 Seattle Channel is honored to receive five Northwest Regional Emmy Awards. The winning programs offer an inspiring look at the Special Olympics USA games in Seattle, a poignant portrait of Japanese-American WWII veterans, a profile of a local man who powers the sound behind some of rock’s biggest guitarists, a moving story of a Holocaust survivor and a lighthearted marketing campaign.
 "In my parents' generation, I don't think a Japanese American could make a living playing music," says Deems Tsutakawa who has been playing the piano for five decades and comes from a family of legendary Seattle artists.
 A wildfire forecast with Washington's Commissioner of Public Lands plus reflections on how far the LGBTQ movement has come since Stonewall 50 years ago and how far it has to go were the topics on tap at Civic Cocktail.
Plus, Smokey Bear made a surprise appearance!
 Seattle City Council members Kshama Sawant and Mike O'Brien discuss the future of the Showbox, homeless count questions, impact of backyard cottages, melting the elusive "Seattle Freeze" and more on the June episode of City Inside/Out Council Edition with host Brian Callanan.
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