More and more Seattleites identify themselves as "Locovores". At the most recent History Cafe, we were regaled by tales of urban agriculture past and present in the comfortable, living-room atmosphere of Capitol Hill's Roy St. Coffee. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
February 20th, 2011 - 7:00 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Seattle’s Unique Opportunity: The Waterfront
This is the city founded centuries ago by people from the Salish Sea. The longboats of our Samish and Duwamish predecessors were part of a network of native navigation reaching from Tacoma to Alaska. The white men came and replaced Chief Seattle’s home but the waterfront remained the cor[...]
January 19th, 2011 - 7:38 am § in Uncategorized
Publish Poems in Seattle
Seattle has mazing opportunities for poets. One opportunity here in the University District is the Floating Bridge Press. The 16th Annual Floating Bridge Press Poetry Chapbook Competition is open for submissions until February 16, 2011. If you are a current resident of Washington State, you may su[...]
January 15th, 2011 - 11:40 am § in Uncategorized
The Global Class, Is Fascism Next?
Chrystia Freeland of the Atlantic has a very important article. The Rise of the New Global Class, a Prelude to Fascism? Christia Freeland’s piece in the Atlantic is a brilliant and frightening vision not of the future, but of a present that is likely summed up best by one word “fascism.&[...]
January 1st, 2011 - 6:42 pm § in Misc.
Photography: Work by Paul Berger and Others
One of the most amazing things about the UW, is its invisibility! Browsing through the campus I found this remarkable ‘show” of work by photographers .. students and faculty. See more here.[...]
December 30th, 2010 - 9:02 am § in Misc.
Historians Find Myriad Errors In Virginia History Textbooks
Among The Errors … That Many African-Americans Fought For The South During The Civil War … That The Confederacy Included 12 States … & That The U.S. Entered WWI In 1916 Why is this NOT surprising? Liberal and Conservatives all see t believe that their beliefs can be legislate[...]
December 28th, 2010 - 9:00 pm § in Schools & Colleges, Science
How to Help Education in Haiti
A guide to groups assisting education in Haiti.[...]
December 27th, 2010 - 12:53 pm § in Uncategorized
Honest Labelling of Health Charities
Health charities .. charities built around key diseases from the AIDS Action Committee to the Zero (prostate) Foundation ….all ask for money. As a recipient of moneys from one of these, the American Heart Association, I worry that the generosity of the public is strained by HUGE differences [...]
June 17th, 2010 - 10:47 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW
Seattle Center Needs Help from the Burke!
I speak for Seattle, the Chief that is! This issue began with a proposal by the Wright family to honor Dale Chihuly. They wanted to replace the fun forest at Seattle Center with a gallery devoted to Chihuly’s glass art and a Wright owned restaurant. Many Seattle folk objected to the prop[...]