City of Asylum

Join us TONIGHT: Tomoko Omura + Glenn Zaleski Quartet from Alphabet City Thu, Mar 4, 2021 7:00 PM Register at alphabetcity.org or the free programs link in our bio The Tomoko Omura + Glenn Zaleski Quartet is an improvisational, modern jazz group, playing original compositions with touches of classical, folk, and traditional Japanese music. Featuring two in-demand NYC musicians and two top-talent Pittsburghers in a pre-recorded concert from the Alphabet City Stage! Featu...red Musicians: Tomoko Omura 5-string violin; Glenn Zaleski piano; James Johnson III drums; Jeff Grubbs bass #cityofasylumpittsburgh #jazz #japanesemusic #freeevents #tomokoomura #concert #glennzaleski #music #originalcomposition #virtualprogramming

The 42nd Poem of the Week, "Human Nature" by M. Jay Kardon, takes us to the homes of coal miners in Southwestern Pennsylvania. https://www.sampsoniaway.org/sw-dai/2021//03/human-nature/ #AllPittsburghersArePoets #rad25 #RadicalImpact @RadWorksHere

Read a review of the latest book from our friend and ally, and co-founder of the Cities of Asylum movement (with Salman Rushdie), Russell Banks. https://www.nytimes.com//review/russell-banks-foregone.html

Up next: "Actors Talk August" presented by @augustwilsonhouse Monday, March 1 at 8:15 PM EST Register now for free at alphabetcity.org or the free programs link in our bio August Wilson House celebrates America’s greatest playwright with a web series of substantial insider interviews. Featured in this episode is LeLand Gantt, who has performed in 8 of the 10 August Wilson American Century Cycle plays, including a powerful Booster in the 1996 professional premiere of Jit...ney at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. He's interviewed by Chris Rawson, veteran Pittsburgh Post-Gazette theater critic who chronicled Wilson’s career and came to know him well. #cityofasylumpittsburgh #augustwilson #conversation #theatre #freeevents #virtualprogramming #augustwilsonhouse See more

Bangladeshi Writer, Detained Over Social Media Posts, Dies in Jail: The death of Mushtaq Ahmed has renewed alarm about the country’s use of a draconian digital security law to crack down on

Exiled Burmese monks, peace march, Sampsonia Way to downtown Pittsburgh, during G-20. Monks stayed at City of Asylum. 38 sec.

Vincent Folkes, Youth Poet Laureate of Allegheny County, performed his work and talked about what inspires him to write poetry with the @ubbcpgh United Black Book Clubs of Pittsburgh. Check out the recording on Youtube here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yidPhdEYj8A&feature=share #allpittsburghersarepoets #rad25 #radicalimpact @urbanwordnyc @vincent.folkes

Actors Talk August" presented by @augustwilsonhouse Mon, Nov 16, 2020 8:15 PM Register now for free at alphabetcity.org or the free programs link in our bio August Wilson House celebrates America’s greatest playwright with a new web series of insider interviews called "Actors Talk August, substantial interviews streaming on the first and third Monday of each month. This program features leading August Wilson actors, both national and regional, interviewed by Chris Raws...on, veteran Pittsburgh Post-Gazette theater critic, who chronicled Wilson’s career and came to know him well. The aim is to capture the memories and thoughts of those who know Wilson’s great American epic best, from the inside, and helped to bring it to life on the stage. For the third edition of "Actors Talk August," Chris Rawson talks with Mark Clayton Southers, a Hill District native and former steelworker who, under the personal influence of August Wilson (in unusual ways and places), became a playwright and theater entrepreneur. As founder and artistic director of the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre and free-lance professional director, he has produced and directed the entire Wilson Cycle, as well as promoting the Wilson plays in other creative ways. This hour-long interview is full of Wilson anecdotes and insights. #cityofasylumpittsburgh #augustwilson #actorstalk #markclaytonsouthers #augustwilsonhouse

Posted @withregram @boom_concepts This Saturday at 1P, #BOOM Jam Puppet Slam (presented by @boom_concepts, @pghkids, & @cityofasylum) _________ Join hosts Dave English and D.S. Kinsel for this free, virtual celebration of puppets, and enjoy their performance of Puppet Karaoke and puppet videos from renowned puppeteers including Paulette Richards, Felicia Cooper, and Tarish Pipkins (aka @jeghettos_puppets). _________ Puppet Karaoke, collaborative performance project of @davetenglish and @dskinsel , is exactly what it sounds like: - karaoke using puppets! Puppet Karaoke provides a unique new way to perform your favorite tunes or explore new music with friends and family.

Thank you to all who have served for our freedom. Although today is rainy in Pittsburgh, set aside some time now (or soon) to visit some of the Veteran Memorials close to us. Check out the @officeofpublicart’s guide at www.opapgh.org. When visiting these sites, check out our public art on Sampsonia Way and stop in @cityofasylumbooks and shop and say hi.

A meditation on grief, "Anniversary" by Jason Irwin is the 28th Poem of the Week. https://www.sampsoniaway.org/sw-daily/2020//11/anniversary/ #allpittsburghersarepoets #rad25 #radicalimpact