Tag: Seattle
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Saving Seattle’s Soul: The Showbox Theatre Crisis and The Power of Public Relations
Crises are unforeseeable challenges that can occur in any industry, even the music industry. In 2018, the Showbox faced a very looming crisis that sent shockwaves through the Pacific Northwest music community: the threat of closure due to proposed redevelopment plans for the building’s site. I will be explaining this crisis and how good PR…
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Hype! The Rise and Spread of the Grunge Scene in Seattle
“Seattle… is currently to the rock ’n’ roll world what Bethlehem was to Christianity” SPIN, December 1992 The documentary “Hype!” from 1996 is a perfect example of rising trends in music and how public relations have helped shape it. The documentary is about the punk “grunge” scene in Seattle, how it started, how it rose…
Emma Wright-Cloutier 