Events
Events and benefits happen throughout the year. We have a few larger annual events and several smaller spontaneous ones. These are all generally fundraising events, but they also help us promote our programs and celebrate our successes. Sometimes members of the community want to host events in our honor. Information about all these happenings can be found below.
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you or your company would like to sponsor an upcoming event, we can arrange a package of sponsorship benefits to meet your needs. Sponsorship levels vary with each event, so contact us to start the conversation.
Book Publication Event at John Marshall — It’s Supposed to be About Happiness
April 10, 2008 - John Marshall Alternative School, 6:30-8 PM
Please join us for the last reading of an 826 Seattle publication at John Marshall. Students will be reading their work, John Moe will speak, books will be sold, books will be signed by the authors and cupcakes will be eaten. Most importantly, all of us present will have an opportunity to learn from these remarkable students and mark the ending of an era as this school year is the last for the John Marshall Alternative School program.
April 12, 2008 - Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co., 10 AM - 6 PM
In 1961, humankind took the first leap into the Great Beyond. On April 12, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to spend any time outside of Earth’s atmosphere. To celebrate the triumph of the maiden voyage into space, Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. has planned events honoring the brave cosmonaut’s native country. An all-day reading of War and Peace, Russian foods and “What did Yuri See?” essay contest winners will be announced.
Rat City Roller Girls Team with 826 Seattle
April 19, 2008 - Hanger 30, Warren G. Magnuson Park, 5 PM
On April 19, Rat City Roller Girls, the divas of the roller derby, are throwing their second bout of their forth season. They have made us the spotlight charity for this bout and offered us a place to share information about our programs. Come, say hi, and support the rockinest roller derby in town.
How To Write Like I Do - The Adult Writers’ Workshop Series
(About) Once a Month - 826 Seattle, 7-9 PM
Join 826 Seattle for the inauguration of How To Write Like I Do, a year-long series of adult writing workshops in which lots of really talented writers donate their time so a bunch of adults, many of whom are also writers or want to be writers, can pay money to learn more about writing, and all that money goes into the coffers of 826 Seattle so we can help young writers (ages 6-18) with their writing, free of charge.
How to Teach Like I Do — A Writing Teachers’ Round Table
First Thursdays - 826 Seattle, 7-9 PM
Anyone who teaches writing or wants to teach writing to any and all ages is welcome. A natural network of current and future writing teachers exists at 826 Seattle, yet very few of them get the chance to talk shop. We’d like to create an opportunity for
these teachers to meet, write, eat, and share what’s working for them as teachers and what’s not. We feel like this group can
become a great resource for those looking to teach a workshop at 826 Seattle, also a place where we can share information on
job opportunities, not to mention new ideas, writing prompts and assignments, as well as support in dealing with the challenges
that teachers face. Potluck.
“Hearing (Lemony) Snicket, (Mike) Doughty and Death Cab (for Cutie) brought the capacity crowd to its feet, howling like Irish setters. This for me was Bumbershoot at its best. It had everything—nerve, heart, brains and rock ‘n’ roll.”
— Regina Hackett of the Seattle P-I