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JANUARY 2008
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Jimi Hendrix
NW Flower & Garden Show
Dine Around Seattle
Lufthansa Airlines
Ski the Cascade Mountains
Shrek The Musical
New Jimi Hendrix Museum to Open at Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
NExperience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) has announced an original exhibit featuring Jimi Hendrix, designed to be displayed in two phases. Message to Love, now through April 6, 2008, will feature two iconic Hendrix objects, his Woodstock Fender Stratocaster and a Gibson Les Paul guitar played by Hendrix in 1963 (a guitar that he later gave to his friend, Larry Lee, who performed with it at Woodstock). The walls surrounding the objects will be blank, allowing visitors to write comments and reflections. Phase two, Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound, runs April 26, 2008 - Feb.7, 2010. This phase will focus on how Hendrix affected popular music with his talents and unique sound. Exhibit specifics include an iconic guitar wall that will display guitars from the EMP|SFM collection plus loaned items, an interactive sound effects display that demonstrates how Hendrix used effects pedals to create a new instrument out of the guitar and a theater where guests can view rare Hendrix films and other footage.
For more information, visit www.empsfm.org.
Seattle Kitchens Heat Up for Dine Around Seattle
TNow in its seventh year, Dine Around Seattle (formerly the 25 for $25 promotion), returns for its spring run March 2-31, 2008. Sundays through Thursdays, 30 select Seattle area restaurants will offer prix-fixe, three-course dinners for $30 and many will offer prix-fixe three-course lunches for $15, with choice selections among appetizers, entrées and deserts.
Beginning mid-February diners can access information and menus online at www.dinearoundseattle.org.
Lufthansa Airlines to Begin Direct Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle
Lufthansa Airlines will begin daily non-stop service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Frankfurt, Germany, beginning March 30, 2008. Lufthansa is the largest carrier of international passengers in the world and Frankfurt Airport is the eighth largest in the world. The service will be aboard a 221-seat Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
Ski the Slopes of the Cascade Mountains
Seattle only sees a few inches of snow per year but hitting the slopes is easy. During the 2008 ski season, Gray Line of Seattle is offering affordable and convenient transportation from downtown Seattle and the University District neighborhood to both Stevens Pass and The Summit at Snoqualmie, both in the Cascade Range east of Seattle. Both transportation-only and full packages, including lift tickets, are available.
For pickup schedule, dates of operation and available packages, visit www.graylineseattle.com/skitrips.cfm
5th Avenue Theater to Host World Premiere of Shrek The Musical
The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle will host an exclusive world premiere engagement of Shrek The Musical, Aug. 14- Sep. 21, 2008, prior to the show's opening on Broadway in the fall of 2008. Shrek The Musical is an entirely new musical based on the story from William Steig's book Shrek! as well as the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek, the first chapter of the Shrek movie series. Single tickets for the musical go on sale June 13, 2008.
For more information, visit www.5thavenue.org.
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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