The year is 2024. The world teeters on the edge of chaos. An authoritarian president looms. Octavia Butler’s astonishingly prescient novel Parable of the Sower weaves together urgent themes of hope, resilience, societal change, and individual perseverance. Texas and Missouri are among the states who found Butler’s stark warning too potent for library shelves. Presented
Please scroll to the bottom of this page to RSVP for this Open House event. Join us for our community celebration on November 10 from 2–6 pm as we dive into the future of storytelling! Whether you’ve been with Hugo House for a while or are looking for a new home, we’d love to see you! This
Silent Book Club Capitol Hill and Hugo House Book Bar are joining forces for an evening of quiet reading and community. No need to overthink it—bring a book (or pick one from our shelves), get comfortable, and enjoy at least an hour of quiet reading. After that, we’ll keep the night going with a social
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
Join The Serica Initiative for a dynamic evening celebrating Asian American food, culture, and community. Voices Rising - Seattle: Whats Next for Asian American Foodies? will feature thought-provoking discussions, artistic performances, networking opportunities, and a special Asian foodie trivia, highlighting some of the most influential voices from the Pacific Northwest AAPI culinary scene. Ticket Price:
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 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+,
ENGLISH:Join Us for a Free Bilingual Open Mic at Hugo House!We are excited to invite you to the bilingual open mic series at HugoHouse, where art, literature, and music can be shared in either Englishor Spanish.How to Register?This event is free to attend. Anyone interested can pre-register bysending an email to: mic@seattlelatino.orgHow It Works:Participants are
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle’s annual InkAloud! show features the work of local authors.Curated by Pepe Montero, Acting Executive Director of Richard Hugo House, musicians will deliver brand-new compositions inspired by the poetry in Shin Yu Pai’s Adamantine and Claudia Castro Luna’s Killing Marías: A Poem for Multiple Voices. Pai and Luna, who have both
It Goes Onhosted by Jeanine Walker$2 wine poetry readings by Quenton Baker, Paul Hlava Ceballos, Sierra Nelson, and Ann TeplickThursday, December 12, 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 series,
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
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+,
Join us for the book launch and poetry readings.
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 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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