May 5, 1970: The UW Freeway March
Whose freeway? Our freeway!
April 28, 1987: Benjamin Linder
Benjamin Linder was not from Seattle, but his time here as a UW student was fondly remembered by many locals in the wake of his assassination by CIA-backed Contras on this date in 1987. Jeff Stevens tells the tragic story.
Bad Seattle Fashion Blogger: Asshole or Pitiful individual?
Sable Jak steps to the plate and weighs in on Bad Seattle Fashion, and its transplanted author. Surprisingly enough, it stems from psychodrama.
April 16, 1970: The Birth of the Seattle Seven
The spring of 1970 was an intense time to be a radical in Seattle.
Recipe For An Improvised Girls’ Day
So why celebrate? Part of the answer lies in presence: the desire to be connected with family, with some of the intentions of Girls’ Day: a day to wish the girls happiness in their futures: a day to sit around a table and share food. And yet part of why we celebrate Girls’ Day also lies in distance.
This Week in Performance: Week of April 3, 2014
The week ahead in Dance, Music, Theater and Comedy as brought to you by our José Amador…
April 4, 1980: WREX
Seattle circa 1980 was a place and time of great countercultural renaissance, featured weekly at Belltown’s WREX nightclub. Jeff Stevens punksplains.
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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