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View of the Space Needle from the Seattle Center.

Kreielsheimer Promenade and Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle Center

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Attractions

• The Space Needle.
• Seattle Center Monorail terminus.
• Center House, formerly known as the Food Circus, which includes:

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• The Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
• The Fisher Pavilion.
• The Fun Forest amusement park.
• The International Fountain.
• The Mercer Arena
• The outdoor Mural Amphitheater, featuring a mosaic mural by Paul Horiuchi.
• The Northwest Rooms, a small conference center.
• The Pacific Science Center, home of the Boeing IMAX Theater, Eames IMAX Theater, and Seattle Laser Dome.
• The Seattle Center Pavilion

International Fountain

Center House, Seattle Center

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Performing Arts

• Bagley Wright Theatre
• Leo Kreielsheimer Theatre
• PONCHO Forum, home of Seattle Repertory Theatre.
• Center House Theater
• The Center School
• The Intiman Playhouse, home of the Intiman theater company.
• McCaw Hall, home of the Seattle Opera and shared as a performance space with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, whose ballet school is adjacent. This is the third performance space on this site, the second being the Opera House built at the time of the World's Fair.
• The Seattle Children's Theatre
• The VERA Project

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Athletics

• KeyArena, home court of Seattle SuperSonics, Seattle Storm basketball and Seattle Thunderbirds (Western Hockey League) ice hockey. This is a rebuilt version of what was once the Coliseum.
• Memorial Stadium, a high school football and soccer stadium, which predates the World's Fair.

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Festivals

Seattle Center hosts many cultural, music and arts festivals. Major attractions include:

• Bumbershoot
• Festál, a year long series of world culture festivals.
• Seattle International Children's Festival
• Northwest Folklife
• Bite of Seattle
• Winterfest

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Winterfest

Winterfest runs from Nov 24-Jan 1 annually. It is an annual celebration including ice skating, artisitic and cultural performances, concerts, student musical performances from area schools, storytelling, exhibits and classic films. Winterfest also includes the Seattle trademark holiday train, Holiday Big Band Dance and New Year's Eve concert.

Winterfest includes several collections of performances, including:

• Winter Worldfest: A festival within a festival, represting cultural holiday traditions
• Storytellers: storytelling, puppet shows for children and adults
• Winter Solstice Celebration: a sunset extravaganza celebrating the winter solstice
• Breakin' in the New Year: a hip, metropolitan culture showcase including break dancing
• Peace on Earth: an interfaith celebration
• Student Showcases: area school musical groups perform in the Centerhouse

Annual performers include

• The Aerialistas, aerial performance troupe
• Circus Contraption Band
• Womanipura, fire dancing troupe
• Magic Mystery Show
• Lelavision, modern and aerial dance

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College Performance Series

The College Performance Series was introduced for 2007 Winterfest. It features outstanding performing arts groups of washington state colleges and universities. The project allows high-level college performers to contribute to the celebration, and to showcase the state's university community during the winter season.

Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Award

Every year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Seattle Center awards three youth peace awards to three inidivuduals or organizations. These awards have become an honor of Seattle, and are heavily applied for. The award, along with $100, recognize outstanding youth and youth organizations who promote community, peace, leadership, justice and civil rights in the spirit of the teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. Nomination forms are distributed to various organizations in Seattle, but anyone can make a nomination. Forms are available at the Seattle Center programs office, and the deadline is usually November 19, for the January 15 award. Martin Luther King Jr. ... Martin Luther King Jr. ...

Future plans

There is a long history of plans for revision of the Seattle Center. In 2007 the 17 member Seattle Center Century 21 Committee appointed to consider potential changes presented a set of four plans.

External links

• Seattle Center Official Website
• Maps and aerial photos for 47°37′21″N 122°21′07″W / 47.622451, -122.352033Coordinates: 47°37′21″N 122°21′07″W / 47.622451, -122.352033
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• Guide to the Seattle Center Annual Reports 1966-(ongoing)
• Seattle Center Century 21 Committee