The Next Fifty begins on Saturday, April 21 with a full day of celebration and concludes on Sunday, Oct 21, dates chosen to coincide with those of the 1962 World’s Fair The anniversary celebration presents a packed six months of compelling and thought-provoking community discussions, cutting edge visual arts, live entertainment, exhibits and attractions, and family fun.
Seattle Center Festál: Irish Week Festival, March 17 and 18, at Seattle Center, explores the cultural roots and contemporary influences of Ireland through live performances, cultural displays, hands-on activities, foods, children’s activities, and a lively marketplace.
In the spirit of the 1962 World’s Fair, Seattle Center and AIA Seattle invited multidisciplinary design teams to compete in an international design ideas competition to re‐envision a nine‐acre site in the heart of Seattle Center and use it to explore innovation in public space in the coming century.
Some years ago, when working as a Seattle Times columnist, I was given an assignment in Portland. My task: Interview then Portland Mayor John E. (“Bud”) Clark on the difference between the Seattle and his city. Clark had a ready answer: “The difference between the two cities? You had a World’s Fair. And we didn’t.”
Urban Intervention: The Howard S. Wright Design Ideas Competition for Public Space invites designers to conceive a fresh vision of environmental, social, and economic opportunities on and beyond a 9-acre site at the heart of Seattle Center. How must public space perform in the coming century? Ecologically? Socially? Economically? How… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Center Winterfest presented by KOMO 4 TV opens with a weekend of lively music, ice skating, ice sculpting, cheerful indoor decoration and festive outdoor lights. Opening ceremony on Friday, Nov. 25 features Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra. Black Nativity Total Experience Gospel Choir performs on Saturday, Nov 26, and the… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Center is pleased to announce a newly published book, The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and Its Legacy as well as some major program elements of The Next Fifty celebrating the World’s Fair 50th anniversary, April 21 – Oct. 21, 2012. The events, experiences, exhibits and performances offer audiences a broad range of informative, compelling, interactive and entertaining programs.
New Seattle Center Monorail fare rates go into effect Nov. 1, 2011. They include increases in adult and youth fares as well as adult monthly passes. Roundtrip fares remain at twice the price of a one-way fare, and group rate discounts reflect the price increase. Rider rates for seniors, people with disabilities and Medicare cards holders do not change.
Seattle Center began redevelopment of the Center House Food Court this week. The project will refresh and update the large interior area, replace some exterior walls with large storefront windows and doors, add an exterior deck, and upgrade food offerings.
Art conservators will work through July 29 to replace missing glass pieces and remove silica deposits from the surface of the Seattle Mural, originally recreated for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair by famed northwest artist Paul Horiuchi.
