THRIVED FOR GENERATIONS. BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE PRINTED ON. IF YOU’VE BEEN TO THE MOVIES IN RECENT YEARS, YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME CHANGES. FOR ONE, FILM IS A THING OF THE PAST. THIS IS WHAT THE MOVIES COME ON. BUT IN MOON TOWNSHIP SHIP ONE AFTER DARK, MOVIEGOERS TRADITION CONTINUES FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY. IT’S US AT THE DEPENDABLE DRIVE-IN, MOVIEGOERS GET TO SEE THE LATEST MOVIES ON THE BIG SCREEN. EVEN IN THE COLD WINTER MONTHS, THERE’S A LOT OF EXPERIENCES YOU CAN’T GET AT AN INDOOR THEATER. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO CUDDLE UP WITH A BLANKET. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SEE SNOW. THE DRIVE-IN OPENED IN 1950, AND FOR MOST OF ITS RUN HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE J. GLOSS FAMILY. THE BUSINESS IS OPEN YEAR ROUND, SERVING REGULAR CUSTOMERS. I’D RATHER COME HERE THAN THE INDOOR MOVIE THEATER, AND FAMILIES KEEP THEIR OWN TRADITIONS ALIVE. I REMEMBER ONE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD FROM MISSISSIPPI. THEY USED TO LIVE HERE. THEY HAD FAMILY HERE, AND EVERY TIME THEY COME BACK TO VISIT THEIR FAMILY, THEY COME TO THE DRIVE-IN WITH THEM. EVEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS, SOME CUSTOMERS KEEP SHOWING UP. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST LIKE THE EXPERIENCE AND LIKE BEING OUTSIDE. UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I’VE SEEN NIGHTS HERE WHERE IT’S TEN DEGREES AND THERE IS STILL A COUPLE PEOPLE SITTING OUTSIDE ON CHAIRS. AN ADDED BENEFIT OF THE WINTER. YOU KNOW, YOU COME HERE WITH YOUR DATE, YOU’RE CUDDLING UNDER A BLANKET, YOU KNOW, IT’S COLD IN THE CAR. FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT INTIMACY, I GUESS, MORE THAN 50 MILES AWAY IN PARKS TOWNSHIP, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, CHRONICLE PAYS A VISIT TO THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN NOSTALGICS. WHEN YOU PLAY THERE. OLDER MOVIES, UH, THE FIRST RUN STUFF FOR THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES, THEY THEY COME OUT. IT’S A GREAT NIGHT OUT. IT INTRODUCES A NEW GENERATION. THAT DRIVE IN IS ALSO THE ONLY ONE IN ITS COUNTY, AND ONE THAT FOUGHT TO SURVIVE DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. WE HAVE CHURCH SERVICES HERE, EASTER WEEKEND FOR COVID, UM, A COUPLE OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS WERE HELD HERE AND THE KIDS ALL SAID THEY WOULD WISH THEY COULD DO THAT AGAIN. COVID WAS BASICALLY, UH, MOSTLY RETRO MOVIES. WE DID RUN SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK, AND WE FLIPPED THEM TWICE A WEEK JUST FOR THE FOLKS AT BOTH RIVERSIDE AND DEPENDABLE. THE MISSION SEEMS TO BE THE SAME. UM, GREAT MOVIES UNDER THE STARS, BRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER AND KEEPING MEM