Events

Join the ESU Seattle Branch for heavy appetizers, libations, and good company at a Seattle member home. See your newsletter for details of email seattle@esuus.org for more information — welcome!

Adelaide Alsop Robineau, (1865-1929) is considered one of America’s preeminent studio potters. She began her ceramics career as a china painter, painting designs on porcelain blanks produced by other craftsmen. After moving to Syracuse with her husband in 1901, Robineau started experimenting with making her own porcelain forms.She quickly became a master of the medium, […]

The ESU National Shakespeare Competition returns to New York City for an unforgettable weekend of fun, education, and performance. From Saturday, April 25 to Monday, April 27, students, parents, teachers, and ESU members will gather for three exciting days in the Big Apple.Competition Weekend features a full lineup of activities, including a New York City […]

Welcome to the 2026 Annual General Meeting and May Reception of the Seattle Chapter of the ESU! The reception will be held on Saturday, May 9, from 5 PM to 7:30 PM, and the business meeting for the AGM is not expected to take more than 20 minutes of that time. Please note that this […]

he New York City Branch of the English Speaking Union invites you to join us on  May 13, 2026 at 5PM EDT ESU National Board Member Mary Coleman Way in Conversation with Tamara Meneghini on Elizabeth I: in Her Own Words A critically acclaimed one-woman play, by Carole Levin, in collaboration with Tamara Meneghini and Sabin Epstein, […]

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 • 5:00 PM ETSponsored by the ESU Hawaii and Seattle Branches Did you know that Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth (President Lincoln’s assassin), performed Shakespeare plays in the Kingdom of Hawaii in the 1850s? And he wasn’t alone. The Hawaiian Kingdom hosted many actors who came to the fabled islands to […]

Join the ESU Seattle Branch for heavy appetizers, libations, and good company at an Eastside member home. See your newsletter for details of email seattle@esuus.org for more information — welcome!

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 • 5:00 PM ETSponsored by the ESU Richmond, VA Branch With the Commander of the American Forces from Virginia, four of the first five Presidents from Virginia, the authors of the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution from Virginia, an early Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from […]

Join the ESU Seattle Branch for an open bar, heavy appetizers, and good company at a Seattle member home. See your newsletter for details of email seattle@esuus.org for more information — welcome!