The Jack Straw May Reading Series

Three readings featuring the 2023 Jack Straw Writing Fellows, hosted by 2023 Writers Program Curator Priscilla Long

May 5, 12, and 19 at 7pm

Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle

Suggested donation: $10, includes a gift of the 2023 Jack Straw Writers Anthology (available for purchase from Open Books)

Stream live for free: Visit Jack Straw on Facebook or YouTube to see these readings live.

Friday, May 5, 7pm: Garfield Hillson, Geri Gale, David K. Rea, and Hana Choi

Friday, May 12, 7pm: Stephen Reed Griggs, Sumu Tasib, Carla Shafer, and Brian Dang

Friday, May 19, 7pm: Jim Cantú, Julene Tripp Weaver, Nancy Mburu, and Kaitlyn Teer

Jack Straw New Media Gallery

Whitney Lynn and Till the Teeth | TIME KILLS

March 31-May 19, 2023

Call 206-634-0919 or email [email protected] to schedule a visit

Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE

Saturday, May 13, 2-4pm: Youth and Family Workshop

E-mail [email protected] for more information or to sign up. This workshop is offered for free.

Join us for a hands-on sound art workshop with artists Whitney Lynn and Till the Teeth (Sandesh Nagaraj and Jonathan Rodriguez), in conjunction with TIME KILLS. After an audio described tour of the exhibit, participants will recreate and record sounds found in the installation and explore the concepts of time and sound.

Jack Straw Spring Audio Workshops

Jack Straw's audio workshops with engineer Tom Stiles are the perfect opportunity to improve your studio skills or get that first introduction to the world of audio recording and editing.

To sign up or for more information, email [email protected].

Microphone Workshop: Monday, June 5, 6-10pm

Fee: $75 (In person class, masks and COVID vaccination required)

A detailed look at microphone types, pickup patterns, placement and use, both for live and studio applications.

Intro to Podcasting: Wednesday, June 7, 6:30-9:30pm

Fee: $50 (held on Zoom)

Learn the basics of creating and maintaining a podcast, from concept to planning, production, and distribution.

Intro to Digital Audio Editing: Thursday, June 8, 6:30-9:30pm

Fee: $50 (held on Zoom)

Learn the basic skills of recording and editing sound with audio editing software.

Join us on Social Media!

Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to get regular doses of writing, art, and music from Jack Straw artists of all ages.

We recently shared this poem by Genesee Hill Elementary School student Sammy, written with help from poet and teaching artist Vicky Edmonds.

Deep inside I am like a flower closing up love and letting out hugs and kisses for everyone, then love is everywhere.

Jack Straw Artist of the Week

The current installment of our Artist of the Week podcast is a story from Grey Eagle's collection Hear the Wolf, created in 1994, the first year of our Artist Support Program. Grey Eagle would have turned 100 this week.

Listen at jackstraw.org, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts. 

SoundPages, the Jack Straw Writers Program Podcast

The 2022 Jack Straw Writers SoundPages series continues with a conversation between Jessica Gigot and 2022 Writers Program Curator Michael Schmeltzer, and a recording of Jessica's live reading at Jack Straw.

Listen at jackstraw.org, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

Jack Straw New Media Gallery Podcast

Tiffany Danielle Elliott talks with Jack Straw's producer Carlos Nieto about her Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation I promise I won't scream.

Listen at jackstraw.org, or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

Support Jack Straw Cultural Center

Jack Straw Cultural Center relies on the support of individual contributors to make our programs possible. Please help us continue to support the work of artists working with sound and all our art and technology education programs. Donate any amount by clicking the button below, or sending a check directly to us at 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105.

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