Jazz Poetry Calendar
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Jazz Poetry Calendar on the All events Parking at Northside listed are Federal North 40 W. North Ave Free 1215 Federal St Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 Grand Opening Ceremonies Svetlana Alexievich Nobel Prize in Literature, 2015 (Belarus) with Philip Gourevitch Writer at The New Yorker 5:00–6:30pm 8:00–9:30pm 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 Oliver Lake Bluiett, Humphries, Poetry World Saxaphone Quartet Musician and Poet Oliver Lake Musicians Roger Humphries and Poetry Hamiet Bluiett Musicians Oliver Lake, David with Poets Joy Katz Murray, Bruce Williams, and and Israel Centeno Hamiet Bluiett with Writers Osama Alomar and Adriana Ramirez 8:00–10:00pm 8:00–10:00pm 8:00–10:00pm 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 Jazz Poetry Jazz Poetry Pittsburgh Jazz Jam Pittsburgh Jazz Jam with Poets Chen Ko Hua, Alice with Poets Henriikka Tavi, Alice S. Yousef, Kwame Dawes, and S. Yousef, and Richard Blanco Tuhin Das 8:00–10:00pm 8:00–10:00pm 9/29 9/30 10/1 10/2 Fiction Reading Alexey Kruglov-Jaak Sooäär Alexey Kruglov-Jaak Sooäär Author Sjón Quartet Poetry Quartet Poetry Musicians Alexey Kruglov, Mihkel Musicians Alexey Kruglov, Mihkel Mälgand, Tanel Ruben, and Mälgand, Tanel Ruben, and Jaak Jaak Sooäär with Poets Rita Sooäär Malikonyte Mockus and Ekiwah with Poet Yona Harvey Adler-Beléndez 8:00–10:00pm 8:00–10:00pm 8:00–10:00pm 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 Mary Halvorson Tomas Fujiwara and the Thumbscrew Musician Mary Halvorson Hookup Musicians Mary Halvorson, Musicians Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Tomas Fujiwara, and Michael Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Formanek Dave Ballou, and Brian Settles Album Launch: Convallaria 8:00–10:00pm 8:00–10:00pm 8:00–10:00pm cityofasylum.org | sampsoniaway.org | 412.323.0278 City of Asylum @ Alphabet City Grand opening Svetlana Alexievich With Philip Gourevitch inner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in regime of Alexander Lukashenko, and Literature, Svetlana Alexievich fled Belarus in 2000. From 2006–2008 she Wwill be the guest of honor at lived as writer-in-residence in Gothenburg, the grand opening of City of Asylum @ one of the 50 cities in the International Alphabet City on September 9 & 10, 2016. Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN). Her We are excited to have her here to present own life story demonstrates why ICORN an inaugural address and public interview is both necessary and important, and we with The New Yorker writer Philip are proud that City of Asylum Pittsburgh Gourevitch. Their appearance will launch was chosen to be the U.S. headquarters of our expanded, year-round programming. ICORN. We also thank ICORN for helping arrange Alexievich’s visit. September 9–10 Alexievich faced persecution from the Oliver Lake ne of the greats of jazz Jaak Oand the genius behind our Jazz Poetry concerts since 2005. SooÄÄr Lake is one of the founders of the World Saxophone Quartet Quartet, which in 2007 + Alexey Kruglov was the first national jazz group to play at Jazz oming directly from one evening they will play their Poetry Concert. The WSQ CEstonia and Russia, this jazz adaptation of 19th century will return to launch our powerhouse group will perform Russian composers that ranges expanded jazz program. for several nights in different from the lyrical to the punkish. Lake will also premiere a configurations and collaborations September 15, 17 jazz-poetry solo act. September 29–October 1 with Pittsburgh jazz artists. On and... Musicians: Hamiet Bluiett and Roger Humphries World Saxophone Quartet Tomas Fujiwara and the Hook Up Thumbscrew Mary Halvorson More info on back 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. cityofasylum.org | sampsoniaway.org | 412.323.0278.