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Phone (412) 435-1110
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Website http://www.cityofasylum.org

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  • March 2026

  • Tue 24
    March 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

    World Literature: Cristina Rivera Garza’s “Autobiography of Cotton” (Mexico)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Anderson Tepper joins Pulitzer Prize–winning author Cristina Rivera Garza in a reading and discussion of a fictionalized though deeply personal retelling of her grandparents’ journey through the mining towns and cotton fields along the Mexico-US border.

  • April 2026

  • Sun 12
    April 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

    Alex Harding & Lucian Ban Present “Dark Blue”

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Decades-long collaborative partners Alex Harding and Lucian Ban celebrate 20 years of creating together with their latest project, “DARK BLUE,” an amalgam of original pieces and improvisations informed by traditions of jazz, blues, and European chamber music.

  • October 2026

  • Tue 27
    October 27 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    PGHwrites: Andrew Swensen & Yan Pang’s “Shelter” (Musical Theatre Production)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    From the minds of Andrew Swensen and Yan Pang, City of Asylum hosts an expanded showcase of “Shelter,” the story of scars carried from childhood into adulthood, how pain can distort our perception and damage our relationships, and how we find our strength through it.

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