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An End-Of-Season Message from Wier
Looking back, I don’t think anyone will remember Town Hall’s 2019-20 as easy, but it certainly started and ended in celebration. This eventful year featured our first (almost!) full season back in...
Life On The Margins Special Editions
The Life on the Margins podcast features co-hosts Marcus Harrison Green, Enrique Cerna, and Jini Palmer as they share stories not just about marginalized communities, but from within, and alongside them. In each bi-weekly installment of this residency podcast, they engage with the narratives and experiences of our city, sharing them more widely with the Town Hall community.
In solidarity with the Black and Brown community in the fight for justice against police brutality and the institutionalized racism that enables it, the hosts of the Life On The Margins podcast have released two special edition episodes featuring discussions of police accountability, racism as a public health threat, the search for answers surrounding the death of Manuel Ellis while in police custody.
Town Hall Seattle Statement on the Deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd
Whether seen as individual lives tragically taken, or the latest examples of our nation’s 400 year history of systematic disregard for Black Americans, the heartbreaking deaths of Breonna Taylor,...
Who Was The Joyce Girl? A Conversation with Annabel Abbs
Author Annabel Abbs writes powerful stories that capture the lives and struggles of remarkable women. Her first novel, The Joyce Girl, tells the fictionalised story of Lucia Joyce, forgotten...
What Are People Doing? Commencement
When it comes to the last analysis there can be nothing of higher worth gained from any school than the building of character.
What Are People Doing? Virtual Museums
Prince Paolo Petrovich Troubetzkoy (1866-1938) was an acclaimed artist and a sculptor who was described as “the most astonishing sculptor of modern times.”
Left On Red: The Month of Red May, Seattle’s Vacation From Capitalism
Seattle is a city that demands we think outside the box—and few series exemplify this idea quite like Red May.
What Are People Doing? Seattle Shakespeare
“Incidentally, you’ll be surprised to see the number of Shakespeare devotees in this town. ‘Best people,’ you know, and all that sort of thing.”
Town Hall Livestream Tips & FAQs
With the recent switch from in person to livestreamed events, we’ve received a few questions about where and how to watch events on our digital platform. We understand that livestreaming is a brave...