• Skip to content
City of Asylum

City of Asylum

Giving Voice.

  • About Us
    • History
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Employment
    • Volunteering
    • Sponsors
    • Contact
  • Programs
    • Upcoming Programs
    • Program Archive
  • Festivals
    • LitFest 2025
    • Jazz Poetry Month 2025
  • Residencies
  • Placemaking
    • City of Asylum House Publications
    • Alphabet City
    • Alphabet Reading Garden
    • River of Words
    • Digital Sanctuaries
    • Community Resources
  • Projects
    • Poet Laureate
    • Sampsonia Way Magazine
    • City of Asylum Book Publications
    • Pittsburgh Live/Ability: Encounters in Poetry & Prose
  • Visit Us
    • City of Asylum Bookstore
    • Cucina Alfabeto Restaurant
    • Directions
    • Transportation
  • Donate
Home » Concert
World Literature: Patrice Nganang’s “Scale Boy” (Book Launch)

World Literature: Patrice Nganang’s “Scale Boy” (Book Launch)

In the first World Literature program of the year, Anderson Tepper will be in conversation with Cameroonian author Patrice Nganang to discuss his new memoir, “Scale Boy: An African Childhood.” ...
Learn more
Thursday Night Jazz: John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”

Thursday Night Jazz: John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”

Yoko Suzuki, Max Leake, Eli Namay, and Roger Humphries, legendary jazz musicians in the local Pittsburgh scene, breathe new life into John Coltrane’s iconic album ...
Learn more
PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series with Laura Jackson, Dani LaMorte, Lauren Shapiro & James Tasillo

PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series with Laura Jackson, Dani LaMorte, Lauren Shapiro & James Tasillo

Pat Hart and Marc Nieson’s Free Association Reading Series continues this February with four regional writers sharing new and in-progress works ...
Learn more
World of Music: LauraB (Spanish Folk Singer-Songwriter)

World of Music: LauraB (Spanish Folk Singer-Songwriter)

Spanish composer and musician Laura González Flores, also known by her “B-Side” LauraB, takes to the Alphabet City stage for her second-ever North American tour to share her latest, most intimate and personal project ...
Learn more
Thursday Night Jazz: Delana Flowers Quartet Gives Flowers to Ernest McCarty (The Music of Dinah Washington)

Thursday Night Jazz: Delana Flowers Quartet Gives Flowers to Ernest McCarty (The Music of Dinah Washington)

Jazz vocalist Delana Flowers honors her late mentor, professional composer, musical director, performer, visual artist, and sculptor Ernest McCarty, as well as Queen of the Blues, Dinah Washington ...
Learn more
10 Programs found.

Concert

  1. Programs
  2. Concert

Programs

Programs Search and Views Navigation

Program Views Navigation

  • List
  • Month

Filters

Changing any of the form inputs will cause the list of events to refresh with the filtered results.

Program Category

Cost ($)

Featured Programs

Event type

Today
  • February 2026

  • Thu 19
    February 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

    Thursday Night Jazz: John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Yoko Suzuki, Max Leake, Eli Namay, and Roger Humphries, legendary jazz musicians in the local Pittsburgh scene, breathe new life into John Coltrane’s iconic album.

    Wed 25
    February 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

    World of Music: LauraB (Spanish Folk Singer-Songwriter)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Spanish composer and musician Laura González Flores, also known by her “B-Side” LauraB, takes to the Alphabet City stage for her second-ever North American tour to share her latest, most intimate and personal project.

    Thu 26
    February 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

    Thursday Night Jazz: Delana Flowers Quartet Gives Flowers to Ernest McCarty (The Music of Dinah Washington)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Jazz vocalist Delana Flowers honors her late mentor, professional composer, musical director, performer, visual artist, and sculptor Ernest McCarty, as well as Queen of the Blues, Dinah Washington.

  • March 2026

  • Wed 4
    March 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

    Artist in Exile: Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko’s Ceramic Knives (Ukrainian Spring Songs)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Writer-in-Residence Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko and wife Mari Frazé-Frazénko bring the spellbinding sound of their folk-experimental duo—accompanied by fellow musicians Vsiudysvoia, Lesya Verba, and Hugo Cruz—to Alphabet City for a night of reimagined Eastern European songs.

    Thu 12
    March 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: Anton DeFade Quintet’s “Gaijin” (Single Release)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Bassist and composer Anton DeFade celebrates the release of his latest single and its accompanying cassette tape at Alphabet City, joined by quintet members JD Chaisson, Evan David, Jacob Peakis, and Brian Wolfe.

    Wed 18
    March 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    World of Music: Steel City Calypso (Caribbean Steel Drums)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Dan Meunier, Chantal Joseph, Greg Lutz, Paul Thompson, and Subha Das bring the sounds of Trinidad and Tobago to the Pittsburgh music scene in an exciting concert where steel drums are the star of the show.

    Thu 19
    March 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: Hugo Cruz & Caminos Perform the Music of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (with a Cuban Twist!)

    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Hugo Cruz and the Caminos honor the music of home, past and present, in this tribute to highly influential Pittsburgh jazz musician Art Blakey, infusing seven of his classic compositions with the sounds of Cuban styles.

    Thu 26
    March 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: AurallaurA’s “The Critique of Capital: An Engaging Revue” (Album Launch)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Vocalist and composer AurallaurA (Laura Chu Wiens) launches her sophomore album, "The Critique of Capital: An Engaging Revue," a confident, cabaret-like romp through jazz, world music, and other genres.

  • April 2026

  • Thu 2
    April 2 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: Lynn Speakman Quintet’s Favorite Two-Sax Tunes

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Lynn Speakman and Evan David go head-to-head and saxophone-to-saxophone in this dynamic alto and tenor sax duo showcase, accompanied by Joe Sheehan, Jeff Grubbs, and Thomas Wendt.

  • May 2026

  • Thu 7
    May 7 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    Jazz Poetry 2026: The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    Six-time Jazz Poetry Month headliner James Brandon Lewis takes to the stage with his punk-jazz fusion band, the Messthetics, to herald in another month of poetry and improvisational jazz collaboration at City of Asylum.

  • Previous Programs
  • Today

About City of Asylum
City of Asylum builds a just community by protecting and celebrating freedom of creative expression.
Contact City of Asylum
City of Asylum
40 W. North Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412-435-1110
Email: contact@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Follow City of Asylum
Subscribe to City of Asylum's mailing list to receive newsletter and event updates.
Twitter Instagram YouTube Email Google Maps
RAD Works Here logo

Copyright © 2026 · City of Asylum