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Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Against My Better Judgment)

Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Against My Better Judgment)

Feeling lucky? Share your story this March at Story Club PGH’s Story Slam, for the chance to win prizes and storytelling glory! ...
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Thursday Night Jazz: University of Pittsburgh Jazz Program Showcase

Thursday Night Jazz: University of Pittsburgh Jazz Program Showcase

Master and doctoral students of the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Program—Juwon Adenuga, David Adepegba, Laura Gonzalez Fidalgo, Godfrey Lubuulwa, Danny Fratina, Táyé Máyègha, and Elad Sobol—share their performance and compositional chops ...
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World Literature: Genre-Defying Writer Dimitris Lyacos (Greece) with Cellist Liam Battle

World Literature: Genre-Defying Writer Dimitris Lyacos (Greece) with Cellist Liam Battle

Dimitris Lyacos, a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, brings his trademark genre-defying flair to Alphabet City in this combination reading and musical collaboration celebrating his literary oeuvre and writing process ...
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Thursday Night Jazz: Anton DeFade Quintet’s “Gaijin” (Single Release)

Thursday Night Jazz: Anton DeFade Quintet’s “Gaijin” (Single Release)

Bassist and composer Anton DeFade celebrates the release of his latest single and its accompanying cassette tape at Alphabet City, joined by quintet members JD Chaisson, Evan David, Jacob Pleakis, and Brian Wolfe ...
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PGHwrites: Sony Ton-Aime’s “Konbit” (Book Launch) with Fellow Poets Shara McCallum & Joy Priest

PGHwrites: Sony Ton-Aime’s “Konbit” (Book Launch) with Fellow Poets Shara McCallum & Joy Priest

Celebrate the launch of Sony Ton-Aime’s debut poetry collection, a masterwork in imagining an alternative future, navigating our present, and finding language for our common past ...
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  • April 2026

  • Thu 9
    April 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Thursday Night Jazz: John Shannon Trio’s “A Day in Tarifa” (Vinyl Release)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Pittsburgh guitarist John Shannon and trio members Cliff Barnes and James Johnson III celebrate the vinyl release of John’s debut full-length jazz album, which features original music inspired by the landscapes of Tarifa, Spain, and Pittsburgh.

    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.

    Tue 14
    April 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    Reel Q Presents: An International Queer Film Screening

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Grab a friend and head to Alphabet City this spring for a FREE screening, presented in partnership with one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world.

  • 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.

  • October 2026

  • Tue 27
    October 27 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

    PGHwrites: Andrew Swensen & Yan Pang’s “Shelter” (Musical Theatre Production)

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    From the minds of Andrew Swensen and Yan Pang, City of Asylum hosts an expanded showcase of “Shelter,” the story of scars carried from childhood into adulthood, how pain can distort our perception and damage our relationships, and how we find our strength through it.

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