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Jack Straw x Bushwick Book Club Seattle 2025-2026: bit.ly/48iQLoj

Episode 5 features #JackStrawWriter @nhattnichols.bsky.social and #musician @bjornwatkins.bsky.social.

#BushwickBookClub #JackStrawCulturalCenter #JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2025 #SeattleMusic #SeattleWriters
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November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Check out the latest episode of our Artist of the Week #podcast, featuring #JackStrawArtists Sheila Bristow and Ellaina Lewis. Listen at jackstraw.org/podcasts/artist-of-the-week/ or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.
Textured white background. The lower half is black with a diagonal jagged line as separation. A gray outline of a microphone is on the middle right side, with text reading “Jack Straw Artist Of The Week.” A gray sound wave runs across the top of the image. Dark grey text above the soundwave is “Sheila Bristow and Ellaina Lewis.” In the center is a black and white hand drawn image of a woman. Yellow text under the collage is “The Want of You.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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This #VeteransDay, we’re listening to Stommish (Warrior-veteran) Song and Intro, brought to us by Pauline Hillaire.

buff.ly/vank62W

#JackStrawArtists
Pauline Hillaire sitting in a chair and holding a drum with a microphone above her. Pauline Hillaire sitting in a chair with a microphone above her.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Tara Tamaribuchi | Groove Bardos

October 24, 2025 – January 9, 2026
Call 206-634-0919 or email jsp@jackstraw.org to schedule a visit
Jack Straw Cultural Center

All events are FREE

Youth and Family Workshop: Saturday, November 22, 2pm
E-mail education@jackstraw.org for more information

#STEAMDay
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November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Hear from nine of our 2025 Jack Straw Writers this weekend!

Sunday, November 9, 2pm
Downtown Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave, Seattle
FREE

2025 Jack Straw Writers group reading, hosted by curator @alqalaqat.bsky.social

#JackStrawWriters2025
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November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Here’s a beautiful poem from Jonathan. Written with help from #poet and #TeachingArtist Vicky Edmonds.

#Poetry #AudioArts #ArtsIntegration #ArtInSchools #RecordingStudio #Seattle #ConcordInternationalElementarySchool #SeattlePublicSchools
Black text on a white background. Text is a poem from Concord Elementary School student, Jonathan. Text is “My friendship is like a soft ship that holds us together and brings us to a new country of kindness."
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Sheila Bristow and Ellaina Lewis – Grimké Songs

Friday, November 21, 7pm
In person or streaming via YouTube or Facebook
FREE

#JackStrawArtists
Three headshots. Clockwise from the top left: Sheila Bristow, Ellaina Lewis, Angelina Weld Grimké.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Episode 5 of the 2025 season of SoundPages is up! Listen at jackstraw.org/podcasts/soundpages/ or subscribe via Apple Podcasts to hear #JackStrawWriter @nhattnichols.bsky.social in conversation with #curator @alqalaqat.bsky.social.

#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2025 #Podcast
A white vertical strip is on the left side. Grey text on the white strip is "Soundpages." In the middle is Nhatt Nichols wearing headphones and standing in front of a microphone. A black bar with yellow and white text is below. Text is “Nhatt Nichols, The Forest Bison”.
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Happy Halloween!

#JackStrawCulturalCenter #AudioArts #Seattle #RecordingStudio #TopsK8 #Halloween #Halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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We're closing out this month with an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter @stayseajackson.bsky.social.

The deadline to apply for the 2026 Writers Program is Sunday, 11/2: buff.ly/GYddvaq

The Dim (Excerpt)

#JackStrawWriters2024 #RecordingStudio #Seattle #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Stacy Nathaniel Jackson. Text is “Most kith and kin had a mix of benevolent and contestable ancestors in their lives."
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Check out the latest episode of our Artist of the Week #podcas, featuring #JackStrawArtist Suchitra Iyer. Listen at jackstraw.org/podcasts/artist-of-the-week/ or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

#JackStrawArtists
Textured white background. The lower half is black with a diagonal jagged line as separation. A gray outline of a microphone is on the middle right side, with text reading “Jack Straw Artist Of The Week.” A gray sound wave runs across the top of the image. Dark grey text above the soundwave is “Suchitra Iyer.” In the center is the cover of Suchitra Iyer’s album. Yellow text under the collage is “Mazhe Mazhe.”
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Here’s a look back at Margaret Jean, a Radio Portrait, the first radio theater project produced by Jack Straw Productions – now Jack Straw Cultural Center – at our facility in the University District: bit.ly/4hvJdRD

#JackStrawCulturalCenter #Seattle #RecordingStudio #AudioVisualHeritage
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October 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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As #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth draws to a close, we’re marking it with this PSA from the students at #JohnMuirElementarySchool about immigration from the Phillipines.

#PSA #JackStrawCulturalCenter #AudioArts #Seattle #RecordingStudio
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Today's excerpt is from Jaymark, a #FosterHighSchool student from the Philippines.
Written with help from #TeachingArtist Merna Ann Hecht.

Toward A Solution

#JackStrawCulturalCenter #Poetry #Education #ArtsEducation #RecordingStudio #Seattle #Tukwila #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt of a poem from Foster High School student, Jaymark. Text is “Let’s open a door to See what is in our future."
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Episode 4 of the 2025 season of SoundPages is up! Listen at jackstraw.org/podcasts/soundpages/ or subscribe via Apple Podcasts to hear #JackStrawWriter Sigrun Susan Lane in conversation with #curator Kathleen Alcalá (@alqalaqat.bsky.social).

#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2025 #Podcast
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October 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Applications for the 2025 Collective Power Fund are now open until November 16th!

Full guidelines and application at nwfilmforum.org/collective-p...

#collectivepowernw #collectivepower #warholfoundation #nwfilmforum #nwartists #seattleartists #regionalregranting @nwfilmforum.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Tara Tamaribuchi | Groove Bardos

October 24, 2025 – January 9, 2026
Call 206-634-0919 or email jsp@jackstraw.org to schedule a visit
Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE
All events are FREE

#JackStrawArtists
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October 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Today's excerpt comes to us from #JackStrawWriter Allison Masangkay.

Applications are open for our residency programs: jackstraw.submittable.com/submit

Flood Stage of My Aromanticism (Excerpt)

#JackStrawWriters2024 #RecordingStudio #Seattle #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Allison Masangkay. Text is “Where is the “usable truth,” the heart of the matter buried under a knowledge unbelonging to us?"
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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We’ve got four more artists lined up to chat with about their experiences with Jack Straw and how the residencies have helped them create and share their art. Join us on Instagram Live and chime in with any questions you may have!

Applications are open: buff.ly/nuaML2M

#JackStrawArtists
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October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The latest episode of our Artist of the Week #podcast is up, featuring #JackStrawArtist Bun-Ching Lam. Listen at buff.ly/wcrohgi or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.

#JackStrawArtists

Applications for the Jack Straw Artist Residencies are open: buff.ly/z8ErESp
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October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Jack Straw x Bushwick Book Club Seattle 2025-2026: bit.ly/48iQLoj

Episode 3 features #JackStrawWriter Jenny Harrington Lill and #musician Townsend’s Solitaire.

#BushwickBookClub #JackStrawCulturalCenter #JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2025 #SeattleMusic #SeattleWriters
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October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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We’re marking #IndigenousPeoplesDay by looking back at O’otham Rhapsode, a multimedia work by Jack Straw resident Artist D.A. Navoti.

Learn more at buff.ly/9W23nV0

#JackStrawArtists
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October 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Joe is here with an excerpt to tell us how it feels to be bilingual. Written with help from #poet and #TeachingArtist Raúl Sánchez.

Bilingüe, Bicultural
Bilingual, Bicultural

#Poetry #Education #ArtsEducation #RecordingStudio #Seattle #DennyInternationalMiddleSchool #HispanicAmericanHeritageMonth
Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt of a poem from Denny International Middle School student, Joe. Text is “La historia no es tu identidad, Solo es una parte."
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Episode 3 of the 2025 season of SoundPages is up! Listen at jackstraw.org/podcasts/soundpages/ or subscribe via Apple Podcasts to hear #JackStrawWriter Jenny Harrington Lill in conversation with #curator Kathleen Alcalá (@alqalaqat.bsky.social).

#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2025 #Podcast
A white vertical strip is on the left side. Grey text on the white strip is "Soundpages." In the middle is Jenny Harrington Lill looking down while wearing headphones. A black bar with yellow and white text is below. Text is “Jenny Harrington Lill, How to write a Eulogy for a 10-year-old”.
October 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Suchitra Iyer- Sunaad Album Release

October 26th, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105

Suchitra Iyer will perform some of the songs from her upcoming album Sunaad, which was produced through her Jack Straw Residency with support from 4Culture.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM