
Thursday Night Jazz: Steve Ippolito’s Minimalist Improvisational Roots Sounds
Lifelong percussionist and Pittsburgh-based bandleader Steve Ippolito joins forces with trumpeter Adam Bleil and bassist Denzel Chismar-Oliver to experiment with jazz and electronic roots and traverse new sonic planes ...

World Literature: Dimitry Elias Léger’s “Death of the Soccer God” (Haiti) with Anderson Tepper
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 ...

Artist in Exile: Fatimah Asghar’s “Daughter of the Mountains: Poems of Heartbreak and Homecoming”
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? ...

World of Music: Bombici (Mutant Balkan Dance Music)
Experimental electroacoustic collective Bombici brings uncommon time signatures, folks songs, dance music, and improvisational sounds to the Alphabet City stage ...

Thursday Night Jazz: Kente Summer Madness Presents Thomas Wendt Quintet Celebrates Thad Mosley
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 ...
