Full Calendar - Pike Place Market
Blockbuster Unexpected: An Improvised Disaster Movie
In Blockbuster, our improvisers create a full-length summer movie right before your eyes. All it takes are your suggestions, including a type of disaster and a location, and the cast launches into a cinematic adventure filled with outrageous characters, high stakes, wildly unpredictable twists, and lots of laughs.
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Folio Presents: Shaping Democracy: Lessons from Civil Rights Pioneers
As America marks 250 years, this conversation invites you to explore essential biographies and memoirs tracing the lives of the men and women whose struggles and activism have shaped American democracy.
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Folio Presents: Dizzier Than Gillespie – Sibyl James in Conversation with Edward Harkness
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is delighted to celebrate the release of Folio member and author Sibyl James’s debut novel Dizzier Than Gillespie.
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Folio Presents: Folio Member Happy Hour
Whether you’re new to Folio, a seasoned member or planning to return, join us at the library for our fall Member Happy Hour. Enjoy connecting with fellow bibliophiles and make new bookish friends.Â
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Folio Presents: The History of Japanese Shakuhachi with Hanzaburo Araki
There are few sounds more quintessentially Japanese than the Shakuhachi, an end-blown bamboo flute. Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is pleased to welcome Hanzaburo Araki for an introduction to its music, history, and pedagogy.
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25th Anniversary of the Seattle Squid
Join us this October as we celebrate the 25th birthday of the Seattle Squid! Floating above Pike Place Market’s Economy Atrium, this beloved sculpture is often overlooked by passing visitors. Much like the giant squid that inspired it, it can be surprisingly elusive.
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Folio Presents: Confronting Racism: Imagining a More Perfect Union
As America marks 250 years, this conversation invites you to reflect on where we’ve been and imagine where we’re going. This conversation is part of Folio’s participation in the American Conversation Project, a national initiative led by the National Conference on Citizenship in partnership with Cortico.
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Folio Presents: Hidden Layers – Women’s Undergarments and How They’ve Shaped Ladies’ Liberties
Women’s underwear has long reflected society’s views on modesty, femininity, and beauty. From historic styles that restricted the female form to the more liberating fashions of today, women’s undergarments have been symbols of both oppression and empowerment.
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Art Loose Seattle. Urban Art Adventure
Welcome to the crew! We’re gathering our fellow art-venturers at the Brooke Westlund Gallery on Western Ave. Tucked just behind the bustle of Pike Place Market, this is our home base to drop our bags, meet our guides, and get into the creative flow.
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The Night Shift: After-Hours Arts & Music Series
This summer and fall, Seattleites are invited to rediscover Pike Place Market after dark. Beginning Friday, July 24, and continuing the fourth Friday of every month through October, Pike Place Market will debut The Night Shift, a free monthly evening series.
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Live! Match Day at the Market
On Sunday, July 19, Pike Place Market will host a LIVE matchday stream of the FIFA World Cup Final on the big screen on Pike Place.
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Folio Presents: Oud: A Musical History with Stephen Elaimy and Jane Hall
Inspired by Rachel Beckles’s The Oud: An Illustrated History, Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is delighted to welcome members of the Seattle based Arabic Music Ensemble House of Tarab (HOT), Stephen Elaimy (oud) and Jane Hall (darabuka & riqq), for a musical journey through the history of the oud.
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Folio Presents: Relative Relatives: Matthew Sturgis in Conversation with Richard Read
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is delighted to welcome acclaimed biographer Matthew Sturgis and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Read for an evening of brilliant insights, historical gossip, and a deep dive into the lives of some of history’s most fascinating second fiddles.
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Folio Presents: Baroque Threads: A Journey from Venice to Persia
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is delighted to welcome the Filo Rosso Society, a new Pacific Northwest collective dedicated to following the hidden threads that connect music across time and culture.
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Folio Presents: Working Class to Breaking Glass: Wanda J. Herndon in conversation with Zabrina Jenkins
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is pleased to welcome trailblazing Starbucks executive and author Wanda J. Herndon, in conversation with advisor Zabrina Jenkins.
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Permanent Ink: Why We Still Love Print in the Digital Age
We once depended on handwriting for recording information. Then the printing press changed everything. We could record, store, and access information in thousands of copies.
Read MoreFolio presents: 400 Years of Racism Book Discussions
In the wake of America’s racial reckoning, Folio began a series of book discussions exploring the history of racism in the United States through a collection of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, curated and led by Folio librarian Lillian Dabney.
Read MoreFolio Presents: Folio Open Mic Night – Pride Edition
Join us at Seattle’s most supportive open mic night for a high-energy evening of readings, shameless self-promotion and community building!
Read MoreFolio Presents: Talking Fiction and Indigenous Futures with Weyodi OldBear, Lee Francis IV, and Patty Krawec
In this unique event, three creators active in the Indigenous writing and publishing worlds speak about the current state of their fields and how today’s Native writers both draw from history and look toward the future.
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Folio Presents: Outside the Familiar: Bach, Beach, Fauré, and Barber
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is pleased to welcome cellist Sarah Rommel and pianist Xiaohui Yang for their debut performance at Folio, a musical journey across cultures and centuries.
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Leather Tote Making Class
Join us for an engaging, hands-on tote-making workshop in Leolo’s Pike Place Market Atelier. At the end of this workshop, you will leave with a beautiful, full-grain tote, complete with the solid brass or silver hardware you made!
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Folio Presents: Tell Me a Story: Fantastic Children’s Books from the Library of Congress
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is delighted to welcome visiting author Hannah Freece for a reading of her book, Tell Me a Story: Fantastic Children’s Books from the Library of Congress. This work reimagines the canon of American children’s literature, from Puritan primers to Percy Jackson, while tracing the evolution of literary, artistic, and publishing trends from the colonial era to the present.
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Folio Presents: Lake Effect: Hillary Behrman in Conversation with Stephanie Reents
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is delighted to celebrate the release of Folio member and author Hillary Behrman’s debut collection of short stories, and the winner of the 2024 Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction, Lake Effect. Hillary will be in conversation with fellow author and Folio board member Stephanie Reents.
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Market to Table Tour & Cooking Class
The Market to Table tour and cooking class is a unique way to explore and fully experience Pike Place Market – perfect for locals and out-of-town visitors as well as corporate teams, parties, and celebrations.
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Market to Table Tour & Cooking Class
The Market to Table tour and cooking class is a unique way to explore and fully experience Pike Place Market – perfect for locals and out-of-town visitors as well as corporate teams, parties, and celebrations.
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Live! Match Day at the Market
On Friday, June 19, Pike Place Market will host a LIVE matchday stream of the U.S. vs. Australia match on the big screen on Pike Place.
Read MoreFolio Community Dinner
Gather, connect and celebrate with Folio!  Come share in the continuation of a growing tradition, an evening centered on connection, conversation, and the joy of gathering.  Folio invites you to join fellow members around intimate tables for our third Folio Community Dinner, where community spirit takes center stage. Enjoy a selection of locally sourced food […]
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Folio presents: A World Undone: Kelli Russell Agodon, Julia Levine, Heidi Seaborn and Michele Bombardier
Folio is delighted to welcome four extraordinary poets, each celebrating a new collection, for an evening of poetic transcendence. Kelli Russell Agodon’s Accidental Devotions, Julia Levine’s Lullaby for the Sixth Extinction, Heidi Seaborn’s tic, tic, tic, and Michele Bombardier’s Don’t Ask Me How I Know, all trace the tender and troubled terrain of love and […]
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Folio Presents: The AI Con: Emily M. Bender in Conversation with Shelley Fairweather-Vega
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is delighted to welcome two Seattle authors at the intersection of language and technology for a timely conversation on the hype and realities of Artificial Intelligence.
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Folio Presents: The Power of the River: An Evening with Ed Taylor
In partnership with Hinton Publishing, Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is pleased to welcome author Dr. Edward Taylor in conversation with Indigenous leader and advocate Colleen Echohawk on his new memoir The Power of the River.
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GOOOAL! A World Cup Journalist Panel with Matt Pentz
The 2026 World Cup is coming soon to a stadium near you, and Folio is bringing together four of the best soccer journalists around to break it all down!
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Welcoming the World Night Market
On Thursday, June 18, Pike Place Market will host the Welcoming the World Night Market, filled with food, shopping, music, and community.
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Pike Market Child Care & Preschool’s 25th Annual Walk for Kids!
Join the Pike Market Child Care & Preschool for a family-friendly walk through Pike Place Market and a celebration on the Overlook Walk!
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