City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Jazz Poetry welcomes musician Leslie DeShazor and poets Fatimah Asghar, Rania Mamoun, Andrés Neuman, and Jeremy Lee Stone.
Jazz Poetry 2024 welcomes musician Milena Casado and poets Rae Armantrout, Yahya Ashour, Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko, and Richard Hamilton.
Jazz Poetry 2024 welcomes musician Andy Milne and poets Noah Arhm Choi, Jonathan Moody, Justin Perez, & Monica Sok.
Jazz Poetry 2024 welcomes musician Roger Humphries and poets, Sahar Muradi, Xan Forest Phillips, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, and Mónica de la Torre.
Jazz Poetry welcomes musicians Lucian Ban and Alex Harding, and poets Quan Barry, Jorge Olivera Castillo, Quincy Scott Jones, and Rajiv Mohabir.
City of Asylum hosts Cave Canem's annual Faculty Reading. This year’s poets are Peter J Harris, Duriel E Harris, and Janice Harrington.
This program features the #notwhite collective's literary and musical artists, as well as a number of guest artists, who will be presenting their work in collaboration with one another.
Story Club Pittsburgh (created by the former producers of The Moth Pittsburgh) organizes and hosts Story Slam, a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. June's theme is Off the Clock.
Kente Arts Alliance brings Summer Madness to Thursday Night Jazz at City of Asylum
ER Doctor Rob Gore addresses the epidemic of community violence.
City of Asylum welcomes Andrew O'Hagan and Claire Messud join Anderson Tepper for this reading and conversation.
Reel Q presents the regional debut screening of "The Queen of My Dreams" this Pride Month at City of Asylum
The Stephen Philip Harvey Octet performs their latest album "Elemental Live" for Thursday Night Jazz.
Bassel & The Supernaturals tell the story of a first generation Syrian-American through song in this concert at City of Asylum.
Legendary jazz vocalist Etta Cox returns to the Alphabet City stage for Thursday Night Jazz.
City of Asylum welcomes Pascuala Ilabaca, a unique and treasured voice in both the Latin American and World Music scenes.
Kente Summer Madness at City of Asylum continues with a concert from the Jason Washington Group.
Story Club Pittsburgh organizes and hosts Story Slam, a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. The theme for July 2024 is The Price of Freedom.
Musicians Mimi Jong and Tomás Lozano perform on the erhu and Spanish Hurdy Gurdy in this concert at City of Asylum.
The Precipice Community bands takes the Alphabet City stage for Thursday Night Jazz.
Frazé-Frazénko & The Happy Lovers reimagine Ukrainian poetry and folk songs in this concert at City of Asylum.
This performance pays homage to this era in the Hill, brought to life by musician and ethnomusicologist Colter Harper.
James Johnson III performs in the first of his three unique, curated Thursday Night Jazz concerts at City of Asylum.
Nigerian author Samuel Kọ́láwọlé visits City of Asylum to share his debut novel "The Road to the Salt Sea."
Reel Q presents the regional premier screening of "Sublime."
Howie Alexander and Company take the stage with DJ Bus Crates for this Kente Summer Madness concert.
City of Asylum writer-in-residence Olena Boryshpolets shares her latest work, accompanied by her fellow artists-in-residence.
Story Club Pittsburgh organizes and a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. The theme for august is Too Hot to Handle.
Youth poetry workshop run by Gaia Rajan for students who wish to apply to be this year's Youth Poet Laureate.
Ethiopian-American author Dinaw Mengestu visits City of Asylum to share his latest novel "Someone Like Us."
