The Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema is hosting Birmingham’s 15th Annual Salsa Showdown, presented by Rubio Law Firm – a fundraising competition to determine who offers the best salsa, guacamole, queso, and specialty dip. Admission will include sampling privileges at each competitor’s station, a ballot for casting an “Audience Choice” vote, a cooking demo, access to live entertainment, beverage vending, and the Hot Pepper Eating Contest with a cash prize. This year's Showdown will be in partnership with Cahaba's Mother's Day Market. Thank you to our other sponsors: Renewal by Anderson and La Jefa.
1UP GAME NIGHT is back! And this time around, we’re going ✨intergalactic 💫 with a speed 🧩 puzzle 🧩 contest! Do you think you AND your teammates have what it takes? 🚀 Top winners will take home 🆒 prizes including a $50 gift card + a mystery ❓ swag box full of official Mario Galaxy 🍄 merch and Sidewalk 🛍️ swag.
Doors open at 6 pm. Puzzling begins at 6:30 pm. Registration is $50 per team (up to 4 players). As a bonus, all registered teams will be able to keep their puzzle at the end of the event!
There will be other fun activities and features available, including designated video game zones, board games, card games and specialty cocktails on the menu.
*Other than team registration for Galaxy Speed Puzzle Contest, this is a free event. Reservations are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team. Upon arriving at LV-426, the marines find only one survivor, a nine year old girl named Newt (Carrie Henn). But even these battle-hardened marines with all the latest weaponry are no match for the hundreds of aliens that have invaded the colony. We're celebrating Alabama native Michael Biehn in one of his greatest roles, as Cpl. Hicks in James Cameron's masterful horror/sci-fi sequel, to commemorate its 40th anniversary.
Through first-person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not only for voting rights, but for Black Power in Lowndes County, Alabama.
Join us for a special happy hour mixer in the Sidewalk lobby while enjoying Alabama-inspired specialty cocktails on the menu, exclusive lobby programming and a curated playlist celebrating the music of FAME, Muscle Shoals and much more. Connect + network with Alabama creatives and the filmmaking community during this celebration of Alabama Spotlight Weekend. From 2 pm to 4 pm.
*This is a free event. Tickets are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”
Join us for our annual Alabama Spotlight Weekend with another exciting collection of short films by our very own Alabama filmmakers. This year, we’re honored to present an expanded selection of films! Please note that each of our Saturday and Sunday screening blocks will feature a different lineup, so make sure to double check the listing for each block when purchasing tickets.
Join us for our annual Alabama Spotlight Weekend with another exciting collection of short films by our very own Alabama filmmakers. This year, we’re honored to present an expanded selection of films! Please note that each of our Saturday and Sunday screening blocks will feature a different lineup, so make sure to double check the listing for each block when purchasing tickets.
Are you eager to relive your youth by basking in the retro glow of outdated media formats? Are you curious about the video store era that you missed out on by being cursed with a late birth? Then join Jeremy Burgess of the Dust On The VCR newsletter for Tape Night, a free quarterly event where you'll get to witness an actual VHS tape projected onto the big screen in all its glory! The titles will remain a mystery until showtime, and the genres will rotate with every screening (check the graphic for hints!), but one thing's for certain: You won't find these classics in splendid low-definition anywhere else in town. *This is a free event. Reservations are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*