West Seattle Thursday: ‘Taste’; Alki Council; speed bumps; stair/road work; more!

(Boat-topped barge in Elliott Bay on Saturday – photo by Tom Marx)
From the WSB West Seattle Events calendar:

TASTE OF WEST SEATTLE: Bigger than ever, with dozens of local food/beverage enterprises participating, tonight is the Taste of West Seattle, fundraiser for the West Seattle Helpline, at The Hall at Fauntleroy, 6-9 pm. Online ticket sales are closed but Helpline says a few tickets will be available at the door – go early if you want to try for those.

ALKI COMMUNITY COUNCIL: Sunday’s Summer Streets party plans (remember – different closures this year) and Seal Sitters are part of tonight’s Alki Community Council meeting agenda, 7 pm, Alki UCC (6112 SW Hinds).

SEAVIEW SPEED BUMPS?: Tonight is SDOT‘s community meeting to discuss four potential sets of speed bumps on 48th SW between SW Brandon and SW Graham. 7 pm at Seaview Methodist Churchdetails here.

WESTBOUND SPOKANE STREET VIADUCT CLOSURE: If you’ll be driving back toward West Seattle overnight, take note of this closure (and a couple upcoming) – details here.

STAIRCASE WORK UNDER WAY: The SW Spokane stairway over Beach Drive is being rehabbed and prep work is under way now, according to this advisory just published by SDOT.

LOW-LOW TIDE: Low tides (vicinity of minus three feet) again today in the noon hour (here’s the chart).

SOUTH SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GARDEN CENTER: SSCC Garden Center on Puget Ridge open again today; details here.

‘OKLAHOMA!’ BENEFIT: Tonight’s West Seattle High School performance of “Oklahoma!” at the WSHS Theater is a special benefit, with the musical at 8 pm. More info at westsidedrama.com.

LIVE MUSIC: Singer-songwriter Jim Page plays at C & P Coffee Company (5612 California Avenue SW), 6 – 8 pm.

‘GREAT WATERFRONT’: Not in West Seattle, but potentially of interest, is tonight’s “Toward a Great Waterfront” public event, initial design directions for the downtown waterfront, Pier 66, 5 pm-8:30 pm (starts with food and music on the pier, presentation at 6:30 pm). If you plan to attend, please e-mail rsvp@waterfrontseattle.org.

5 Replies to "West Seattle Thursday: 'Taste'; Alki Council; speed bumps; stair/road work; more!"

  • Jim May 19, 2011 (9:43 am)

    Bristol Bay Gillnetters…..

  • 2wheels a-go-go May 19, 2011 (10:26 am)

    The Spokane Street stairway goes *over* Beach drive?

  • Rhonda Porter May 19, 2011 (5:23 pm)

    Love the photo!

  • Rhonda Porter May 19, 2011 (5:25 pm)

    2wheels a-go-go,
    The stairway is actually just off Beach Drive at 61st.

  • linda May 20, 2011 (1:27 pm)

    The photo is of the Kvichak Trader, a Northland Services barge, loaded with cargo for the Bristol Bay area around Naknek and Dillingham. Those are indeed Gillnetters top stowed to the barge. To get an idea of the size of this barge: Gillnetters are between 32 and 34 feet long, 13 to 15 feet wide. The yellow containers are approximately 7′ wide by 8′ high, the containers stacked in the middle of the barge are 40′ long.

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