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Seattle Arts & Lectures accepts payment via cash, check, Visa and Mastercard. Please keep in mind that the box office only accepts cash or checks on the night of the event. There will be no credit card purchases available at this time.

The language and content of our speakers' presentations are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Seattle Arts & Lectures, its board, or employees.

Lecture Series and Special Event Series

All orders placed one week or less prior to the event will not be mailed. You may pick up your tickets at the Box Office WILL CALL window on the night of the event.

All events will take place at Benaroya Hall’s S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Benaroya Hall is located at 200 University Street in downtown Seattle. For directions to Benaroya Hall, click here.

The box office opens at 6pm in the Benaroya Hall box office.

Doors open at 6:45 p.m. to begin seating for the 7:30 p.m. lecture. Seating is not guaranteed after the lecture begins. Benaroya Hall is wheelchair accessible and provides listening devices upon request.

ASL interpretation is available with a minimum two-week advance notice. Please contact SAL at 206-621-2230 to arrange for special needs.

Tickets and subscriptions are non-refundable. Please note that in the event of unforseen circumstances, alternate speakers and lecture dates may be presented.

Speakers do not sign books at the lecture. Signed books by the author are available for purchase in the lobby.

Poetry Series

All orders placed one week or less prior to the event will not be mailed. You may pick up your tickets at the Box Office on the night of the event.

All events will take place at Benaroya Hall’s Nordstrom Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Benaroya Hall is located at 200 University Street in downtown Seattle. For directions to Benaroya Hall, click here.

The box office opens at 6pm.

Doors open at 6:45 p.m. to begin seating for the 7:30 p.m. reading. Seating is not guaranteed after the lecture begins. Benaroya Hall is wheelchair accessible and provides listening devices upon request.

ASL interpretation is available with a minimum two-week advance notice. Please contact SAL at 206-621-2230 to arrange for special needs.

Tickets and subscriptions are non-refundable. Please note that in the event of unforseen circumstances, alternate speakers and lecture dates may be presented.

Poets will sign books after the reading.

Wednesday University

Course packets including a syllabus, suggested reading, parking instructions, and directions will be mailed two to four weeks before the first class.

Classes meet Wednesday evenings, 7:30 p.m., at the Henry Art Gallery, on the University of Washington campus. For directions to the Henry Art Gallery, click here.

Tickets and subscriptions are non-refundable. Please note that in the event of unforseen circumstances, alternate speakers and lecture dates may be presented.