SAL/ON

A Blog of Seattle Arts & Lectures

Category: Roosevelt High School

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WITS Voices: Writing Advice from 10th Graders

February 3, 2020

By Christina Lee Barnes, WITS Writer-in-Residence I’m often asked if my time in the WITS classroom helps inspire my own writing. While I haven’t yet written very much that is directly about my work with the students, I do draw inspiration from the willingness that students show to try out prompts, to dive in and […]

WITS Voices: New Scene, New Opportunity

December 26, 2018

By Matt Gano, WITS Writer-in-Residence It’s been an incredible journey working as the WITS Writer-in-Residence at The Center School. My partnership with the esteemed Jon Greenberg along with scores of talented students over the years helped to shape me as a teacher and has inspired a lifetime’s worth of creative lessons and poetic ideas. After […]

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Happy world book day! In honor, here are a few characters that we wanted to be when we were young. What character or or book world did you wish you could enter into as a young person?

3 Mar

We're boosting this free event which will take place this Thursday at 12:30 featuring Helena Goos from our Youth Poet Laureate Cohort, SU Distinguished Visiting Poet Anastacia Reneé, and more! Thank you, Seattle University, for promoting local writing!

1 Mar

The Seattle Public Library & SAL are so pleased to announce that Tessa Hulls will be drawing our 2021 Summer Book Bingo Board! Every year, we partner with @SPLBuzz to create a card as part of a free program of summer reading fun. Learn more about Tessa: https://lectures.org/community/blog/

28 Feb

Bill Bryson shared many astounding facts about the body during his SAL talk. And while some mysteries remained mysteries, we learned a lot about our bodies' complexities and miracles. Thank you to Bill and to our Opus sponsor, @DWTLaw, for an insightful and delightful evening!