Come bring your great ideas or listen to others!Weâre 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, weâll use that to prioritize projects in the next few months, over the next year, and into
DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5â x 8.5â 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
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
A favorite target of would-be censors nationwideâeven the ever-charming Whereâs Waldo? was one of the ALAâs 100 most challenged titles of the 1990sâpicture books like And Tango Makes Three and George Takeiâs 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
Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your workâpoetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and moreâand 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
Dreams is Ambrosia Zineâs sixth volume of quarterly zines featuring local poets, visual artists, photographers, and more. Come listen to featured poetsâ lingering dreams, subconscious goals, and more. Ambrosia Zine prioritizes QTPOC artists and poets local to the greater Seattle area.Doors open at 7p, The House bar will be open to serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic
Hugo House welcomes three poets with deep roots in the Pacific Northwest. Laurie Blauner, Richard Robbins, and Patricia Clark all studied with PNW legends Richard Hugo and Madeline DeFrees at the University of Montana. They are eager to share new work. The readings will be followed by a brief Q+A.This event is free and open
DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5â x 8.5â 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
Could Bushwick have staged a Banned Books Season without one of the most famous books about burning books? We think not. This classic book about censorship has been banned throughout the years for a variety of reasons, mostly because of âdirty talk.â In this special performance for Bushwick members only, weâre ready to light some
Rhythm & Rhyme is Noveltease Theatre's cabaret series pairing burlesque, poetry, and live music. Each salon focuses on a different poetic movement or theme, with a rotating cast of burlesque performers, bands, and featured poets to bring salacious sonnets, ribald rhymes, and comely cantos to life in an atmosphere of frivolity and intellectual curiosity. Featuring:Ruby MimosaSneaky
Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your workâpoetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and moreâand 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
DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5â x 8.5â 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
In this group, weâll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts. The session will begin with introductions and a short warm-up, after which weâll 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
Join us at the Hugo House on April 10th as we welcome back Jasmine Elizabeth Smith, whose book Gone South, is a love letter to the prophetic howl of the blues, and Jen Soriano, whose new collection of lyric essays, Nervous, sings the need to counter our collective anxiety with radical tenderness, along with Ari B. Cofer, whose poems are sonorous, sensual, and
Informed by years of research and banned in Arizona upon publication, Luis Alberto Urreaâs The Devilâs Highway paints a harrowing portrait of Americaâs boiling border deserts and the determined migrants who attempt the crossing. So effective was Urreaâs research, in fact, that it became the first book banned in Arizona for being âsatanicâ and âun-American.âEvent
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