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City of Asylum hosts a film screening of global shorts as part of Reel Q’s 40th Annual Film Festival (the longest-running festival in Pittsburgh!)
On Topic: America at 250 — Motherhood in America with Jamilah Lemieux (“Black. Single. Mother.”)
Our final America at 250 program offers a personal meditation on and tribute to Black single motherhood from “one of the most important feminist writers of the 21st century” (Brittney Cooper) ...
Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries Big Band Plays the Music of Horace Silver
Legendary Pittsburgh percussionist Roger Humphries honors his former bandleader and friend, composer of “Song for My Father” Horace Silver ...
Tony Buba & Marcus Rediker Present: “Becoming Benjamin Lay”
City of Asylum hosts a screening of a new documentary from director Tony Buba and historian Marcus Rediker, which explores the life and ideas of an unknown radical Quaker dwarf abolitionist Benjamin Lay ...
Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Double Life)
Who do you let see the real you? Who do you become when day turns to night? This September, share the facets of your Alter Ego with at Story Club PGH’s “Double Life” themed Story Slam! ...
On Topic: Last Free Women with Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp
Co-authors Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp join City of Asylum's On Topic series to discuss their upcoming book, which publishes on September 8, 2026. The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America is an intimate portrait of ...
