Seattle Arts & Lectures

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• Our Mission: Seattle Arts & Lectures champions the literary arts by engaging and inspiring readers and writers of all generations in the greater Puget Sound region.Our programs: Literary Arts Series SAL Presents Poetry Series Women You Need to Know Hinge Writers in the Schools (WITS) Seattle Arts & Lectures was founded in 1987 and launched its first season in 1988 with John Updike, Calvin Trillin, Donald Barthelme, Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris, Isabel Allende, and Rosamond Bernier. In 1994, SAL brought the nationally recognized Writers in the Schools to Seattlean educational program that places local professional writers in public school classrooms to develop skills and spark student interest in reading and writing and now serves over 6,000 students in our region annually. The Poetry Series, featuring such notables as Philip Levine and Anne Carson, debuted in 2000. Hinge, inaugurated in the 2014/15 season features readings, lectures and other presentations by emerging and experimental writers in intimate settings. In the 15/16 season SAL will introduce Women You Need to Know, a three-part series designed to showcase cutting edge, thought provoking inspiring women. It will open with the graphic novelist and Tony award winner Alison Bechdel.
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  Headquarters:340 15th Avenue East , Seattle, Washington, United States

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  Phone Number: +1 206-621-2230

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  Website: https://www.lectures.org

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  Employees:30

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  Revenue:$10 - 50M

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  Legal Name:Seattle Arts & Lectures

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• |  NAICS Code: 541611  |

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