Poems of Diasporic Joy
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesPoets Arthur Kayzakian, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joy Priest, and Gaia Rajan reclaim diasporic poetry as a powerful conduit for joy and community.
Poets Arthur Kayzakian, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joy Priest, and Gaia Rajan reclaim diasporic poetry as a powerful conduit for joy and community.
Roger Humphries returns for his latest concert at City of Asylum as part of our ongoing Thursday Night Jazz series.
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.
In this panel co-presented with the Anthropology of Motherhood, panelists will share their personal experiences with carceral motherhood.
SLP returns for Thursday Night Jazz at City of Asylum, their final of three concerts this season as part of the series.
After a two-week residency on Sampsonia Way, prize-winning poet Shayla Lawz presents new works in a reading at City of Asylum.
The world premiere of an original play by City of Asylum writers-in-residence, Anouar Rahmani and Olena Boryshpolets.
Amitav Ghosh, author of the Ibis Trilogy, shares new book "Smoke and Ashes" in a reading at City of Asylum.
Our March Reel Q screening is "A Place of Our Own."
Pittsburgh bass icon Paul Thompson performs with mentored musicians The Young Lions in this jazz concert at City of Asylum.
Join City of Asylum in celebrating 20 years of Action Books
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.
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