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...
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...
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....
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...
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...