Steel City Con offers a galaxy of stars and many options too

Celebrity autographs and photo ops are on a tight schedule. For example, Mr. Dreyfuss, who took home an Academy Award for “The Goodbye Girl” and recently starred in the TV mini-series “Madoff,” will be available Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3:15 p.m. John Cusack of “Say Anything ...,” “Eight Men Out,” “High Fidelity,” “2012” and more, is scheduled at 4:15 p.m. Saturday. Check steelcitycon.com for tickets and the complete schedule and pricing for autographs and photos.

One local group in the spotlight at the convention is “Heroineburgh,” a Pittsburgh-based web series with superheroes and villains that will hold panels from 11:45 and 2-2:45 p.m. Friday. The episodes, according to the website, take place in a Pittsburgh where an unusual meteor explodes, releasing a wave of dark energy that unleashes superpowers in a handful of people, most of them female. The heroines of the ‘burgh “form a united front to battle those who would exploit such powers against humanity.”

Highlights of the schedule of events and panels are as follows (holders of three-day passeshave priority seating for Q&A panels):

3-3:45 p.m.: Don Most, Ralph Malph of “Happy Days”

4-4:45 p.m.: Kimmy Robertson and Harry Goaz of “Twin Peaks”

5-5:45 p.m.: wrestler

6-6:45 p.m.: Tom Wilson, Biff from Diamond Dallas Page,