City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
New year, new Thursday Night Jazz performances from Jazz Legacy Fellow Roger Humphries! Don’t miss the kick-off to City of Asylum’s 2026 jazz season.
Our On Topic series kicks off in 2026 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.
In the first World Literature program of the year, Anderson Tepper will be in conversation with Cameroonian author Patrice Nganang to discuss his new memoir, “Scale Boy: An African Childhood.”
Rich Zabinski, Rick Matt, Howie Alexander, and Benjamin May celebrate the birthday of bebop jazz legend Benny Golson.
Fall in love with sharing stories with Story Club PGH’s Story Slam, a monthly nonfiction storytelling series hosted by Alan Olifson.
Pat Hart and Marc Nieson’s Free Association Reading Series continues this February with four regional writers sharing new and in-progress works.
Spanish composer and musician Laura González Flores, also known by her “B-Side” LauraB, takes to the Alphabet City stage for her second-ever North American tour to share her latest, most intimate and personal project.
Feeling lucky? Share your story this March at Story Club PGH’s Story Slam, for the chance to win prizes and storytelling glory!
Vocalist and composer AurallaurA (Laura Chu Wiens) launches her sophomore album, "The Critique of Capital: An Engaging Revue," a confident, cabaret-like romp through jazz, world music, and other genres.
Pat Hart and Marc Nieson’s Free Association Reading Series continues this March with four regional writers sharing new and in-progress works.
Six-time Jazz Poetry Month headliner James Brandon Lewis takes to the stage with his punk-jazz fusion band, the Messthetics, to herald in another month of poetry and improvisational jazz collaboration at City of Asylum.
