Free Virtual Event at City of Asylum @ Alphabet City

City of Asylum @ Alphabet City, located in our neighborhood at 40 West North Avenue, is the permanent home for City of Asylum programming and the arts. It is a home for diverse voices from around the globe – a place where Pittsburgh meets the world and the world meets Pittsburgh. To view all of the events that are scheduled, or to register for any event, visit the Alphabet City website.

Between Poetry and Performance: The Language You Live In with Takeo Rivera
Saturday, January 23 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Join English professor, playwright, and former slam poet, Takeo Rivera, for an exploration of the choreopoem theatrical form, its contours of vulnerability, and its potential for connection. Takeo Rivera is a playwright and assistant professor of English at Boston University.  Between Poetry and Performance is a virtual workshop series that invites writers of all experience levels to reimagine poetry through theater and film. How can these two mediums help us reclaim our voices, speak our minds, and connect with others? How do we push our words into motion, and thrust poetry towards action?