Category: Culture
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March 8, 1970: Daybreak Star’s Groundbreaking
Seattle’s truly historical Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center is excellent evidence in support of the ancient adage about direct action getting the goods. Jeff Stevens tells the story of the birth of Daybreak Star.
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Celebrating Seattle: The Egan House
A study in Seattle self-loathing. Omar Willey regales you with the tale of one of Seattle’s most distinct architectual works.
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March 5, 1917: The Wobblies on Trial
Seattle hasn’t always been a pristine yuppie utopia, doncha know. Circa 1917, it was quite the raucous radical mecca. Jeff Stevens histories you once again.
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Weekly E-book: Cruisings in the Cascades
We go back in time for a cruise through the Cascade Mountains.
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The Whole Truth
A friend was going through family papers. Her parents died several years ago, and she had put off this chore until now. In the mix of tax papers, warrantees and all the other remains of their lives, she came across a box of letters that…
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Celebrating Seattle: Têt
The lunar new year brings us the well-known Chinese New Year, but the Vietnamese Têt celebrations are just as groovy.
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January 21, 1997: In Search of the Golden Shower of Public-Private Partnerships
Seattle circa 1997: gentrification was the word. Jeff Stevens remembers a comical protest against a serious problem.
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Things I Did Not Write About in 2013,
Part 2More mini-musings on things that did not get the Star treatment in 2013.
