Latest Past Events

History Café: The Sound Pilot Screening

Microsoft Lakefront Pavilion MOHAI - 860 Terry Ave N, Seattle

Join writer/producer Noelani Auguston for a screening of the pilot episode of The Sound. Created by Children of the Setting Sun Productions, The Sound is a coming-of-age TV drama that follows a group of Indigenous Coast Salish teens as they travel through their ancestral waterways in a traditional canoe.

Confronting Hate Together: The Power of Community

Faye G. Allen Grand Atrium MOHAI 860 Terry Ave N, Seattle

Join representatives from the Black Heritage Society of Washington State, the Wing Luke Museum, and the Washington State Jewish Historical Society to hear about their collaboration for Confronting Hate Together, inspired by the 1937-1952 American Jewish Committee campaign to fight bigotry. Learn about the Confronting Hate Together exhibition and campaign, bystander intervention strategies, and make your own poster led by Vivid Matter Collective artists.

History Café: Records of Homelessness

Microsoft Lakefront Pavilion MOHAI - 860 Terry Ave N, Seattle

Homelessness is not a new issue in Seattle, but how we approach this complex topic has varied throughout the decades. Join us as Anne Frantilla and Jeanie Fisher from the Seattle Municipal Archives walk us through the ways Seattle's government and residents have responded to homelessness, from the Hoovervilles of the Great Depression to the Nickelsvilles of the 21st century, and today.