EMP|SFM Celebrates a Week of Woodstock— August 17-23 Anniversary week will include admission and retail discounts and Woodstock film screenings and artifacts on display
SEATTLE— Dust off those tie-dye shirts and visit EMP|SFM for a week of Woodstock remembrance! During August 17-23, 2009, EMP|SFM will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the preeminent music and art festival.
A $3 admission discount will be given to visitors who don tie-dye apparel. All visitors will receive a 10% discount on Woodstock-related merchandise as well as a free peace symbol magnet with every $50 retail purchase. Throughout the week, memorable Woodstock performances will play on the hour in Sky Church featuring Jimi Hendrix, Santana and others. In addition, Woodstock artifacts related to Jimi Hendrix will be on display as well as concert memorabilia.
Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23, EMP|SFM will screen Woodstock at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in JBL Theater. Directed by Michael Wadleigh and edited by a young Martin Scorsese, Woodstockis a landmark concert film that offers an intimate look at the three-day festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969. Featuring momentous performances from Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Richie Havens, Sly & The Family Stone, Santana and many more, experience the spirit of a generation captured in this milestone of the 1960s peace movement.
EMP|SFM is also celebrating the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing with a new exhibition, Spaced Out! The Final Frontier in Album Covers. Organized by EMP|SFM, Spaced Out! The Final Frontier in Album Covers presents 117 spaced-themed record album covers released between the 1940s and 1969—the dawn of the space age. In the post-war years, humanity seemed on the verge of taking a giant leap into space. Futuristic themes filled popular culture. Space was the place, and everyone wanted to be there. Musicians thronged to the fad, and space themes invaded album covers of every genre including pop, jazz, folk and classical.
HOURS
Summer hours May 28-September 6, 2010, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Winter hours September 7, 2010-May 26, 2011, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
TICKETS
$15 for adults; $12 for youth (ages 5-17), students, military and seniors; free for members and children under 5
CONTACT INFO
325 5th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
206-770-2700, main line
206-770-2702, box office
1-877-EMP-SFM1, toll-free
www.empsfm.org
ABOUT EMP|SFM
Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum (EMP|SFM) is dedicated to the exploration of creativity and innovation in popular music and the thought-provoking ideas and experiences of science fiction.
ABOUT THE EMP|SFM BUILDING
Since EMP opened in 2000 and SFM in 2004, EMP|SFM has welcomed more than 5 million visitors through its doors. From its museum planning stages in 1998 through 2009, EMP|SFM has been a key economic driver among Seattle nonprofit arts and culture organizations, with combined EMP|SFM institutional expenditures and EMP|SFM audience-member spending resulting in $651 million dollars of local economic impact. EMP|SFM is housed in a 140,000 square foot Frank O. Gehry-designed building. This spectacular, prominently visible structure has the presence of a monumental sculpture set amid the backdrop of the Seattle Center.
