http://www.yourstreet.com/news/seattle-center YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Photo courtesy Chris Joseph Taylor and Seattle University It’s been almost three decades since Seattle University’s men’s basketball team played a full season at the Seattle Center, but now they’re back with a new coach and a return to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6739643/basketball-returns-to-the-center-29-years-later Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:38:08 -0700 West Seattle High School (1-0) is at Memorial Stadium (at Seattle Center) tonight, 5 pm, to face Franklin (0-1); Chief Sealth High School (0-1) is at Southwest Athletic Complex (next to Southwest Community Center) vs. Rainier Beach (1-0) at 7 pm tonight; Seattle... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6715052/this-week-s-schedule-for-west-seattle-s-high-school-football-teams Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:28:08 -0700 Another Bumbershoot festival is in the books. And while you might have missed Katy Perry and Black Eyed Peas on Seattle Center’s main stage, you can still check out some of what you missed or relive some of what you loved on our Tacoma Rock City blog (... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6695595/highlights-from-bumbershoot,-more-online Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:05:08 -0700 Bumbershoot : Cement (and lament?) the fact that summer is over with the last day of Bumbershoot 09 . Drown your sorrows in music, art, and funnel cake. Make it a Metric Monday. All day // Seattle Center Candy Art : See local artist Betty Merken's new paintings and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6693061/can-t-miss-it-monday Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:00:08 -0700 Here’s a little more of what happened at Seattle Center yesterday. Hotels Past Lives Akimbo Matt & Kim The Whore Moans Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground (More Day 1 photos can be found here.) http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6687241/bumbershoot-day-1-photos Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:05:08 -0700 At the risk of jinxing my good luck, I have to point out that it hasn’t yet rained on me, and is in fact kind of humid. In case the weather at Seattle Center is behaving differently than elsewhere in town. The crowd at Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6682681/dispatch-from-bumbershoot Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:34:08 -0700 GAMES (AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE/PLAY THEM) : If you're a gamer, then you've already planned to spend your entire weekend around the convention center for the Penny Arcade Expo . What better way to spend the last days of summer than indoors playing the latest and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6674855/can-t-miss-it-weekend-edition-sept-4-7 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:00:08 -0700 In addition to the fifteen official Bumbershoot venues packed full of music, theater, literature, and other spectacle, there are a couple of other stages on the Seattle Center grounds. In general, they feature acts performing in more prominent settings during the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6674858/bumbershoot-the-other-stages Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:49:08 -0700 Now in its 39th year, the annual Bumbershoot festival is operating on a tidy three-day schedule with a plethora of acts scattered across 20 venues on the Seattle Center campus. Among the music headliners are Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow, and De La Soul. On the literary... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6667569/bumbershoot-2009 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:00:08 -0700 Seattle Center is removing 13 handicap parking spaces from between the Seattle Repertory Theatre and Seattle Intiman Theatre, to make room for a new park. Ticket holders are upset they'll have to park a block away at the Mercer Garage. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6657557/theatergoers-protest-plan-to-move-disabled-parking Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:16:08 -0700 yacht, on tap tonight at vera. old pic, via me. Oh, how the incredible summer mural concert series continues, bidding you to get out of your office well before 6 pm and over to Seattle Center. Today’s headliners, San Francisco’s the Dodos bring all of the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6550795/weekend-agenda-dodos,-yacht,-head-like-a-kite-friday- Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:14:08 -0700 BOAT performing at Pyramid Alehouse "Get Snowed-In" party, 2007. (Jack Hollenbach) Lots of great live music possibilities this weekend! Local favorites, BOAT play tonight at the Sunset Tavern . Last time we saw these guys, we were floored by their energetic indie pop... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6506884/kexp-bbq-and-other-fine-music-choices-this-weekend Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:45:08 -0700 Special to Seattlest by Ann Janikowski If you’re one of those people who can’t even sew on a button, then you might be dubious about the extent to which such a skill could translate into a lucrative business. Well, it most certainly can and, based on the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6477855/not-your-grandma-s-stitch-n-bitch Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:30:08 -0700 A Seattle bank teller has lost his job because he ran down a would-be bank robber and held him until police arrived. Jim Nicholson, 30, who had worked for more than two years at a Key Bank branch near the Seattle Center, says he understands the bank's strict policy... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6474492/seattle-bank-teller-chases-robber,-loses-job Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:35:08 -0700 SEATTLE — A Seattle bank teller has lost his job because he ran down a would-be bank robber and held him until police arrived. Jim Nicholson, 30, who had worked for more than two years at a Key Bank branch near the Seattle Center, says he understands the bank's... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6470731/seattle-bank-teller-loses-job-for-apprehending-robber Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:04:08 -0700 A Seattle bank teller has lost his job because he ran down a would-be bank robber and held him until police arrived. Jim Nicholson, 30, who had worked for more than two years at a Key Bank branch near the Seattle Center, says he understands the bank's strict policy... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6468465/seattle-bank-teller-chases-robber,-loses-job Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:11:08 -0700 KEXP’s series of free concerts at the Mural lawn in Seattle Center start this afternoon with performances from Blitzen Trapper (sounding more mellow and consistently warm than their earlier eclectic junkyard campfire robot days) and Throw Me the Statue (whose... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6463070/weekend-agenda-aside-from-those-boats-and-planes-we-d-prefer-to-ignore Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:23:08 -0700 KEXP FAVORITES LIVE & FREE! : Kick off the weekend tonight by heading to KEXP's Concerts at the Mural , the first of the free all-ages concert series put on at the Seattle Center. Tonight's tunes will feature a few of KEXP's favorite bands: Blitzen Trapper and Throw... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6462287/can-t-miss-it-weekend-edition-july-31-aug-2 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:30:08 -0700 Teen Tix is a Seattle Center program that lets teenagers get tickets to dozens of arts venues museums, theaters, etc. - for only $5 a pop when space is available. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6366657/program-lets-teens-hit-opera,-shakespeare,-for-cheap Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:10:08 -0700 Photo by Alison J via Creative Commons Hey, remember when the city tore down the skatepark at the Seattle Center and built a parking lot over it, promising to replace it later? Later’s finally here as the new Seattle Center Skatepark opens this Saturday, July... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6312254/seattle-center-skatepark,-opening-saturday Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:30:08 -0700