The deadline for entering your work in the Seattle ADDY Awards competition is January 13. Check out www.ADDYSeattle.com for complete entry instructions and fees. E-mail addys@AAFSeattle.com with questions and/or your Silver Medal nominee.

Every filmmaker knows the first take is rarely the best take. This is precisely why Washington Filmworks is launching Take 2, a new legislative blog and information resource for all things related to renewal. Filmworks has spent the last few months assessing their 2011 campaign and have a ton of new ideas and strategies up their sleeves. Watch for the [...]

Calling all creatives! It’s time to enter your best work into the ADDY Awards competition. Professionals and students alike are invited to submit their projects from the 2011 calendar year for ADDY consideration. Check out categories and additional rules here. The deadline for submissions is January 13, 2012, after which a late fee will apply. Entries must be dropped off [...]

The Pound—an arts building that is home to Pound Pictures and the Photocloset, among many other companies and individual artists—is hosting an open house tonight from 6-10 pm. Check it out for new art, unique gifts, fashion, artist-made jewelry, music, food, and even male burlesque. In addition, there will be a silent art auction, all proceeds of which will benefit [...]

Oregon-based Steelhead Advertising recently learned from LG Electronics USA that Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) is awarding LG the 2011 Brand Chief Award for Retail Marketing Excellence. The award will be handed out at the 2011 Night of Honors being held tomorrow, December 8, at the Park-Hyatt in Chicago. Having partnered with LG in their in-store marketing efforts since [...]

Sundance Film Festival announced that Safety Not Guaranteed will be one of the 16 films in its US Dramatic Competition. Filmed in Washington State this spring, the story follows a trio of magazine employees who investigate a classified ad seeking a partner for time travel. Director Colin Trevorrow and producer Stephanie Langhoff worked with local producer Lacey Leavitt (The Off [...]