History

October 11, 1972: El Nacimiento del Centro de la Raza

¡Viva Roberto Maestas!

by Jeff Stevens 11 October, 2012

History

October 4, 1971: Beacon Hill, Before Amazon

Jeff Bezos loves our sweetheart deal machine.

by Jeff Stevens 4 October, 2012

Interleavings: Serendipity and the Auto/Biographical Process

Biographical and autobiographical writing entwine. Why did I choose to write about a woman I never met and had no ties to—except for my interest in Jewish women’s history and the field of Psychoanalysis? Immediately the writer’s self is injected into the story. Sometimes Dr. Buxbaum turns up in my dreams, and in the morning I have to sort out the dream so it won’t get mixed up with biography.

by Esther Altshul Helfgott 27 September, 2012

History

September 22, 1965: You Beatniks Get Off My Ave

What would The Ave be without its authentic desolation angels?

by Jeff Stevens 22 September, 2012

History

September 9, 1967: “Hippie Hill” Prevails

Jeff Stevens tells the tale of Seattle’s Hippie Hill, our city’s countercultural counterpart to San Francisco’s erstwhile icon.

by Jeff Stevens 9 September, 2012

History

August 27, 1977: Equal Rights Already!

On the date in focus here, Seattle second-wave feminists held a downtown march and rally in support of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Jeff Stevens histories you liberationally.

by Jeff Stevens 27 August, 2012

History

August 7, 1936: Zioncheck for President

Seattle is full of stories of What Could Have Been. Among these is the story of Marion Zioncheck, at once one of Seattle’s greatest rabble-rousers and one of our most tragic historical figures.

by Jeff Stevens 7 August, 2012