The Seattle Public Library's Broadview Branch should've been able to celebrate its 50th anniversary back in 2017, or ...

All the Seattle Public libraries are closed this week because of budget cuts. But you won’t have to go without a read because a group of activists is setting up a people’s library in the Central ...

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’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 ...

Seattle Public Library card holders can now get free admission to two new museums: the Seattle Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum and the Volunteer Park Conservatory. All it takes to ...

Thinking of grabbing a book to read in the park Thursday for Seattle’s warmest day of 2025 so far? Be warned that the Seattle Public Library is closing all of its locations on May 1. The library ...

Downloaded any good books lately? Now you can, through the Seattle Public Library's new Digital Books program. The library last week started letting patrons borrow digitized spoken and readable books ...

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 ...

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 Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column, submitted by the library, is a space to share library resources. Visit spl.org for more information. Whether or not you or ...

SEATTLE - Nine branches of the Seattle Public Library system will get expanded hours starting later this month. The expanded hours go into effect on January 29 across the city. With an added day, ...