Everett Ambiance

It is Impossible to be Bored in Everett

• Theater
• Vibrant arts community, and a nearby world-class art glass studio
• Award-winning micro-breweries and vineyards
• More than 1,600 acres of parks, trails and playgrounds
• 40 parks, trails, golf courses and open spaces
• Cascade and Olympic mountains
• Gateway to Whidbey and San Juan islands
• Sports galore, including the AquaSox, Everett’s Class A minor league baseball team associated with the Seattle Mariners, and the Everett Silvertips hockey team
• Some of the best salmon and steelhead fishing in the world
• Second-largest marina on the west coast
• Almost 50 miles of freshwater and saltwater shorelines

The Arts

Everett Performing Arts Center

The Everett Performing Arts Center (EPAC) is managed by Village Theatre, a leading producer of musical theater in the Pacific Northwest. Providing entertaining quality main-stage productions for the entire family, Village Theatre has grown into one of the region’s highest-attended professional producing theaters. Nurturing tomorrow’s audiences through its youth education programs, Village Theatre’s Pied Piper program presents quality international performing arts for young people, and KIDSTAGE is a year-round youth education program for ages three to 20. An outstanding venue for all occasions, EPAC is one of the finest rental spaces in Snohomish County for performing arts, special events, receptions, and business meetings.

Live Music

Northwest Savoyards bring exciting musical productions to Everett each year, and the Everett Symphony offers a full season of rich musical celebration. The Everett Symphony is Snohomish County’s premier regional orchestra, offering performances for diverse musical tastes including classical, pops and chamber, and features annual Nutcracker performances, a Messiah chorale sing-a-long, and educational concerts.

Imagine Children’s Museum

Everett is home to Imagine Children’s Museum, voted best Children’s Museum by Seattle Magazine and recently highlighted in Sunset Magazine as a “fantastic children’s museum.” Children of all ages enjoy engaging hands-on interactive exhibits including a theater, café, farm, and art studio. Also, be sure to climb to the top of the lookout tower on the museum’s spectacular rooftop adventure and take in the breathtaking panoramic view spanning from the Cascades to the Olympic mountain range. Visit the museum online at www.imaginecm.org.

Downtown Sculpture Exhibit

Everett’s Downtown Sculpture Exhibit features a beautiful display of rotating and permanent artwork along city sidewalks on Colby, Hewitt and California Avenues. The Monte Cristo Hotel in downtown Everett, an elegant meeting and event facility, also is home to a fine arts showcase and the Arts Council of Snohomish County.

Community Events

Annual community events provide family fun throughout the year. The Festival of Trees, the All-American Fourth of July, Music in the Parks, Cruzin’ Colby Car Show, and Gal-Apalooza (formerly Girls Night Out) all offer exciting destination events in Everett.

Care to combine business and pleasure? The Everett Area Chamber and other business organizations sponsor a complete calendar of business-building events.

Golf

Golfers here enjoy some of the most scenic – and challenging – courses in the northwest. With two public golf courses in Everett and a total of 14 public and two private golf courses in Snohomish County, you can shoot a drive toward Puget Sound or chip alongside a mountain.

Parks

The Narbeck Wetland Sanctuary in the Seaway Technology Center includes an interpretative center designed to look like a beaver lodge and provides a panoramic view of a 19-acre wetland home to herons, blackbirds, and a wide variety of other wildlife.

The City of Everett owns and operates 32 parks, ranging from neighborhood playgrounds to waterfront attractions. Many provide water access, hiking trails, and a full calendar of events and options – whether one is looking for activities or relaxation. The Everett Parks Department and other organizations offer recreational and educational programs and classes for participants of all ages.

Forest Park’s 110 acres offer a swim center, recreation hall, and, in the summer, an animal farm/petting zoo.

Grab a popular summer ferry run to Jetty Island, just off the Everett waterfront. The two-mile-long island’s sandy beaches and grass-covered upland dunes are home to a surprising number of mammal and bird species. A visit to the island can include a 45-minute nature walk with park rangers as an introduction to the many interesting wildlife and plants that call Jetty Island home.

Sports

Everett takes its sports seriously. You can find a team to root for and a game underway just about any night of the week.

Everett AquaSox
www.aquasox.com

The AquaSox, a minor-league affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, draws fans from around the region. The team’s home field, the first-class Memorial Stadium, provides an intimate taste of baseball that cannot be duplicated in a major league stadium. The AquaSox have one of the most popular sports team logos in the nation and regularly play to sellout crowds. Keep your eyes open while you’re at the ballpark, as members of the Seattle Mariners on rehab assignments have been known to show up on an AquaSox roster.

Everett Silvertips
www.everettsilvertips.com

Everett has become a hockey town. The Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League play in the Comcast Arena at the Everett Events Center in downtown Everett. There’s never a dull moment with the Everett Silvertips, especially considering that more than 250,000 fans attend games each season. Many players in the National Hockey League come from the WHL, meaning that those attending Silvertips games are seeing tomorrow’s hockey stars in the making.

Getting Away

Every now and then everyone likes to escape, whether for recreation or relaxation.

The slopes of Steven’s Pass ski area in eastern Snohomish County offer world-class skiing and snowboarding. Retreats and bed-and-breakfasts from Stanwood to Darrington opportunities to unwind and rejuvenate. Snohomish County day spas offering pampering are an easy reach from anywhere.

For quick weekend escapes, the scenic San Juan and Whidbey islands are readily available by ferry, seaplane, or more traditional air services. Other options include a visit to Washington’s Pacific Ocean coastline on the Olympic Peninsula, just a few hours’ drive west.

The region’s signature 14,410-foot Mount Rainier sits to the south, as do numerous other rugged peaks. To the north is Mount Baker, a 10,800-foot active volcano that is the pinnacle of Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Park.

Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour
www.futureofflight.org
info@futureofflight.org
(425) 438-8100 / (888) 467-4777

The 73,000-square-foot Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour is a western Washington major attraction you won’t want to miss. It features the only public tour of a commercial jet assembly plant in North America.

Visitors travel from around the world to tour the manufacturing complex where Boeing 747s, 767s, 777s and 787s, the next generation of commercial jetliners, are assembled. The main assembly building at Boeing’s Everett site is massive – at 472 million cubic feet it is the largest building by volume in the world.

The Future of Flight features hands-on exhibits, videos, graphics, and interactive stations to involve and appeal to the entire family. At the Future of Flight you can:

• Digitally design and test your own jet
• Take an exhilarating ride aboard the multi-passenger XJ5 Flight Simulator, flying with the best pilots in the world as they soar above unknown territory at mind-jarring, supersonic speeds
• Try out the next generation of in-flight entertainment systems
• Touch the high-tech “skin” of the new Boeing 787
• Learn how technology and aviation can serve as change agents to connect people and cultures around the world

Flying Heritage Collection
www.flyingheritage.com
(877) FHC-3404
Paine Field, 3407 109th Street SW, Everett WA

The Flying Heritage Collection, located at Paine Field, is a unique aviation attraction showcasing rare military aircraft created when the demands of World War II sparked ground-breaking aeronautical discoveries. In 1998, Paul G. Allen began acquiring and preserving these iconic warriors and workhorses, many of which are the last of their kind. Visitors can experience the innovative technologies and fine lines of these iconic planes – all of which have been restored, many to flying condition. Visit or call for more information.