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Hedgebrook presents Great Minds: On Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Nostalgia Machine with Dionne Ford, Carman Maria Machado, and T Kira Madden

Hedgebrook presents Great Minds: On Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Nostalgia Machinein partnership with Bushwick BookClub Seattle and Seattle Arts & Lectures.Join us for an evening full of performances, connection, and conversation with our illustrious alumnae - Dionne Ford, Carman Maria Machado, and T Kira Madden.We will be hosting an interactive reception following the program. Please get

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

Works in Progress (Virtual)

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!We are actively cultivating a low-pressure, welcoming environment for readers and guests of all skill levels and literary experience. We especially encourage BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+,

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Write with Hugo House with Alma GarcĂ­a

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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Sahar Education presents “A Night in Afghanistan Annual Gala”

Celebrate The Resilience of Afghan WomenJoin Sahar Education for an unforgettable evening at "A Night in Afghanistan Annual Gala," a fundraising event to benefit Sahar Education. On October 10, from 6 PM to 9 PM PST at Hugo House in Seattle, and live-streamed on YouTube, immerse yourself in Afghan culture while supporting a vital cause.Esteemed

Deaf Lit Fest

Deaf Lit Fest is a brand-new event being hosted by Deaf Spotlight on October 11-12, 2024 at Hugo House in Seattle, Washington.This is a festival that aims to spotlight Deaf authors of various backgrounds, provide some workshops related to writing and the literary world, and give opportunities for people to meet other like-minded people.For registration/ticketing

Deaf Lit Fest

Deaf Lit Fest is a brand-new event being hosted by Deaf Spotlight on October 11-12, 2024 at Hugo House in Seattle, Washington.This is a festival that aims to spotlight Deaf authors of various backgrounds, provide some workshops related to writing and the literary world, and give opportunities for people to meet other like-minded people.For registration/ticketing

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

Castalia! UW Creative Writing MFA

Hugo House welcomes back Castalia—University of Washington MFA program's monthly reading series featuring graduate students, faculty, and alumni. Showcasing published and unpublished drafts of work by authors from a variety of disciplines, professional backgrounds, and age demographics, Castalia offers authors a platform for community reading while putting their work in conversation with other voices, styles,

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

Walter Simon reading

 --Soul-- is a selection of poems written from 1979 offering selected work and includes a tribute to Richard Hugo. This is my final reading. Poems written and selected from numerous readings in North America. Other writings include documentaries and anthropological profiles including North American Native American studies and significant waterways. PR work published internationally... now retired from the profession.

It Goes On

It Goes On hosted by Jeanine Walker$2 wine & poetryreadings by Paul Hlava Ceballos, Laura Da', Kathleen Flenniken, Robert LashleyThursday, October 17, 7pmdoors & open mic sign up at 6pmHugo House is delighted to partner with poet Jeanine Walker and mixed media artist Aaron Counts to bring to the Hugo House stage a new reading

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The Bushwick Book Club Seattle presents Original Music Inspired by Alvin Schwartz’s SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

The Bushwick Book Club Seattle presentsOriginal Music Inspired by Alvin Schwartz’s SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARKAfter inspiring nightmares—and controversy—for generations, the infamously eerie tales of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark will now ooze, crawl, and haunt their way to the Bushwick stage. Crowned by the American Library Association as

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