Seattle Public Library card holders can now get free admission to two new museums: the Seattle Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum and the Volunteer Park Conservatory. All it takes to ...

Thinking of grabbing a book to read in the park Thursday for Seattle’s warmest day of 2025 so far? Be warned that the Seattle Public Library is closing all of its locations on May 1. The library ...

SEATTLE — All locations of The Seattle Public Library will be closed on Thursday, May 1, for the library's annual in-service day dedicated to systemwide staff training and team-building, the SPL ...

The Boston Public Library graciously conceded defeat on social media and celebrated both library systems' participation in Books Unbanned, a program that gives young people 13 to 26 anywhere in the ...

The KUOW Book Club has some exciting news to share today: We are kicking off a summer reading series in partnership with The Seattle Public Library. This is the first time our club is doing something ...

Seattle Opera will give a preview discussion of "Il Trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi from 2 to 3 p.m. tomorrow (Wed., Jan. 13) at the Ballard Library, 5614 22nd Ave. N.W. Staff members from Seattle Opera ...

The Seattle Times reports on the growth of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Libraries Initiative under the leadership of Deborah Jacobs, former head of the Seattle library system. The ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column, submitted by the library, is a space to share library resources. Visit spl.org for more information. Whether or not you or ...

Now & Then showcases the detective-style research by Seattle Public Library’s Special Collections staff on more than 300,000 ...