Northgate Branch

The Northgate Branch Celebrates 20 Years of Community Connection

July 7, 2026

What makes a library essential to its community? 95-year-old Harry Coles, who has been a patron of the Northgate Branch since it opened in 2006, has an answer. “In all the years that I have gone to libraries, this is the friendliest, the cleanest, and the nicest,” he says. Harry is among many Northgate patrons… Continue reading
Sharing Our Stories: Seattle Public Library Celebrates the Art of Storytelling

October 17, 2014

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” – Joan Didion One evening a friend took me to Roy Street Coffee and Tea in Capitol Hill to a standing room only event. It was a Thursday night and I was at Fresh Ground Stories, a first-person storytelling open mic inspired by The Moth Radio Hour. The room was warm with… Continue reading