Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Town Hall is proud to partner with The Bushwick Book Club Seattle for its twelfth mainstage season presenting concerts of original music inspired by literature. Each event showcases a lineup of local, professional musicians and artists each offering a fresh response to that evening’s source text, plus extras like an audience quiz, short film, or scholarly introduction. Book choices range from whimsical to solemn, classic to contemporary, and most every place in between.
This event will feature original music and art inspired by the work of Beverly Cleary.
Celebrate the life, work, and wisdom of beloved children’s author — and Pacific Northwest native — Beverly Cleary, creator of Beezus and Ramona, Ralph S. Mouse, and many more books of heartwarming honesty and humor.
Performers
Debbie Miller
Vince Martinez
Fae Wiedenhoeft
Sam Russell
Julia Francis
Eric Lane Barnes
Elle Vergara
Ailisa Newhall
Ibidunni Ojikutu
Rani Weatherby
“Beverly Cleary’s impact as a children’s writer cannot be overestimated…[for] her extraordinary talent in creating memorable young characters whose exuberant spirit and zest for life attract young and old readers alike.” –Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers
More info at TheBushwickBookClubSeattle.com
Presented by Town Hall Seattle and The Bushwick Book Club Seattle.
Town Hall is proud to partner with The Bushwick Book Club Seattle for its twelfth mainstage season presenting concerts of original music inspired by literature. Each event showcases a lineup of local, professional musicians and artists each offering a fresh response to that evening’s source text, plus extras like an audience quiz, short film, or scholarly introduction. Book choices range from whimsical to solemn, classic to contemporary, and most every place in between.
This event will feature original music and art inspired by the work of Beverly Cleary.
Celebrate the life, work, and wisdom of beloved children’s author — and Pacific Northwest native — Beverly Cleary, creator of Beezus and Ramona, Ralph S. Mouse, and many more books of heartwarming honesty and humor.
Performers
Debbie Miller
Vince Martinez
Fae Wiedenhoeft
Sam Russell
Julia Francis
Eric Lane Barnes
Elle Vergara
Ailisa Newhall
Ibidunni Ojikutu
Rani Weatherby
“Beverly Cleary’s impact as a children’s writer cannot be overestimated…[for] her extraordinary talent in creating memorable young characters whose exuberant spirit and zest for life attract young and old readers alike.” –Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers
More info at TheBushwickBookClubSeattle.com
Presented by Town Hall Seattle and The Bushwick Book Club Seattle.
