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A New Series in Town
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:...
Meet our 2025 Spring Artist-in-Residence, Jahnvi Madan
Jahnvi Madan is an upcoming clarinetist/composer from Bellevue, recently named Earshot Jazz Festival’s Northwest Emerging Artist of the Year. A New England Conservatory graduate who grew up...
Thinking about Wier Harman, One Year Later
Last December, in 2023, we lost Wier Harman – Town Hall’s beloved leader of 17 years and a person I was lucky to know and work with for seven of those years. Rarely does a day go by that I don’t...
Queering Talks with Dr. Jen Self
From the beginning, Town Hall has been about meeting the needs of our city and its people — whether as a concert venue for community orchestras, a place to present new ideas in the form of book...
Introducing: Unlearning with Lindsey T.H. Jackson
Dear friends, I’m thrilled to introduce you to our newest curator here at Town Hall Seattle, Lindsey T.H. Jackson. Lindsey and I first met through Leadership Tomorrow, a program dedicated to...
Election Night at Town Hall
On November 5, our election season programming culminates with two simultaneous events: Election Night 2024 and Reading Through It. Read on to hear from Programming Manager James Kuhn as he shares...
Art in the Machine: A Conversation with Fall 2024 Artist-in-Residence Bailey Ambrose Heller
Bailey Ambrose Heller, a mechatronic artist and Town Hall's Fall 2024 Artist-in-Residence, will explore his passion for robotics and process for creation at his October 15 Scratch Night event. The...
Town Hall Welcomes JLF Seattle for its West Coast Debut
Described as the "greatest literary show on Earth," the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) is a sumptuous feast of ideas. Over the past 17 years, JLF has transformed into a global literary phenomenon...
Town Hall’s 2024-25 Season: The Magic of Possibility
From Executive Director, Kate Nagle-Caraluzzo Town Hall has been a part of Seattle’s history for the last quarter-century, and I’m so grateful to be a part of what this place means to this city. Our...