To manage ongoing staffing shortages and improve schedule reliability, intermittent closures have been scheduled at most neighborhood branches. Find more information about these changes on our blog, Shelf Talk. Current schedule information can always be found on our Hours and Locations page.
(June 09, 2022) Join The Seattle Public Library from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22 for the A. Scott Bullitt Lecture in American History, featuring disability rights icon Judy Heumann in conversation with Jae Kim.
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(February 17, 2021) The Seattle Public Library’s Museum Pass program is back online now that cultural institutions are allowed to reopen at reduced capacity. The Library is currently offering passes to four cultural institutions: Burke Museum, Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), National Nordic Museum, Seattle Aquarium.
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(June 06, 2017) Poet and fiction writer Aaron Counts will present a workshop on sourcing narrative poems from current events, pop culture and pure imagination from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 11 at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 4, Washington Mutual Foundation Meeting Room 1, 206-386-4636
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(December 01, 2017) Bertschi School's fourth-grade students and Disability Rights Washington will host an opening reception for the student art exhibit "Portrait of the Whole Person" from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11 at the Montlake Branch, 2401 24th Ave. E., 206-684-4720. Come view the art and meet the student artists!
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(May 12, 2022) Woodland Park Zoo has rejoined The Seattle Public Library’s Museum Pass Program, which offers free admission to Seattle museums and cultural organizations for Library cardholders.
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(March 17, 2022) Seattle-area residents who have a card with The Seattle Public Library can visit more museums for free, courtesy of the Library’s Museum Pass program. Five Seattle museums have rejoined the program: the Center for Wooden Boats, the Henry Art Gallery, Museum of History & Industry, the Seattle Art Museum and the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
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(February 12, 2021) Thinking about what your family might do with all that free time next week? The Seattle Public Library is here for you, offering free access to movies, music, museums and more to keep your family entertained during Seattle Public Schools' Midwinter Break this Feb. 15-19.
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(May 25, 2022) The Seattle Public Library’s author programs, book discussions and community dialogues this June feature a wide range of authors and topics.
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(April 30, 2021) Attend author events, book discussions and community dialogues, expert conversations and literary programs from the comfort of your own living room this spring. The Seattle Public has a wide variety of online readings and discussions coming up in May, on topics from the histories of Puget Sound to the burning of Greenwood in Tulsa, and from Black speculative fiction publishers and zine creators to the Library’s annual A. Scott Bullitt American History lecture.
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(January 13, 2021) Attend author events, book discussions and literary programs from the comfort of your own living room this winter. The Seattle Public has a wide variety of online author events coming up in January and February, from essays by disabled people to a discussion with a hyperlocal media journalist.
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(March 31, 2023) The Seattle Public Library’s author programs and community events in April 2023 include a reading with Mircea Cărtărescu, the Romanian author of “Solenoid;” a conversation between Nicole Chung and Angela Garbes; and Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest and guests at a program titled “I Sing the Salmon Home.”
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(September 08, 2022) The Seattle Public Library’s author programs, book discussions and community dialogues this September include a celebration of Alice Wong’s memoir; a panel discussion for Banned Books Week; a “Business of Books” literary entrepreneurship series; and Bibliophilia, a four-day festival that mixes poetry and prose with improvisational theater.
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(November 30, 2021) Attend author events, book discussions and community dialogues, expert conversations and literary programs from the comfort of your own living room this December. The Seattle Public Library has a wide variety of online readings and discussions coming up, including three events with authors who won a 2021 Washington State Book Award, a discussion of “Crip Kinship,” and the final event in a guest-curated series on radical self-acceptance as activism.
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(January 08, 2020) The Seattle Public Library offers drop-in help at four Library locations for people who are experiencing homelessness or living on low incomes.
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(November 05, 2019) Veterans Day is coming up on Nov. 11! Learn how The Seattle Public Library serves and celebrates our U.S. military veterans.
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(May 02, 2019) The Seattle Public Library offers drop-in help at three Library locations for people who are experiencing homelessness or living on low incomes.
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(June 06, 2018) Join us for a month of film screenings at The Seattle Public Library in celebration of the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, which take place in Seattle from July 1-6.
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(May 22, 2018) Get ready for summer by playing Summer Book Bingo, the popular summer reading program for adults co-presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL) and The Seattle Public Library!
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(April 13, 2017) Local writer James Osborne will discuss "Will Your Way Back," the story of his nine-year journey to walk again after a spinal cord injury, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium, 206-386-4636
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(April 12, 2017) The Seattle Public Library will host an information session on tax-advantaged savings accounts for individuals with disabilities and their families from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 4, Howard S. Wright Family & Janet W. Ketcham Meeting Room 2, 206-386-4636
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