Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Stage, Interview/Conversation
For decades, the people of Colombia have been brutalized by a violent civil war fueled by drug money and billions of dollars in military aid from the United States. It’s the bloodiest and most intractable conflict in the Western Hemisphere but it remains poorly...
Mar 15, 2018 | Audio, Digital Stage, Interview/Conversation
Kory Stamper is a lexicographer who worked for nearly two decades at Merriam-Webster dictionary, a world she reveals in the new book, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries. She will be speaking about the book at her upcoming Town Hall event on Sunday, March...
Mar 5, 2018 | Digital Stage, Editorial
Every year, Town Hall selects exceptional local artists and scholars for paid residencies where they engage with Town Hall programs and collaborate with our programming team to develop original events for the community. In a typical season, we hand our residents the...
Mar 3, 2018 | Digital Stage, Editorial
We’re excited to welcome dynamic and diverse education leaders for one of the most anticipated diversity and education events of our season! First, TED-Ed Innovative Educators and #EducationSoWhite panelists Kristin Leong and Marcos Silva lead Classrooms in Color...
Mar 1, 2018 | Digital Stage, Editorial
There’s no question that Town Hall programming appeals to a thoughtful audience and encourages critical and divergent ways of thinking. But rarely do we produce two events so close together that so fully encompass Town Hall’s penchant for cerebral topics! Theoretical...
Feb 22, 2018 | Digital Stage, Interview/Conversation
On March 2, four jazz powerhouses gather for the Summit in Seattle—a first-ever performance together in this configuration, with no rehearsal or setlist! They come together, warm up, and then dive into an evening of collective improvisation, collaboration, and musical...
Feb 15, 2018 | Digital Stage, Interview/Conversation
Jonathan Kauffman, a James Beard Award-winning writer, is returning to Seattle. The former restaurant critic at Seattle Weekly, he will be at West Seattle’s Westside School to discuss his new book, Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries...
Dec 22, 2017 | Renovation Update, Town Hall News, Uncategorized
[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_spacer height=”100″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Crooked Yet Strong Fun Fact: One of the columns above our portico is misaligned (and has been since the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake). Don’t worry,...
Dec 8, 2017 | Staff Spotlight, Town Hall News
Name: Grant P.H. Barber Position: Development Manager How long have you worked at Town Hall? I’ve been here just over two years and have held a few different roles. As Development Manager, I steward all our awesome members. What attracted you to working at Town Hall?...
Dec 8, 2017 | Renovation Update, Town Hall News
If you’ve passed near our historic First Hill home on 8th Ave and Seneca in the last few weeks, you may have seen the scaffolding that’s gone up around Town Hall’s façade. It’s been thrilling to see the bustling activity around our building as the renovation...
