COVID-19 Update on City of Asylum Programs
City of Asylum is suspending all of our programs at Alphabet City for the months of March &April. Given the speed and fluidity of events, we will continue to adapt appropriately and keep you informed. The bookstore and Brugge on North restaurant are also closed during this time, however the City of Asylum bookstore […]
Masterclass: Amy Bishop on Literary Pitches & Queries
Please join us for a presentation with literary agent, Amy Elizabeth Bishop of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC, on how to pitch and query your novel or nonfiction proposal to literary agents successfully. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A. So you wrote a book…what’s next? Amy Elizabeth Bishop, literary agent at DG&B, will […]
Saeed Jones: How We Fight For Our Lives
Saeed Jones visits City of Asylum for the paperback launch of his acclaimed memoir How We Fight For Our Lives! An award-winning poet, Jones has developed a style that’s as beautiful as it is powerful. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and a book that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer […]
This season of our memoir series closes out with Nicole Chung’s stirring, bestselling memoir All You Can Ever Know. Poet Steffan Triplett will moderate the conversation. Nicole Chung‘s All You Can Ever Know was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award, and named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington […]
Mark Doty: Launch of What Is the Grass
Effortlessly blending biography, criticism, and memoir, National Book Award–winning poet and best-selling memoirist Mark Doty explores his personal quest for Walt Whitman. How does a voice survive death? What Is the Grass is a conversation across time and space, a study of the astonishment one poet finds in the accomplishment of another, and an attempt to grasp […]
Join us for an evening of music and dancing with Kaleta & Super Yamba Band as they return to the COA stage! Brooklyn afro-funksters Kaleta & Super Yamba Band are fronted by Afrobeat veteran Leon Ligan-Majek a.k.a. Kaleta. The singer, guitarist and percussionist from the West African country of Benin Republic lived his adolescent life […]
Das/Matt/Wharton/Naragon Jazz Quartet
Join us for a swinging evening of retro tunes with The Das/Matt/Wharton/Naragon Jazz Quartet! Local artist Dave Watt will live paint during the program! based in Pittsburgh, PA, this quartet performs music that is close to their hearts. Each member has been influenced by many genres of music… and it shows. As a collective, they […]
Ciné-Concert: Broken Blossoms with AppalAsia
Immerse yourself in the original live score of D.W. Griffith’s film Broken Blossom (1919). Music and percussion performed in real time by Appalasia’s Mimi Jong, Jeff Berman, and Sue Powers. Broken Blossoms depicts a story of critical social issues that result in a grief-stricken tragedy. It touches on the hardships a Chinese immigrant encounters in […]