Thalia Symphony Orchestra's April Concert features two premieres and a classic - perhaps the classic. Thalia Symphony is proud to present the world premiere of Annyeong (goodbye) by Seattle composer Green Seo. Seo is an accomplished composer of music for film and video (and their principal bassist). Thalia Symphony presents the West Coast premiere of the Violin Concerto by Irish […]
Weave through new tones of Brazilian Jazz with Trio Brasileiro. Trio Brasileiro is a Grammy-nominated contemporary Brazilian Jazz ensemble that performs both original compositions and fresh interpretations of Brazilian classics. Watch: TRIO BRASILEIRO - Baião Caraivana (Douglas Lora) - Live at Empty Sea Studios
Hear from UW students about their research on the behavioral effects of chronic alcohol, how viruses interact with each other, and Venus's geologic past. Makenzie Patarino is a PhD student in neuroscience at UW, working with Dr. Abbie Schindler at the VA Hospital Puget Sound. Her research aims to characterize the biological and behavioral effects of […]
In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, join Town Hall Seattle to hear Vietnamese author Susan Lieu discuss her memoir, The Manicurist’s Daughter. Susan will be in conversation with Executive Director of Friends of Little Saigon (FLS), Quynh Pham. Together, Susan and Quynh will discuss the impact of war with regards to […]
Join Neighborhood House's annual fundraiser What Matters Most, celebrating 119 years of impact! Enjoy live entertainment, raffles, inspiring speakers & a meaningful conversation about their vision. All are welcome—bring a friend & support stronger communities!
Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim discusses her wide-ranging practice around sound and language. Kim, who was born in California and is now based in Berlin, reflects on her experiences as part of the Deaf community, using performance, video, drawing, writing, and technology to explore how we perceive and understand sound. In her talk, Kim will […]
Afrofuturism began as a concept coined by scholar Mark Dery in 1993. It was his way of grouping ideas regarding how Black people used the technology of stories to deal with racial oppression, disrupted history, and the challenge of moving into a positive future. In recent years, we have seen an explosion of interest from various fields […]
Town Hall's Spring 2024 Artist-in-Residence, Maia Brown, returns to the stage with her band, Brivele, to celebrate the release of their third album, Khaveyrim Zayt Greyt. Brivele is a Seattle-based duo who braid together Yiddish song, anti-fascist and labor balladry, folk-punk, and contemporary rabble-rousing in stirring vocal harmony. In Yiddish, Brivele (בריוועלע) means "little letter." […]
When you imagine the archetypal person in nature, what does that person look like? What are they doing? Chances are, most people would have a similar picture in their minds of that outdoorsy individual. However, both the identities and the experiences of people in nature are quite diverse. All Humans Outside: Stories of Belonging in […]
Get ready to squawk and soar with the Toucans, a lively steel drum band bringing tropical vibes to Seattle and beyond! Since the late 1980s, this dynamic group has been bonking barrels and sharing the sunny sounds of Trinidadian steel drums with audiences of all ages. From Pike Place Market to the islands of Puget […]
Orquesta Northwest proudly presents "The People United," a musical celebration that brings together communities, cultures, and generations! Join them Saturday, May 3rd at Town Hall Seattle to experience an extraordinary performance featuring prize-winning Sphinx soloist Samuel Vargas, alongside the Ballard Civic Orchestra, World Youth Orchestra, and the dynamic Seattle Northwest Mariachi. Before the concert, starting […]
Celebrate Star Wars Day with the Seattle Festival Orchestra as they take you on a Cinematic Adventure! The concert opens with the mischievous energy of Gremlins, followed by Joe Hisaishi’s enchanting Merry-Go-Round of Life and My Neighbor Totoro. We then premiere Monday Mornings, an exciting new work by our Call for Scores winner, Kaisho Barnhill. Next, immerse yourself in the sweeping […]
Join Sandbox Radio for a brand new locally grown episode filled with all the things you love about the program: Writing by Scot Augustson, Vincent Delaney, Elizabeth Heffron and Maggie Lee Music direction and original music by Angie Louise and the Sandbox Radio Orchestra With special guests THE HALF BROTHERS and WILLIE WEIR Plus all […]
Town Hall Seattle is proud to introduce clarinetist and composer Jahnvi Madan as our 2025 Spring Artist-in-Residence! A New England Conservatory graduate who grew up performing around Seattle’s Jazz scene, Jahnvi has performed at festivals including the D.C. Women in Jazz Festival, Seattle’s Westerlies Fest, and the Earshot Jazz Festival – as the youngest composer they […]
An Australian millionaire’s plan to mine the ocean floor. Nigerian garbage pickers risking their lives to salvage e-waste. A Bill Gates-backed entrepreneur harnessing AI to find metals in the Arctic. These people and millions more are part of the intensifying competition to find and extract the minerals essential for two crucial technologies: the internet and […]
Named one of the World’s Top 30 Guitarists under 30 and hailed as a “virtuoso of the fingerstyle guitar” by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Calum Graham is a captivating force in the acoustic music scene. Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, and now based in Victoria, Canada, Calum’s meteoric rise began when he won the Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar […]
At 26, Ian Mackay loved the outdoors, natural sciences, and cycling. While studying as a biology undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, he crashed his bike into a tree on campus and forever changed his relationship with how he – and others like him – experienced nature. After sustaining a spinal cord injury that would leave […]
Hear from UW students about their research on mosquito memories, magnetic particle movement, and how the flu virus evolves. Mosquitoes rely on cues like carbon dioxide, body heat, body odors, and visual stimuli to detect potential hosts, but what happens when a blood-meal goes wrong? Can they remember a bad experience and adjust their future […]
Artificial intelligence is reshaping our world – but what does that mean for healthcare, scientific discovery, and human potential? In Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit, co-authors Craig Mundie, Henry Kissinger, and Eric Schmidt explore the profound implications of AI on society. In this collaborative event between Town Hall Seattle and the Institute for Systems […]
C Pam Zhang has stunned audiences with her rapturous and revelatory storytelling in her acclaimed bestselling novel Land of Milk and Honey. Sensuous and surprising, Zhang’s prose lays provocatively bare the ethics of seeking pleasure in a dying world even as it remains a love letter to food, to wild delight, and to the transformative power […]
William Grant Still: Out of the Silence William Grant Still: Serenade Leanna Primiani: Nowhere to Hide (World Premiere) Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (Original version for 13 instruments) Geoffrey Larson, Conductor | Learn more A Partnership with the Sustain Music Project | Learn more Since 2009, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra has crafted performances that tell the story of the human […]
Join hosts Dave Beck and Nancy Guppy for chamber music performed by professional, amateur, and youth musicians. The concert concludes with a birthday party in the Lobby. This special fundraising concert supports music scholarships for low-income and BIPOC teen musicians.
Six inspiring young musicians join Philharmonia Northwest for an evening of professional-caliber performances. Selected from a field of 150 entrants each year, the winners of Seattle Young Artists Music Festival’s Concerto Division have gone on to study at The Juilliard School, Curtis Institute, Eastman School of Music, and other prestigious schools, and perform with the […]
Today’s world is rapidly changing, including our language. Phrases like “ecological grief” and “political stress” have recently popped up in our lexicon. How do we live in this new space of unknown and uncertainty? Activist and author Rebecca Solnit has long thought about how to embrace the mysteries of our future while also finding inspiration […]
Join Housing Development Consortium for the kickoff to their 2025 Affordable Housing Week! This event will bring together attendees from across the affordable housing, policy, philanthropic, and community sectors to launch a week of advocacy and education centered on the themes of “Resilience and Abundance.” The event will include opening remarks from Patience Malaba; a discussion of the power […]
From Silent Spring to Erin Brockovich, people have been captivated — and devastated — by stories of harmful chemicals and the many ways that they have altered and even ended human lives. From investigative journalist Mariah Blake comes a new book that recounts a small town being poisoned, a corporate cover up, and a grassroots movement to fight […]
Overnight, Dori became her parents’ caregiver – a labor of love that lasted for seven years. Her mom was suddenly a partially paralyzed wheelchair-bound amputee and her dad was declining due to increasing dementia. She wasn’t ready. This event is to help prepare anyone – those who have been, are now, or will be a […]
The team at A Bigger Vision Films noticed that most documentaries on homelessness offer few solutions, so they set out to create BEYOND THE BRIDGE, an ambitious documentary film about solutions to homelessness. The film crew drove over 40,000 miles to visit 12 cities and dozens of service providers, those with lived experience and policy makers […]
The first baby monitor, dubbed “The Radio Nurse,” was released in 1937. This new technology completely changed parenting, bringing peace of mind to the stress of caring for children. One might say it technologized parenting. Just like the advancements in baby monitors since then, techno-parenting has grown quite complex. To understand it, Hannah Zeavin, a […]
Learn about the potential habitability of icy moons and exoplanets, fast-evolving lung bacteria, and why some patients are more prone to arterial blockages. As a graduate student in the UW Earth and Space Sciences department, Ula Jones uses the properties of solutions and ices at extreme conditions alongside geophysical modeling to study the interiors and […]
Is Seattle on the cusp of a biking Renaissance? From Beacon Hill to SODO to the Waterfront and Downtown, the next few years will bring major improvements to Seattle's growing network of connected and separated bike lanes and bike paths. That's good news for people who want a safer, healthier, more equitable and climate-friendly city. Join […]
What if everything you thought you knew about crime and punishment was shaped by those who profit from it? Join us for a discussion with civil rights attorney and author Alec Karakatsanis as he examines “copaganda”—the deliberate manipulation of public perception by police, prosecutors, and the media. Despite historically low crime rates, the United States […]
Experience Sleeping Beauty like never before in this dazzling dance and light show. Classical ballet and modern technology combine to create an artistic masterpiece where exquisite dancers light up the stage with glittering routines and glow-in-the-dark costumes. The timeless tale of the cursed princess awakened by her true love’s kiss comes to life in stunning […]
Explaining how and why our world works the way it does touches on so many fields of science: biology, chemistry, physics, and, of course, technology. However, according to researcher Blaise Agüera y Arcas, computation should also be part of the understanding of life on all levels – and going back further than one might think. […]
Experience Sleeping Beauty like never before in this dazzling dance and light show. Classical ballet and modern technology combine to create an artistic masterpiece where exquisite dancers light up the stage with glittering routines and glow-in-the-dark costumes. The timeless tale of the cursed princess awakened by her true love’s kiss comes to life in stunning […]
“The Seattle Welcome Day is the perfect way to start your Seattle community! - Welcome Day Participant Join us for Seattle’s Welcome Day—an event for every newcomer or resident ready for a fresh start. The day is designed to provide the tools you need to create your best socially connected life in the Seattle area: Meet other newcomers and long-time residents from your neighborhood and across the region who are looking to connect. Build a personalized action plan for your…
Program Dvorak - Carnival Overture deFalla - Three Cornered Hat Three Dances Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 The Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra is committed to achieving musical excellence and diversity through live performances that are accessible, fun, and engaging.
Founded in 1970, NPR is America’s most powerful broadcast news network. Despite being overshadowed by the larger and more glamorous PBS, public radio has long been home to shows such as All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and This American Life that captivate millions of listeners in homes, cars, and workplaces across the nation. In On Air, a book fourteen years in the making, journalist Steve Oney tells the history of this institution, tracing the comings and goings of legendary on-air talents (Bob Edwards, Susan Stamberg,…
Join Town Hall Seattle and the First Hill Improvement Association for an in-depth look at the intersection of public health and public safety in our neighborhood and beyond. Hear from government […]
You could argue that Dave Barry is the country’s class clown, but did you know that he actually was elected class clown in high school? It’s no wonder, then, that he’s made […]
As a member of the Kenyan judiciary Judge Ngugi will talk about some of the most pressing political questions of our time in both his country and the USA, including […]
A plant scientist, microbiologist, and ecologist, Merlin Sheldrake has dedicated his scientific career to the relationship between humans and “more-than-human” organisms. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, has been recognized by BBC, TIME, and more, and has been heralded as dazzling, eye-opening, inspiring, and a ground-breaking account of the extraordinarily strange world of mushrooms. When we think […]
Hear from UW students about their research on how cancer cells are like James Bond, how to ensure human-oriented robot safety and reliability, and take a deep dive into the world of proteins. Andrea Lius is a PhD candidate in the Department of Pharmacology who studies a process in the cell that can make cancer […]
The Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington hosts an annual literary and storytelling series, Sacred Breath, featuring Indigenous writers and storytellers who share their craft at the beautiful wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House on the UW Seattle campus. Storytelling offers a spiritual connection, a sharing of sacred breath. Literature, similarly, preserves human experience […]
Ignite Seattle is the largest open submission public speaking event in the Pacific Northwest. Three to four times a year, one of the greatest audiences in the world gathers to hear interesting people tell interesting stories. Each speaker gets 20 slides, for 15 seconds each, to share a passion for 5 minutes – it’s an […]
One guiding principle for resisting the patriarchy in the United States is to demand equal rights for men and women. Yet, author and multidisciplinary expert Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs argues that fighting patriarchal culture is more complicated than that. Tubbs believes that this fabricated hierarchy became so deeply ingrained over time that it now goes […]
A “good death” is often described as dying without suffering, dying one’s own terms, having quality of life until the end, or having everything prepared for those left behind. Many people are fortunate to experience this kind of a comfortable journey to end-of-life. Some come to this naturally, as life simply ends. But some achieve a […]
Hear from UW students about their research on how microorganisms can turn CO2 into valuable products, the small-scale electronic backpacks that can monitor and track the movement of small insects, and how algorithms can solve problems in medical imaging of the brain. Chemical production harms the planet, but nature offers solutions. Microorganisms can turn CO2 […]
From Kevin Kwan, the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy, comes Lies and Weddings—a new outrageous, thrillingly plotted comedy of manners in which a forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding. Lies and Weddings is a globetrotting tale that takes us from the black sand beaches of Hawaii to the skies of Marrakech, […]
Whatever happened to the revolution? Back in the sixties (remember those days?), revolutions seemed to be everywhere—nations, groups, and guerilla movements all claimed the word. But now? Not so much. Not at all, really. Has the idea just changed names? Have we outgrown it? And what would a 21st-century revolution against class society even look […]
Spinning together fine-tuned self-critique and sharp comedic reflection in her newest autofiction comic novel Spent, acclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel questions passion, politics, and personal investment in the increasingly complex modern world. Spent follows the main character – a cartoonist conveniently named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont – on an existential descent into political […]