This Week at City of Asylum

Reel Q's 40th Annual Film Festival

Monday, October 6 @ 7:00 PM

It’s the 40th Annual Reel Q Film Festival! At City of Asylum, we’re celebrating with a special screening of LGBTQ short films from France, Singapore, Turkey, Nigeria, and Iran. This handpicked program, curated exclusively by Reel Q, brings together bold, diverse voices in a unique, one-time-only screening you won’t find anywhere else.

Story Slam! (The Unexpected)

Tuesday, October 7 @ 7:00 PM

Sometimes, life feels like a vicious circle. Round and round we go, seeing the same things so often we can practically predict everything that’s yet to come. But what about those moments we never could have seen coming? This October, Story Club Pittsburgh (created by the former producers of The Moth Pittsburgh) dives into the unknown, taking on stories that fit the theme The Unexpected.

Coming up at City of Asylum...

10/16 Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries + The RH Factor

10/18–10/19 LitFest 2025

10/21 Writer-in-Residence: Olena Boryshpolets’s “New Calypso” with Christopher Rivas & Lesya Verba (Book Launch)

10/28 Drue Heinz Literature Prize Presents: 45th Anniversary Reading with Prizewinners Bill Gaythwaite, Caroline Kim & Kelly Sather

10/30 Thursday Night Jazz: Lou Stellute Quartet’s Jazz Standards (plus Spontaneous, Beautiful & Funky Improvisations)

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