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(
www.nwfilmforum.org
;
1515 12th Ave; Pike-Pine)
A film-arts organization with a two-
screen cinema that offers impeccable programming, from restored classics to cutting-
edge independent and international films. It's in Capitol Hill, of course!
A Contemporary Theatre
THEATER
(ACT;
www.acttheatre.org
; 700 Union St; University St)
One of the three big companies in
the city, the theater fills its $30- million home at Kreielsheimer Place with performances
by Seattle's best thespians and occasional big-name actors. Terraced seating surrounds a
central stage and the interior has gorgeous architectural embellishments.
Intiman Theater Company
THEATER
( 206-269-1900;
www.intiman.org
;
201 Mercer St; ticket office noon-5pm Tue-Sun;
Seattle Center)
In a shocking move, Seattle's Tony Award-winning Intiman Theater ab-
ruptly closed in April 2011, a victim of the financial crisis, cancelling its whole planned
summer season in the process. But city icons aren't allowed to die. Emergency resuscita-
tion was administered and the Intiman raised the $1 million necessary for a heroic re-
opening in 2012.
With a new artistic director (Andrew Russell) in place, the Intiman is back doing what
it does best: magnificent stagings of Shakespeare and Ibsen. Time for another Tony?
Seattle Opera
CLASSICAL MUSIC
(
www.seattleopera.org
;
Seattle Center)
Features a program of four or five full-scale oper-
as every season at McCaw Hall, including a Wagner's
Ring
cycle that draws sellout
crowds in summer.
Seattle Symphony
CLASSICAL MUSIC
(
www.seattlesymphony.org
;
University St)
A major regional ensemble. It plays at the Ben-
aroya Concert Hall, which you'll find downtown at 2nd Ave and University St.
Pacific Northwest Ballet
DANCE
(
www.pnb.org
; Seattle Center)
The foremost dance company in the Northwest puts on
more than 100 shows a season from September through June at Seattle Center's McCaw
Hall.
Richard Hugo House
COMMUNITY CENTER
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