I wish my kid would use the library during winter break. He’ll be at a gym playing hoops instead. He’s obsessed, much like the character Basketball Jones in that old Cheech & Chong routine. But for ...

The Seattle Central Library will be a lot noisier than usual as the 12th Librarian hosts a live broadcast of the NFC Championship game between the Seahawks and 49ers Sunday. It’s the second week in a ...

The 11-level Central branch opened its doors to the public in May of 2004 to many excited fans of Rem Koolhaas, the Dutch architect who helped design the building alongside Joshua Ramus. Many visit ...

The Seattle Public Library is gearing up for another volume of its citywide book group, Seattle Reads, and this year, the KUOW Book Club is getting involved. SPL announced Monday that the 2025 Seattle ...

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 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 ...

On a Wednesday morning, I climbed up the iconic bright chartreuse escalators in the OMA-designed Seattle Central Library. Before I had reached the Living Room—the main public room on the third floor—I ...

The Seattle Public Library’s museum pass program will be “paused temporarily” starting in 2025. The program allows library-card holders to get free tickets to 13 Seattle museums, including the Seattle ...