City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
A celebration of Ukraine featuring mesmerizing videos created by Ukrainian refugees and Pittsburghers of Ukrainian descent, a music performance, and a captivating dance showcase by Kyiv Dance Ensemble.
The Free Association Reading Series returns for its second installment of 2024. This month’s program features exceptional local writers Lainy Carslaw, Richard Hamilton, Hallie Pritts, Robert Walicki.
The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble comes to City of Asylum as part of their 50th Annual February North American Tour in honor of Black History Month.
Booker nominated & Pulitzer winner Hisham Matar share his brand new novel, "My Friends," in City of Asylum debut.
Legendary Pittsburgh jazz drummer Roger Humphries is back and ready to bring you more Thursday Night Jazz!
After performing at Alphabet City in November 2022 in their trio configuration, Alla Boara returns with their full group in all its glory– six talented musicians bringing recognition and new life to Italy's diverse history of regional folk music.
City of Asylum presents the Hiawatha Project original play “In Our Time: Pandemic Stories from the Frontlines” by Anya Martin.
Yoko Suzuki, Roger Humphries, Dwayne Dolphin, and Max Leake return for a special Valentine's themed concert celebrating the romance of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme.
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 February 2024 is Stuck in a Loop.
Masterful quartet presents part classical, part contemporary rock, and part experimental music in this genre-bending concert.
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.
The world premiere of an original play by City of Asylum writers-in-residence, Anouar Rahmani and Olena Boryshpolets.
Amitav Ghosh, author of the Ibis Trilogy, shares new book "Smoke and Ashes" in a reading at City of Asylum.
Our March Reel Q screening is "A Place of Our Own."
Pittsburgh bass icon Paul Thompson performs with mentored musicians The Young Lions in this jazz concert at City of Asylum.
Join City of Asylum in celebrating 20 years of Action Books
In this special Thursday Night Jazz performance, The Pittsburgh Composers Quartet will collaborate with four City of Asylum writers-in-residence in an exploration of the power of small thoughts.
The final Free Association Reading this season features exceptional regional writers Amy M. Alvarez, Philip Terman’s, Anjali Sachdeva, and Jake Mayard.
An evening of film to honor the life and legacy of acclaimed writer and friend Russell Banks
