World of Music: Devilish Merry (Appalachian Irish Fusion)
Devilish Merry is a traditional music ensemble from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that blends Appalachian and Irish melodies with powerful, ballad-based songs on American history and heritage.
City of Asylum
City of Asylum builds a just community by protecting and celebrating creative free expression.
Upcoming Events
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.
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.
Frequently Performs With
Venue Facts
- Address
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40 W North Ave
· North Side
Pittsburgh, PA - Ages
- All ages
- Links
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- Photos
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Contacts
City of Asylum
contact@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
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Past Events
20+
Oct 28
World of Music: Christopher Mark Jones’ “Montréal Encore” (French Songs)
Concert
City of Asylum
Oct 27
PGHwrites: Andrew Swensen & Yan Pang’s “Shelter” (Musical Theatre Production)
Theater
City of Asylum
Oct 26
On Topic: Hope in Healthcare with Theresa Brown, “The Cost of Care"
Reading
City of Asylum
Oct 18
On Topic: Anand Gopal’s “Days of Love and Rage” with Benjamin Case
Reading
City of Asylum
Sep 30
World of Music: Las Áñez (Colombian Folk, Pop & Electronic Fusion)
Concert
City of Asylum
Sep 28
Artist in Exile: Fatimah Asghar’s “Daughter of the Mountains: Poems of Heartbreak and Homecoming”
Lecture
City of Asylum
Sep 13
On Topic: Last Free Women with Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp
Lecture
City of Asylum
Aug 31
Tony Buba & Marcus Rediker Present: “Becoming Benjamin Lay”
Film Screening
City of Asylum
Aug 27
Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries Big Band Plays the Music of Horace Silver
Concert
City of Asylum
Aug 25
On Topic: America at 250 — Motherhood in America with Jamilah Lemieux (“Black. Single. Mother.”)
Reading
City of Asylum
Aug 24
PGHwrites: Pittsburgh Poetry Collective’s Steel City Poetry Slam
Workshop
City of Asylum
Aug 23
Artist in Exile: Mukhtar Shehata’s “Makaki de Afrika” (Egypt) with Translator Melissa Krawczyk
Reading
City of Asylum
Aug 18
On Topic: America at 250 — Profound Autism in America with Lynn Johnson, Amy S. F. Lutz & Jose Muniain
Lecture
City of Asylum
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