JANUARY 2007
IN THIS ISSUE
Olympic Sculpture Park Now Open
Northwest Flower and Garden Show Returns
Paul Allen's Aircraft Collection Relocates
Seattle Super Saver in Full Swing
Moisture Festival Brings Varieté to Seattle
Olympic Sculpture Park Grand Opening
On Jan. 20, the Olympic Sculpture Park will open to the public, unifying the Belltown neighborhood in downtown and the Seattle waterfront. The nine-acre sculpture park features a 2,500-foot, descending, z-shaped pedestrian path connecting downtown Seattle with a beach on the waterfront. With sweeping views of the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains, the path takes visitors past sculptures and major works by world-renowned artists such as Richard Serra, Alexander Calder and Mark di Suvero.
The park also features the PACCAR Pavilion, a glass and steel structure with space for art, performances and educational programs, as well as the Gates Amphitheatre, an outdoor structure that will host performances and films.
Open to the public and free of charge, the Olympic Sculpture Park was commissioned by the Seattle Art Museum to create a green space in the heart of the city for the public to enjoy.
For more information, visit www.seattleartmuseum.org.
Northwest Flower and Garden Show Blooms in February
While not normally a month of huge, colorful blooming flowers, February heralds the 19th annual Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle. The show takes over much of the Washington State Convention & Trade Center Feb. 14-18, converting it into gardens, exhibits, a marketplace and stage areas for seminars.
The show greets between 60,000 and 80,000 attendees annually to see the exhibits, shop the marketplace and attend the 110 seminars that will be available throughout the show.
Preparation for the show involves moving 150 dump truck-loads of sawdust and mulch, as well as 280,000 lbs. of rock, into the convention center to create six acres of expansive gardens and exhibits. Planning for such an effort begins nine months in advance.
For more information, visit www.gardenshow.com or call 206-789-5333.
One Stop for the Past, Present and Future of Flight
The Flying Heritage Collection (FHC) of rare, historic aircraft and artifacts will relocate to Paine Field, 20 miles north of Seattle, this summer. Formerly located in rural Arlington, Wash., Seattle investor Paul G. Allen's collection of operational WWII and Cold War aircraft will be housed in a hangar adjacent to the Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour. The move will allow the collection room to grow and increase public access to the vintage aircraft. The close proximity to the Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour will make Paine Field a one-stop destination for visitors to experience the past, present and future of aviation.
More than just relics from a bygone era, the aircraft in the FHC are kept in flying condition and are flown semi-regularly during the summer months to keep them operational and allow the public a chance to see them in action.
For reservations with the FHC tour coordinator, call 360-435-2172 Thursday through Saturday between 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Pacific time. For more information, visit www.flyingheritage.com or call 360-435-2172.
Seattle Hotel Values Available Through March
Seattle Super Saver's Value Season is still in full-swing until March 31, providing travelers with discounts at approximately 60 attractions, restaurants and retailers around the region in addition to the best year-round hotel savings of any third-party booking program. The Seattle Super Saver Value Guide is filled with two-for-one offers, percentage discounts and gift certificates provided to Seattle Super Saver customers upon check-in at their hotel. Other advantages to the Super Saver program include no booking or hidden fees, no pre-payments and no cancellation fees (up to 24 hours prior to check-in).
Travelers may book at www.seattlesupersaver.com or by calling toll free within the U.S. and Canada at (800) 535-7071; from outside the U.S. and Canada, the number to call is (206) 461-5882. Reservation lines are open 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Pacific Time), Monday through Friday; and 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Moisture Festival Brings Varieté to Seattle
The fourth annual Seattle Moisture Festival kicks off March 15 and runs through Apr. 1, 2007. A combination comedy/varieté festival, the line-up of performers includes dancers, musicians, comedians, acrobats, jugglers and magicians. Among the acts featured at the festival will be local Seattle artists such as Du Caniveaux, Circus Contraption, the Aerialistas and Fyodor Karamazov. The Moisture Festival's unique brand of "Burlesque meets comedy/varieté," will be presented in a weekend of shows in the festival's Traveling Liberty Theater.
Throughout the run of the festival, more than 125 artists from around the world will entertain audiences at Hale's Palladium, a 250-seat theatre located in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle.
For more information, visit www.moisturefestival.com.
Journalists are encouraged to contact the following SCVB public relations staff for answers to questions or for more information:
David Blandford, (206) 461-5806
dblandford@visitseattle.org
Heather Bryant, (206) 461-5805
hbryant@visitseattle.org
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