The View from Nathan’s Bus: How to Get the 70 to be Chaotic
“How’s everything today?” It’s the Sherriff, asking after my welfare at Third and Pike. I’m on the 70.
Referring to safety concerns, I respond, “Everything is fantastic!”
“Wow. Really?”
“Well, it’s the 70. Nothing ever happens on this thing.”
Visiting First Place School: Reflections on Other-centric Education, Private Education, & Identity
During my visit to First Place School I am distracted. Dawn Mason, a former WA State Representative, leads me through the halls on an informal tour. Her flowing skirt brushes against the walls as she walks. This place is another kind of home to her.
The View from Nathan’s Bus: You’ve Been a Good Friend of Mine
Don’t ask me how bad her living situation was. You couldn’t imagine it. The level of abuse she had no choice but to tolerate, the job that kept her out until the wee hours, and not in your favorite part of town. Bussing to and from for low wages, and caring for three young daughters all the while.
The View from Nathan’s Bus: An Introduction
Welcome to The View from Nathan’s Bus, a new column at the Star written by Nathan Vass, writer, photographer, movie director and a bus driver for King County Metro.
August 31, 1968: Sky River Rock Festival
Woodstock was not the first historic rock music festival: it was preceded by the Sky River Rock Festival, organized in Seattle and staged near Sultan, Washington. Jeff Stevens histories you counterculturally.
The Campaign Documentary Arrives in Seattle
Seattle screening of Christie Herring, Marc Smolowitz and Brook Holston’s look into the groundbreaking fight against California’s anti-gay marriage proposition 8, The Campaign. Thursday, August 15 at 7:30 p.m., SIFF Film Center.
Celebrating Seattle: Rendezvous at the Rendezvous
Kymberlee della Luce points a spotlight at the Rendezvous and its jewelled box within.
July 29, 1968: About That Typewriter . . .
Seattle police misconduct is nothing new. Jeff Stevens tells the history of how a bogus SPD raid on the local Black Panther Party HQ instigated terrible consequences.
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