Nathan Vass
Nathan Vass is an artist, filmmaker, photographer, and author by day, and a Metro bus driver by night, where his community-building work has been showcased on TED, NPR, The Seattle Times, KING 5 and landed him a spot on Seattle Magazine’s 2018 list of the 35 Most Influential People in Seattle. He has shown in over forty photography shows is also the director of nine films, six of which have shown at festivals, and one of which premiered at Henry Art Gallery. His book, The Lines That Make Us, is a Seattle bestseller and 2019 WA State Book Awards finalist.
Briefly—I'll be participating in a panel for the famed and lovely organization TransitCenter this Wednesday. If you're in NYC, stop by! I don't often...
My lectures sound like this.
You may not think you like lectures, or maybe the word gives you college flashbacks too boring to recall, but...
"Do you like pie?"
Here's the thing. I love pie. How could I possibly answer his question? What am I supposed to do? Say I...
I don't know how many operators read The Urbanist, but I know most of us here will at least find this material interesting. And I...
"How are you tonight?"
For certain folks, that phrase means, I respect you. I acknowledge you. And that's fine. It's great, actually. I've written elsewhere...
My primary emotion upon reading Susanna Ryan's book version of her wildly popular Instagram feed, Seattle Walk Report, other than excitement, was of recognition. As in, someone...
Trigger warning: Language! It's a late night on the 7, after all...
"Bitchass niggers," he opined, with fervor. "What I look like? Scared uh me, huh? You got a phone? Phone, you got a phone?"
He was...
We've all been there. You're standing over here, and they're over there, not too far from you. It's a public space. They're screaming. You...