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 of the events, visit the Alphabet City website.

Free Association Reading Series Presented by City of Asylum
Sunday, February 7 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Enjoy an intimate evening of live readings with exceptional Pittsburgh writers co-curated by Pat Hart and Marc Nieson of the Free Association Reading Series. Featured writers of the evening are: Leah Brennan who teaches World Literature and Poetics of Social Justice at The Ellis School; Nicole Lourette, who received her MFA in Creative Writing from Chatham University in 2015;  Roberto Carlos Garcia who is a poet, storyteller, and essayist; and Jesse Welch who is a poet, father, and untalented juggler. Founded in May of 2016, Free Association Reading Series is for established and emerging Pittsburgh writers of prose, poetry, and non-fiction.