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Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries + The RH Factor

Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries + The RH Factor

Jazz Legacy Fellow and Pittsburgh legend Roger Humphries takes to the stage with the RH Factor for a collaborative, community-driven performance highlighting the true spirit of jazz ...
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LitFest 2025: Black Womanhood in Pittsburgh with Yona Harvey & Tahirah J. Walker

LitFest 2025: Black Womanhood in Pittsburgh with Yona Harvey & Tahirah J. Walker

Poet Yona Harvey and scholar Tahira J. Walker explore what it means to be a Black woman living in a city deemed most unlivable for them. The pair will discuss their respective works and the intersection of history, community, marginalization, ...
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LitFest 2025: Books From My Country You Should Know with Olena Boryshpolets (Ukraine), Bertony Louis (Haiti), Anouar Rahmani (Algeria) & Mukhtar Shehata (Egypt)

LitFest 2025: Books From My Country You Should Know with Olena Boryshpolets (Ukraine), Bertony Louis (Haiti), Anouar Rahmani (Algeria) & Mukhtar Shehata (Egypt)

What are we missing when we limit the literary canon to American works? In this reading and discussion, City of Asylum Writers-in-Residence share the books and writers from their home countries—Algeria, Egypt, Haiti, and Ukraine—that made an impact on their ...
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LitFest 2025: Trans/Nonbinary Ecopoetics in the Garden with Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Aaron El Sabrout & imogen xtian smith

LitFest 2025: Trans/Nonbinary Ecopoetics in the Garden with Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Aaron El Sabrout & imogen xtian smith

Poets Aaron El Sabrout, imogen xtian smith, and Julian Talamantez Brolaski take to the Alphabet Reading Garden for a poetic exploration of trans and nonbinary ecologies and understanding one’s own ecosystems ...
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LitFest 2025: Translation Slam (Ukrainian) with Author Volodymyr Rafeyenko & Translators Mark Andryczyk, Dominique Hoffman & Halyna Hryn

LitFest 2025: Translation Slam (Ukrainian) with Author Volodymyr Rafeyenko & Translators Mark Andryczyk, Dominique Hoffman & Halyna Hryn

Writer-in-Residence Volodymyr Rafeyenko has supplied a 600-word essay in Ukrainian to be translated by Mark Andryczyk, Dominique Hoffman, and Halyna Hryn. In this program, Mark, Dominique, and Halyna go head-to-head to defend their revealed translations. Who will come out on ...
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October 2024

Thu 17
October 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

Thursday Night Jazz: Yoko Suzuki Spotlights the Music of Toshiko Akiyoshi

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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This latest concert in Yoko’s ongoing series features the compositions of Toshiko Akiyoshi as well as some beloved jazz standards.

Thu 24
October 24, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

Thursday Night Jazz: Thomas Wendt’s “Off Minor” Honors Barry Harris

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Thursday Night Jazz returns with Thomas Wendt's "Off Minor" to honor jazz legend Barry Harris

November 2024

Thu 7
November 7, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

Thursday Night Jazz: James Johnson III ft. Carolyn Perteete & Pittsburgh Symphony Musicians

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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James Johnson III returns to City of Asylum for a performance with vocalist Carolyn Perteete and Pittsburgh Symphony musicians.

Thu 14
November 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

Thursday Night Jazz: “Off Minor” & Antonio Hart Celebrate Johnny Hodges & Billy Strayhorn

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Alto saxophonist Antonio Hart celebrates the music of jazz icons Johnny Hodges and Billy Strayhorn in this Off Minor concert.

Thu 21
November 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

Thursday Night Jazz: Lynn Speakman Quintet “All About That Bass”

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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The Lynn Speakman Quintet performs a jazz concert with a focus on bass and melody at City of Asylum.

December 2024

Thu 5
December 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

Thursday Night Jazz: Mila Shadel Takes on Pop

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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One of Pittsburgh’s best emerging jazz musicians and lifelong guitarist, Mila Shadel, takes to the Alphabet City stage with one mission: to merge the worlds of jazz and pop.

Thu 12
December 12, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

Thursday Night Jazz: Off Minor & Emmett Goods Honor J.C. Moses

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Musician Emmett goods joins Tom Wendt for a Thursday Night Jazz concert in honor of his grandfather, J.C. Moses.

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