Regional Manager: Esperanza Stewart
Stream movies & TV with your Library card
Use your Library card to stream movies and TV to your phone, computer or smart TV. Access over 6,000 popular movies and shows on Hoopla or select from over 30,000 independent, classic and other films on Kanopy.
Explore late the late 1960s counterculture with the Helix
Browse digitized editions of the Helix, Seattle's first underground newspaper.
The Helix was published from March 1967 to June 1970 and covered events such as police misconduct and brutality, riots in American cities, assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and others, the Vietnam War, Native American fishing rights and more.
The current Columbia Branch was expanded and reopened Aug. 22, 2004. The building is in the Columbia City Landmark District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has a reading room, a computer area with a skylight, and large windows throughout the branch with views of the nearby Columbia Park.