City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Jazz musician Stephanie Chou and poets Jan Beatty, Olena Boryshpolets, and Mubanga Kalimamukwento share the stage for a collaborative and improvisational Jazz Poetry performance.
Poets Reginald Dwayne Betts, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, and Anouar Rahmani take to the stage for our 21st annual Jazz Poetry festival.
Grammy Nominated band House of Waters and poets Safia Elhillo, Haleh Liza Gafori, Nathan Osorio, and Rania Mamoun collaborate in this improvisational Jazz Poetry concert.
City of Asylum writer-in-residence Rania Mamoun and Residency Manager Catherine Skolnicki join the LIGHT Education Initiative in a crucial discussion on how to inspire, prepare, and empower the next generation of humanitarians.
Mai Khôi & Khaled Harara discuss how they use their creative practices to advocate for human rights and creative freedom of expression
Award-winning Irish novelist, Colum McCann discusses his nonprofit work and upcoming empathy-building novel 'Twist."
Jazz musician Jerome Jennings and his group iLL Philosophy perform in a signature jazz poetry collaborative, improvisational concert and reading.
To officially kick off the Bridges – City of Asylum 2025 Creative Summit, we’ll welcome guests from across the globe to Alphabet City for a morning of performances, readings, and special presentations from guest speakers from Pittsburgh and all over the world.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Larry Siems, and Adriana Ramirez discuss creativity, resistance, the ongoing dark legacy of the prison camp in Guantánamo, and our never-finished, collective journey to freedom.
Author Colum McCann discusses forgiveness and understanding with Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan, as well as their lives since the release of Colum's "Apeirogon" and the current climate in Israel and Palestine.
Meet and hear the stories of the Cities of Asylum Network representatives from Ithaca, Pittsburgh, and Detroit.
Hear experts in publishing literature in translation discuss the possibilities and realities of publishing and literature in translation.
Award-winning author George Packer speaks on what it means to write in a world of increasing authoritarianism.
The director of Casa Refugio, Philippe Ollé-Laprune, joins us to talk about the importance of their work and screen a short documentary about one of their residents.
This half-day program features workshops and panel discussions with leaders of a number of important foundations and corporations from the U.S. and Europe doing life-changing philanthropic work
City of Asylum welcomes Sarah Rose and Larry Siems to discuss the important, front-line work of arts organizations to defend freedom of expression.
Five City of Asylum and ICORN residents highlight their respective and collective journeys and resilience.
Renowned translators compete to see who can produce the best translation from the same source material.
Bosnian-American author Aleksandar Hemon talks about language and exile, his love of football, and the power of music and storytelling.
Musician James Brandon Lewis, poet Huang Xiang, and others present a jazz poetry concert of improvisational and collaborative performance.
