Events

Kiki Valera returns to Town Hall bringing his speedy strings and signature Son Cubano style grooves. One of the most popular musical styles in Cuba, Son Cubano music has contributed to music history across genres including jazz, mambo, salsa and many others. While popularized by groups like the Bueno Vista Social Club in the late 1990s, […]

If you were asked to imagine an agent with the CIA, you wouldn't necessarily picture a woman. While it is true that men comprise the majority of the Central Intelligence Agency, there have been plenty of women throughout history who have also worked here in one of the highest levels of government. Not only were […]

Join us at Town Hall Seattle for As Many Weirdos As Possible (AMWAP), an evening of storytelling and portraiture that brings to life one of the most vibrant chapters of the Pacific Northwest music scene (1985-1995). This live program will feature musicians, artists, and community members sharing personal memories, projected alongside their documentary portraits as […]

How many aspects of a person’s average day happen on autopilot? Think of situations where we think we already know the rules: driving on the correct side of the road, putting a stamp on a letter before mailing it, returning a smile, or responding with a nod. It’s given that everyone is on the same page. But […]

Join Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum and Town Hall Seattle in welcoming Dr. Audrey Whitty, Director of the National Library of Ireland and Hibsen as we launch our inaugural Irish Arts & Literature Showcase. Dr. Whitty will be in conversation with UW Teaching Professor and poet Frances McCue and will be followed by a musical selection from Hibsen featuring Gráinne Hunt.

Sing a spooky-season setlist including Michael Jackson’s Thriller, I Put a Spell on You from Hocus Pocus, and Metallica’s Enter Sandman. Seasonal, a little haunting, and full of energy—it’s the perfect way to celebrate fall together. Feel free to dress up for Halloween a little early—it’ll only add to the fun. Crowdsource Choir turns everyone in the audience into the […]

You know that phrase, “We compare our insides to other people’s outsides”? We’re bombarded with others’ achievements but see less of the steps – internal and external – it took to get there. These days, we feel an increased pressure to achieve, to pursue greatness. We reach for this mythical, impossible standard. Drawing from his […]

You’re likely aware of the ongoing saga surrounding the ban on TikTok in the U.S., including the platform's brief offline period in January 2025. Have you ever wondered why restoring TikTok in the U.S. was one of the first actions President Trump took when he came to office? Why is this social media platform a […]

In the Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus, Palestine, sixteen-year-old Amal Tuqan finds her escape in tightrope walking. Living in an alley so narrow that "the walls hold their breath," she practices tirelessly on thin wires and slippery rebar. Her extraordinary talent leads her to Tel Aviv in the summer of 2019, where she joins The […]

From the mind of Brett Hamil, the cartoonist behind Doom Loop and co-producer of Joketellers Union, comes an utterly unique talk show. Starring Hamil’s wistful handyman alter ego Burl Dirkman, Power Thru It! with Burl Dirkman will take the audience on a comedic journey of self-discovery, featuring interviews with local luminaries and cathartic activities designed […]

For Damir Imamović, king of sevdah music, the tradition of Balkan music culture runs deep. Imamović’s father and grandfather were renowned sevdah musicians. But as an adolescent during the siege of Sarajevo he wanted to play anything but sevdah. Then as a philosophy student, he began forging intellectual connections with the music, developing into both […]

Arthur Oakes spends his days in a picturesque tableau of scholastic life – reading in the exceptional Rackham College library, dreaming against scenic Maine backdrops, entertaining a burgeoning romance with bold and brainy Gwen Underfoot. What more could a studious kid want? Surely not to be roped into a criminal endeavor by a local drug […]

If you’re into comics and graphic novels, you probably know of Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud. Telgemeier rose to “first-name-only status” among middle-grade readers with her adaptations of The Babysitters Club and award-winning autobiographical graphic novels including Smile and Guts. Scott McCloud is a leading comics theorist, having spoken and written about the art form since the 1980s. In fact, […]

In his debut book We Survived the Night, artist and writer Julian Brave NoiseCat takes readers on a complex journey of Indigenous experience stemming from a childhood rich with culture and contradictions. Reeling from his father — a Secwépemc and St’at’imc artist haunted by a troubled past — abandoning his family, NoiseCat and his non-Native mother found themselves embraced and invigorated […]

Mikki Ulaszewski is a Seattle-based artist, curator, and content creator with a background in photography and over a decade in graphic design, who has recently expanded into puppet making and performing with their fuzzy friends. For their work as Town Hall's Fall 2025 Artist-in-Residence, Mikki is creating a new piece of puppetry that blends performance […]

Healing, Liberation, and the Journey of Three Black Men: Resmaa Menakem, Bayo Akomolafe, and Orland Bishop With Sienna McLean LoGreco, Victoria Santos, and moderator C. Davida Ingram How might we respond to our time? Join the Center for Healing and Liberation in partnership with Town Hall Seattle for a powerful evening of conversation and reflection […]

As we interact with endless sources of media and news every day, we tend to recognize the big names presenting to us and often have an opinion at the ready in terms of credibility and preference. But why did we develop those opinions in the first place, and how do we move forward with confidence […]