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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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Space
3 Followers
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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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Sep 30
World of Music: Las Áñez (Colombian Folk, Pop & Electronic Fusion)
World of Music: Las Áñez (Colombian Folk, Pop & Electronic Fusion)
Concert
City of Asylum
Electronic Folk
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Sep 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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Sep 22
World Literature: Andrea Bajani’s “The Anniversary” (Italy) with Anderson Tepper
World Literature: Andrea Bajani’s “The Anniversary” (Italy) with Anderson Tepper
Lecture
City of Asylum
Readings Speaker
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Sep 20
On Topic: Performing Womanhood with Cristina Modreanu
On Topic: Performing Womanhood with Cristina Modreanu
Lecture
City of Asylum
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Sep 13
On Topic: Last Free Women with Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp
On Topic: Last Free Women with Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp
Lecture
City of Asylum
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Sep 1
Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Double Life)
Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Double Life)
Open Mic
City of Asylum
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Aug 31
Tony Buba & Marcus Rediker Present: “Becoming Benjamin Lay”
Tony Buba & Marcus Rediker Present: “Becoming Benjamin Lay”
Film Screening
City of Asylum
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Aug 27
Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries Big Band Plays the Music of Horace Silver
Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries Big Band Plays the Music of Horace Silver
Concert
City of Asylum
Jazz
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Aug 25
On Topic: America at 250 — Motherhood in America with Jamilah Lemieux (“Black. Single. Mother.”)
On Topic: America at 250 — Motherhood in America with Jamilah Lemieux (“Black. Single. Mother.”)
Reading
City of Asylum
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Aug 24
PGHwrites: Pittsburgh Poetry Collective’s Steel City Poetry Slam
PGHwrites: Pittsburgh Poetry Collective’s Steel City Poetry Slam
Workshop
City of Asylum
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Aug 23
Artist in Exile: Mukhtar Shehata’s “Makaki de Afrika” (Egypt) with Translator Melissa Krawczyk
Artist in Exile: Mukhtar Shehata’s “Makaki de Afrika” (Egypt) with Translator Melissa Krawczyk
Reading
City of Asylum
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Aug 19
World of Music: Balafon (West African Drumming & Dance)
World of Music: Balafon (West African Drumming & Dance)
Concert
City of Asylum
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Aug 18
On Topic: America at 250 — Profound Autism in America with Lynn Johnson, Amy S. F. Lutz & Jose Muniain
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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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
Details
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
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