The building was eventually incorporated into a theater complex including the Seattle Children's Theatre.

The Egyptian theater remains a prime festival venue to this day, although the festival now typically uses about half a dozen cinemas ( including, since 2007, its own SIFF Cinema at Seattle Center ), with the exact roster varying from year to year.

Cunningham initially received his first formal dance and theater training at the Cornish School ( now Cornish College of the Arts ) in Seattle, which he attended from 1937 to 1939 at age 20.

Vaudeville impresarios Alexander Pantages, John Considine, and John Cort ( the last also involved in legitimate theater ) were all based in Seattle in this era.

Vaudeville impresarios Alexander Pantages, John Considine, and John Cort ( the last also involved in legitimate theater ) were all based in Seattle in this era.

* Seattle Cinerama theater

Possibly the first bar in Seattle since before the Prohibition era to host regular theater performances, in the early 1990s it was the primary home of the Greek Active Theater, founded by sex columnist and Capitol Hill resident Dan Savage ( working pseudonymously as Keenan Hollohan ).

The design, by Kirk, Wallace and McKinley of Seattle, with theater consulting by Landry & Bogan Theatre Consultants, was basic, functional and innovative.

It was in Seattle that he became involved in acting, first in school, and then in a children's theater group at the Cornish Playhouse.

She transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, where she graduated in 1960 with a degree in theater arts and design.

) is a fraternal organization that was founded on February 6, 1898, in Seattle, Washington by a group of six theater owners including John Cort ( the first president ), brothers John W. and Tim J. Considine, Harry ( H. L.

The organization was formed by six theater owners sitting on a pile of lumber in Moran's shipyard in Seattle, Washington.

The Orvis Theater ( named for previous head of School Jean Orvis ) is Seattle Academy's primary theater and is located in the Arts Center.

After graduating from college, Smart began her career appearing in regional theater while still living in Seattle ( Seattle Repertory Theater, Ashland ( Oregon ) Shakespeare festival, etc .).

While " Lower Queen Anne " and " Uptown " are rarely used to refer to the grounds of Seattle Center itself, many of Seattle Center's leading attractions abut the neighborhood ; these include KeyArena ( home of the Seattle Storm of the WNBA ), the Exhibition Hall, McCaw Hall ( home of the Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet ), the Intiman Playhouse ( home of the Intiman theater company ), and the Bagley Wright Theater ( home of Seattle Repertory Theater ), as well as the Mercer Arena.

Though often noted for his connection to grunge and punk rock, Bernstein saw himself primarily as a poet and his live performances in Seattle, such as his regular readings at the Dogtown poetry theater and Red Sky Poetry Theater, were influential in Seattle, and he is credited as a major influence by many local poets from his era.

Phillips ' regional theater credits include performing leading roles for San Diego ’ s Old Globe Theatre, for the Alaska Repertory Theatre, at Seattle Repertory Theatre in the premier of Inspecting Carol with Dan Sullivan directing, at Baltimore's Center Stage in the premier of Miss Evers ' Boys, for the Westport Country Playhouse, the Boston Shakespeare Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Salt Lake Acting Co., and the McCarter Theatre.

The Panic of 1893 nearly destroyed Seattle theater.

He was a program director and announcer at a radio station in Connecticut in the 1950s, and later worked in various markets around the U. S., including Phoenix ( KRIZ ), Miami ( WFUN ) and Seattle ( KJR ).

First published by Knopf Canada and Picador in December 1999, shortly after the 1999 WTO Ministerial Conference protests in Seattle had generated media attention around such issues, it became one of the most influential books about the alter-globalization movement and an international bestseller.

The highest concentrations are in New England and around Seattle, Washington.

The Times is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, including The Times of India ( 1838 ), The Straits Times ( 1845 ), The New York Times ( 1851 ), The Irish Times ( 1859 ), the Los Angeles Times ( 1881 ), The Seattle Times ( 1891 ), The Daily Times ( Malawi ) ( 1900 ), The Canberra Times ( 1926 ), The Times ( Malta ) ( 1935 ) and The Times of Israel ( Israel ) ( 2012 ).

The music press viewed the scene around Camden Town as a musical centre ; frequented by Britpop groups like Blur, Elastica, and Menswear, Melody Maker declared " Camden is to 1995 what Seattle was to 1992, what Manchester was to 1989, and what Mr Blobby was to 1993.

Starting around 1979, gay men's choruses were founded within a period of months in many major U. S. cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Dallas.

The early grunge movement coalesced around Seattle independent record label Sub Pop in the late 1980s.

'" Bands began to mix metal and punk in the Seattle music scene around 1984, with much of the credit for this fusion going to The U-Men.

Filmed in an around Seattle in 1991, the film was not released until 1992 during the height of grunge popularity.

Since 1999, the growing sketch comedy scene has precipitated the development of sketch comedy festivals in cities all around North America, including festivals in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Montreal, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, and Philadelphia.

Many fast food operations have more local and regional roots, such as White Castle in the Midwest United States, along with Hardee's ( owned by CKE Restaurants, which also owns Carl's Jr., whose locations are primarily on the United States West Coast ); Krystal, Bojangles ' Famous Chicken ' n Biscuits, Cook Out, and Zaxby's restaurants in the American Southeast ; Raising Cane's in Louisiana ; Hot ' n Now in Michigan and Wisconsin ; In-N-Out Burger ( in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Texas ) and Original Tommy's chains in Southern California ; Dick's Drive-In in Seattle, Washington and Arctic Circle in Utah and other western states ; Halo Burger around Flint, Michigan and Burgerville in the Portland, Oregon area.

A bumper sticker seen around Seattle in the 1980s, parodying the gun-rights slogan of the era.

The book, written in 1991, was chosen in 1998 by Nancy Pearl, the then Director of the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library, and Chris Higashi, the current Program Manager, to be the first selection for " If All Seattle Read the Same Book ", a program that has continued in the Seattle community and at many other public libraries around the country.

Now in its 100th year, the Port of Seattle owns and operates many properties on behalf of King County's citizens, including Sea-Tac International Airport ; many seaport facilities around Elliott Bay, including its original property, publicly owned Fishermen's Terminal, home to the North Pacific fishing fleet and the largest homeport for fishermen in the U. S. West Coast ; four container ship terminals ; two cruise ship terminals ; the largest grain export terminal in the U. S. Pacific Northwest ; three public marinas ; 22 public parks ; and nearly 5, 000 acres of industrial lands in the Ballard-Interbay and Lower Duwamish industrial centers.

In July 2005, a team of scientists from around the United States convened in Seattle for ten days to study the remains, making many detailed measurements and determining the cause of death.

I had spent the previous three weeks trekking around the states and finally arrived, dazed and confused, in Seattle.

Today, Cold Bay functions as a hub for traffic from Anchorage and Seattle to the small communities around it, and continues to serve as an emergency runway for aircraft flying through the North Pacific.

Anti-globalization activists made headlines around the world in 1999, when they forced the Seattle WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 to end early with direct action tactics.

Seattle investors purchased large tracts of land in and around Cashmere and constructed the town's first hotel and saloon in 1905.

Instead, they take their chances with any anti-submarine nets and hidden bombs that may be in the waters around Seattle and head northward.

The land around Lake Washington to the east of Seattle was first settled by Native Americans.

Underground coal mining commenced around 1899 by the Seattle and San Francisco Railway and Navigation Company, although coal had been mined in nearby Danville and Landsburg a few years earlier.

The Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern opened up the vast natural resources Snoqualmie valley to the markets of the world, and brought in tourists from around the world to enjoy the natural beauty of the area, and to marvel at the Falls.