Calendar highlights for your (soggy) West Seattle Saturday

March 14, 2015 7:52 am
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(Photo by Brian Allen)
Happy Saturday! Lots going on. Highlights from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES’ FORUM: Second one of the season, presented by VIEWS (Visualizing Increased Engagement in West Seattle)! With 10 of the 11 District 1 candidates plus several of the at-large candidates, at the Senior Center of West Seattle. Starts with 9 am breakfast (optional, by donation) and mingling; the forum starts with at-large candidates making brief pitches at 10, and questioning of the D-1 candidates will start around 10:30 am. (Oregon/California)

SCOUTING FOR FOOD: Reminder that in some West Seattle neighborhoods, Troop 282 and others will be dropping off reminders this morning about this door-to-door food drive, and coming back for your donations next Saturday – explained here.

PLANT FOR THE PLANET ACADEMY: 9 am-5:30 pm daylong workshop at the Duwamish Longhouse, training kids 8-14 to be leaders against “climate complacency,” as explained here. (4705 W. Marginal Way SW)

WSPC RUMMAGE SALE: 9 am-2 pm, second and final day of the megasale at West Side Presbyterian Church. You never know what you’ll find:

(Doesn’t EVERYONE need a vintage Candy Striper outfit?) Go see what you find – hundreds of families have donated items! (3601 California SW)

THE GENERAL STORE SEATTLE GIVE-BACK SALE: 10 am-7 pm, go check out new WSB sponsor The General Store Seattle during a unique sale in which 5 percent of your purchase will be donated. (3400 Harbor SW)

‘SAVE MYERS PARK’: Community advocates who would like to see at least part of the Myers Parcels in southeast West Seattle saved as open space invite you to an organizational meeting 10 am-noon at the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition‘s offices. Backstory’s in this WSB report. (210 S. Hudson)

REAL ESTATE CAREER DAY: 10:30 am, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate Services (WSB sponsor) welcomes you to its Jefferson Square offices to find out about a real-estate career. (4700 42nd SW, Suite 600)

PINE LAKE CELLARS TASTING ROOM: Noon-5 pm, stop by to taste award-winning wines from Pine Lake Cellars (WSB sponsor), maybe even, they hint, their soon-to-be-released white wine. (3400 Harbor SW, street level)

WEST SEATTLEITES IN ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE: 12:30 pm downtown, the annual parade includes at least two West Seattle entries that we spotted on the lineup – the marching bands from West Seattle High School and Denny International Middle School. (Parade route here)

SALAMANDER SEARCH AT CAMP LONG: 2 pm, free, designed for kids 6 and up – check to see if the rain’s affecting the plan. Info’s in our listing. (5200 35th SW)

‘I CRAWLED FOR MS’ FUNDRAISER: Pub crawl starts at 3 pm at Shadowland, raising money to fight MS. Details in our listing. Wear orange! (California/Oregon)

SOUTHSIDE REVOLUTION JUNIOR ROLLER DERBY: Doors open at 5:15 pm at Southgate Roller Rink for the Southside Revolution bout.

Bout 1 at 5:45 will be Southside Revolution Cadets vs. Kitsap Derby Brats – Tootsies.

Bout 2 at about 7:10 will be Southside Revolution Rebels vs. Cherry Bomb Brawlers from Spokane.

Doors at 5:15pm, $10 General Admission Adults, $5 Children 6-12, Free for Children under 5.

Roll on over to the rink! (9646 17th SW)

‘CHINGLISH’ AT ARTSWEST: Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang‘s comedy is onstage, 7:30 pm curtain, at ArtsWest Playhouse tonight. Save time – get your tickets online. (4711 California SW)

‘GO HAWAIIAN’: 7:30 pm at Kenyon Hall, Casey MacGill and Orville Johnson will do just that – join them! Details here. (7904 35th SW)

NORTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 8 pm, get symphonic with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra in concert at Holy Rosary Church – details here. (42nd/Genesee)

THERE’S EVEN MORE ON THE CALENDAR – see for yourself here!

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