A Blog of Seattle Arts & Lectures
Simply put, SAL would be lost without our volunteers. Their generosity and kindness, know-how and long memories keep our events running smoothly. Enjoy these reflections on volunteering with SAL from one of our longtime volunteers, Jennifer Duval! Joy Harjo will be my sixtieth. If I did my math correctly and was able to recall […]
SAL was thrilled to partner with Humanities Washington on our Literary Arts Series event with Joy Harjo on February 27th. Their support, through funding provided by Humanities Washington and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the United We Stand Initiative, made the evening possible. Learn more about their programs and events below! […]
Hello old friend. Have you stopped hiding from me? Have you stopped pretending that you’re listening just around the corner, is that why you touch me with silence? Or is it because two worlds are tearing me apart and I don’t have enough native blood in my mouth to bring you as sacrifice? You of […]
If you’ve been following us for a while, you may know Tessa Hulls, the “SAL Official Doodler” and author of the forthcoming graphic novel Feeding Ghosts (MCD Books, 2024). We were so lucky that Tessa attended our SAL Presents event with Sohla El-Waylly on February 1, 2024, and captured the evening in doodle form! Take a peek […]
Time is how flowers grow slow. Time is how flowers die fast. Time is a fox that used to be a cat. Time is the past that used to be the future. Time used to be a clock. Time is a frog dancing on a cat. Time is like a leaf blowing off a tree. […]
At 24 mile creek you can see the sea. The ocean is right to me. In the forest we chatter and have fun and datter and tell puns. Within the dock without a lock, adrift upon the sea, where will I go what will I sow without you? My ones are setting up, the sun […]
I don’t quite know where I’m from who I was, or what I did, but now I am The One: The Kid The Mystery The Storm The Lightning The Clouds The Sun The Moon The Stars The Luck The Good The Bad The Sad The Happy The Tree I’m Me I don’t know who I […]
This holiday season, we asked our staff and board the real question: what’s the best book you read in 2023? If you’re looking for which to books to cozy up with this winter, look no further than this list! Jennifer Lobsenz, Youth Programs Director Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu Talk […]
At 8 years old I sat in the corner Knees to my face not making a noise Sent there due to my “disorder” When I said I liked a boy That three-letter phrase Set my world ablaze For this is just the start Of a continuing story Matthew Shepard, a teen Was tied up, beaten, […]
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