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Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (No Turning Back)

Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (No Turning Back)

Sometimes the only way to move forward is to keep your eyes on the prize. Share a time when you refused to turn back this August at Story Club PGH’s Story Slam, for the chance to win prizes and storytelling ...
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World of Music: Bealtaine (Celtic Folk)

World of Music: Bealtaine (Celtic Folk)

With roots in Irish and Scottish folk music, Pittsburgh-based folk band Bealtaine keeps traditions alive while borrowing influences from the modern world ...
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Thursday Night Jazz: Colter Harper Quintet Celebrates the Music of Brazilian Singer-Songwriter & Activist Caetano Veloso

Thursday Night Jazz: Colter Harper Quintet Celebrates the Music of Brazilian Singer-Songwriter & Activist Caetano Veloso

A dedicated musician and staunch activist in his own right, Colter Harper and bandmates Kelsey Jumper, José Luis Martins, Tony DePaolis, and Lucas Ashby honor nine-time Latin Grammy winner and member of the Tropicália arts movement Caetano Veloso ...
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World Literature: Karen Tei Yamashita’s “Questions 27 & 28” with Anderson Tepper

World Literature: Karen Tei Yamashita’s “Questions 27 & 28” with Anderson Tepper

Author of National Book Award finalist I Hotel shares a new novel illuminating the lives of laborers, artists, scholars, informants, and activists who, over three generations, defined the Japanese American community post–Pearl Harbor ...
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World Literature: Madeleine Thien’s “The Book of Records” with Anderson Tepper

World Literature: Madeleine Thien’s “The Book of Records” with Anderson Tepper

Booker Prize–shortlisted author Madeleine Thien discusses her latest work, a “Time” Must-Read Book of the Year ...
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  • 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
    Free In-Person TicketsFree Livestream Tickets

    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
    FREE In-Person TicketsFREE Livestream Tickets

    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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