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Write with Hugo House with Alma García

Our mission during this time of distraction, artistic fatigue, and social isolation is to create a regular time and space for writers to write and to meet each other. In this group, writers introduce themselves and are provided optional fiction, poetry and nonfiction prompts to work on for 60-70 minutes of sustained silent writing time,

Write with Hugo House with Jeanine Walker

In this group, we’ll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts. The session will begin with introductions and a short warm-up, after which we’ll read two separate poems and write in response to those. At times writers will be invited to create community through sharing words or ideas with other writers in small groups. Attendees

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Works in Progress (In-Person)

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! Works in Progress is a low-pressure, welcoming environment for readers and guests of all skill levels and literary experience. We especially encourage BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and

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Write with Hugo House with Miz Floes

All meetings take place in-person at The Seattle Public Library Douglass-Truth Branch. View their calendar here.No pre-registration is required. Sign-up at the library takes place on the day of the event and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited due to classroom size. The library does not require masks though they are strongly

Write with Hugo House with Miz Floes

All meetings take place in-person at The Seattle Public Library Douglass-Truth Branch. View their calendar here.No pre-registration is required. Sign-up at the library takes place on the day of the event and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited due to classroom size. The library does not require masks though they are strongly

2024 Washington State Book Award Winner – Sonora Jha

Winner of the 2024 Washington State Book Award for Fiction, “The Laughter” is an explosive, tense, and illuminating work of fiction… a fascinating portrait of privilege, radicalization, class, and modern academia that forces us to confront the assumptions we make, as both readers and as citizens.Sonora Jha is also the author of the memoir “How

Works in Progress (In-Person)

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! Works in Progress is a low-pressure, welcoming environment for readers and guests of all skill levels and literary experience. We especially encourage BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and

Free

Capitol Hill Community Council’s ‘Great Ideas Festival’

Come bring your great ideas or listen to others!We’re inviting all of our neighbors to come together and share their ideas for making Capitol Hill the best neighborhood in Seattle. Based on what we hear at the meeting, we’ll use that to prioritize projects in the next few months, over the next year, and into

DUNE Mini-Comics Night

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.An exclusive edition

Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum post-reading after party

Please join us for an after-reading celebration of local short story author Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum's debut novel, Elita, from 8:30-10pm in our Theater Lobby.The reading will place at Elliot Bay Books - Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum with Tara Conklin and Kristen Millares YoungThursday January 30th, 2025 @ 7:00PM - 8:00 PM. Event info - https://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/43787Elita is

The Bushwick Book Club Seattle presents Original Music Inspired by Banned Picture Books

A favorite target of would-be censors nationwide—even the ever-charming Where’s Waldo? was one of the ALA’s 100 most challenged titles of the 1990s—picture books like And Tango Makes Three and George Takei’s They Call us Enemy introduce ideas about tolerance, self-expression, and difference with simple language and exuberant illustration. Circle up for uncensored story time!Performers