City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Jazz musician and Taekwondo practitioner Jason Kush returns to City of Asylum to share a preview of his forthcoming album "Tenets," a tribute to the practice of Taekwondo.
The Free Association Reading series, founded by Pat Hart and Mark Nieson, showcases local writers sharing newly written work and works in progress. This month’s reading spotlights writers Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko, Emily Kiernan, Mike Scalise, and Jessica Manack.
The Pablo Giménez Ensemble visits City of Asylum for a Spanish Flamenco concert featuring three musicians and one dancer.
Jazz musician and professor Aaron J Johnson shares his new book "Jazz Radio America" in this combination reading and concert.
Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Mubanga Kalimamukwento shares her winning book, "Obligations to the Wounded."
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. February's theme is Breaking Free.
City of Asylum welcomes The CAPA Jazz Orchestra, led by Pittsburgh bass icon Paul Thompson, for an evening of inspired performance by the future jazz heroes of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh-based film organization Reel Q presents the in-person regional premiere screening of South Korean film "Made on the Rooftop."
Renowned jazz saxophonist Yoko Suzuki performs John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" in full with a quartet of Pittsburgh musicians.
After two years as the Poet Laureate of Allegheny County, Doralee Brooks has curated a reading with eight fellow poets to celebrate the launch of her anthology, "The Gulf Tower Forecasts Rain."
The Free Association Reading series showcases local writers sharing newly written work and works in progress. This month’s reading spotlights Varun Ravindran, Sakena Jwan Washington, Karen Dwyer, and Scott Silsbe.
City of Asylum is hosting the kickoff concert of the 2025 Microtonal Music Festival, featuring 31-tone band DSILTON from Vienna.
Join us in a celebration of language and heritage at this multifaceted social hour event for Mother Language Day
Acclaimed author Caryl Phillips returns to City of Asylum for a reading and discussion of his new book "Another Man in the Street."
In this performance, jazz musician Delana Flowers reflects on love experiences in all their facets through music.
Story Club Pittsburgh organizes and hosts Story Slam, a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. The theme for March 2025 is Reckless Choices.
Introducing Tomas Fujiwara’s three-part concert series Sounds of Now. The first concert features The Fully Celebrated Orchestra.
City of Asylum celebrates new works from Eulalia Books, with translators Edith Adams, Laura Cesarco Eglin, and Lauren Shapiro.
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.
Multi-reedists David Leon and Yuma Uesaka take to the stage for the final installment of Tomas Fujiwara’s “Sounds of Now” three-part concert series showcasing what’s new and happening in the realm of jazz.
In this reading and discussion, Yoko Tawada lights up the Alphabet City stage and guides us through this second installment in her Scattered series.
The Clarion Quartet makes their highly anticipated return to City of Asylum to perform the music of the exiled.
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.
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.
