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There is no other place like Town Hall. Not in Seattle, not anywhere. What’s presented on our stages\u2014robotics to food ethics, poetry slams to chamber music, even spelling bees and civic debates\u2014is a real-time reflection of the curiosity, the creativity, and the diversity of our community.<\/p>\n
As our fiscal year comes to a close, we invite you to make a year-end, tax-deductible donation<\/a>\u00a0in support of Town Hall programming.<\/strong> Your gift, in addition to your membership support, helps sustain our commitment to community<\/em>.<\/p>\n In addition to the 450+ events you have come to expect during a Town Hall season, this season was marked by two highlights that exemplify not only Town Hall\u2019s commitment to community engagement but our tremendous convening power: last fall\u2019s City Council Debates<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and this spring\u2019s GiveBIG: Lunch Break<\/em><\/a>\u00a0event.<\/p>\n During last fall\u2019s City Council Debates<\/em>,\u00a0Town Hall partnered with neighborhood community groups to produce a debate in each district at a neighborhood venue (from Rainier Valley Cultural Center to Phinney Neighborhood Association), as well as the two at-large debates at the Seattle Central Library in partnership with CityClub. This was the most ambitious political program Town Hall has ever produced, and it offered nearly 700 people from across the city the opportunity to interact directly with their local representatives and engage in our political process.<\/strong> This style of programming is also a precursor to Town Hall\u2019s 2017-18 season, which will offer programs in venues around the city while we perform major renovation to our 100-year-old First Hill home.<\/p>\n This spring\u2019s GiveBIG: Lunch Break<\/em> event is also emblematic of Town Hall\u2019s commitment to community. On May 3, in partnership with The Seattle Foundation, Town Hall hosted 25 local nonprofits to share their missions and highlight our collective impact. In addition to the \u201cnonprofit open house\u201d in our lobby, eleven nonprofits took over the Great Hall for a three-hour, live-streamed showcase. As well as serving as a space for our community to get to know many of Seattle\u2019s diverse nonprofits, this event highlighted the diversity of nonprofits that take the stage at Town Hall each year through our affordable rental program.<\/p>\n These events are just two examples of Town Hall\u2019s convening power and why Town Hall is now more critical to our community than ever. As we lay the groundwork for a major renovation of our 100-year-old building, we rely more than ever on the support, advocacy and participation of the 4,000 members who keep this place accessible to all in our diverse community \u2013 members like you.<\/p>\n You are already supporting Town Hall in so many ways through your membership. Please consider making an additional year-end gift in support of our community\u2019s cultural center<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a place unlike anywhere in the world, a place that is uniquely for and about our community in Seattle.<\/p>\n DONATE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is no other place like Town Hall. Not in Seattle, not anywhere. What’s presented on our stages\u2014robotics to food ethics, poetry slams to chamber music, even spelling bees and civic debates\u2014is a real-time reflection of the curiosity, the creativity, and the diversity of our community.<\/p>\n As our fiscal year comes to a close, we invite you to make a year-end, tax-deductible donation<\/a>\u00a0in support of Town Hall programming.<\/strong> Your gift, in addition to your membership support, helps sustain our commitment to community<\/em>.<\/p>\n In addition to the 450+ events you have come to expect during a Town Hall season, this season was marked by two highlights that exemplify not only Town Hall\u2019s commitment to community engagement but our tremendous convening power: last fall\u2019s City Council Debates<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and this spring\u2019s GiveBIG: Lunch Break<\/em><\/a>\u00a0event.<\/p>\n During last fall\u2019s City Council Debates<\/em>,\u00a0Town Hall partnered with neighborhood community groups to produce a debate in each district at a neighborhood venue (from Rainier Valley Cultural Center to Phinney Neighborhood Association), as well as the two at-large debates at the Seattle Central Library in partnership with CityClub. This was the most ambitious political program Town Hall has ever produced, and it offered nearly 700 people from across the city the opportunity to interact directly with their local representatives and engage in our political process.<\/strong> This style of programming is also a precursor to Town Hall\u2019s 2017-18 season, which will offer programs in venues around the city while we perform major renovation to our 100-year-old First Hill home.<\/p>\n This spring\u2019s GiveBIG: Lunch Break<\/em> event is also emblematic of Town Hall\u2019s commitment to community. On May 3, in partnership with The Seattle Foundation, Town Hall hosted 25 local nonprofits to share their missions and highlight our collective impact. In addition to the \u201cnonprofit open house\u201d in our lobby, eleven nonprofits took over the Great Hall for a three-hour, live-streamed showcase. As well as serving as a space for our community to get to know many of Seattle\u2019s diverse nonprofits, this event highlighted the diversity of nonprofits that take the stage at Town Hall each year through our affordable rental program.<\/p>\n These events are just two examples of Town Hall\u2019s convening power and why Town Hall is now more critical to our community than ever. As we lay the groundwork for a major renovation of our 100-year-old building, we rely more than ever on the support, advocacy and participation of the 4,000 members who keep this place accessible to all in our diverse community \u2013 members like you.<\/p>\n You are already supporting Town Hall in so many ways through your membership. Please consider making an additional year-end gift in support of our community\u2019s cultural center<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a place unlike anywhere in the world, a place that is uniquely for and about our community in Seattle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n