City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
To live is to tell stories. Embracing that truth, 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 October 2023 is Unexpected.
In this concert we welcome Oscar Peñas and his quartet as they share Oscar’s new album, Chicken or Pasta. This is Oscar’s sixth self-produced album as a leader and features Sara Caswell, Motohito Fukushima, and Richie Barshay, as well as special guests Mike Stern and Greg Leisz.
Reel Stories is a free monthly film series dedicated to showcasing international queer cinema presented in partnership with Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival. October’s screening presents León, a film by Andi Nachon & Papu Curotto.
Our Off Minor series continues with an ode to Thelonious Monk.
For this combination concert and reading, author Nicole Mitchell shares with us her new book, "The Mandorla Letters: for the hopeful."
We welcome back the HarmoniZing Ensemble, directed by Yang Jin, for a performance featuring musicians from different cultures, all with the mission of “nurturing cross-cultural understanding through the arts.”
As our Healthcare and Humanity Reading Series continues, we welcome Greg Marshall to share his debut memoir Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It.
Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise are a Hip Hop, Soul, New Age duo, hitting the Alphabet City stage in celebration of their latest album, Hypnagogia.
The Free Association Reading Series returns for this year’s fifth installment of intimate readings. This month’s program features exceptional local writers Clint Benjamin, Jason Irwin, Bergita Bugarija, & Jen Ashburn. This series is co-curated by Pat Hart and Marc Nieson.
This is the second concert of Yoko Suzuki’s ongoing project to honor the work of Marian McPartland. This concert will feature Cliff Barnes.
In June, we had the honor of hosting a sneak preview for enchanting vocalist Laura Chu Wiens upcoming album Exetastes. This month, we welcome her back for a concert and celebration of the album’s official release!
Grunge indie rock band The Morning People, fronted by Marcel Cabrera, performs new album at City of Asylum.
Story Club PGH returns with their monthly storytelling series! The theme for November 2023 is Family Secrets.
Our International Reading Series continues, this time featuring a reading and conversation with Salar Abdoh, author of A Nearby Country Called Love.
Presented in partnership with Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival, City of Asylum presents "Belonging: Trans Indian Story."
In this program, trombonist Jeff Bush—winner of the 1999 Frank Rosolino Memorial Scholarship— will be featured in a concert full of Rosolino originals, along with other compositions that were part of his vast repertoire.
This program is part of Taras Filenko’s ongoing effort to bring Ukrainian culture, particularly music, in focus for American audiences.
This exciting and enlightening program offers a community film screening and conversation about Beyond Walls, a collection of short documentaries that examine prison abolition from a wide range of perspectives.
The Free Association Reading Series returns for this year’s sixth installment of intimate readings. This month’s program features exceptional local writers Richard Hamilton, T.N. Eyer, Inga Lea Schmidt, Christina Fisanick.
Longtime friend of City of Asylum and co-founder of Cave Canem, Toi Derricotte, returns to Alphabet City for a reading featuring all new poems in an exclusive sneak preview of content from her upcoming book.
In this program, we welcome Ahmed Naji to City of Asylum to share his latest work, Rotten Evidence, a memoir which chronicles his ten months in prison.
The Free Association Reading Series returns for its first installment of 2024! This series features a collection of intimate readings from local authors, sharing established and forthcoming works of poetry,... more →
Local Pittsburgh jazz legend Roger Humphries returns to City of Asylum with his band the RH Factor for a live music performance.
In this teen-curated reading, City of Asylum celebrates the 2023–2024 Allegheny County Youth Poet Laureate Hallie Dong and 2023–2024 Allegheny County Youth Poet Ambassadors Lilah George, Madeline Ng, Casey Vallecorsa, and Oluwatobiloba Olaore.
In a continuation of our Healthcare and Humanity Reading Series, City of Asylum welcomes author Muhammad Zaman to share his recently released work "We Wait for a Miracle: Health Care and the Forcibly Displaced."
Renowned author Álvaro Enrigue shares a reading from his new novel "You Dreamed of Empires" as part of Anderson Tepper's ongoing "World Literature" series.
Emerging Pittsburgh jazz band SLP (members Mila Shadel, Ava Lintz, and Soojin Park) makes their debut performance at City of Asylum.
To live is to tell stories. Embracing that truth, Story Club Pittsburgh (created by the former producers of The Moth Pittsburgh), organizes and hosts a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum.
Pittsburgh bass icon Paul Thompson pays homage to the life and legacy of jazz legend Wayne Shorter.
Pittsburgh film festival Reel Q offers a screening of "Blue ID" a Turkish documentary on a trans man's experience navigating transition.
