News from the Office of Film + Music - January 31, 2019

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News from the Office of Film + Music | Vol. 12, No. 24 | January 31, 2019

Seattle skyline and Space Needle at night

The SR99 tunnel opens next week - what's next for Seattle filmmakers?

Congratulations on making it through the three-week SR99 dual viaduct/tunnel closure! With the tunnel scheduled to open February 4, we're sharing a few planning, background, and preparedness notes as we move forward with the next phase of the #SeattleSqueeze in this letter to the Seattle film industry. Read the letter here, and as always, please contact us anytime if you have questions or input.

Sleater-Kinney performing

A tale of Sub Pop, the record label that put Seattle on the map

Tanya Tagaq singing on stage

Tanya Tagaq takes Inuit throat singing to wildly unexpected places

CITY NEWS

Crowd watching presentation

Thanks for joining us at last night's Mixer! - Shoutout to our special guest James Feore from the Seattle Online Broadcasters Association for giving us the inside scoop on the local online broadcasting industry! If you weren't able to make it, check out SOBA's website or follow them on Twitter to see how you can get involved with the Seattle area online broadcasting community. See you next month for the February Mixer!

INDUSTRY

This week on Band in Seattle - Get ready to get loud with angry "post-horncore" from Actionesse. Band in Seattle airs Friday nights at Midnight on KONG Channel 6 and Sunday nights at 11:30pm on KING 5, as well as on Alaska Airlines and Qello.com.

MEDIA DIGEST

Female directors of color finding a spotlight at Sundance - Seattle Times

Railroad settles civil suit in 2014 death of film worker - Seattle Times

Seattle-based director John Helde's Brown Canyon available on VOD, iTunes, Amazon - Vimooz

Pickwick's front man trades rock and roll for musical theater - Crosscut

Jimi Hendrix and Joni Mitchell on the big screen at SIFF - The Stranger

Quincy Jones gives Bremerton OK for square with his name - Seattle Times