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Thursday Night Jazz: Randy Napoleon, Jeff Pedraz & Thomas Wendt's Celebration of Detroit, Philly & Pittsburgh Jazz

Thursday Night Jazz: Randy Napoleon, Jeff Pedraz & Thomas Wendt’s Celebration of Detroit, Philly & Pittsburgh Jazz

Philadelphia, Detroit, and Pittsburgh are three of the most important cities in jazz, each churning out an astounding number of jazz masters. Guitarist Randy Napoleon (Detroit), bassist Jeff Pedraz (Philadelphia), and drummer Thomas Wendt (Pittsburgh) come together in this concert ...
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Drue Heinz Literature Prize Presents: 45th Anniversary Reading with Prizewinners Bill Gaythwaite, Caroline Kim & Kelly Sather

Drue Heinz Literature Prize Presents: 45th Anniversary Reading with Prizewinners Bill Gaythwaite, Caroline Kim & Kelly Sather

A reading and celebration of short fiction honoring 45 years of the Drue Heinz Prize, one of the most significant short fiction awards in the nation, with current and alumni prizewinners ...
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Thursday Night Jazz: Lou Stellute Quartet's Jazz Standards (plus Spontaneous, Beautiful & Funky Improvisations)

Thursday Night Jazz: Lou Stellute Quartet’s Jazz Standards (plus Spontaneous, Beautiful & Funky Improvisations)

Lou Stellute, Antonio Croes, Ava Lintz, and George Heid III take the stage for a set of jazz standards mixed in with a musically inventive, funky, free, and improvisational performance! ...
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Writer-in-Residence: Anouar Rahmani's "The End of the Third World" (Book Preview)

Writer-in-Residence: Anouar Rahmani’s “The End of the Third World” (Book Preview)

City of Asylum’s Writer-in-Residence series continues with an exciting preview of Algerian writer and activist Anouar Rahmani’s forthcoming new novel, "The End of the Third World"—a project seven years in the making ...
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Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Home)

Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Home)

Is it an address, a favorite place, or a loved one? This November, come ready to share (or judge!) stories exploring all the many things we call Home ...
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  • March 2024
  • Sun 10
    March 10, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

    Yan Pang: “One-Log Bridge” Concert Premiere

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    City of Asylum presents the first ever concert adaption of "One-Log Bridge," a play by composer and performer Yan Pang.

    Mon 11
    March 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Poems of Diasporic Joy

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Poets Arthur Kayzakian, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joy Priest, and Gaia Rajan reclaim diasporic poetry as a powerful conduit for joy and community. 

    Thu 14
    March 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries & RH Factor (Part III)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Roger Humphries returns for his latest concert at City of Asylum as part of our ongoing Thursday Night Jazz series.

    Tue 19
    March 19, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Story Club PGH Story Slam: Lost in Translation

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Story Club Pittsburgh (created by the former producers of The Moth Pittsburgh), organizes and hosts a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. The theme for March 2024 is Lost in Translation.

    Wed 20
    March 20, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Freedom to Care: Dialogues on Incarceration & Motherhood

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    In this panel co-presented with the Anthropology of Motherhood, panelists will share their personal experiences with carceral motherhood.

    Thu 21
    March 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: SLP Honors Emily Remler

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    SLP returns for Thursday Night Jazz at City of Asylum, their final of three concerts this season as part of the series.

    Sun 24
    March 24, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

    Shayla Lawz: Dream Space Residency Poems

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    After a two-week residency on Sampsonia Way, prize-winning poet Shayla Lawz presents new works in a reading at City of Asylum.

    Mon 25
    March 25, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    I’M SORRY, I DON’T UNDERSTANDING: A Play by Olena Boryshpolets & Anouar Rahmani

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    The world premiere of an original play by City of Asylum writers-in-residence, Anouar Rahmani and Olena Boryshpolets.

    Tue 26
    March 26, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    World Literature with Anderson Tepper: Amitav Ghosh “Smoke and Ashes”

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Amitav Ghosh, author of the Ibis Trilogy, shares new book "Smoke and Ashes" in a reading at City of Asylum.

    Wed 27
    March 27, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Reel Q Reel Stories: A Place of Our Own

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Our March Reel Q screening is "A Place of Our Own."

    Thu 28
    March 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: Paul Thompson & The Young Lions

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Pittsburgh bass icon Paul Thompson performs with mentored musicians The Young Lions in this jazz concert at City of Asylum.

  • April 2024
  • Mon 1
    April 1, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    POSTPONED: Happy Birthday Action Books!

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

    Join City of Asylum in celebrating 20 years of Action Books

    Thu 4
    April 4, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: Patrick Breiner’s Sonic Postcards

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    In this special Thursday Night Jazz performance, The Pittsburgh Composers Quartet will collaborate with four City of Asylum writers-in-residence in an exploration of the power of small thoughts.

    Sun 7
    April 7, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

    Free Association Reading Series April 2024

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    The final Free Association Reading this season features exceptional regional writers Amy M. Alvarez, Philip Terman’s, Anjali Sachdeva, and Jake Mayard.

    Mon 8
    April 8, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Denis Mueller Presents Russell Banks: I Write To Be a Better Person

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    An evening of film to honor the life and legacy of acclaimed writer and friend Russell Banks

    Tue 9
    Story Club Story Slam Pittsburgh
    April 9, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Story Club PGH Story Slam: Fight or Flight

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    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. Aprils theme is Fight or Flight

    Sun 14
    April 14, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

    Susan Muaddi Darraj: Writing & Literature as Forms of Care

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    In this moderated discussion, Susan Muaddi Darraj explains how a culture of care features into her career as a writer, mother, and activist.

    Mon 15
    April 15, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Teiku: Ukrainian Liberation Music

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Just days after the album’s debut, City of Asylum welcomes Teiku for this exclusive celebratory album release performance.

    Tue 16
    April 16, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    World Literature with Anderson Tepper: Amitava Kumar “My Beloved Life”

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Author and journalist Amitava Kumar shares his new book, "My Beloved Life," in conversation with Anderson Tepper.

    Wed 17
    April 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Reel Q Reel Stories: Petit Mal

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    April's Reel Q Reel Stories screening is "Petit Mal"

    Thu 18
    April 18, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries & the RH Factor (Part IV)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Roger Humphries plays his final of four Thursday Night Jazz concerts this spring

  • May 2024
  • Thu 2
    May 2, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Jazz Poetry 2024 Opening Night: James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Olena Boryshpolets, Amit Chaudhuri, Toi Derricotte, & Shara McCallum

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    This celebration of 20 years of Jazz Poetry kicks off with musician James Brandon Lewis and poets Olena Boryshpolets, Amit Chaudhuri, Toi Derricotte, and Shara McCallum

    Thu 9
    May 9, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Jazz Poetry 2024: Rakiem Walker Quartet, grace (ge) gilbert, Ladan Osman, Anouar Rahmani, & Astrid Roemer

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Jazz Poetry 2024 welcomes musician Rakiem Walker and poets grace (ge) gilbert, Ladan Osman, Anouar Rahmani, and Astrid Roemer.

    Mon 13
    May 13, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Jazz Poetry 2024: Leslie DeShazor Quintet, Fatimah Asghar, Rania Mamoun, Andrés Neuman, & Jeremy Lee Stone

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Jazz Poetry welcomes musician Leslie DeShazor and poets Fatimah Asghar, Rania Mamoun, Andrés Neuman, and Jeremy Lee Stone.

    Thu 16
    May 16, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Jazz Poetry 2024: Milena Casado Quartet, Rae Armantrout, Yahya Ashour, Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko, & Richard Hamilton

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Jazz Poetry 2024 welcomes musician Milena Casado and poets Rae Armantrout, Yahya Ashour, Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko, and Richard Hamilton.

    Sun 19
    May 19, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

    Jazz Poetry 2024: Andy Milne Trio, Noah Arhm Choi, Jonathan Moody, Justin Perez, & Monica Sok

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Jazz Poetry 2024 welcomes musician Andy Milne and poets Noah Arhm Choi, Jonathan Moody, Justin Perez, & Monica Sok.

    Tue 21
    May 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Jazz Poetry 2024: Roger Humphries + RH Factor, Sahar Muradi, Xan Forest Phillips, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, & Mónica de la Torre

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Jazz Poetry 2024 welcomes musician Roger Humphries and poets, Sahar Muradi, Xan Forest Phillips, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, and Mónica de la Torre.

    Thu 23
    May 23, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Jazz Poetry 2024: Alex Harding & Lucian Ban Blutopia (ft Bob Stewart), Quan Barry, Jorge Olivera Castillo, Quincy Scott Jones, & Rajiv Mohabir

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Jazz Poetry welcomes musicians Lucian Ban and Alex Harding, and poets Quan Barry, Jorge Olivera Castillo, Quincy Scott Jones, and Rajiv Mohabir.

  • June 2024
  • Thu 13
    June 13, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    Line & Verse: Cave Canem Presents Peter J Harris, Duriel E Harris, & Janice Harrington

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    City of Asylum hosts Cave Canem's annual Faculty Reading. This year’s poets are Peter J Harris, Duriel E Harris, and Janice Harrington.

    Mon 17
    June 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    World Music: Voices in Liberation with #notwhite collective

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

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