Wednesday, May 15, is GiveBIG Day!
Category Archives: Special Programming
Give BIG to Town Hall!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 12:01am – 11:59pm
Make your gift online at: http://bit.ly/GiveBig2013
King-Snohomish Regional Spelling Bee
Sunday, March 24, 2013, 1:00 – 3:00pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. Free; no tickets required.
This upbeat, community-wide celebration of language, education, family, and hard work is like a good reality show: incredibly intense, immensely fun—and free. (And broadcast live by Seattle Channel!)
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Talk of the Town: Wine, Dine and Fine Conversation to benefit Town Hall
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Great Hall and in exclusive homes around town
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Joe Janes: Documents That Changed the World
Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5; free for UW students with ID.
UW Information School Associate Professor Joe Janes, creator of the popular podcast series Documents That Changed the World, tells the stories of documents of all kinds—from President Obama’s birth certificate to the AIDS quilt and the first Internet protocol in 1981—and reveals their profound impacts.
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2013 Urban Poverty Forum: Pacific Northwestern Tribal Poverty
Sunday, February 24, 2013, 1:00 – 2:30pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5.
The sixth annual Urban Poverty Forum, featuring Chris Stearns of the Seattle Human Rights Commission and Cecile Hansen, elected chair of the Duwamish Tribe, focuses on Northwest tribal members in Seattle and on nearby reservations who still face conditions of poverty after centuries of oppression.
Ignite Seattle!
Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 7:00 – 9:30pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $5.
After its wildly successful debut at Town Hall on Nov. 8, the popular series returns with its simple premise: “Enlighten us, but make it quick.”
**SOLD OUT** Valentine’s Day: Sultry Music & A Succulent Cuban Feast
Thursday, February 14, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00pm
North Lobby; enter on Eighth Avenue. $100 per couple.
The dinner/concert package is sold out. Tickets still remain for the concert only.
For 50 or so lucky couples, tonight’s Global Rhythms concert of romantic Cuban music becomes an entire evening of Valentine’s Day romance—dinner included. From 6-8 p.m. in Town Hall’s North Lobby, we serve a catered traditional Cuban feast prepared by Chef Lee Scott of Seattle’s acclaimed Snout & Co. After the meal, diners simply head upstairs to the Great Hall and swoon to the heartbreaking love songs of Grammy-nominated Juan-Carlos Formell.
Gun Violence: A Public-Health Crisis
Monday, February 4, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5.
Across the nation (and at the White House), Americans are taking a fresh look at gun violence in the aftermath of the Newtown shooting—and the Aurora shooting, and the Portland shooting, and the Seattle shooting. In seeking ways to prevent such tragedies, this forum lays out a public-health approach to gun violence: tracing the extent of the problem, exploring evidence-based solutions, considering mental-health aspects, discussing new local policies—and considering what each of us can do.
Fourth Annual Mozart Birthday Toast
Sunday, January 27, 2013, 7:30 – 9:30pm
Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street. $13-$18.
Our annual toast to Mozart’s birthday features Byron Schenkman and Friends performing some of Mozart’s late, great masterworks, plus the traditional complimentary sparkling beverages and chocolates, prize drawings, and great merriment for all.
Ignite Seattle!
Thursday, May 16, 2013, 7:00 – 10:00pm
Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $5. Double feature!
After two wildly successful sessions at Town Hall, the popular series returns with its simple premise: “Enlighten us, but make it quick.”