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

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 Pleakis, and Brian Wolfe ...

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PGHwrites: Sony Ton-Aime’s “Konbit” (Book Launch) with Fellow Poets Shara McCallum & Joy Priest

Celebrate the launch of Sony Ton-Aime’s debut poetry collection, a masterwork in imagining an alternative future, navigating our present, and finding language for our common past ...

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Artist in Exile: Volodymyr Rafeyenko’s “Signals of Being” (Ukraine)

Writer-in-Residence Volodymyr Rafeyenko’s latest work comes to life in this staged reading and discussion of “Signals of Being,” a three-act play depicting the tensions of a country at war and the critical bonds formed among community ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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Concert

Name: Thursday Night Jazz: Lynn Speakman Quintet’s Favorite Two-Sax Tunes
Start: 2026-04-02T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-02T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Alphabet City

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0 Programs 2 0 Programs, 2	0 Programs 3 0 Programs, 3	0 Programs 4 0 Programs, 4	1 Program 5 1 Program, 5 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Thursday Night Jazz: University of Pittsburgh Jazz Program Showcase March 5 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST Thursday Night Jazz: University of Pittsburgh Jazz Program Showcase Master and doctoral students of the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Program—Juwon Adenuga, David Adepegba, Laura Gonzalez Fidalgo, Godfrey Lubuulwa, Danny Fratina, Táyé Máyègha, and Elad Sobol—share their performance and compositional chops.	0 Programs 6 0 Programs, 6	0 Programs 7 0 Programs, 7	0 Programs 8 0 Programs, 8
0 Programs 9 0 Programs, 9	1 Program 10 1 Program, 10 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm World Literature: Genre-Defying Writer Dimitris Lyacos (Greece) with Cellist Liam Battle March 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT World Literature: Genre-Defying Writer Dimitris Lyacos (Greece) with Cellist Liam Battle Dimitris Lyacos, a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, brings his trademark genre-defying flair to Alphabet City in this combination reading and musical collaboration celebrating his literary oeuvre and writing process.	0 Programs 11 0 Programs, 11	1 Program 12 1 Program, 12 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Thursday Night Jazz: Anton DeFade Quintet’s “Gaijin” (Single Release) March 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT Thursday Night Jazz: Anton DeFade Quintet’s “Gaijin” (Single Release) 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 Pleakis, and Brian Wolfe.	0 Programs 13 0 Programs, 13	0 Programs 14 0 Programs, 14	0 Programs 15 0 Programs, 15
0 Programs 16 0 Programs, 16	0 Programs 17 0 Programs, 17	1 Program 18 1 Program, 18 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm World of Music: Steel City Calypso (Caribbean Steel Drums) March 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT World of Music: Steel City Calypso (Caribbean Steel Drums) 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.	1 Program 19 1 Program, 19 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Thursday Night Jazz: Hugo Cruz & Caminos Perform the Music of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (with a Cuban Twist!) 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!) 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.	0 Programs 20 0 Programs, 20	0 Programs 21 0 Programs, 21	0 Programs 22 0 Programs, 22
0 Programs 23 0 Programs, 23	0 Programs 24 0 Programs, 24	0 Programs 25 0 Programs, 25	1 Program 26 1 Program, 26 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Thursday Night Jazz: AurallaurA’s “The Critique of Capital: An Engaging Revue” (Album Launch) March 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT Thursday Night Jazz: AurallaurA’s “The Critique of Capital: An Engaging Revue” (Album Launch) 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.	0 Programs 27 0 Programs, 27	0 Programs 28 0 Programs, 28	0 Programs 29 0 Programs, 29
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