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LitFest 2024: Pulitzer Prize-Winner Richard Powers Presents “Playground”
Sun., Sept. 29, 6-7 p.m. 2024
City of Asylum @ Alphabet City 40 W. North Ave, Pittsburgh North Side
LitFest 2024: Writing Our Own Story: The Art of the Memoir with Damon Young, Francine Prose, & Abdelrahman ElGendy
Sat., Sept. 28, 1-2 p.m. 2024
LitFest 2024: The Evolution of True Crime Literary Fiction with Nicola Lagioia
Sat., Sept. 28, 3-4 p.m. 2024
LitFest 2024: Translation Slam with Ann Goldstein, Michael Moore, Nicola Lagioia, Rania Mamoun, Mayada Ibrahim, & Amani Attia
Sat., Sept. 28, 6-7:30 p.m. 2024
LitFest 2024: Transylvanian Folk Songs Meet Jazz Poetry with Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri, Joy Priest, & the International Writing Program
Sat., Sept. 28, 8-8:30 p.m. 2024
Sat., Sept. 28, 8-9:30 p.m. 2024
World Literature: Dinaw Mengestu (Ethiopia/USA) “Someone Like Us”
Mon., Aug. 26, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Story Club PGH Story Slam: Too Hot to Handle
Tue., Aug. 20, 7-7:30 p.m. 2024
World Literature: Olena Boryshpolets “Orpheus and Eurydice in New York” (Ukraine)
Sun., Aug. 18, 3-4:30 p.m. 2024
Thursday Night Jazz: Kente Summer Madness with Howie Alexander & DJ Bus Crates
Thu., Aug. 15, 7-8:15 p.m. 2024
World Cinema: Reel Q Presents “Sublime” (Argentina)
Tue., Aug. 13, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
World Literature: Samuel Kọ́láwọlé (Nigeria) “The Road to the Salt Sea”
Sun., Aug. 11, 3-4:30 p.m. 2024
Thursday Night Jazz: James Johnson III (Part I)
Thu., Aug. 8, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Thursday Night Jazz: Colter Harper’s “Jazz in the Hill”
Thu., Aug. 1, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
The Queen of My Dreams - Film Screening
Tue., June 25, 12-9 p.m. 2024
Jazz Poetry 2024: Closing Night Featuring Alex Harding & Lucian Ban Blutopia (ft Bob Stewart), Quan Barry, Jorge Olivera Castillo, Quincy Scott Jones, & Rajiv Mohabir
Thu., May 23, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Jazz Poetry 2024: Night Six Featuring Roger Humphries + RH Factor, Sahar Muradi, Xan Forest Phillips, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, & Mónica de la Torre
Tue., May 21, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Jazz Poetry 2024: Night Five Featuring Andy Milne Trio, Noah Arhm Choi, Jonathan Moody, Justin Perez, & Monica Sok
Sun., May 19, 6-7:30 p.m. 2024
Jazz Poetry 2024: Night Four Featuring Milena Casado Quartet, Rae Armantrout, Yahya Ashour, Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko, & Richard Hamilton
Thu., May 16, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Jazz Poetry 2024: Night Three Featuring Leslie DeShazor Quintet, Fatimah Asghar, Rania Mamoun, Andrés Neuman, & Jeremy Lee Stone
Mon., May 13, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Jazz Poetry 2024: Night Two Featuring Rakiem Walker Quartet, grace (ge) gilbert, Ladan Osman, Anouar Rahmani, & Astrid Roemer
Thu., May 9, 7-7:30 p.m. 2024
Jazz Poetry 2024 Opening Night: James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Olena Boryshpolets, Amit Chaudhuri, Toi Derricotte, & Shara McCallum
Thu., May 2, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
World Literature with Anderson Tepper: Amitava Kumar “My Beloved Life”
Tue., April 16, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Thursday Night Jazz: Paul Thompson & The Young Lions
Thu., March 28, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Reel Q Reel Stories: A Place of Our Own
Wed., March 27, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
World Literature with Anderson Tepper: Amitav Ghosh “Smoke and Ashes”
Tue., March 26, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
I’M SORRY, I DON’T UNDERSTANDING: A Play by Olena Boryshpolets & Anouar Rahmani
Mon., March 25, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Shayla Lawz: Dream Space Residency Poems
Sun., March 24, 3:30-4:30 p.m. 2024
Thursday Night Jazz: SLP Honors Emily Remler
Thu., March 21, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
Freedom to Care: Dialogues on Incarceration & Motherhood
Wed., March 20, 7-8:30 p.m. 2024
