Seattle Center
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The Center is bordered by Denny Way on the south side, Mercer St. to the north, Fifth Ave and Broad St on the East and 1st Ave on the west. Entrances located off Mercer, Fifth Ave, Denny Way, Broad St, and 1st Ave.
Phone: 206 443 2001
Events Line: 206 684 8582
www.seattlecenter.com/
Admission to the Seattle Center and the Center House is Free.
Food Court in Center House
Seattle Center is Seattle’s community meeting place - the home of the Space Needle, the Monorail, the Experience Music Project, and annual events like Bumbershoot, the Northwest Folklife Festival and The Bite of Seattle. It houses the Key Arena, the Pacific Science Center, the Imax theaters, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Seattle Opera. Catch a play in one of the 10 great theaters, attend the opera or ballet, enjoy a concert or go see a hockey game in Key Arena, or have dinner at the top of the Space Needle. The Center is open everyday all year, and something is always happening.
Space Needle
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400 Broad St.
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 206 905 2100
www.spaceneedle.com/
Day and Night ticket allows two visits in a 24 hour period, once during the day and once at night.
Restaurant on premise
Seattle’s best known landmark is located on the Seattle Center campus close to the Center House and the entrance to the Monorail. Take a 42 second ride to the top and a 360 degree, bird’s eye view of Seattle from an altitude of 520 feet. Or have dinner and cocktails in the Sky City Restaurant; which rotates a full 360 degrees once an hour.
Pacific Science Center
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Phone 206 443 2001
www.pacsci.org/
Pacific Science Center is located under the arches near the Space Needle. Daytime entrances are on Denny Way and the main entrance and Will Call are located facing Seattle Center to the north. This is also the only evening entrance.
Open Daily 10: a.m. to 6: p.m.
There is something here for everyone; whether it be a movie on a screen six stories high and 80 feet long, or a butterfly exhibit. Visit two Imax theaters, state of the art laser shows and oodles of great exhibits. See science in action; dazzling experiments and live animals, teach interactive lessons that educate and enthuse! Check at information desk for a list of the daily demonstrations and show times. This is for kids of all ages.
The Children’s Museum
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First Level of Center House
Phone 206 441 1768
www.thechildrensmuseum.org/
Mon thru Fri 10am to 5pm Sat and Sun 10: a.m. to 6: p.m.
The Children’s Museum is an environment just for children, toddlers through 10, and their families. Every exhibit is interactive, which not only allows but encourages child-sized hands on exploration. Climb a mountain, jump into a marmot hole, build something bigger than you are. The Museum features 11 permanent exhibits, an art studio, two education classrooms, a temporary traveling exhibit gallery, a story telling circle and resource library.
EMP The Experience Music Project
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325 Fifth Avenue N
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 206 724 3428
www.empsfm.org/
Restaurant on premise
Explore the essence of rock 'n' roll, from its roots in jazz, soul, gospel, country and the blues, to its influence on hip hop, punk and other more recent genres in this one of a kind structure. Learning about music has never been so much fun.
SFM Science Fiction Museum and Hall Of Fame
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325 Fifth Avenue N
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 206 724 3428
www.empsfm.org/
This is an absolute must for devoted fans of Science Fiction. It’s packed full of actual props and costumes from Star Trek, Star Wars, Alien, Dr. Who, and Terminator. Robots, jet packs, space suits, ray guns, it's all here.
Seattle Repertory Theatre
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155 Mercer Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 1 877 900 9285
www.seattlerep.org/
Seattle Repertory Theatre is one of America's premier non-profit resident theatres. Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award® for Outstanding Regional Theatre. With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a subscription season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops and special presentations.
Intiman Theatre
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201 Mercer St
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 206 269 1900
www.www.intiman.org/
In Swedish, intiman means the intimate, and that’s exactly what you’ll find at the Intiman Theatre, an intimate performance space where every seat is close to the action. In 2006 INTIMAN was honored with the Tony Award® for Outstanding Regional Theatre, the most prestigious award given in the nonprofit theatre field.
Pacific Northwest Ballet
McCaw Hall map
301 Mercer St.
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 206 441 2424 Tickets Phone 206 441 9411 Information
www.pnb.org/
Visit a world class facility to watch a world class ballet troupe perform. Performances are held at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center, the regions new premier performance hall.
Opened in June 2003, McCaw Hall includes a state of the art 2,900-seat auditorium, a 400 seat Lecture Hall, a café, a luminous five-story serpentine glass Grand Lobby, and a 17,800 square-foot public plaza that serves as an entry into McCaw Hall and the Seattle Center Campus. McCaw Hall is the home to Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, community festivals and guest performers from around the world.
Seattle Opera
McCaw Hall map
321 Mercer Street
Seattle, WA. 98109
Phone 206 389 7676 Seattle Opera Ticket Office
www.seattleopera.org/
Whether it’s the music of Wagner, Gluck, Puccini, Leoncavallo or Bellini, The Ring, Tosca or Pagliacci, the Seattle Opera company is committed to producing musically extraordinary, theatrically compelling operas, employing high quality casts, dramatically savvy conductors, and innovative yet textually concerned directors and designers. A Night to remember.
Seattle Children's Theatre
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201 Thomas St
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 206 441 3322
www.sct.org/
Seattle Children's Theatre is the second largest resident theatre for young audiences in North America, 250,000 children, parents, and teachers annually attend. Performances are held in the Charlotte Martin and Eve Alvord Theatres from September through June. Children of all ages, toddlers to octogenarians, are welcome.
Seattle Shakespeare Company
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Performances in the Center House Theatre
Phone 206 733 8222
www.seattleshakespeare.org/
If you like Shakespeare, the Seattle Shakespeare Company performs 3 Shakespearean plays and 1 classic each season from September through June. Seattle Shakespeare Company believes the plays of William Shakespeare and the classics of theatre are timeless, crossing social and cultural boundaries and deserve a theatre committed to first-rate, professional productions of Shakespeare and the classics.
Key Arena
Seattle Center
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1st N and W Harrison Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 206 684 7200
Key Arena is one of Seattle’s premier venues for sports, concerts and family entertainment. Its unique design provides sports and concert fans an intimate entertainment experience with spectacular sightlines and acoustics, uncommon in arenas of similar size. Whether you’re catching a Storm basketball game, or watching the Rat City Rollergirls, or maybe attending a concert by Aerosmith, Jose Carreras, Pearl Jam, Celine Dion, Elton John, Garth Brooks, George Strait or Rod Stewart, or a show for the whole family like Disney On Ice or Champions On Ice, The Key is a great place to do it.
Seattle Storm
Key Arena
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1st N and Harrison Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 206 684 7200 for game dates and ticket prices or 1 888 269 7467
www.wnba.com/storm/
Led by WNBA All-Decade honorees Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson, the WNBA's all-time winningest female coach Anne Donovan and 2004 Finals MVP Betty Lennox, the Storm has made four playoff appearances in five years and won the 2004 WNBA title. Enjoy world class basketball played by world class basketball players.
Rat City Roller Girls
Key Arena at Seattle Center
1st N and Harrison Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Tickets available at the events and through Tiketmaster.
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The Rat City Roller Girls, Seattle's first and only all female flat track armature roller derby league. Named after an area in the south end of Seattle, the RCRG league came into being in April 2004. The league is comprised of about 80 member/owners and includes five teams, also colorfully named: Derby Liberation Front, Grave Danger, Throttle Rockets, Sock-it Wenches and a Travel Team. These teams participate in competitive roller derby bouts on a flat track in an amateur athletic season that lasts from February through October. This season, The Rat City Roller Girls have moved up town and are skating in Key Arena. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
Ride The Ducks Seattle
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516 Broad Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone 206 441 3825 or 1 800 817 1116
www.ridetheducksofseattle.com/
Tours run every half hour from 9:30 a.m. to 6: p.m. seven days a week
One of the best ways to get acquainted with the city of Seattle is Riding the Duck. Take a 90 minute tour, 30 minutes on water and 60 minutes on land, while riding in a WWII amphibious landing craft. Voted a Must Do in Seattle.
On the Boards
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The Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance
100 West Roy Street
Seattle, WA 98119
Phone 206 217 9888
www.ontheboards.org/
On The Boards introduces its audiences to international innovators in contemporary dance, theater, music and new media, as well as presentations of new work by promising Northwest performing artists. On The Boards, presents 70 to 80 performance nights each season. Something different can be fun.
