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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)
- Population:
- Total area:
- Major towns: Seattle (capital),
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- City of Seattle - official web site
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- City of Seattle - official web site
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington State (Seattle)
- Economic Opportunity Institute (EOI) (Seattle) - activist, progressive, and majoritarian organisation that develops new public
policies to create ladders for low-income people to move into the middle class and to plug holes so that middle-class families do
not fall into poverty
- Endgame Research Services (Seattle) - corporate and governmental accountability, socially just and ecologically sustainable
societies
- Fremont Public Association (FPA) (Seattle) - works to achieve a just and caring community free from poverty, prejudice and
neglect by providing human services to disadvantaged people in a manner that promotes human dignity and advocating for
policies that increase opportunities and resources for all people in need
- Geobopological Survey
- King County Labor Council - central body of more than 175 labor oganizations in King County, WA
- Public Information Network (Seattle) - provides research services and training to citizens working for corporate and governmental
accountability; promotes an understanding among activists, the media, and the general public of the environmental and
socio-economic impacts of transnational corporations, financial institutions and governments; and supports the replacement of
the giant corporation by more sustainable and equitable institutions
- Seattle AIDS Support Group (SASG) - offers a wide variety of programming for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer
communities, including emotional support, discussion and book groups, mentoring programs, social events and special retreats
- Seattle Lesbian Cancer Project (SLCP) - provides health education, support, referral and advocacy to sexual minority women
- Washington State Labor Council (Seattle) - the largest labor organization in the Washington, representing more than 450,000
rank-and-file union members
- Washington State Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) (Seattle) - advocate for the public interest, uncovering threats to
public health and well-being and fighting to end them, and using the time-tested tools of investigative research, media exposes,
grassroots organizing, advocacy and litigation
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Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
- Seattle Community Network (SCN) - free public-access computer network run by volunteers which provides text-only access to
the Internet on 38 dialup modem lines, for use by those who otherwise wouldn't have access
- Seattle First Baptist Church
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Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature
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- Arts Resource Network - Seattle Arts Commission's integrated system of financial and technical support for artists and arts
organizations
- Festivals:
- Northwest Bookfest (Seattle) - two-day event about books, reading and writing
- Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair - features rare books, prints, maps, photographs and ephemera for sale
- Seattle Fringe Festival - non-juried festival of performances by local, national and international theatre and performing
companies, ranging from Shakespeare to sketch comedy, from Butoh Dance to sidewalk buskers and tightrope walkers
- Seattle International Film Festival
- Literature & writing:
- PoetsWest (Seattle) - gateway to on-line information about poets and poetry in the Pacific Northwest
- Richard Hugo House - nurtures writers, readers and audiences of books, plays, films, and brings innovative and effective writing
education to people of all ages and backgrounds
- Museums:
- Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) (Seattle) - hands on maritime museum whose purpose is to preserve small craft heritage by
preserving both artifacts and time-tested maritime skills
- Frye Art Museum (Seattle) - 19th and 20th century European, American and Alaskan art bequeathed by Charles and Emma
Frye to the people of Seattle
- Museum of Flight (Seattle) - features 54 authentic airplanes in mint condition
- Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) (Seattle) - the largest private heritage organization in the State of Washington, attracting
more than 60,000 visitors annually from the Northwest and beyond
- Nordic Heritage Museum (Seattle) - the only museum in the United States to honor the legacy of immigrants from the five Nordic
countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
- Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center (Seattle) - celebrates the Northwest's unique maritime character
- Seattle Art Museum
- Wing Luke Asian Museum (Seattle) - pan-Asian Pacific American Museum devoted to the collection, preservation and display of
Asian Pacific American culture, history and art
- Music & Dance:
- 33 Fainting Spells (Seattle) - company committed to the creation and presentation of original, contemporary dance theater
- A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) (Seattle) - professional, non-profit theatre company which produces a season of contemporary
plays, holiday classics and a wide variety of smaller productions, readings and workshops throughout the year
- Bellevue Chamber Chorus - consists of 36 professional and avocational musicians of diverse backgrounds, performing music
from all musical periods
- Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra (Seattle)
- Choral Arts Northwest (Seattle) - professional level chamber choir giving virtuoso performances of a wide range of repertoire,
ranging from music by Palestrina to Alfred Schnittke's demanding Choir Concerto
- Earshot Jazz (Seattle) - non-profit music, arts and service organization that supports jazz and increases awareness via a
monthly newsletter, creative music and educational programs, assistance to jazz artists, and networks with the national and
international jazz community
- Experience Music Project (EMP) (Seattle, WA) - interactive music museum
- Northwest Sinfonietta (Tacoma) - regional professional orchestra of thirty six musicians (23 strings, 12 winds and timpani)
- Opus 7 (Seattle) - professional vocal ensemble specializing in 19th and 20th century a cappella choral music
- Pacific Northwest Ballet (Seattle)
- Pat Graney Company (Seattle) - creates, performs and produces new dance and performance works of diverse style and
character by integrating contemporary dance with other American movement forms
- Rainbow City Band (Seattle) - community band of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gay-friendly instrumentalists and
supporters
- Rainier Symphony (Kent) - 65-member community orchestra serving South King County communities
- Sacred Music Chorale (Seattle) - sings the music of the Christian Church
- Seattle Artists/Hokum Hall - presents live musical and theatrical performance traditions and early childhood musical education
in an historic West Seattle setting
- Seattle Baroque - aims to awaken contemporary audiences to the vitality of 17th and 18th century music through historically
informed performance of both familiar and unknown works
- Seattle Chamber Music Society
- Seattle Chamber Singers - 55-voice chorus with membership by audition
- Seattle Choral Company
- Seattle Folk Dancing - comprehensive listing of dance groups and activities, including festivals, camps, bands, societies and
groups
- Seattle Girls' Choir Guild - junior conservatory where talented young women from some 35 area communities throughout the
Puget Sound Region gather to develop their music education under the tutelage of world-class artist-teachers
- Seattle Labor Chorus - nonprofit organization dedicated to economic and social justice, and the fundamental right of all workers
to organize as a means of securing a living wage
- Seattle Lesbian and Gay Chorus
- Seattle Men's Chorus - Washington State's largest and most influential choral organization, the largest community chorus in
America, and the largest gay men's chorus in the world
- Seattle Opera
- Seattle Peace Concerts - free park concert series
- Seattle Symphony Orchestra
- Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras
- Sun Hak International Children's Choir (Seattle)
- Tudor Choir (Seattle) - professional chamber choir which presents programs of Renaissance vocal music and early American
music
- The Washingtonians (Seattle) - choir with a sense of humor
- Peoples & language:
- Northwest Folklife (Seattle) - promotes the cultural heritage of Pacific Northwest communities through the presentation of the
annual Northwest Folklife Festival, education programs and other public programs, recordings, publications and exhibits, and
provides research and consulting services
- Seattle Folklore Society - aims to preserve and foster awareness and appreciation of folk and traditional arts in the Seattle area
- Stage & film:
- Bridges International Repertory Theatre (Seattle) - aims to increase the Puget Sound community's awareness, understanding
and acceptance of all people and cultures through the presentation of international plays
- Cinema Seattle - promotes film as an art form which fosters cross-cultural interchange, education and international
understanding, and provides ongoing access to the cinematic arts for people of the Pacific Northwest
- Empty Space Theatre (Seattle) - strives to make theater a bold, provocative, celebratory event, bringing audiences and artists to
a common ground through an uncommon experience
- Foolproof (Seattle) - non-profit corporation which seeks to explore the ways laughter benefits health, community and quality of
life
- FringeACT (Seattle) - festival of local original work that serves the local playwriting community
- GreenStage (Seattle) - performs Shakespeare's plays in the Puget Sound area
- Intiman Theatre (Seattle)
- Jet City Improv - one of Seattle's most popular theatre experiences
- Meany Theater (University of Washington, Seattle)
- Open Circle Theater (Seattle)
- Paramount Theatre - Seattle Theatre Group
- Seattle Children's Theatre - produces new works and classics of children's literature for the stage, thus providing professional
theatre and theatre education experiences to children of all ages
- Seattle Repertory Theatre - non-profit resident theatre which produces a season of nine plays on two stages along with
educational programs and a new play workshop series
- Seattle Shakespeare Company
- Seattle International Film Festival
- Taproot Theatre Company - professional, not-for-profit theatre with a multifaceted production schedule that serves the Western
United States with touring productions, and the Puget Sound region with Resident Theatre productions and an Acting Studio
- Theater Schmeater (Seattle) - aims to produce great plays simply and to foster a love of theater as an art form in future
audiences
- Thistle Theatre (Seattle) - brings together professional puppeteers, artists and musicians to create unique and diverse
productions for the entire family
- Three Dollar Bill Cinema - nonprofit arts and education organization providing access to queer cinema, a forum for the exchange
of ideas, and a venue for queer filmmakers to show their work, and producing the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
- Visual arts:
- Center on Contemporary Art (Seattle) - serves the Pacific Northwest as a catalyst and forum for the advancement, development
and understanding of contemporary art
- Seattle Art Museum
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Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies
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Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers
- Seattle Aquarium
- Whale Museum (Friday Harbor, San Juan Is.)
- Airlines:
- Horizon Air (Seattle) - Alaska, US Northwest, and Canada
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Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society
- Public Information Network (Seattle) - provides research services and training to citizens working for corporate and governmental
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Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment
- Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (Seattle)
- Newspapers:
- Bremerton Sun
- Chronicle (Centralia)
- Columbian
- Columbian (Vancouver)
- Daily News (Longview)
- Daily Sun News (Sunnyside)
- Daily World (Aberdeen)
- Eastside Journal (Bellevue)
- Ellensburg Daily Record
- Grand Coulee Star
- Herald (Everett)
- Mercer Island Reporter
- News Tribune (Tacoma)
- Olympian (Olympia)
- Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association (Tacoma)
- Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles)
- Peninsula Gateway (Gig Harbor)
- Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
- Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Seattle Times
- Seattle Weekly Skagit Valley Herald
- Snoqualmie Valley Record
- South County Journal (Kent)
- Spokesman-Review (Spokane)
- Stanwood-Camano News
- Tri-City Herald (Kennewick)
- Wenatchee World
- Yakima Herald-Republic
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Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services
- Energy Northwest
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Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation
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