
Author of PEN Open Book Award–finalist “God Loves Haiti,” Dimitry Elias Léger shares his latest novel, part sports story and part passionate and improbable love story.





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![]() Author of PEN Open Book Award–finalist “God Loves Haiti,” Dimitry Elias Léger shares his latest novel, part sports story and part passionate and improbable love story. |
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![]() The award-winning author of “If They Come For Us” uses their sophomore collection of meditative poems to pursue the question: Exiled from ancestral homelands, how can one find a place for themself in the world? |
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![]() Experimental electroacoustic collective Bombici brings uncommon time signatures, folks songs, dance music, and improvisational sounds to the Alphabet City stage. |
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![]() Thomas Wendt, beloved percussionist in the Pittsburgh jazz scene, shows his versatility and expressive drumming prowess in the second installment of the Kente Summer Madness series. |
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![]() A collection of collaborative presentations in sound and language, featuring local improvisers, poets, and performers from across Pittsburgh. |
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![]() Sometimes the only way to move forward is to keep your eyes on the prize. Share a time when you refused to turn back this August at Story Club PGH’s Story Slam, for the chance to win prizes and storytelling glory! |
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![]() With roots in Irish and Scottish folk music, Pittsburgh-based folk band Bealtaine keeps traditions alive while borrowing influences from the modern world. |
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![]() A dedicated musician and staunch activist in his own right, Colter Harper and bandmates Kelsey Robinson, José Luis Martins, Tony DePaolis, and Lucas Ashby honor nine-time Latin Grammy winner and member of the Tropicália arts movement Caetano Veloso. |
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![]() Author of National Book Award finalist I Hotel shares a new novel illuminating the lives of laborers, artists, scholars, informants, and activists who, over three generations, defined the Japanese American community post–Pearl Harbor. |
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![]() Booker Prize–shortlisted author Madeleine Thien discusses her latest work, a “Time” Must-Read Book of the Year. |
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![]() In a tribute to the myriad ways jazz builds and becomes community, lifelong friends and iconic musicians explore themes of connection both within and beyond the making of music. |
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![]() Filmmaker Jose Muniain, photographer Lynn Johnson, and writer Amy S.F. Lutz ("We Walk: Life with Severe Autism") share their creative projects, which all center on the stories of real people living with profound autism. |
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![]() A 10-piece ensemble with a passion for “dancing out loud” performs music from Guinea and other areas of West Africa with beautiful costuming, powerful movement, and spirited song. |
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![]() Master of jazz, R&B, and Latin music, Dr. Emmett Goods returns to City of Asylum for a lively performance highlighting his rich musical background and lifetime of experience. |
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![]() City of Asylum Writer-in-Residence shares a preview of the forthcoming English translation of his 2022 novel, a multi-generational mystery blending Brazilian, Syrian, Polish-Jewish, and West African Muslim threads, in conversation with the work’s Arabic-to-English translator. |
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![]() Our final America at 250 program offers a personal meditation on and tribute to Black single motherhood from “one of the most important feminist writers of the 21st century” (Brittney Cooper). |
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![]() Legendary Pittsburgh percussionist Roger Humphries honors his former bandleader and friend, composer of “Song for My Father” Horace Silver. |
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![]() City of Asylum hosts a screening of a new documentary from director Tony Buba and historian Marcus Rediker, which explores the life and ideas of an unknown radical Quaker dwarf abolitionist Benjamin Lay. |
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![]() Who do you let see the real you? Who do you become when day turns to night? This September, share the facets of your Alter Ego with at Story Club PGH’s “Double Life” themed Story Slam! |
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