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On Topic: Cristina Modreanu’s “Performing Womanhood in Eastern Europe” with Dr. Zsuzsánna Magdó

Join Cristina Modreanu for a conversation on her book Performing Womanhood in Eastern Europe: The Other White Woman as it approaches its first anniversary. Performing Womanhood in Eastern Europe explores a distinctive form of womanhood that emerged in post-World War II Eastern Europe, offering an ...
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World Literature: Andrea Bajani’s "The Anniversary" (Italy) with Anderson Tepper

World Literature: Andrea Bajani’s “The Anniversary” (Italy) with Anderson Tepper

Strega Prize–winning novelist Andrea Bajani explores the aftermath of an abusive marriage, the son who bore witness to it, and his liberating decision to leave those family connections behind ...
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Thursday Night Jazz: The Pittsburgh Jazz Guitar Legacy Celebrated

Pittsburgh's importance as a Jazz city involves many different facets and the history of the Jazz guitar is well represented here. On September 24, we will celebrate this aspect of Pittsburgh Jazz by featuring three talented, up-and-coming guitarists from the ...
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Artist in Exile: Fatimah Asghar’s "Daughter of the Mountains: Poems of Heartbreak and Homecoming"

Artist in Exile: Fatimah Asghar’s “Daughter of the Mountains: Poems of Heartbreak and Homecoming”

The award-winning author of “If They Come For Us” uses their sophomore collection of meditative poems to pursue the question: Exiled from ancestral homelands, how can one find a place for themself in the world? ...
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World Literature: Eduardo Halfon’s "Tarantula" (Guatemala) with Anderson Tepper

World Literature: Eduardo Halfon’s “Tarantula” (Guatemala) with Anderson Tepper

Guatemalan author Eduardo Halfon, a recipient of the Guatemala National Prize in Literature, presents a novel of memory, violence, connection, estrangement, and the long-term impact of individual and collective trauma ...
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  • November 2024

  • Tue 12
    November 12, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

    World Cinema: Reel Q Presents “Desire Lines”

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    From filmmaker Jules Rosskam, Desire Lines is a hybrid feature documentary that blends personal interviews, archival materials, and narrative fiction as a framework for exploring the complicated and often unwritten history of transmasculine sexuality.

  • February 2025

  • Tue 11
    February 11, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

    Reel Q Presents “Made on the Rooftop” (South Korea)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Pittsburgh-based film organization Reel Q presents the in-person regional premiere screening of South Korean film "Made on the Rooftop."

  • June 2025

  • Tue 24
    June 24, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Reel Q Presents: No Pride in Genocide

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Watch a screening of "I never promised you a Jasmine Garden" and seven other short films in this global film event presented by Queer Cinema for Palestine.

  • July 2025

  • Tue 29
    July 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    On Topic: Jose Muniain’s Photo Documentary “American Avenue” (Childhood Homelessness)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    A film screening and panel discussion on how housing instability prevents children from receiving a formal education with filmmaker Jose Muniain, photographer Richard Sharum, and community health worker John Whigham.

  • August 2025

  • Tue 19
    August 19, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Writer-in-Residence: Rania Mamoun (Sudan) & Reem Alghazzi’s “Becoming Iphigenia”

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    A film screening curated by Writer-in-Residence Rania Mamoun, highlighting filmmaker Reem Alghazzi’s feature-length creative documentary following the story of nine Syrian women’s escape from war.

  • October 2025

  • Mon 6
    October 6, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    Reel Q Presents: Global Shorts at the 40th Annual Reel Q Film Festival

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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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!)

  • December 2025

  • Mon 8
    December 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

    Reel Q Presents: “We Are Faheem & Karun”

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    We welcome back our partners at Reel Q for an international film screening!

  • April 2026

  • Tue 14
    April 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    Reel Q Presents: Queer Iranian Shorts Screening

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

    Grab a friend and head to Alphabet City this spring for a FREE screening, presented in partnership with one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world.

  • June 2026

  • Tue 23
    June 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    Reel Q Presents: A Pride Month Screening of “10s Across the Borders”

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Grab a friend and celebrate Pride Month with a FREE screening, presented in partnership with one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world.

  • August 2026

  • Tue 18
    August 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    On Topic: America at 250 — Profound Autism in America with Lynn Johnson, Amy S. F. Lutz & Jose Muniain

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

    Filmmaker Jose Muniain, photographer Lynn Johnson, and writer Amy S.F. Lutz ("We Walk: Life with Severe Autism") share their creative projects, which all center on the stories of real people living with profound autism.

    Mon 31
    August 31 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Tony Buba & Marcus Rediker Present: “Becoming Benjamin Lay”

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    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.

  • October 2026

  • Mon 5
    October 5 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    Reel Q Film Festival Presents: An International Queer Film Screening

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

    Join in on the film festival fun this October with an international queer film screening from Reel Q as they celebrate their nine-day film festival!

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