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11:36am

Fri May 27, 2011
Festivals

Fortieth Folklife ushers in summer (unofficially, of course)

Credit File photo / AP

More than 200,000 people are expected to visit the Seattle Center over the Memorial Day Weekend for the 40th annual Folklife Festival.

About 1,000 music, dance and other events are scheduled over four days, starting Friday, at indoor and outdoor sites. The festival also includes food and craft booths.

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1:11pm

Thu May 12, 2011
Festivals

Giant Magnet attracts Chinese troupes for final year of fest

Credit Giant Magnet

The final Giant Magnet Children’s Festival is underway in Seattle. It’s the 25th year of the event which aims to introduce young audiences to the world - it's people, customs and cultures.  

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10:30am

Tue April 26, 2011
PUBLIC SPACES

Chihuly glass exhibit for Seattle Center gets OK'd by city council

Credit Studio 216 / Owen Richards Architects

3:43pm

Fri April 1, 2011
Seattle Pillow Fight 2011

Feathers and fluff beneath the Space Needle on Saturday

Get out your angst, frustration, or joyful inner child. Seattle is ready to stage its third Pillow Fight.

The 2008 event at the Pike Place Market was the first-ever held in Seattle, a worldwide event with 'fights' now staged in 115 cities, called International Pillow Fight Day. 

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8:00am

Fri April 1, 2011

2:32pm

Wed March 16, 2011
Arts & Entertainment

Bumbershoot aims for improved 2011, hopes for better weather

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Seattle's venerable end of summer music festival is making changes to avoid a repeat of last year's event: disappointing ticket sales. Festival organizers cited heavy rains for keeping people away, but the changes suggest last year's tickeing schemes may have played a role.

Bumbershoot producer One Reel announced it will drop a discount ticket plan that excluded main stage shows. Instead, it will return to tickets good for all shows, according to The Seattle Times.

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5:20pm

Tue March 15, 2011
Remembering John T. Williams

Century-old cedar totems to honor native woodcarver at Seattle Center "carve-in"

Credit Photo by Bellamy Pailthorp / KPLU

An ancient cedar tree was delivered earlier today (Tuesday) to the Seattle Center. Several totem poles carved from it in public will commemorate the life and art of native carver John T. Williams.

His shooting by a Seattle police officer last August has escalated tensions between law enforcement and people of color. But Williams' family says the "carve-in" that has just begun is about remembering his cultural legacy. 

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