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Stars of the Silver Screen Rooftop Shindig

Tuesday, August 29, 2017, 5:30 p.m.

A large group of people sitting in lawn chairs and on blankets on the roof of a concrete parking garage at dusk. There is a movie screen on the roof playing a black and white movie. Pictured on the movie screen is a woman with long, wavy hair and a man with a black hat looking at her. In the background, there is a large, brown, rectangular building with many windows. A baseball stadium is in the far background. The blue sky is in the top of the photo.

Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s Rooftop Shindig, photo by Renee Rosensteel

The Warhol and The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) are teaming up with Pittsburgh Filmmakers to present a special edition of the PDP’s popular Rooftop Shindig series highlighted by a screening of the 1932 Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro spy thriller, Mata Hari (1932). The event will also feature entertainment by Phat Man Dee accompanied by other performers, food, themed cocktails, and a vintage fashion market produced by Second Shift Crafters. Vendors include: 100% Polyverse, Black Lodge Vintage, Calf Paths of the Mind, Collectors Crypt, Great Stuff, Hip Modern Soap, Lucky’s Cane and Grog, Most Wanted Fine Arts, North Ave Candles, Shindig Alley, Sub Rosa Pgh, The Bluest Hatter, U’Niki An’Tiki, Vintage Alley, Who New? and The Warhol Store. The movie will be shown at dusk and guests are encouraged to bring their own seating or blanket though a limited number of stadium chairs will be available for purchase. Rooftop Shindigs are made possible with the support of Alco Parking, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, WYEP & WESA FM. The Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen exhibition is generously supported by Cadillac.

A large group of people sitting in lawn chairs and on blankets on the roof of a concrete parking garage at dusk. There is a movie screen on the roof playing a black and white movie. Pictured on the movie screen is a woman with long, wavy hair and a man with a black hat looking at her. In the background, there is a large, brown, rectangular building with many windows. A baseball stadium is in the far background. The blue sky is in the top of the photo.

Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s Rooftop Shindig, photo by Renee Rosensteel

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Rooftop of the Theater Square Garage (Downtown)

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