Town Hall Seattle: Arts & Culture Series

Town Hall’s Arts & Culture series elevates the voices of local artists while bringing world-renowned cultural icons to Seattle audiences. The series celebrates music, photography, sculpture, philosophy, heritage, and traditions around the world that enrich our lives.

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334. David Guterson with Karen Maeda Allman: Evelyn in Transit

Apr 9, 2026

Headshots of David Guterson (with short grey hair and green coat) and Karen Maeda Allman (with long grey hair and red eyeglasses)

Whether you know him from his award-winning and bestselling novel set in Puget Sound, Snow Falling on Cedars, or his columns in Pacific Northwest publications, Bainbridge writer David Guterson may be one of our region’s most well-known writers. He’s written a new novel, Evelyn in Transit, which explores what...

335. Jenn Lueke with Cailee Fischer: Don't Think About Dinner

Apr 9, 2026

Headshots of Jenn Lueke (with blonde hair, pink button-up) and Cailee Fischer (with blonde hair, brown cardigan)

Ever feel unenthused staring into the fridge night after night? Overwhelmed and over budget at the grocery store, yet somehow you still came home without what you need for the week? Been meaning to reorganize your pantry for months and don’t even know where to start? Avid cook and recipe developer Jenn Lueke has been...

333. Karl Ove Knausgård with Elizabeth DeNoma: The School of Night

Mar 31, 2026

Headshots of Karl Ove Knausgard and Elizabeth DeNoma

How far would you go to achieve your deepest dreams? That’s the question author Karl Ove Knausgård explores in his latest novel, The School of Night. Internationally acclaimed and award-winning Norwegian author Knausgård is known for blending everyday characters with transcendent perceptions of reality, and this...

332. David Spafford with Paul Atkins: Binging Shogun: Can Historical Fiction Be Good for History?

Mar 16, 2026

On the right: Headshot of David Spafford, on the left: traditional Japanese illustration of Tokugawa Ieyasu

When Shogun was released last year on Hulu, it featured a great cast, spectacular visuals, and a gripping story. It was a commercial and critical success on release, and again when awards season came around. So of course, academic historians fretted. Were they concerned that it painted sixteenth-century Japan as...

331. Jeff Chang with Shannon Lee, Doug Palmer, and Sue Ann Kay: Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America

Mar 3, 2026

From left to right: Headshots of Jeff Chang, Shannon Lee, Doug Palmer, and Sue Ann Kay

In the decades since his untimely passing at the age of thirty-two, Bruce Lee’s body of work has grown to an undeniably lasting legacy. He went on to become globally recognized after his death, his influence acting as a cultural bridge between the East and West – popularizing martial arts and providing inspiration...