Who’s appearing in our next season? Our 2025/26 Season goes on sale at noon on Tuesday, June 17!
SAL Presents A Conversation with Ta‑Nehisi Coates at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
Every summer, we partner with The Seattle Public Library and King County Library System to create a Summer Book Bingo board as part of our free summer reading program. Adults, teens, and kids play along from May 19 – September 2 to be entered in a chance to win fabulous prizes.
For the past 30 years, WITS has matched professional local writers with K-12 public schools to support young people as they discover and develop their authentic writing voices. Since our founding in 1994, WITS has inspired over 150,000 students. This year, we will serve 6,000 students at 39 sites in six school districts!
What’s next? We’re centering students who have the least access to arts engagement opportunities through our WITS Rewritten initiative. Learn more about how you can get involved.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Free Events
Bring a listening ear and a joyful spirit to the WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration! Every year, WITS culminates in a program-wide reading and celebration of student work that features student readers from approximately 30 schools and Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Free Events
Bring a listening ear and a joyful spirit to the WITS Year-End Reading & Celebration! Every year, WITS culminates in a program-wide reading and celebration of student work that features student readers from approximately 30 schools and Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Free Events
Please join us in celebrating the launch of the 2024/25 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Janae Lu’s chapbook, In All Spaces Liminal. Published by Poetry Northwest Editions this is the tenth edition of the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate series. Janae Lu will read from the collection alongside other talented poets.
Friday, September 12, 2025
SAL Presents
Tickets for this event will go on sale June 17 at noon.
Seattle Arts & Lectures cultivates transformative experiences through story and language with readers and writers of all generations.
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Summer Book Bingo 2025 has launched! Every summer, we partner with The Seattle Public Library and King County Library System to create a Summer Book Bingo card as part of our free summer reading program. Adults, teens, and kids play along from May – September to be entered in a chance to win fabulous prizes.
Give the gift of SAL! If you’re looking for a literary-themed gift for loved ones near and far, SAL’s digital gift cards are on sale now for in-person and streaming events.
