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Seattle Travel News - Mar 08
03-27-2008
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VOLUME 29 - March, 2008 |
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| Anchors Away at the Seattle Maritime Festival |
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Photo: Don Wilson, Port of Seattle
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Given the amount of water in and around Seattle, it's natural that the city's maritime heritage be celebrated annually. The 2008 Seattle Maritime Festival will be held May 8-10 on the Seattle waterfront. The festival boasts the nation's largest tugboat races, with 40 boats expected to race in three heats, beginning at 2 p.m. on "Family Fun Day," May 10. Other festival activities include three free Argosy harbor cruises, free children's admission to the newly renovated Seattle Aquarium (when accompanied by a paying adult) and a U.S. Coast Guard Sea-Air Rescue demonstration. |
For more information, visit http://www.seattlepropellerclub.org/ or call (206) 728-3163.
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| Summertime in Seattle Kicks Off at the Annual Northwest Folklife Festival |
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Thione Photo: Chris Nelson
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The Northwest Folklife Festival celebrates its 37th year as Seattle's unofficial kick-off to summer on Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26, 2008. The Northwest Folklife Festival is the largest folk, ethnic and traditional arts event in North America, drawing in excess of 250,000 attendees and more than 1,000 musicians, dancers, tradition bears and visual artists. Each year a fraction of the festival's programming focuses on a different community within the Pacific Northwest. This year, "Urban Indians" are the featured community. Festival visitors will have the opportunity to learn whom and what urban Indians are and what traditions they celebrate. Admission to the Northwest Folklife Festival is free, although a donation of $10 per person per day or $20 per family per day is welcome.
For more information visit http://www.nwfolklife.org/
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| Lights, Camera, Action at the Seattle International Film Festival |
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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is back for its 34th year, May 22-June 15, 2008. Spanning 25 days, the festival features 550 screenings, including 270 feature-length films and 140 short films. The films at the SIFF compete for cash prizes and awards in several categories, including a documentary competition, a short film competition, a new directors competition and a new American cinema competition. In addition to these juried competitions, Golden Space Needle Audience Awards are given for best feature, best documentary, best actor, best actress, best director and best short film.
The full festival schedule will be available May 8, with sales to the general public beginning May 11. For more information and tickets, visit www.siff.net.
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