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Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise are a Hip Hop, Soul, New Age duo, hitting the Alphabet City stage in celebration of their latest album, Hypnagogia.
On Topic: America at 250 — Profound Autism in America with Lynn Johnson, Amy S. F. Lutz & Jose Muniain
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 ...
World of Music: Balafon (West African Drumming & Dance)
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 ...
Thursday Night Jazz: Kente Summer Madness Presents the Dr. Emmett Goods Quintet
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 ...
Artist in Exile: Mukhtar Shehata’s “Makaki de Afrika” (Egypt) with Translator Melissa Krawczyk
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 ...
PGHwrites: Pittsburgh Poetry Collective’s Steel City Poetry Slam
City of Asylum welcomes back longtime friends and partners at Pittsburgh Poetry Collective for a night of poetry competition, audience participation, judge scrutiny, and community connection at the Steel City Poetry Slam ...
