Saturday

Jazz Poetry Calendar

on the Northside40 W. North Ave

All events listed are Free

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SundayThursday Friday

9/8 9/9 9/10Grand Opening CeremoniesSvetlana AlexievichNobel Prize in Literature, 2015 (Belarus)with Philip GourevitchWriter at The New Yorker5:00–6:30pm8:00–9:30pm

9/11

9/15Oliver Lake Musician and Poet Oliver Lake

8:00–10:00pm

9/16Bluiett, Humphries, PoetryMusicians Roger Humphries andHamiet Bluiettwith Poets Joy Katzand Israel Centeno

8:00–10:00pm

9/17World Saxaphone QuartetPoetryMusicians Oliver Lake, David Murray, Bruce Williams, andHamiet Bluiettwith Writers Osama Alomar and Adriana Ramirez8:00–10:00pm

9/18

9/22Jazz PoetryPittsburgh Jazz Jamwith Poets Chen Ko Hua, Alice S. Yousef, Kwame Dawes, and Tuhin Das

8:00–10:00pm

9/23Jazz PoetryPittsburgh Jazz Jamwith Poets Henriikka Tavi, Alice S. Yousef, and Richard Blanco

8:00–10:00pm

9/24 9/25

9/29Fiction ReadingAuthor Sjón

8:00–10:00pm

9/30Alexey Kruglov-Jaak Sooäär Quartet PoetryMusicians Alexey Kruglov, Mihkel Mälgand, Tanel Ruben, and Jaak Sooäär with Poets Rita Malikonyte Mockus and Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez8:00–10:00pm

10/1Alexey Kruglov-Jaak Sooäär Quartet PoetryMusicians Alexey Kruglov, Mihkel Mälgand, Tanel Ruben, and Jaak Sooäärwith Poet Yona Harvey

8:00–10:00pm

10/2

10/6 10/7Mary HalvorsonMusician Mary Halvorson

8:00–10:00pm

10/8Tomas Fujiwara and the HookupMusicians Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Dave Ballou, and Brian Settles

8:00–10:00pm

10/9ThumbscrewMusicians Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara, and Michael FormanekAlbum Launch: Convallaria

8:00–10:00pm

Parking at Federal North 1215 Federal St

City of Asylum @ Alphabet City

Grand openingSvetlana AlexievichWinner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in

Literature, Svetlana Alexievich will be the guest of honor at

the grand opening of City of Asylum @ Alphabet City on September 9 & 10, 2016. We are excited to have her here to present an inaugural address and public interview with The New Yorker writer Philip Gourevitch. Their appearance will launch our expanded, year-round programming.

Alexievich faced persecution from the

regime of Alexander Lukashenko, and fled Belarus in 2000. From 2006–2008 she lived as writer-in-residence in Gothenburg, one of the 50 cities in the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN). Her own life story demonstrates why ICORN is both necessary and important, and we are proud that City of Asylum Pittsburgh was chosen to be the U.S. headquarters of ICORN. We also thank ICORN for helping arrange Alexievich’s visit.

Jaak SooÄÄr Quartet + Alexey Kruglov

Oliver LakeOne of the greats of jazz

and the genius behind our Jazz Poetry concerts since 2005.

Lake is one of the founders of the World Saxophone Quartet, which in 2007 was the first national jazz group to play at Jazz Poetry Concert. The WSQ will return to launch our expanded jazz program. Lake will also premiere a jazz-poetry solo act.

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City of Asylum creates a thriving community for writers, readers, and neighbors. We provide sanctuary for endangered literary writers, so they can continue to write and their voices are not silenced. We also offer a broad range of literary programs in a variety of community settings to encourage cross-cultural exchange.

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Coming directly from Estonia and Russia, this

powerhouse group will perform for several nights in different configurations and collaborations with Pittsburgh jazz artists. On

one evening they will play their jazz adaptation of 19th century Russian composers that ranges from the lyrical to the punkish.

Hamiet Bluiett and Roger HumphriesWorld Saxophone QuartetTomas Fujiwara and the Hook UpThumbscrewMary Halvorson

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