Stay up-to-date on what’s coming, going, and changing in the Northside business community with The Northside Chronicle’s monthly Northside Business Briefs. This month’s briefs feature Ya Momz House, Inc. ; 40 North Restaurant and Bar; Scratch & Co.; and Happy Day Dessert Factory. By Ashlee Green Pho...

Díaz read from her latest book, "Ordinary Girls," as part of City of Asylum's ongoing Memoir Series in Pittsburgh's Northside. Photo: Poet Steffan Triplett moderates a Q&A session with writers Jaquira Díaz and Kaveh Akbar on Feb. 6 at City of Asylum in the Northside of Pittsburgh. Story and photos b...

By Nick Eustis City of Asylum is hosting a series of events for the month of June, including readings, films, and musical performances. All events listed are located at City of Asylum’s Alphabet City, 40 W. North St., and are free of charge. On June 7, City of Asylum will be hosting members of the P...

On January 14, City of Asylum held the grand opening for their bookstore at Alphabet City , 40 W. North Ave. Henry Reese, co-founder and president of City of Asylum, said the weekend went “swimmingly,” with an outpouring of community participation and support during the event, which hosted over 1,00...

Photo by Neil Strebig Vilma Vargas, who was part of the Artists in Exile program at City of Asylum, working on one of her political cartoons. By Neil Strebig Vilma Vargas is one of many artists Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum has taken under their wings via their ‘Artists in Exile’ program. It is a prog...

This weekend, during Alphabet City's grand opening on Saturday and Sunday night, there will be a screening of " Pursuing Happiness " featuring Randy Gilson of Randyland. The screening for Saturday night is sold out, but tickets are still available for Sunday night with a screening at 7 p.m. Tickets ...

Photo of Marc Nieson courtesy of Ayne Terceira By Alyse Horn On 8 p.m. on Friday, December 9, Marc Nieson will be giving a reading from his memoir “Schoolhouse: Lessons on Love + Landscape” at Alphabet City, 40 W. North Ave. Nieson, a professor at Chatham University and a member of the advisory boar...

By Alexandria Stryker In honor of its grand opening, the City of Asylum @ Alphabet City arts venue will host a free concert series this fall in the form of a Jazz Poetry Month. The program is an expansion on the organization’s Jazz Poetry Concert and will be held in the new Alphabet City building, a...

By Justin Criado The 10th annual City of Asylum/Pittsburgh Jazz Poetry Concert has grown too big for the friendly confines of its Sampsonia Way home and will take place in Allegheny Commons' West Park this Saturday, Sept. 6 at 7:45 p.m. The free music and poetry event will feature the Oliver Lake Bi...