(Photo by Erik Walum)

The next big summer series starts tonight! Though the weather looked a little suspicious earlier, it’s improving! So first, our spotlight event:

SUMMER CONCERTS AT HIAWATHA – SERIES BEGINS: 6:30 pm on the east lawn at Hiawatha Community Center, come see/hear local singer Carrie Akre as the Admiral Neighborhood Association‘s Summer Concerts at Hiawatha series (co-sponsored by WSB) opens – first of six Thursday nights. Free! (Walnut/Lander)

Also from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar for today/tonight:

SHOW YOUR STRIPES – TIGER ART VISITS! 1-3 pm at High Point Library, a traveling show of tiger art visits, on behalf of the Woodland Park Zoo‘s newest exhibit. Details in our calendar listing. (35th/Raymond)

DELRIDGE GROCERY FARMSTAND: 4-7 pm, it’s the second week for the fresh-produce farmstand presented by the Delridge Grocery Coop and friends, in the Super 24 lot. (5455 Delridge Way SW)

GET FIT, WEST SEATTLE! INFO NIGHT: Come to West Seattle Runner (WSB sponsor) at 6:30 pm tonight to learn about the free couch-to-half-marathon training program. (2743 California SW)

DESIGN REVIEW DOUBLEHEADER: From our reminder earlier this week, tonight’s Southwest Design Review Board meetings at the Senior Center of West Seattle are:

6:30 PM – 4801 Fauntleroy Way SW. 21 apartments, 7 live/work units, 950 sf of retail space across from the south side of The Whittaker. Previous WSB coverage here.

8 PM – 4700 SW Admiral Way, the Aegis Living proposal for an 80-unit assisted-living center on the site of the former Life Care Center. Previous WSB coverage here.

That’s what’s on the SWDRB online schedule, anyway (last week the scheduled hearings were flipped at the last moment without notice – we’re checking to verify tonight’s order). The Senior Center is at Oregon/California.

PORT OF SEATTLE @ WEST SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION COALITION: 6:30 pm-8:30 pm at Neighborhood House’s High Point Center. At the heart of the agenda, as provided by WSTC leadership:

6:45-8:00: Port of Seattle, Bari Bookout, Director of Seaport Commercial Strategy and George Blomberg (Sr. Enviro. Program Mgr.: Discuss future plans for T5 and transportation issues as they relate to West Seattle.

· Which stakeholder groups have you involved in the conversation about improving the WS Bridge Transportation Corridor — between the WS hill and I-5?

· To help alleviate pressure off the low bridge, and reduce freight-blocking congestion on the high bridge, would the Port be willing to move some budget money toward commuter infrastructure improvements?

· Have you explored Seattle impact fees, and other supplementary funding options with the city, county, state and federal governments to help pay for transportation infrastructure improvements?

· Train horns are intended to be noisy, typically between 85 dBA and 115 dBA at 100 ft compared to a jet airplane at 600 ft altitude causing 120 dBA. Will the port install quiet zones at public street train crossings to mitigate train horn noise?

· Regarding T5 expansion traffic impacts: Please walk us through your justification that a $230M expansion project, that appears to significantly increase multimodal congestion in an already heavily congested area, didn’t require an EIS? In other words, how do you know that this will work for you as well as residents and other businesses in WS without due diligence?

(6400 Sylvan Way SW)

LIVE/WORK IN ADMIRAL? THIS IS FOR YOU: The next “focus group” about crime/safety/policing in a local neighborhood is at 6:30 pm tonight at the Southwest Precinct – this time, focusing on the Admiral area. Backstory here. (2300 SW Webster)

SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: Greenstage presents “The Two Noble Kinsmen“ at 7 pm in Lincoln Park. Free! Follow the signs from the main parking lot. (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW)

WHAT, THAT’S NOT ENOUGH? Check our calendar for more!