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    Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Celebrate the launch of Deanna Witkowski's new biography on Mary Lou Williams, Music for the Soul, and celebrate the tunes of this masterful Pittsburgh musician. 

    Pianist-composer-jazz historian and Mary Lou Williams' scholar, Deanna Witkowski offers a poignant portrait of the pioneering jazz pianist-composer. We'll hear Deanna play Williams' tunes and read passages of the biography.

    Free

    Freedom to Create Keynote with Wole Soyinka

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    In-person tickets SOLD OUTWatch online

    In-person tickets for this event are SOLD OUT. You can still join us live via livestream by clicking the "watch online" button above. 

    Our annual Freedom to Create Keynote features two distinguished authors: Nobel Prize-winning author and activist Wole Soyinka and author Richard Wiley. 

    Free

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    Jazz Poetry Month: Jure Pukl Broken Circles

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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    Jure Pukl first performed in Pittsburgh as the Impossible Four Quartet in Jazz Poetry 2019. It marked the first performance of a Slovenian jazz group in Pittsburgh, and their 3-day gig lead to 3 days of sell out concerts and delighted audiences. Jure returns to the Pittsburgh stage, this time streamed live from his home in Slovenia. Featuring a quartet live on the stage at the Max Jazz Club in Velenje Slovenia and beamed to an audience gathered at Alphabet City, and an audience at home. 

    Free