This Week at City of Asylum

Carlos Manuel Álvarez's "False War"

Sunday, November 9 @ 3:00 PM

Employing a dazzling range of narrative styles from noir to autofiction, Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s False War presents a fractured narrative, filled with extraordinary portraits of ordinary people, reflecting the disintegration that comes from being uprooted. The novel confirms Carlos as one of the indispensable voices of his generation. In this reading, he will be joined in conversation by Anderson Tepper. 

Dwayne Dolphin Fo'tet

Thursday, November 13 @ 7:00 PM

City of Asylum welcomes legendary bassist Dwayne Dolphin, along with Dr. James Moore, Scott Boni, Antonio Croes, and George Heid III, for the album launch of Dwayne’s latest work, Let the Music Play, a joyous album celebrating jazz as the music of the people.

Coming up at City of Asylum...

11/17 On Topic: George Packer’s “The Emergency” (Imperial Collapse & Humanity)

11/20 Thursday Night Jazz: Thomas Wendt’s Jazz at the Philharmonic (Norman Granz, the Jazz Jam Session & the Struggle for Equality)

12/02 Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Unfinished Business)

12/04 Thursday Night Jazz: Patrick Breiner Trio’s New Compositions (Inspired by Henry Threadgill)

12/07 World Literature: Alain Mabanckou's "Dealing with the Dead"

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