City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Presented in partnership with one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world, Reel Stories is a free monthly film series dedicated to showcasing international queer cinema. Our February Reel Q screening presents Out of Uganda.
Pittsburgh bassist Paul Thompson performs his second concert at City of Asylum to honor the life of Wayne Shorter.
This month’s Free Association Reading features exceptional regional writers Jane Bernstein, Ace Boggess, Doralee Brooks, and Jane McCafferty.
Bolivian author Liliana Colanzi introduces her new book "You Glow in the Dark" in a reading at City of Asylum.
City of Asylum welcomes Grammy-nominated bassist and composer Stephan Crump to perform pieces from his recent album, "Rocket Love."
City of Asylum presents the first ever concert adaption of "One-Log Bridge," a play by composer and performer Yan Pang.
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.
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