City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Pittsburgh’s top ten poets battle it out on the Alphabet City stage, sharing original work to be scored by selected audience members for a chance to win it all!
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.
Fan-favorite Cuban percussionist Hugo Cruz takes the stage with Kelsey Jumper, Brittany Dorazio, JD Chaisson, Mike Tomaro, Frank Cohen, Frank DiDiano, Craig Davis, and Eli Namay for the launch of his new 8-track album.
The 20-piece jazz orchestra of the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts High School presents their spring concert, with special guest musician Dan Meunier joining on steelpan.
Anderson Tepper joins bestselling Algerian author Amara Lakhous as he shares his new psychological thriller, brimming with deceit and intrigue of a criminal investigation in postcolonial Algeria.
A jazz band performance hosted by City of Asylum's in-house restaurant, Cucina Alfabeto, and lead by bassist Stephan Crump.
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.
Writer-in-Residence Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko and wife Mari Frazé-Frazénko bring the spellbinding sound of their folk-experimental duo—accompanied by fellow musicians Vsiudysvoia, Lesya Verba, and Hugo Cruz—to Alphabet City for a night of reimagined Eastern European songs.
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.
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.
