where one can camp overnight (get a permit in advance) almost within shouting distance of the city limits. But don’t shout; check it out. The Land Trust has 19 Green Spaces overall. (MV)

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