Whether it’s a reading, discussion, craft talk, or interview, find these events and more featuring renowned authors, emerging writers, and talented new and local voices.
A special evening that brings together literature and documentary. Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award winner Mirta Ojito, alongside producer Kerry Sanders, an Emmy and duPont Award-winning journalist.
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Join Serena Chopra and Jane Wong in conversation about writing complex family stories, including those contending with trauma, immigration, loss, absence, and erasure. Both Wong's and Chopra's books approach writing
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Join tabletop game designer Banana Chan as she leads you through her solo journaling game, Forgery, a story about a down-on-her-luck art forger who is commissioned to recreate a cursed
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Let’s celebrate PK, Cancer & the Tragic Ruts of Time—a Jewish and Japanese American queer love story of 45 years that began on Capitol Hill. It is about survival via
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Ready to shake off perfectionism and fall back in love with making things? This monthly creative writing circle for adults is your invitation to play. Each session, we’ll push past what we think
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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
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Collections—A Live Magazine and Public Club hosted by Ariel Basom is a monthly showcase of both live readers and video performances featuring a diversity of positions, styles, and modes: poetry
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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
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In this beginner-friendly writing class, 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
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Deeper Than the Ocean and The Poor Man's Titanic, a special evening that brings together literature and documentary.Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award winner Mirta |
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Global Works and Hugo House present: a staged reading of selective scenes from Eugene O'Neill's masterworks. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright
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Global Works and Hugo House present: a staged reading of selective scenes from Eugene O'Neill's masterworks. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright
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Global Works and Hugo House present: a staged reading of selective scenes from Eugene O'Neill's masterworks. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright
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Join us at Hugo House’s Lapis Theater for Industry Talks: Careers in the Literary Arts, an engaging evening that explores the many professional paths within the world of writing, publishing,
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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 |
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Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with Us at Hugo House and Seattle Pride!Join us for an evening of community, connection, and celebration. Browse vendor tables, meet local artists, and connect with
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Does writing always fall to the last spot on your to-do list? Or maybe, lately, it hasn’t even been making it on there at all? If life keeps getting in the way of your creative
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This Día de Muertos Celebration at Hugo House will feature Claudia Castro Luna and members of the 2026 Jack Straw Fellows cohort.Traditionally a Mesoamerican celebration of life for those who
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After a sold-out run in August, KAIDAN returns, featuring new stories and performers!WHO: Za Trans-Pacific ProductionsWHAT: KAIDAN ReturnsDirected by Mimi KatanoShow Description:Za Trans-Pacific Productions’s KAIDAN returns, featuring new stories and
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Inspired by improv shows and Dungeons & Dragons, Whose Crit is It Anyway combines them into a performance with a cast of professional actors that will take on the characters you
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Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for adults of all ages and genres of writing. In this session, we’ll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts.
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Join Clarion West program director (and author) Rashida J. Smith for a conversation about the “day job” road less traveled: a career in literary arts. From journalism and public relations to literary arts organizations, Rashida will discuss balancing writing for others while keeping your creativity thriving, the advantages of a day job in the literary (or other) arts as an artist, and how to find (and keep) the literary arts job of your dreams.
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Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for adults of all ages and genres of writing. In this session, we'll focus on dedicated writing time with time to share.
In Person at Lapis Theater
Inspired by improv shows and Dungeons & Dragons, Whose Crit is It Anyway combines them into a performance with a cast of professional actors that will take on the characters you create. Choose their adventure and guide their actions, and if you choose wisely, they might even survive!
Online at Zoom: Salon
Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for adults of all ages and genres of writing. In this session, we’ll focus on creative play and permission to create without expectation.
In Person at Lapis Theater
Hugo House is excited to invite our community back to Long Story Short–a volunteer run quarterly zine event! Join us for a four hour write-in where we will introduce a theme for the quarterly issue and provide prompts that writers are welcome to use (or come up with their own–as long as it fits the theme!).
In Person at Lapis Theater
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!
Online at Zoom
Write with Hugo House is a free drop-in writing circle for adults of all ages and genres of writing. In this session, we'll focus on dedicated writing time with time to share.
In Person at Lapis Theater
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!
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