featured events
- Cars in Idaho this weekend--See the blog and the schedule05/29/2009 – 06/22/2009
Reenacting the coast-to-coast race of 1909, members of the national Model T club are en route driving more than 50 vintage vehicles from New York City to Seattle, over the Cascade mountains and eventually descending upon the University of Washington finish line.
Check out the Itinerary at
http://www.ayp100.org/2009/events-activities/vintage-auto-raceFollow the Fords on the Ocean to Ocean blog at http://oceantoocean.ning.com/profiles/blog/list
- Burke Museum: Indigenous Voices Reply05/30/2009 – 11/29/2009
Indigenous exhibit offers perspective in cultural shift.
One hundred years after the original A-Y-P exposition, the Burke Museum has organized A-Y-P: Indigenous Voices Reply, an exhibit that will juxtapose historic objects and photographs from the 1909 fair with contemporary artwork by Native artists to explore how the representation and understanding of indigenous people and cultures has changed over 100 years.
Burke Museum
On the UW campus at 17th Avenue NE and NE 45th Street
Seattle, WA - Town Hall: Envisioning the city's future06/17/2009
Michael Herschensohn, manager of the A-Y-P Centennial, will give a presentation that considers how world’s fairs create opportunities to imagine the future. The presentation will identify topics for a fall forum about the next 50 years in our city. What is the future of urban density and design, public transportation and historic preservation, global warming and cultural diversity, petroleum-powered engines and philanthropy, arts and education?
Town Hall Seattle
1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca Street)
Seattle, WA - Model T Club: Model T Reenactment of race from New York City to Seattle07/12/2009
Greet the 54 Model T's arriving from New York in this 100th anniversary reenactment of the Ocean-to-Ocean Automobile Race that launched the automobile age at the original A-Y-P. Join Mayor Nickels, UW President Mark Emmert and the Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band at Drumheller Fountain on the University of Washington campus as drivers in their Model T's re-enact the original race. Cars arrive between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. before setting off to parade through downtown Seattle on their way home. This event will also feature a display of Electric Vehicles in Red Square organized by the Seattle Electric Vehicle Association.
CHECK OUT THE MODEL T ITINERARY AT
http://www.ayp100.org/2009/events-activities/vintage-auto-raceFOLLOW THE OCEAN TO OCEAN DRIVE AT http://oceantoocean.ning.com/profiles/blog/list
Drumheller Fountain
University of Washington campus
Seattle, WA
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