City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
The Free Association Reading series, founded by Pat Hart and Mark Nieson, showcases local writers sharing newly written work and works in progress. This month’s reading spotlights writers Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko, Emily Kiernan, Mike Scalise, and Jessica Manack.
The Pablo Giménez Ensemble visits City of Asylum for a Spanish Flamenco concert featuring three musicians and one dancer.
Jazz musician and professor Aaron J Johnson shares his new book "Jazz Radio America" in this combination reading and concert.
Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Mubanga Kalimamukwento shares her winning book, "Obligations to the Wounded."
Story Club Pittsburgh (created by the former producers of The Moth Pittsburgh) organizes and hosts Story Slam, a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. February's theme is Breaking Free.
City of Asylum welcomes The CAPA Jazz Orchestra, led by Pittsburgh bass icon Paul Thompson, for an evening of inspired performance by the future jazz heroes of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh-based film organization Reel Q presents the in-person regional premiere screening of South Korean film "Made on the Rooftop."
Renowned jazz saxophonist Yoko Suzuki performs John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" in full with a quartet of Pittsburgh musicians.
After two years as the Poet Laureate of Allegheny County, Doralee Brooks has curated a reading with eight fellow poets to celebrate the launch of her anthology, "The Gulf Tower Forecasts Rain."
The Free Association Reading series showcases local writers sharing newly written work and works in progress. This month’s reading spotlights Varun Ravindran, Sakena Jwan Washington, Karen Dwyer, and Scott Silsbe.
The Free Association Reading series, founded by Pat Hart and Mark Nieson, showcases local writers sharing new writing and works in progress. This month’s reading spotlights writers Malcolm Culleton, Donna Wojnar Dzurilla, Catherine Gammon, and Camille Rankine.
Acclaimed author Caryl Phillips returns to City of Asylum for a reading and discussion of his new book "Another Man in the Street."
