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City of Asylum

City of Asylum builds a just community by protecting and celebrating creative free expression.

City of Asylum

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City of Asylum builds a just community by protecting and celebrating freedom of creative expression.

We provide sanctuary to endangered writers and artists, so that they can continue to create and their voices are not silenced.

We offer a broad range of free literary, arts, and humanities programs in a community setting to build social equity through cultural exchange.

And by transforming blighted properties into homes for our programs, we anchor neighborhood economic development.

Our History

City of Asylum was founded in 2004 by Northside residents Diane Samuels and Henry Reese. Our first writer, Huang Xiang, arrived in Pittsburgh in 2004.

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Venue Facts

Address
40 W North Ave · North Side
Pittsburgh, PA
Ages
All ages
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Locations

Business
40 W North Ave North Side
Pittsburgh PA USA

Contacts

City of Asylum
contact@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Links

https://cityofasylum.org/

Past Events

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Aug 11
World Literature: Madeleine Thien’s “The Book of Records”
World Literature: Madeleine Thien’s “The Book of Records”
Reading
City of Asylum
Books Readings
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Aug 9
World Literature: Karen Tei Yamashita’s “Questions 27 & 28” with Anderson Tepper
World Literature: Karen Tei Yamashita’s “Questions 27 & 28” with Anderson Tepper
Reading
City of Asylum
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Aug 6
Thursday Night Jazz: Colter Harper Quintet Celebrates the Music of Brazilian Singer-Songwriter & Activist Caetano Veloso
Thursday Night Jazz: Colter Harper Quintet Celebrates the Music of Brazilian Singer-Songwriter & Activist Caetano Veloso
Concert
City of Asylum
Jazz
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Aug 5
World of Music: Bealtaine (Celtic Folk)
World of Music: Bealtaine (Celtic Folk)
Concert
City of Asylum
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Aug 4
Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (No Turning Back)
Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (No Turning Back)
Open Mic
City of Asylum
Storytelling
Details
Aug 2
"PGHwrites: “unmade place” (Sound-Text Experiments) with Varun Ravindran, 7D & Dade Lemanski, Viii Dorsey & Drew Collins, trē seguritan abalos & Jenna Peng"
"PGHwrites: “unmade place” (Sound-Text Experiments) with Varun Ravindran, 7D & Dade Lemanski, Viii Dorsey & Drew Collins, trē seguritan abalos & Jenna Peng"
Theater
City of Asylum
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unmade place: sound text experiments with Varun Ravindran, 7D & Dade Lemanski, Viii Dorsey & Drew Collins, trē seguritan abalos & Jenna Peng
unmade place: sound text experiments with Varun Ravindran, 7D & Dade Lemanski, Viii Dorsey & Drew Collins, trē seguritan abalos & Jenna Peng
Reading
City of Asylum
Details
Jul 30
Thursday Night Jazz: Kente Summer Madness Presents Thomas Wendt Quintet Celebrates Thad Mosley
Thursday Night Jazz: Kente Summer Madness Presents Thomas Wendt Quintet Celebrates Thad Mosley
Concert
City of Asylum
Jazz
Details
Jul 29
World of Music: Bombici (Mutant Balkan Dance Music)
World of Music: Bombici (Mutant Balkan Dance Music)
Concert
City of Asylum
Brass Bands World Music
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Jul 28
Artist in Exile: Fatimah Asghar’s “Daughter of the Mountains: Poems of Heartbreak and Homecoming”
Artist in Exile: Fatimah Asghar’s “Daughter of the Mountains: Poems of Heartbreak and Homecoming”
Lecture
City of Asylum
Lecture
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Jul 27
World Literature: Dimitry Elias Léger’s “Death of the Soccer God” (Haiti) with Anderson Tepper
World Literature: Dimitry Elias Léger’s “Death of the Soccer God” (Haiti) with Anderson Tepper
Lecture
City of Asylum
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Jul 23
Thursday Night Jazz: Steve Ippolito Trio’s Minimalist Improvisational Roots Sounds
Thursday Night Jazz: Steve Ippolito Trio’s Minimalist Improvisational Roots Sounds
Concert
City of Asylum
Improvised Music Jazz
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Jul 21
On Topic: Free Expression with Jacob Mchangama & Nadine Strossen
On Topic: Free Expression with Jacob Mchangama & Nadine Strossen
Lecture
City of Asylum
Details
Jul 13
Chamber Music Pittsburgh Presents: The Cowboy Evolves — Journeys Through the Music of the Americas
Chamber Music Pittsburgh Presents: The Cowboy Evolves — Journeys Through the Music of the Americas
Concert
City of Asylum
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Jul 12
PGHwrites: Sarah Valentine’s “Decoding the Devil: Black Women Codebreakers and the Secret War Against Stalin’s Bomb” (Book Launch) with Tahirah J. Walker
PGHwrites: Sarah Valentine’s “Decoding the Devil: Black Women Codebreakers and the Secret War Against Stalin’s Bomb” (Book Launch) with Tahirah J. Walker
Lecture
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Jul 9
Thursday Night Jazz: Kente Summer Madness Presents the Mark Strickland Quartet
Thursday Night Jazz: Kente Summer Madness Presents the Mark Strickland Quartet
Concert
City of Asylum
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Jul 8
Artist in Exile: Mai Khôi & the Dissidents (Vietnamese Pop)
Artist in Exile: Mai Khôi & the Dissidents (Vietnamese Pop)
Concert
City of Asylum
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Jul 7
Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Breaking Point)
Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Breaking Point)
Open Mic
City of Asylum
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Jun 30
World Literature: Rodrigo Hasbún’s “The Invisible Years” (Bolivia)
World Literature: Rodrigo Hasbún’s “The Invisible Years” (Bolivia)
Reading
City of Asylum
Books Readings
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Jun 25
Thursday Night Jazz: The Soup Session Blends Jazz with Hip Hop
Thursday Night Jazz: The Soup Session Blends Jazz with Hip Hop
Concert
City of Asylum
Hip Hop Jazz
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