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Temporary artwork installed at City Hall

Central Park Azalea Walk Dreamscape by artist Daniel Ambrosi on view thru February 21, 2017 at City Hall For the next three months, a new artwork will illuminate the lobby of City Hall outside – the Bertha Knight Landes room. The large-scale artwork, Central Park Azalea Walk Dreamscape by artist… [ Keep reading ]

Out to Lunch Summer Concert Series Returns to City Hall this Summer

The highly popular Out to Lunch Summer Concert Series is returning for its 39th year, bringing free, live music to Downtown employees, residents and visitors. Enjoy some summertime tunes with performances from some of the Puget Sound’s most recognized bands as well as local up-and-comers. This highly anticipated summertime attraction,… [ Keep reading ]

SEATTLE AT WORK Housing Affordability

Join Mayor Murray and department directors to discuss how Seattle is at work in your neighborhood and throughout the city. Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 5-7 p.m. Seattle City Hall 600 4th Ave, Seattle, WA We’ll be continuing the conversation around the Housing Affordability & Livability Agenda, and we’d like your… [ Keep reading ]

Out to Lunch Summer Concert Series Returns to City Hall this Summer

The highly popular Out to Lunch Summer Concert Series is returning for its 38th year, bringing free, live music to Downtown employees, residents and visitors. Many of the Puget Sound’s most recognized bands, as well as up-and-comers are featured throughout the concert series. The concerts are a much-anticipated summertime attraction,… [ Keep reading ]

Free outdoor concerts return to City Hall plaza, July 11

Mark your calendars, folks! Seattle Presents free concerts will return for the summer, beginning July 11 and running through Aug. 29. The outdoor performances will take place noon to 1:30 p.m. every Thursday on City Hall’s outdoor plaza, 600 Fourth Ave. Check out the concert lineup here. The shows are… [ Keep reading ]

You are invited to the City Hall Open House

Massive Monkees. Photo by Jennifer Richard. We hope to see you at City Hall Open House between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saturday, April 6. The day will be filled with activities that include performances by School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA) at 11 a.m., Massive Monkees at… [ Keep reading ]

Tour of art in city collection

The  city’s Curator and Collections Manager Deborah Paine recently gave City Budget Office employees a tour of the artwork chosen for their floor from the city’s Portable Works Collection.  A three-person art committee of employees within their office selected the artworks for the halls to help enliven the workplace atmosphere…. [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Symphony to give free concert at City Hall, Feb. 21

Assistant Conductor Stilian Kirov will lead the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in a free lunchtime concert, 12 to 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, in the City Hall lobby. Mayor Mike McGinn will welcome attendees to the performance, which will feature masterworks from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Symphony will perform… [ Keep reading ]

City Hall features Ethiopian art

Head over to City Hall and see 45 paintings by 10 Ethiopian artists through March 4. The artists, some professionally trained and some self-taught, hail from Seattle; Washington, D.C.; and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In Ethiopian Art: Tradition, Assimilation and Change, a wide range of painting styles, both traditional and contemporary,… [ Keep reading ]

City Hall exhibition explores Haiti before and after 2010 earthquake

Haiti’s January 2010 7.0 earthquake left more than one million people homeless, 220,000 killed and 300,000 injured.  The country, people, culture and struggle are captured through the work of three Pacific Northwest artists in the exhibition Remember Haiti. The show opens at a reception, 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept…. [ Keep reading ]