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It was originally installed over a reflecting pool and now serves as a backdrop for Mural Amphitheatre, [4] an outdoor film and performance venue that has hosted numerous musical events. [5] [6] The venue also hosted KING-TV's weekly program Seattle Center Hootenanny. [7] Horiuchi traveled to Venice to prepare for the mural. [8]
The Seattle Center is an entertainment, education, tourism and performing arts center located in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Constructed for the 1962 World's Fair , the Seattle Center's landmark feature is the 605 ft (184 m) Space Needle , an official city landmark and globally recognized symbol of ...
The structure under construction in 1961. The arena opened in 1962 as the Washington State Pavilion for the Century 21 Exposition, the work of architect Paul Thiry.After the close of the Exposition, the Pavilion was purchased by the city of Seattle for $2.9 million and underwent an 18-month conversion into the Washington State Coliseum, one of the centerpieces of the new Seattle Center on the ...
Bumbershoot is an annual international music and arts festival held in Seattle, Washington. One of North America's largest such festivals, [1] it takes place every Labor Day weekend (leading up to and including the first Monday of September) at the 74-acre (299,000 m 2) Seattle Center, which was built for the 1962 World's Fair. Seattle Center ...
The Green Lake Aqua Theater was an outdoor theater located at Green Lake in Seattle, Washington. [1] The Aqua Theater was built in 1950 for the first Seafair Summer Festival in order to house an attraction called the Aqua Follies and their "swimusicals" - a combination of aqua ballet, stage dancing, and comedy. The first ever performance at the ...
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The Grand Illusion Cinema is the longest running independent cinema in the city of Seattle, Washington, and has become a landmark of the film community. Opened as The Movie House in 1970, the cinema became the city's first intimate arthouse and showcased foreign and revival films. The Grand Illusion is located in Seattle's University District.
November 28, 2006, SIFF and Seattle mayor Greg Nickels announced that SIFF would soon have a home and a year-round screening facility in what has been the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall of McCaw Hall, the same building at Seattle Center that houses the Seattle Opera. The city contributed $150,000 to the $350,000 project.