New Directions: Liliana Colanzi “You Glow in the Dark”
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesBolivian author Liliana Colanzi introduces her new book "You Glow in the Dark" in a reading at City of Asylum.
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Free Association Reading Series March 2024
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThis month’s Free Association Reading features exceptional regional writers Jane Bernstein, Ace Boggess, Doralee Brooks, and Jane McCafferty.
Thursday Night Jazz: Paul Thompson Honors Wayne Shorter (Pt II)
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesPittsburgh bassist Paul Thompson performs his second concert at City of Asylum to honor the life of Wayne Shorter.
Reel Q: Out of Uganda
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesPresented in partnership with one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world, Reel Stories is a free monthly film series dedicated to showcasing international queer cinema. Our February Reel Q screening presents Out of Uganda.
Beo String Quartet: Genre-Bending Harmony
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesMasterful quartet presents part classical, part contemporary rock, and part experimental music in this genre-bending concert.
Story Club PGH Story Slam: Stuck in a Loop
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesStory Club Pittsburgh (created by the former producers of The Moth Pittsburgh), organizes and hosts a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. The theme for February 2024 is Stuck in a Loop.
Thursday Night Jazz: A Love Supreme
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesYoko Suzuki, Roger Humphries, Dwayne Dolphin, and Max Leake return for a special Valentine's themed concert celebrating the romance of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme.
Hiawatha Project Presents “In Our Time: Pandemic Stories from the Frontlines”
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesCity of Asylum presents the Hiawatha Project original play “In Our Time: Pandemic Stories from the Frontlines” by Anya Martin.
Alla Boara: Dynamic Italian Folk Music
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesAfter performing at Alphabet City in November 2022 in their trio configuration, Alla Boara returns with their full group in all its glory– six talented musicians bringing recognition and new life to Italy's diverse history of regional folk music.
Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries & the RH Factor (Part II)
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesLegendary Pittsburgh jazz drummer Roger Humphries is back and ready to bring you more Thursday Night Jazz!
World Literature with Anderson Tepper: Pulitzer Winner Hisham Matar
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesBooker nominated & Pulitzer winner Hisham Matar share his brand new novel, "My Friends," in City of Asylum debut.
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: 50 Years of Music
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Ethnic Heritage Ensemble comes to City of Asylum as part of their 50th Annual February North American Tour in honor of Black History Month.
Free Association Reading Series February 2024
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Free Association Reading Series returns for its second installment of 2024. This month’s program features exceptional local writers Lainy Carslaw, Richard Hamilton, Hallie Pritts, Robert Walicki.
Sharing Our Story: I Am Ukraine
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesA celebration of Ukraine featuring mesmerizing videos created by Ukrainian refugees and Pittsburghers of Ukrainian descent, a music performance, and a captivating dance showcase by Kyiv Dance Ensemble.
Thursday Night Jazz: SLP Returns
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesSLP returns for Thursday Night Jazz at City of Asylum, their second of three concerts this season as part of the series.
Reel Q Reel Stories: Blue ID
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesPittsburgh film festival Reel Q offers a screening of "Blue ID" a Turkish documentary on a trans man's experience navigating transition.
Thursday Night Jazz: Paul Thompson Honors Wayne Shorter
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesPittsburgh bass icon Paul Thompson pays homage to the life and legacy of jazz legend Wayne Shorter.
Story Club PGH Story Slam: Turning the Page
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesTo live is to tell stories. Embracing that truth, Story Club Pittsburgh (created by the former producers of The Moth Pittsburgh), organizes and hosts a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum.
Thursday Night Jazz: SLP (Mila Shadel, Ava Lintz, Soojin Park)
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesEmerging Pittsburgh jazz band SLP (members Mila Shadel, Ava Lintz, and Soojin Park) makes their debut performance at City of Asylum.
World Literature with Anderson Tepper: Alvaro Enrigue on Re-Imagined Empires
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesRenowned author Álvaro Enrigue shares a reading from his new novel "You Dreamed of Empires" as part of Anderson Tepper's ongoing "World Literature" series.
“We Wait for a Miracle” with Muhammad Zaman
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesIn a continuation of our Healthcare and Humanity Reading Series, City of Asylum welcomes author Muhammad Zaman to share his recently released work "We Wait for a Miracle: Health Care and the Forcibly Displaced."
Celebrating Allegheny County’s Youth Poet Laureate 2023-2024 Cohort
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesIn this teen-curated reading, City of Asylum celebrates the 2023–2024 Allegheny County Youth Poet Laureate Hallie Dong and 2023–2024 Allegheny County Youth Poet Ambassadors Lilah George, Madeline Ng, Casey Vallecorsa, and Oluwatobiloba Olaore.
Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries & the RH Factor
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesLocal Pittsburgh jazz legend Roger Humphries returns to City of Asylum with his band the RH Factor for a live music performance.
Free Association Reading Series: Inga Schmidt, Romella Kitchens, Derek Maiolo, & Chauna Craig
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Free Association Reading Series returns for its first installment of 2024! This series features a collection of intimate readings from local authors, sharing established and forthcoming works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Each month’s writers are invited by Free Association founders and friends of City of Asylum, Pat Hart and Marc Nieson. The duo’s... more →
Searching for Sense in Senselessness with Ahmed Naji
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesIn this program, we welcome Ahmed Naji to City of Asylum to share his latest work, Rotten Evidence, a memoir which chronicles his ten months in prison.
An Intimate Night of Poetry with Toi Derricotte
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesLongtime friend of City of Asylum and co-founder of Cave Canem, Toi Derricotte, returns to Alphabet City for a reading featuring all new poems in an exclusive sneak preview of content from her upcoming book.
Free Association Reading Series: Richard Hamilton, T.N. Eyer, Inga Lea Schmidt, Christina Fisanick
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Free Association Reading Series returns for this year’s sixth installment of intimate readings. This month’s program features exceptional local writers Richard Hamilton, T.N. Eyer, Inga Lea Schmidt, Christina Fisanick.
Exploring Prison Abolition Through Film with Beyond Walls
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThis exciting and enlightening program offers a community film screening and conversation about Beyond Walls, a collection of short documentaries that examine prison abolition from a wide range of perspectives.
Spotlight on Ukrainian Culture with Taras Filenko
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThis program is part of Taras Filenko’s ongoing effort to bring Ukrainian culture, particularly music, in focus for American audiences.
Off Minor: Turn Me Loose! The Music of Frank Rosolino
Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesIn this program, trombonist Jeff Bush—winner of the 1999 Frank Rosolino Memorial Scholarship— will be featured in a concert full of Rosolino originals, along with other compositions that were part of his vast repertoire.
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