City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
A celebration of Ukraine featuring mesmerizing videos created by Ukrainian refugees and Pittsburghers of Ukrainian descent, a music performance, and a captivating dance showcase by Kyiv Dance Ensemble.
The Free Association Reading Series returns for its second installment of 2024. This month’s program features exceptional local writers Lainy Carslaw, Richard Hamilton, Hallie Pritts, Robert Walicki.
The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble comes to City of Asylum as part of their 50th Annual February North American Tour in honor of Black History Month.
Booker nominated & Pulitzer winner Hisham Matar share his brand new novel, "My Friends," in City of Asylum debut.
Legendary Pittsburgh jazz drummer Roger Humphries is back and ready to bring you more Thursday Night Jazz!
After performing at Alphabet City in November 2022 in their trio configuration, Alla Boara returns with their full group in all its glory– six talented musicians bringing recognition and new life to Italy's diverse history of regional folk music.
City of Asylum presents the Hiawatha Project original play “In Our Time: Pandemic Stories from the Frontlines” by Anya Martin.
Yoko Suzuki, Roger Humphries, Dwayne Dolphin, and Max Leake return for a special Valentine's themed concert celebrating the romance of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme.
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 February 2024 is Stuck in a Loop.
Masterful quartet presents part classical, part contemporary rock, and part experimental music in this genre-bending concert.
Presented in partnership with one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world, Reel Stories is a free monthly film series dedicated to showcasing international queer cinema. Our February Reel Q screening presents Out of Uganda.
Pittsburgh bassist Paul Thompson performs his second concert at City of Asylum to honor the life of Wayne Shorter.
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