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Summer is the Perfect Time to Become a Town Hall Member
Enjoy two free tickets when you join today!
Join at the Supporter level ($60/year) or above by October 15, and you’ll get two free tickets to the Town Hall Presents event of your choice! Choose from authors, activists, and global music performances to local and national civic conversations.
Something New in the Great Hall
The next time you walk into the Great Hall, you’ll see something new. It’s not as dramatic as the reveal after the capital renovation back in 2019,...
5 Questions with Jake Taylor from Cake & Punch Micro Weddings
Meet Jake Taylor, owner and lead designer of the Seattle-based event planning magic-makers, Functions and Gatherings! Seeking to demystify wedding planning, Jake just launched Cake & Punch,...
Meet our Spring 2026 Artist-in-Residence!
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,...
Announcing Cake & Punch: Micro Weddings at Town Hall!
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...
Showing Up for Each Other
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...
Interview with a Christmas Rogue
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...
One Must Imagine Medusa Happy: A Retelling of the Classic Tale
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...
Speaking of Seattle
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....