(Great Blue Heron at Jack Block Park, photographed by David Hutchinson)

From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

HOLIDAY BAZAAR AND BAKE SALE AT THE MOUNT: 9 am-4 pm today, it’s the big one-day bazaar and bake sale at Providence Mount St. Vincent. (4831 35th SW)

TROLLBEADS TRUNK SHOW: 10 am-6 pm at Wyatt’s Jewelers (WSB sponsor) in Westwood Village – details in our calendar listing. (2800 SW Barton)

FAUNTLEROY FINE ART AND GIFT SHOW: First of three nights/days for the big show and sale at Fauntleroy Church‘s Fellowship Hall!

(Added: WSB photo, Friday afternoon, getting ready for the show)
Open 5-8 pm tonight; details in our calendar listing. (9140 California SW)

WORDS, WRITERS, WEST SEATTLE: Author Shirley Enebrad speaks and reads at this month’s edition of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society-presented literary series.

5-7 pm at Barnes & Noble in Westwood Village. (2800 SW Barton)

CORNER BAR: Highland Park Improvement Club‘s first-Friday popup bar starts at 6 pm; at 7 pm, it’s your chance to catch the first of two sets by Miss Rose and Her Rhythm Percolators. (12th SW & SW Holden)

DRINK ‘N’ THINK TRIVIA: 6:30 pm, arts and music trivia presented by Pacific NW Arts Collective at Admiral Bird. (California & Admiral)

POLITICAL PARODIES … with the Kook Brothers at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7 pm. (5612 California SW)

THAT’S NOT ALL … see the rest on our complete calendar.

(Photo by Alan Robertson)

Before we’re too much further into the day, three FOUR events you should know about, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

GOLDEN TICKETS ON SALE: If you can get to the Log House Museum before 4 today or between noon-4 tomorrow, you can buy one of the 100 “Golden Tickets” being sold in connection with Saturday’s Champagne Gala Brunch (attendance not required for ticket purchase), $100 each, for a chance to win a cruise. (61st SW & SW Stevens)

WEST SEATTLE THRIFTWAY’S HOLIDAY TASTE: 4-7 pm, the holiday season begins with this traditional event at West Seattle Thriftway (WSB sponsor) offering you a chance to try dozens of items you might want to serve at your holiday parties and feasts. Free! (California/Fauntleroy/Morgan)

WEST SEATTLE MONTESSORI OPEN HOUSE: It’s the 30th anniversary for West Seattle Montessori School and Academy (WSB sponsor) and you’re invited – all ages – to tonight’s open house, 6-7:30 pm, including a Middle School Meet-and-Greet 7-7:30 pm. The school says it’s “a chance to meet our staff, teachers and tour the facilities. You’ll be able to view samples of student work and pick up application materials. Our teachers and staff are available during and after the Open House to answer questions.” (11215 15th SW)

DESIGN REVIEW FOR 4532 42nd SW: 6:30 pm, this mixed-use project with 6 stories, 85 apartments, 70 offstreet parking spaces, and 3,800 sf of commercial space gets its next Southwest Design Review Board look, with an opportunity for public comment. See the “packet” here; see the city report on the previous review, here. Meeting’s at the Sisson Building (home of the Senior Center of West Seattle) as usual. (California SW & SW Oregon)

(Photo by Mark Dale)

From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

COWORKING/HOME WORKING/SOLOPRENEUR/ETC. MEETUP: Bring your lunch and take an inspirational break from the solo grind at this weekly West Seattle Office Junction (WSB sponsor) meetup, starting at noon. (6040 California SW)

SCHOOL BOARD: 4:15 pm meeting, 5 pm public comment, 6 pm votes, items of interest previewed here earlier this morning. The meeting is at Seattle Public Schools‘ SODO headquarters. (3rd & Lander)

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT COUNCIL: Reps from western West Seattle’s community councils and other major organizations meet at 6:30 pm at the Sisson Building (home of the Senior Center of West Seattle). Agenda includes the Terminal 5 Environmental Impact Statement process, Emergency Communication Hubs, and SWDC officer elections. (SW Oregon and California SW)

LIVE MUSIC: 7 pm, C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor) is where you’ll find Jim Page. (5612 California SW)

If you could see through those clouds, you’d see snow-frosted Olympic Mountains – finally! That’s the view we caught from Alki Beach around 8 this morning. Here’s a quick look ahead at the rest of today/tonight:

ELECTION DAY! Yet another reminder, get your ballot in ASAP! If you’re mailing it, you MUST be sure it’ll be postmarked with today’s date, or it won’t count. Safer bet is to take it to a King County Elections dropbox or dropvan, which also saves you 49 cents postage:

*West Seattle Stadium, until 8 pm
*Greenbridge Library in White Center, until 8 pm
*List of other drop spots around the county, also until 8 pm
*Or vote at an accessible voting center (Seattle, Renton, Bellevue, until 8 pm)

And after you vote, here’s how to track your ballot (since counting doesn’t wrap up for two weeks).

District 1 City Council candidates’ Election Night parties in West Seattle: Lisa Herbold @ Highland Park Improvement Club (12th SW & SW Holden), Shannon Braddock @ Talarico’s Pizza (4718 California SW).

And on the non-election side of things:

WESTSIDE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: School-shopping for next year’s 5th-through-8th grader(s)? Tonight, 6-7:30 pm, Westside School (WSB sponsor) welcomes your family to a Middle School open house at its new permanent campus. (10404 34th SW)

TOASTMASTERS ‘TALES FROM THE HEARTH’: 6:30 pm at Brookdale West Seattle, you’re invited to come hear Toastmasters 832 members/speakers’ “Tales from the Hearth.” (4611 35th SW)

HOPE LUTHERAN SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN INFO NIGHT: 6:30 pm at Hope Lutheran School, families of prospective kindergarteners are welcome to come find out more about the school. (42nd SW & SW Oregon)

SEATTLE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 7-8:30 pm, prospective students and families are welcome to come visit Seattle Lutheran High School (WSB sponsor) – info here. (4100 SW Genesee)

SEE MORE … on our complete calendar!

Illegal dumping is a problem at multiple spots around West Seattle, but what that photo shows in a Sunrise Heights alley is something we haven’t seen before. An area resident sent the photo and this report:

Sometime after 4:30 pm yesterday someone dumped upwards of 100 pumpkins in the alley between 32nd and 34th SW, cross street is Kenyon. Going to file an illegal dumping report with City of Seattle.

HERE’S HOW TO REPORT ILLEGAL DUMPING, PUMPKINS OR NOT: You’ll find an online form and telephone hotline on this city webpage. If you have the city’s Find It, Fix It app, you can use that too.

(Red-breasted Nuthatch, photographed in West Seattle by Mark Wangerin)
Good morning! From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar, highlights for Sunday, November 1st:

WSUFF MOVES BACK TO WALT HUNDLEY: 10 am, the weekly West Seattle Ultimate Family Frisbee pickup game moves back to Walt Hundley Playfield in High Point. (34th SW & SW Myrtle)

FARMERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm, the first West Seattle Farmers’ Market of November fills the street on California SW between SW Oregon and SW Alaska.

TAILGATE PARTY: Celebrate your 12ness at 12th & Holden at the Highland Park Improvement Club, starting at noon.

AUTHOR READING: 5:30 pm at Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation, “Lola E. Peters, social activist, poet, and author, will read from her new collection of essays ‘The Truth About White People’. The book is about her experience of growing up and living as a Black person in White America from the Civil Rights Era of the ’60s to the present day.” (7141 California SW)

SKELETON THEATRE ENCORE NIGHT: Too busy last night to go see this year’s Skeleton Theatre show (or, decided not to go out in the storminess)? Good news. As usual, the animatronic skeletons are back for a second night. See your faves from past years, including this diva:

6-9 pm, 10-minute show that runs continuously with short reset breaks. (36th SW & SW Hanford)

ENTERING THIS ESSAY CONTEST? Today’s the deadline for VFW Post 2713‘s student-essay contest.

SEE THE FUTURE … via the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar.

What’s up today/tonight? First, from the WSB West Seattle Halloween Guide (this isn’t everything on that list, so please check there, too!)

OCTOBER 30, ADMIRAL DISTRICT: Trick-or-Treating in The Admiral District, participating merchants – look for those displaying this sign:

3-6 pm. (California/Admiral and vicinity)

TRICK OR TREAT AT HOMESTREET: HomeStreet Bank (WSB sponsor) in The Junction has trick or treat candy until 6 pm today and 9 am-1 pm tomorrow, for everyone dressed up in costumes. Please, NO masks permitted inside the bank for security reasons. (4022 SW Alaska)

COSTUME CONTEST: Kids’ Halloween Costume Contest, 3-6 pm at Metropolitan Market (WSB sponsor). (41st/42nd/Admiral Way)

HIAWATHA CARNIVAL: Halloween Carnival at Hiawatha Community Center, 6-8 pm. 25 cents a ticket. (2700 California SW)

SWTLC CARNIVAL: Creepy Carnival at Southwest Teen Life Center, 6-8 pm, free. (2801 SW Thistle)

PUMPKIN BASH: The Great Pumpkin Bash for kids through 5th grade, at Westwood Christian Community, 6:30 pm. (9252 16th SW)

FREE SWIM: Free Halloween Family Swim at Southwest Pool, 7-8 pm. Swim in a pool full of pumpkins! Anyone under 18 years old must be accompanied in the water by an adult or guardian. (2801 SW Thistle)

LIVE AT EASY STREET: Monster Mash Bash live music at Easy Street Records, 7 pm, free, all ages. (California SW & SW Alaska)

HAUNTED HOUSE: Presented by Clown Mania, 7-9 pm each night. (5007 Erskine Way)

TREEHOUSE PARTY: 9 pm at The Treehouse Lounge in The Admiral District: “This year, we’ll celebrate our 4th scare-iversary at The Treehouse with more spine-tingling spooks than ever before. Join us for our Halloween Party. Live music by Mike Sorensen and costumes are encouraged!” No cover. (2206 California SW)

And now the non-Halloween events, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

FUNDRAISER FOR ATTACK VICTIM: You’ve heard about Ramon Aspeitia, the West Seattle restaurant worker paralyzed after an attack in White Center. From the proprietors of The Westy Sports and Spirits:

This is late notice but we wanted to help out Ramon. We just received our playoff tickets to the Sounders game this Sunday. We have two sounders tickets that we will raffle off on Saturday afternoon at 5 pm. We will also include a $50 gift certificate to the Westy for the winner. Raffle tickets will be sold all day Friday and Saturday until the winner is chosen at 5 pm. Each ticket will cost a dollar. All further donations are welcome. Anyone is welcome to stop by and make a purchase without any obligation to dine at the Westy. Thank you.

The Westy is at 7908 35th SW.

HIGH-SCHOOL FOOTBALL: 5 pm at Memorial Stadium downtown, it’s a postseason game for Chief Sealth International High School, vs. Seattle Prep. (401 5th Ave N.)

LIVE MUSIC: Kyle Taylor @ C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7-9 pm. (5612 California SW)

(Sanderling, photographed on Alki by Mark Wangerin)

First, today/tonight highlights from our West Seattle Halloween Guide:

TODDLER PUMPKINPALOOZA: Toddler dress-up station, bubbles, face painting, carnival games, for ages 1-5 at High Point Community Center. $5, 10 am-noon. (6920 34th SW)

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CRAFTS: Drop-in crafts event – make clay skulls at Southwest Library, 3-4:30 pm. Details here. (35th SW & SW Henderson)

GLOW-IN-THE-DARK PARTY: Glow-in-the-Dark Party at Delridge Community Center, 6-7:30 pm. Free! “For ages 12 and under: Come dressed in your best glow-in-the-dark costume, or any costume, and try the glow-in-the-dark ring toss, tic-tac-toe and other fun games.” Plus, the Pop-Up Pumpkin Patch – see next listing! (4501 Delridge Way SW)

POP-UP PUMPKIN PATCH: From Delridge Grocery: “Thanks to sponsors 21 Acres and PCC, we will be holding our FREE Pop-Up Pumpkin Patch this year, Thursday, October 29th, 6-7:30 pm in conjunction with the Delridge Community Center’s Glow in the Dark Party for kids 12 and under. FREE pumpkins until we run out.” (4501 Delridge Way SW)

Now, from the year-round WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

GROUP RUN: West Seattle Runner (WSB sponsor) calls it the “School’s Back In Session” run – every Thursday at 10 am. 3 or 6 miles, all paces welcome, no need to pre-register. (2743 California SW)

JOB FAIR: 11 am-7 pm at Providence Mount St. Vincent. (4831 35th SW)

PUNDAMONIUM: Pun slam! How punny ARE you? Sign up at 7:30 pm, show starts at 8:30, at The Skylark. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

OPENING NIGHT: “My Mañana Comes” starts its run at ArtsWest Playhouse, 7:30 pm. (4711 California SW)

Photographer Mark Wangerin suggested “Woodpecker Wednesday” when he shared that photo of a red-breasted sapsucker, and a few other local woodpeckers, this week. Works for us! Now, on to what’s happening. First, from the WSB West Seattle Halloween Guide, where you’ll now find three dozen events from today through Sunday:

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS PRINTMAKING: Drop-in event at South Park Library, 1-2:30 pm. Details here. (8604 8th Ave. S.)

MONSTER BASH COSTUME AND KARAOKE CONTEST: Tonight at Tug Inn, hosted by Christopher Mychael, cash prizes, 9:30 pm-close. (2216 SW Orchard)

And now, from the year-round WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

WORK ALONE? DON’T LUNCH ALONE: Bring your lunch to the weekly Coworking/Entrepreneur/Networking meetup at West Seattle Office Junction (WSB sponsor), noon-1:15 pm. (6040 California SW)

NEED AN ORCA LIFT TRANSIT CARD? 1-6 pm, your weekly opportunity in West Seattle – stop by Neighborhood House’s High Point Center. (6400 Sylvan Way)

FREE DANCE PARTY: Irish Set Dance party at Kenyon Hall, 6 pm, free, no experience required – details in our calendar listing. (7904 35th SW)

WEST SEATTLE YMCA’S REVISED EXPANSION PLAN: First of three community meetings this week to show and discuss the downsized expansion plan for the West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor), 6:30 pm, in the Youth Programs Building. (4515 36th SW)

MEET SUPERINTENDENT AGUIRRE: The new superintendent of Seattle Parks is back in West Seattle for one more stop on his “listening tour,” 6:30 pm at High Point Community Center. (6920 34th SW)

POEMS AND STORIES: 7 pm, Poetrybridge‘s monthly event brings Chris Jarmick and Cesario Larios to C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor) to read, plus the traditional community open-microphone time. (5612 California SW)

WOMEN’S BUSINESS INCUBATOR: As previewed here last week, tonight’s event at West Seattle Office Junction is an orientation/networking meetup for ““a nonprofit business center for women starting locally focused businesses and for local women business leaders, with the goal to offer micro-loans, nurture leaders, connect with mentors, training and business services for women-led small business owners, professional office space, business services and start-up assistance; as well as quality drop-in child-care services for infants thru pre-K.” 7-8:30 pm. If you’re not already signed up, check to see if there’s room. (6040 California SW)

(At Hiawatha. Photo by Patrick O’Brien, shared via the WSB Flickr group)

Highlights from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

BABY STORY TIMES: Two this morning – 10:30 am at Southwest Library (35th SW & SW Henderson) and West Seattle (Admiral) Library (2306 42nd SW)

(IN THE) SKIES OVER WEST SEATTLE: Full moon tonight is the last “supermoon” of the year, rising at sunset, per Alice Enevoldsen‘s most-recent “Skies Over West Seattle” update.

DISPARITIES IN EDUCATION: Community conversation/panel discussion at 6 pm, Delridge Community Center, with students, educators, and community leaders. Details in our calendar listing. (4501 Delridge Way SW)

WEST SEATTLE BLOCK WATCH CAPTAINS NETWORK: As detailed on the group’s website, WSBWCN will hear from Southwest Precinct commander Capt. Pierre Davis during tonight’s meeting, with info about recent high-profile cases including the deadly shooting and local arsons. Crime Prevention Coordinator Mark Solomon also will be there, with seasonal advice. It starts in the precinct meeting room at 6:30 pm – all welcome. (2300 SW Webster)

FREE COMMUNITY/NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL CLINIC: Appointments start at 7 pm at the Senior Center of West Seattle – call ASAP to get one; the info’s here. (California SW & SW Oregon)

LOOKING AHEAD TO HALLOWEEN EVENTS … see what we’ve just added to the West Seattle Halloween 2015 Guide!

(Male surf scoter, photographed last week in Fauntleroy by Mark Wangerin)

From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar for tonight:

BOOKTOBERFEST: 6-8 pm at Beveridge Place Pub, meet and mingle with fellow book lovers in another Booktoberfest event presented by the Seattle Public Library. 21+. (6413 California SW)

MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC: Gary Benson with special guest Nelson Wright, live at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7-9 pm. (5612 California SW)

MONDAY NIGHT TRIVIA/QUIZ: Questions await you at 7:30 pm at The Skylark (free and all ages; 3803 Delridge Way SW), at 7:30 pm at Christo’s on Alki (2508 Alki SW), and at 8 pm at Shadowland (21+; California SW & SW Oregon).

WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW AND BEYOND? See our complete calendar here.

The Harvest Festival is here! It tops our highlight list for today:

WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION HARVEST FESTIVAL: Here’s our most-recent mega preview. The schedule:

*10 am-2 pm, free “harvest activities” including crafts, photos, more (booths are mostly California south of Alaska)
*10 am-2 pm, Farmers’ Market (California north of Alaska)
*11 am, chili competition benefiting West Seattle Food Bank ($10 flight gets you a taste of each and a vote), SW corner California/Alaska
*11:30 am, costume parade led by the WSHS Marching Band – gather at Junction Plaza Park (NW corner 42nd/Alaska)
*Noon-2 pm, trick-or-treating at Junction businesses (including north of Oregon – so be careful crossing!)
*Noon-2 pm, haunted house and pumpkin giveaway at RE/MAX (4727 44th Ave SW)

WSB is a sponsor and activity provider again this year – see you at the festival!

Also today, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

SKI/SNOWBOARD SWAP: Second and final day of the big swap/sale event presented by Mountain to Sound Outfitters at the VFW Hall in The Triangle, 10 am-4 pm. (3601 SW Alaska)

GREYHOUNDS AT THE MARKET: Greyhound Pets Inc. is scheduled to be back at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market; go meet a hound while you’re at the Harvest Festival! 10 am-2 pm. (California SW between SW Oregon and SW Alaska)

HELP DESIGN HIGHLAND PARK IMPROVEMENT CLUB’S FUTURE: Doors open at noon, design charrette 1-3 pm. Bring your ideas for envisioning historic Highland Park Improvement Club‘s future – including what you like about it, not just what you’d like to change. (12th SW & SW Holden)

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS: Bring your pet – or, if s/he is shy, a photo – to Fauntleroy UCC Church at 2 pm. Reception to follow. (9140 California SW)

LEGO MANIA: They have the bricks, you bring the skills! 2-3:30 pm at Southwest Library. (35th SW & SW Henderson)

CLOTHING EXCHANGE: 3-5 pm at Admiral Bird, “Bring in the clothes you love but don’t wear anymore, the ones you don’t want to let go but want to see go to a good home. Then look around and see if there is anything that needs to go home with you.” Anything left over will be donated.

SILVER LINING: Live music at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 3-5 pm. (5612 California SW)

SEE WHAT ELSE IS UP … not just for today/tonight, but for next week, and beyond! Check out our complete calendar, here.

(Bottle from the briny deep, photographed at Seacrest by Laura Goodrich, shared via WSB Flickr group)

First – plan ahead for Halloween-season activities today through November 1st, by checking out the WSB West Seattle Halloween 2015 Guide, full of events like these four that are happening tonight:

HAUNTED HOUSE: 6-7:45 pm at High Point Community Center, built by teen-program participants, with the $2 admission benefiting their program. (6920 34th SW)

SPOOKY SCIENCE! At the West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor), members and non-members welcome, 6:30-8 pm. Details in our listing. (36th SW & SW Snoqualmie)

CARNIVAL: Halloween Carnival at Alki Community Center, 6:30-8:30 pm. $.25 per game or $7 per unlimited bracelet. (5817 SW Stevens)

DESSERT-THEATER CABARET: The Cabiri in “Ghost Game IX: Dead Gods” at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 8 pm. Tickets and details here. (4408 Delridge Way SW)

Other general calendar highlights for the rest of today/tonight:

SKI/SNOWBOARD SWAP DROPOFF: Something to sell at this weekend’s swap? Drop it off before 6 pm today at the VFW Hall. (3601 SW Alaska)

MONSTER DASH-ING TOMORROW? Pick up your packet (or register!) today at West Seattle Runner (WSB sponsor), 3-7 pm. (2743 California SW)

LIVE ‘AMERICANA’ MUSIC: Triple bill, 9 pm tonight at The Skylark. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

(Western Grebes, photographed by Mark Wangerin)
With their red eyes, grebes look a little spooky. So the photo’s suitable for the season – which starts with pre-Halloween events tonight! They’re among our highlights from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

HIGH-SCHOOL FOOTBALL: 4:30 pm at Memorial Stadium downtown, West Seattle High School vs. Chief Sealth IHS as the postseason begins. (401 5th Ave. N.)

WINE TASTING: German wines are in the spotlight for the weekly free tasting at West Seattle Cellars, 5:30 pm. (6026 California SW)

FREE FALL FESTIVAL FUN: 6-7:45 pm at High Point Community Center, with bouncy toys and more. Free. (6920 34th SW)

HAUNTED HOUSE: Also 6-7:45 pm at High Point Community Center, $2 admission – details in our calendar listing. (6920 34th SW)

PIANO JAZZ: Chris Kenji: Koto Jazz piano music, live at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 6-8 pm. (5612 California SW)

TEEN COSTUME CONTEST AND FLASHLIGHT HUNT: 6:30 pm at Hiawatha Community Center, it’s the annual teen Halloween event – details here. (2700 California SW)

SOUND TRANSIT LIGHT RAIL FOR WEST SEATTLE? 6:30 pm at Neighborhood House’s High Point Center, the West Seattle Transportation Coalition hears from Sound Transit reps about where things stand looking ahead to next year’s ST3 ballot measure. (6400 SW Sylvan Way)

LOOK AHEAD! Days, weeks, months … we update West Seattle’s only comprehensive event calendar continuously. Click any listing to expand to a preview, and then click “read more” to see the full listing, with location, times, a map, more.

(Foggy scene on the Sound, photographed from the Alki Trail by Don Brubeck)

Decisions, decisions! Many ways to spend your afternoon/evening. Do something you’ve never done. Maybe it’s on the list. From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

LUNCH WITH SOMEONE NEW: Noon-1:15 pm, home office/coworking brown-bag-lunch meetup at West Seattle Office Junction (WSB sponsor). Talk about your project, your business … get inspired, or at least get some new feedback! (6040 California SW)

NEED AN ORCA LIFT TRANSIT CARD? 1-6 pm, your weekly opportunity in West Seattle – stop by Neighborhood House’s High Point Center. (6400 Sylvan Way)

WEEK WITHOUT VIOLENCE: The first event at Southwest Teen Life Center is 5-6 pm, a chance for reflection to honor loved ones lost to violence. (2801 SW Thistle)

FLY-TYING CLASSES: 6:30 pm at Emerald Water Anglers (WSB sponsor) – details here – check to see if there’s room! (42nd SW & SW Oregon)

MORGAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: Live, work, play, shop in Morgan Junction? 7 pm in the lower-level meeting rooms at The Kenney (WSB sponsor), 16 items on the agenda – see them all here – from land use to art to politics to safety, just to categorize a few. (7125 Fauntleroy Way SW)

DELRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL: Live, work, play, shop, study in eastern West Seattle? 7 pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, join reps from the area’s major community groups and organizations for the council’s monthly meeting. Topics include an update on the Delridge/Highland Park Neighborhood Greenway – now under construction – and the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 modernization plans. (4408 Delridge Way SW)

WORDSWEST LITERARY SERIES: If you haven’t been yet, maybe this is the night. 7 pm at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), this month’s WordsWest Literary Series lineup features Ruby de Luna and Stephanie Timm, on “Writing Meant To Be Heard (Literally).” Full details on the WW website; for even more backstory, check this out. (5612 California SW)

NEW TIME FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT FAMILY FRISBEE: 7 pm tonight at Walt Hundley Playfield, join West Seattle Ultimate Family Frisbee for the weekly pickup game at a new time. (34th SW & SW Myrtle)

IF IT CLEARS UP … LOOK FOR METEORS! Late tonight (technically early tomorrow), a meteor shower’s peaking over us. Alice Enevoldsen explains in this special edition of Skies Over West Seattle.

First – thanks to Guy and Joy Smith on Alki Point for the photo from this past weekend, which they ID as Common Mergansers: “We’ve learned from watching and reading that they’re normally in rivers and lakes, but in spring and fall they spend time in salt water if it’s on their migration route. They fly fast and swim fast and have the habit of all swimming in the same direction with their heads under water when looking for fish. When they dive, they dive as a group. They have serrated teeth on their bills for holding the fish. They nest in tree cavities and the chicks jump out when they’re still covered with down.”

Now – swimming into highlights for the rest of your Tuesday, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar – where you can look ahead days, weeks, months at a time, any time:

FLU-SHOT CLINIC: Need a flu shot? Everyone (West Seattleites ages 4+) is welcome at the 3-7 pm clinic at Chief Sealth International High School. Details in our preview. (2600 SW Thistle)

DINE OUT FOR ‘HOMES OF HOPE’: 5-10 pm tonight at Pecado Bueno in The Junction, all-you-can-eat taco bar with proceeds going to help All Souls Church (WSB sponsor) build a home for a family in need in Mexico. (4523 California SW)

(added) WEST SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS FUNDRAISER: Dine at Talarico’s in The Junction today/tonight and a percentage of proceeds will be donated to the WSHS Gymnastics program. (4718 California SW)

FAMILY STRATEGIES! Get inspiration and education 6:30-8:30 pm tonight at Explorer West Middle School (WSB sponsor) – community welcome for free presentation “Start with What Works: Executive Skills Strategies for Families“; details in our calendar listing. (10015 28th SW)

WEST SEATTLE SHAMBHALA MEDITATION GROUP: Need a little more serenity in your life? 6:30 pm, you’re welcome to join this weekly group at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. Read about the group here. (4408 Delridge Way SW)

NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME CONCERNS? Bring them to Southwest Precinct leadership during the monthly West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting tonight, 7 pm, in the precinct’s community meeting room. (2300 SW Webster)

TUESDAY TRIVIA: 9 pm at the new Parliament Tavern – signups start at 8. (4210 SW Admiral Way)

SIXTEEN LISTINGS IN ALL on today’s calendar – see the rest here.

(Photo by Kevin Freitas: Mt. Baker, seen from West Seattle, at sunrise last Thursday)

From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

WEST SEATTLE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB: Monthly breakfast at Young’s Restaurant, 9:30 am, “open to members as well as non-members interested in Amateur Radio and emergency communication.” (9413 16th SW)

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm today and every Sunday, in the street. (California SW between SW Oregon and SW Alaska)

MEET THE GREYHOUNDS: 11 am-1 pm at Mud Bay in The Admiral District, meet hounds from Greyhound Pets Inc. (2611 California SW)

JAMTIME, LIVE: 1-4 pm at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), come enjoy live music on your Sunday afternoon. (5612 California SW)

SALMON DRUMMING: BYO drum(s) to Fauntleroy Creek’s fish-ladder overlook at 5 pm for the annual gathering to drum, sing, and dance to call the coho spawners home. (Fauntleroy Way SW [upper] & SW Director)

THAT’S JUST A SAMPLE … other listings for today, tomorrow, and beyond are on our complete calendar.

Thanks to Don Brubeck for the photo of the Duwamish River – which is at centerstage for one of today’s biggest events, part of the following list from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE AT SEALTH: 8 am-4:30 pm, Chief Sealth International High School hosts the annual Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice. (2600 SW Thistle)

CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION: 9 am-3 pm at Louisa Boren K-5 STEM, all welcome to help – details here. (5950 Delridge Way SW)

WESTSIDE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 10 am-noon, open house for families interested in all grades taught at Westside School (WSB sponsor), PreK through 8th. Details in our calendar listing. (10404 34th SW)

DUWAMISH ALIVE! 10 am-2 pm (after 9:30 am registration), the twice-yearly mega-work party along the river and in its watershed is happening today. If you haven’t already signed up – see the list of locations here, pick one, and go! Can’t decide? Here are the West Seattle sites that were most in need of more volunteers when we checked earlier this week.

REPTILE MAN! 10:30 am in the Fabulous Family Fun series at High Point Community Center – info’s in our calendar listing. (6920 34th SW)

SEE ART, MAKE ART: 1 pm at the Southwest Library, in conjunction with the ongoing Community Art Showcase, a “drop-in felt monster project led by Seattle artist and educator Lene Sangster.” (35th SW & SW Henderson)

FREE2LUV PRESENTS ‘ROCK KINDNESS’: 1-5 pm at the South Park Community Center, West Seattle-based Free2Luv has a big event:

October is Bullying Prevention Awareness Month and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has proclaimed October 17th Free2LUV ROCK KINDNESS Day, inviting the community to become advocates for kindness. To mobilize the community around bullying prevention, Free2Luv®, Taco Time NW and Clear Channel Outdoor have teamed up to host a ROCK KINDNESS empowerment day for underserved youth at South Park Community Center October 17th from 1 – 5 p.m. The ROCK KINDNESS event will engage, enlighten and inspire youth to be their best selves and use their voices for good. Festivities will kick off with the Mayor welcoming participants and leading them in taking Free2Luv’s Kindness pledge. “Most kids witness bullying every day,” said Mayor Ed Murray. “We can change this by speaking out, respecting and embracing one another, and building each other up. Together we can work to end bullying in our schools and communities.” ROCK KINDNESS Day will feature an interactive Free2BeME art project, “Make Your Own Taco” bar hosted by Taco Time Northwest, a billboard photo op presented by Clear Channel Outdoor, inspirational video messages from the Seahawks, the Storm and Free Celebrity Ambassadors and culminates with an inspirational concert by teen musician Maddy Vance. Vance has penned a powerful anti-bullying anthem titled ‘Crashing Down’ for Free2Luv that will be performed to inspire youth to stay strong and remind them they are not alone.

(8319 8th Ave. S.)

‘LISTEN TO SEATTLE’: 2 pm at the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse, an encore of this “75-minute original program of narration and music is inspired by the life and words of Chief Seattle, weaving indigenous customs and local history with jazz composition and improvisation” with the Steve Griggs Ensemble. (4705 W. Marginal Way SW)

WCFB HARVEST DINNER & AUCTION: The White Center Food Bank’s big benefit dinner and auction is sold out, so this is mostly a reminder if you’re a ticketholder – it’s at the Brockey Center at South Seattle College (WSB sponsor), starting with a champagne reception and silent auction at 5:30 pm. (6000 16th SW)

‘DEAR ARMEN’: 8 pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. From our calendar listing: “An interactive-theatre experience blending traditional Armenian dance, erotic performance, monologue and live music, Dear Armen weaves together the voices and struggles of three generations of gender nonconforming Armenians.” (4408 Delridge Way SW)

WEST SIDE GLORY: “West Seattle’s quarterly somewhat queer variety show” returns to The Skylark, 9 pm. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

THAT’S NOT ALL … lots more listings for today and beyond on our complete calendar.

(Killdeer, photographed at Alki by Mark Wangerin)
Your weekend begins in a matter of hours. Some of what’s up:

POP-UP MUSEUM: 2-5 pm in the lobby at The Kenney (WSB sponsor), the Southwest Seattle Historical Society invites you to bring your “School Daze” memories to share at this “pop-up museum,” previewed here earlier this week. (7125 Fauntleroy Way SW)

MOVIE NIGHT AT HPIC: Highland Park Improvement Club invites you to movie night, with doors opening at 6, kids’ short at 6:15, main feature at 7 – find out what’s showing by checking out HPIC’s online preview. (12th SW & SW Holden)

SCHOOL-AGE FAMILY NIGHT @ THE Y: 6:30 pm, FREE fun at the West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor) – that includes non-members – for families with K-5 kids. Includes free open swim at 7:35 pm. Details in our calendar listing. (36th SW & SW Snoqualmie)

ALKI SKATE NIGHT: This is the last Friday night skate at Alki Community Center until November 7th, so get your skate on, 6:30-8:30 pm. (5817 SW Stevens)

HULING BOWL: The annual crosstown high-school football game is tonight – 7 pm, at Southwest Athletic Complex, West Seattle High School vs. Chief Sealth International High School, trophy and all. If you only make it to one local HS game this year – this is it. Marching bands too! Here’s our coverage from last year, when CSIHS won for the third consecutive year. (2801 SW Thistle)

MUSIC AND COFFEE … and other beverages. Kick back in a comfortable community coffeehouse as Drew Martin performs live at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7 pm. (5612 California SW)

PEARL JAM TRIBUTE: “Washed in Black,” 8 pm at The Skylark – get your tickets in advance online. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? You might find it on our complete calendar.

Before we get too much further into the afternoon, five quick highlights from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar (which has many more listings for the rest of today/tonight):

WEST SEATTLE TIMEBANK: Your next chance to find out about membership is tonight’s orientation starting at 6 pm, followed by a potluck at 6:30 and membership meeting at 7, at the Senior Center of West Seattle. (California SW & SW Oregon)

EXPLORER WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: This is an open house for families considering enrolling at Explorer West Middle School (WSB sponsor), 6:30-8 pm. (10015 28th SW)

WHAT WOULD YOU ASK THE DISTRICT 1 CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES? This might be the last pre-election forum in West Seattle for D-1 candidates Shannon Braddock and Lisa Herbold. 6:30 pm at High Point Library; we moderate; audience questions too. P.S. Our video coverage of last night’s forum is still in the works; see our coverage of Tuesday’s D-1/P-8/P-9 forum here. (35th SW & SW Raymond)

DESIGN REVIEW X 2: Details (including links to the design “packets”) are in our development roundup published this morning – 6:30 pm, 1250 Alki SW; 8 pm, 9021 17th SW. Both at the Sisson Building in The Junction. (California SW & SW Oregon)

‘A NIGHT OUT FOR NEPAL’: Miss the former Duos Lounge? It’s the location – and caterer – tonight for a benefit to which you’re invited, 7-10 pm, raising money for UNICEF’s Emergency Relief for children in Nepal – full details in our calendar listing. (2940 SW Avalon Way)

(Fall flowers – photo by Max)

Made it to the middle of the week! Here’s what’s ahead for today/tonight, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

COWORKING/NETWORKING MEETUP: Noon-1:15 pm at coworking/meeting space West Seattle Office Junction (WSB sponsor):

Our informal brown bag lunches for freelancers, independent business professionals, creatives and entrepreneurs working from home or coffee shops. Please RSVP on our meetup page. We talk about business ideas, share skills, get feedback on projects, collaborate, and network.

All welcome. (6040 California SW)

NEED AN ORCA LIFT CARD? 1-6 pm at Neighborhood House’s High Point Center, it’s a new weekly West Seattle drop-in opportunity to get one. (6400 Sylvan Way SW)

‘PINK OUT’ VOLLEYBALL NIGHT AT WSHS: You’re invited! From West Seattle High School head volleyball coach Staci Stringer:

Tonight, the West Seattle Girls Volleyball team will be hosting Cleveland High School for our annual “Dig Pink” game. JVC Will host Kennedy and JV will play Cleveland at 5:45 PM.

Varsity plays at 7 PM and we would love to invite the community to grab their pink and come support a great cause and cheer on the Wildcats! For every Dig, the Varsity girls team will be donating money to support breast cancer research! Come join the Wildcats for our Pink Out!!

In the gym at WSHS. (3000 California SW)

MADISON CURRICULUM NIGHT: 5:45 pm, drop-in library help available, followed by 6:30 pm Curriculum Night for Madison Middle School families. (45th SW & SW Spokane)

HARBOR SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 6:30 pm tonight, Harbor School (WSB sponsor) on Vashon Island, has an open house, with a special invitation to West Seattleites – a shuttle is offered, but you need to RSVP ASAP (see how in our calendar listing). Harbor is now a K-8 school. (15920 Vashon Highway SW)

CUB SCOUT ‘JOINING NIGHT’: Happening tonight:

Cub Scout Pack 799 of Arbor Heights invites you and your boy to our “Joining Night”!
When: 6:45 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Arbor Heights Elementary Cafeteria
For: Boys in grades 1-5

The boys will enjoy making and racing their own Stomp Rockets with current Cub Scouts, while parents and families will have the opportunity to learn about Pack 799. If you have any questions in advance, please contact our Cubmaster, Matt Andersen, at pack799cubs@gmail.com or (206) 300-5100. Thanks, and hope to see you there!

That’s the interim Arbor Heights school at Boren. (5950 Delridge Way SW)

CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 CANDIDATES @ 34TH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS: 7 pm at The Hall at Fauntleroy, during the 34th District Democrats‘ monthly meeting, an hourlong forum/debate with City Council District 1 candidates Lisa Herbold and Shannon Braddock. We’re on the question-asking panel, along with former Rep. Velma Veloria and Sustainable West Seattle‘s Stu Hennessey. Full details on the 34th DDs’ website. (9131 California SW)

FIXING SCHOOL FUNDING: 7 pm at Fairmount Park Elementary, you’re invited to a conversation about what’s happening, and not happening, with school funding – the situation that’s the underpinning of this past week’s uproar over teacher cuts, among many other things. Here’s our preview. (3800 SW Findlay)

MORE! Here!

(Neighborhood fall colors, by Flickr member yel0rose, via the WSB Flickr group)

Looking ahead to the rest of the day and tonight via the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

SCHOOL FUNDING RALLY: 4 pm outside Seattle Public Schools HQ, parents from West Seattle and elsewhere are organizing a rally sparked by this past week’s news of teacher cuts – if you’re concerned about the state of public education, be there. (3rd Ave. S. & S. Lander)

SING WITH ENDOLYNE CHILDREN’S CHOIR: It’s “Bring a Friend Night,” an open-rehearsal event for young singers interested in the choir, which actually starts at 4:30 pm:

BAFN is an open rehearsal, free for any child in grades K-10 who is interested in an evening of holiday music singing and hot cocoa.

Rehearsal Times:

Debut (grades K-2): 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Encore (grades 3-5): 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM
Advanced (grades 6-10): 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

This is happening in the reception room at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church. (3050 California SW)

DEMOCRATIC DEBATE-WATCHING PARTY: Looking for someplace to watch tonight’s Democratic presidential candidate debate at 5:30? Krista in Gatewood is hosting one of the Bernie Sanders supporters’ parties and has room – check here.

CANDIDATE FORUM/DEBATE FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 & POSITIONS 8-9: 6:15 pm mingling, 6:45 pm debating at Neighborhood House’s High Point Center, presented by the WS Chamber of Commerce and WS Transportation Coalition. See the schedule here. (6400 Sylvan Way SW)

TUESDAY TUNE-UP, BENEFITING WESTSIDE BABY: 6:30 pm at Salty’s on Alki (WSB sponsor), live music “by Piano-man and Emcee Victor Janusz with Robertson Witmer on accordion and MD Dixson on saxophone,” no cover but raffle benefits WestSide Baby – details in our calendar listing. (1936 Harbor SW)

ORCA TALK: What do orcas and ants have in common? Erich Hoyt – who filled The Hall at Fauntleroy last time The Whale Trail brought him here – is back as TWT’s new season of Orca Talks begins, tonight at 7 pm – details in our preview. (9131 California SW)

ADMIRAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: 7 pm, The Sanctuary at Admiral. (42nd SW & SW Lander)

FAUNTLEROY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: 7 pm, board room at Fauntleroy Schoolhouse. (9131 California SW)

CHIEF SEALTH INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PTSA: 7 pm in the Confucius Room. (2600 SW Thistle)

MORE ON THE CALENDAR FOR TODAY/TONIGHT … see it all here.

(This fierce-looking little bird is a bushtit, photographed by Mark Wangerin)

Happy Monday! Very busy weekend. If you didn’t check in with the news, we covered a lot … just keep rolling on down the main page. First, our look ahead to the rest of today/tonight, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: 1:30 pm at Providence Mount St. Vincent, it’s the twice-monthly meeting of this free “support group for unpaid care partners, family members and friends of individuals with memory loss.” (4831 35th SW)

NORTH DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL: 6:30 pm at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, with an agenda – according to its online announcement – including “the #50 Metro bus, and recaps of recent neighborhood events such as the mayor’s walk.” (4407 Delridge Way SW)

EVENING BOOK GROUPS: 6:45 pm at Southwest and at West Seattle (Admiral) libraries. All welcome. WS (2306 42nd SW) is reading “Dirt Music” by Tim Winton; SW (35th SW & SW Henderson) is reading “The Tenth Muse” by Judith Jones.

PIGEON POINT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL: 7 pm in the cafeteria at Pathfinder K-8. (1901 SW Genesee)

JOSH RITTER AT EASY STREET RECORDS: 7 pm, free, all-ages in-store concert – but ESR says CD pre-order is the only way to guarantee entry. (California SW & SW Alaska)

FROM ‘SKIES OVER WEST SEATTLE’: Tonight’s the new moon. Haven’t read the latest SOWS yet? See what’s coming up, starting next weekend!

TIME TRAVEL … by looking into the future via our complete calendar.