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Thursday Night Jazz: John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”

Thursday Night Jazz: John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”

Yoko Suzuki, Max Leake, Eli Namay, and Roger Humphries, legendary jazz musicians in the local Pittsburgh scene, breathe new life into John Coltrane’s iconic album ...
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PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series with Laura Jackson, Dani LaMorte, Lauren Shapiro & James Tasillo

PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series with Laura Jackson, Dani LaMorte, Lauren Shapiro & James Tasillo

Pat Hart and Marc Nieson’s Free Association Reading Series continues this February with four regional writers sharing new and in-progress works ...
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World of Music: LauraB (Spanish Folk Singer-Songwriter)

World of Music: LauraB (Spanish Folk Singer-Songwriter)

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 ...
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Thursday Night Jazz: Delana Flowers Quartet Gives Flowers to Ernest McCarty (The Music of Dinah Washington)

Thursday Night Jazz: Delana Flowers Quartet Gives Flowers to Ernest McCarty (The Music of Dinah Washington)

Jazz vocalist Delana Flowers honors her late mentor, professional composer, musical director, performer, visual artist, and sculptor Ernest McCarty, as well as Queen of the Blues, Dinah Washington ...
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World Literature: Namwali Serpell’s “On Morrison”

World Literature: Namwali Serpell’s “On Morrison”

Award-winning writer and professor Namwali Serpell shares her new work on Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison in this reading and discussion moderated by Anderson Tepper ...
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  • March 2026

  • Thu 19
    March 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: Hugo Cruz & Caminos Perform the Music of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (with a Cuban Twist!)

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    Hugo Cruz and the Caminos honor the music of home, past and present, in this tribute to highly influential Pittsburgh jazz musician Art Blakey, infusing seven of his classic compositions with the sounds of Cuban styles.

    Tue 24
    March 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

    World Literature: Cristina Rivera Garza’s “Autobiography of Cotton” (Mexico)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Anderson Tepper joins Pulitzer Prize–winning author Cristina Rivera Garza in a reading and discussion of a fictionalized though deeply personal retelling of her grandparents’ journey through the mining towns and cotton fields along the Mexico-US border.

    Thu 26
    March 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: AurallaurA’s “The Critique of Capital: An Engaging Revue” (Album Launch)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    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.

    Sun 29
    March 29 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

    PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series with Shaheen Dil, Gary Jackson, Cedric Rudolph & Nina Sabak

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Pat Hart and Marc Nieson’s Free Association Reading Series continues this March with four regional writers sharing new and in-progress works.

  • April 2026

  • Thu 2
    April 2 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: Lynn Speakman Quintet’s Favorite Two-Sax Tunes

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Lynn Speakman and Evan David go head-to-head and saxophone-to-saxophone in this dynamic alto and tenor sax duo showcase, accompanied by Joe Sheehan, Jeff Grubbs, and Thomas Wendt.

    Mon 6
    April 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    PGHwrites: Jade Song’s “I Love You Don’t Die” (Book Launch)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Award-winning author of “Chlorine” and Pittsburgh native Jade Song returns to City of Asylum for the launch of her sophomore novel, a macabre and deeply original coming-of-age work navigating the meaning of life and the inevitability of death.

    Sun 12
    April 12 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

    PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series with Faith Barrett, Jessica Lanay, Frank Lehner & Joy Priest

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Pat Hart and Marc Nieson’s Free Association Reading Series continues this April with four regional writers sharing new and in-progress works.

  • May 2026

  • Thu 7
    May 7 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    Jazz Poetry 2026: The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    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.

  • July 2026

  • Tue 21
    July 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

    On Topic: Free Expression with Jacob Mchangama & Nadine Strossen

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Our On Topic series continues this season 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.

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