City of Asylum @ Alphabet City, located at 40 West North Avenue, is the permanent home for City of Asylum programming and the arts. It promises to be a hub for Pittsburgh’s readers and writers, jazz and small-scale music and performance, and artistic experimentation. It is a home for diverse voices from around the globe – a place where Pittsburgh meets the world and the world meets Pittsburgh. It also serves as a home for many partnering artists and organizations in our own community. To view all of the events that are scheduled, visit the Alphabet City website.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, December 5 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Join Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and guest soloist Augustin Hadelich for New and Old, the premier event and return of PSO @ COA’s collaborative season. Resident Conductor, Andrés Franco will lead an evening exploring the concept of connecting new and older works of art. Augustin Hadelich will play and discuss his thoughts about music from Mozart to Thomas Adès. The evening’s featured authors will be Bonita Lee Penn and Wendy Scott.