City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Introducing Tomas Fujiwara’s three-part concert series Sounds of Now. The first concert features The Fully Celebrated Orchestra.
Tomas Fujiwara’s 3-part jazz series presents folk singer, composer-improviser, and musicologist Miriam Elhajli.
The Free Association Reading series, founded by Pat Hart and Mark Nieson, showcases local writers sharing new writing and works in progress. This month’s reading spotlights writers Malcolm Culleton, Donna Wojnar Dzurilla, Catherine Gammon, and Camille Rankine.
Renowned multi-instrumentalist musician Tomchess and his trio for a world fusion jazz concert at City of Asylum.
Singer-songwriter and fan-favorite Pascuala Ilabaca returns to City of Asylum accordion and full-bodied vocals in tow, accompanied by a full band, to regale us with all new songs.
Yamaha pianist Orrin Evans delivers “50 Shades of O” to Alphabet City audiences as part of his 2025 tour and birthday celebration.
Whiting Award-winner Marcia Douglas visits City of Asylum to discuss her forthcoming book "The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive."
Story Club PGH hosts a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. The theme for April 2025 is Second Chances.
Lifelong guitarist and imaginative jazz musician Mila Shadel presents original arrangements of some of her favorite hard rock & grunge songs.
Eritrean-Ethiopian-British novelist Sulaiman Addonia turns a wandering eye toward the erotic and intimate lives of asylum seekers in his forthcoming novel, "The Seers."
The Free Association Reading series, founded by Pat Hart and Mark Nieson, showcases local writers sharing new writing and works in progress. This month’s reading spotlights writers Ally Bair, Elizabeth Hoover, Deena November, and Steffan Triplett.
Taras Filenko makes a long-awaited return to City of Asylum, joined by vocalist Katerina Boiko and violinist Jennifer Orchard, to perform a concert that connects North America and Ukraine.
