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CANCELED: World of Music: The Leila (Moroccan Progressive Rock)

CANCELED: World of Music: The Leila (Moroccan Progressive Rock)

Welcome rock band The Leila on their debut North American tour as they blend elements of rock, soul, and traditional Moroccan sounds in songs about self-expression, empowerment, and societal issues ...
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Reel Q Presents: A Pride Month Screening of "10s Across the Borders"

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

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 ...
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Thursday Night Jazz: The Soup Session Blends Jazz with Hip Hop

Thursday Night Jazz: The Soup Session Blends Jazz with Hip Hop

James Johnson III, Ross Antonich, Joe Garner, Lorenze Jefferson, Michael Bernabe, Mike Hugo, and Alex Perez cook up innovative jazz hip hop fusions to bring a new sound to the steel city ...
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World Literature: Rodrigo Hasbún's "The Invisible Years" (Bolivia)

World Literature: Rodrigo Hasbún’s “The Invisible Years” (Bolivia)

English PEN Award winner Rodrigo Hasbún and moderator Anderson Tepper dive into the secrets and shrapnel of a 20-year-old friendship ripped apart in Rodrigo’s new novel ...
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Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Breaking Point)

Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Breaking Point)

There comes a time when you just can’t take it anymore. Share the story of when you reached your Breaking Point this July at Story Club PGH’s Story Slam, for the chance to win prizes and storytelling glory! ...
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  • July 2026

  • Sun 12
    July 12 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

    PGHwrites: Sarah Valentine’s “Decoding the Devil: Black Women Codebreakers and the Secret War Against Stalin’s Bomb” (Book Launch) with Tahirah J. Walker

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    In a new work as groundbreaking as “Code Girls” and “Hidden Figures,” author Sarah Valentine unearths the true story of Black cryptologists’ critical contributions to national security during the civil rights era.

    Tue 14
    July 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

    On Topic: Growing Old in America with Lucy Schiller (“Aging Out”) and Jason England

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Widely published nonfiction writer Lucy Schiller shares the bleak reality of aging in the United States—and how it intersects with class, race, disability, and public policy—and the care necessary to mend this rift.

    Tue 21
    July 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

    On Topic: Free Expression with Jacob Mchangama & Nadine Strossen

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Our On Topic series continues this season with a moderated discussion among free speech experts, who will get into the weeds of current controversies and the role free expression plays in maintaining a democratic government.

    Mon 27
    July 27 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    World Literature: Dimitry Elias Léger’s “Death of the Soccer God” (Haiti) with Anderson Tepper

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Author of PEN Open Book Award–finalist “God Loves Haiti,” Dimitry Elias Léger shares his latest novel, part sports story and part passionate and improbable love story.

    Tue 28
    July 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

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

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

  • October 2026

  • Tue 27
    October 27 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    PGHwrites: Andrew Swensen & Yan Pang’s “Shelter” (Musical Theatre Production)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    From the minds of Andrew Swensen and Yan Pang, City of Asylum hosts an expanded showcase of “Shelter,” the story of scars carried from childhood into adulthood, how pain can distort our perception and damage our relationships, and how we find our strength through it.

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