Meet our Spring 2026 Artist-in-Residence!

Mar 17, 2026 | Editorial, Town Hall News

Ellie Barber (a.k.a. Ollella) started her career as a musician early, singing before she could talk. She has since created a life as a multidisciplinary artist as an indie-folk cellist, vocalist, and songwriter. Trained as a classical cellist since the age of nine,...

Announcing Cake & Punch: Micro Weddings at Town Hall!

Feb 11, 2026 | Announcement, Town Hall News

Dear friends,  I’ve been keeping a sweet secret from you. On a sunny day last August, my long-time partner and I got married in the Great Hall. We stood on stage surrounded by family and close...

Showing Up for Each Other

Feb 2, 2026 | Editorial

Dear friends,  Over the weekend, I was sitting at Town Hall with a friend, a former journalist turned author. At one point she said, very matter-of-factly, “This isn’t unprecedented. History moves in cycles. It’s happened all over the world, over and over...

Interview with a Christmas Rogue

Dec 10, 2025 | Town Hall News

Short Stories Live: A Rogue’s Christmas Now in its roguish nineteenth (?) year, A Rogue’s Christmas returns (12/14 at 2PM) with an afternoon of stories, songs, and irreverent holiday cheer. We checked in with host and curator Jean Sherrard about what keeps people...

One Must Imagine Medusa Happy: A Retelling of the Classic Tale

Nov 21, 2025 | Editorial, Interview/Conversation

On October 26, our Artist-in-Residence, Mikki Ulaszewski, hosted their first Scratch Night presentation for their Fall 2025 Town Hall residency. During the event, they introduced the vision for the entirety of their residency and shared a mini history lesson on...

Speaking of Seattle

Nov 3, 2025 | Announcement, Editorial, Town Hall News

Hi Friends, I’m excited to share something new we’re trying at Town Hall Seattle. We’re stretching into our strategic plan — experimenting, expanding, seeing what sticks when we try new programming. We’re introducing a new series called Speaking of Seattle. It’s...

Meet the Co-Producing Partner of Global Rhythms, SAMA: Music + Art 

Oct 10, 2025 | Editorial

Town Hall Seattle is proud to call SAMA: Music & Art a co-producing partner on our long running Global Rhythms series, a staple of Town Hall music programming since 2002. SAMA: Music & Art is a cultural start-up and nonprofit organization focused on creating...

An Interview with Psychedelic Salon Curator, April Pride

Sep 24, 2025 | Editorial, Interview/Conversation

April Pride, CEO and Founder of psychedelic education platform SetSet, has long been at the forefront of conversations about cannabis, women’s health, and now, psychedelics. With the launch of season two of her Psychedelic Salon series, she’s creating a space for...

A Year of Building, A Season of People

Jun 26, 2025 | Editorial

A note from Executive Director, Kate Nagle-Caraluzzo One year ago, I stepped into the Executive Director seat at Town Hall — excited, humbled, and a little nervous. After seven years on the team, it felt less like crossing a threshold and more like carrying...

A New Series in Town

Feb 24, 2025 | Editorial, Town Hall News

An Eye on the Oculus Series Have you noticed the new “Oculus Series” events popping up on our calendar over the past few months? Since its launch last September, we’ve hosted four incredible events: novelists Jesmyn Ward and Louise Erdrich, cookbook author and Milk...