Even without the Cinco de Mayo wildness at your favorite drinking spot, it’s a BIG West Seattle weekend. Click for the full (and “full” is an understatement) list!

ALL WEEKEND: First full weekend of operation for the Elliott Bay Water Taxi; schedule here, our tips here

ALL WEEKEND: Admiral Theater features The Queen, Wild Hogs, Breach

TONIGHT: Mike Pryor @ C & P Coffee, 6-8 pm

TONIGHT: Campfire Dinner & S’mores “Fabulous Family Fridays” event @ High Point Community Center, 6:30-9 pm

TONIGHT: Friday Night Family Skating @ Alki Community Center, 6:45-8:45 pm

TONIGHT: Alma Villegas @ Cafe Rozella, 7 pm

TONIGHT: “On the Verge” (closing weekend) @ ArtsWest, 7:30 pm

TONIGHT: Rod Long one-man show “Serious Images and a Funny Man” @ Youngstown Arts, 8 pm

TONIGHT: Skylark music – Hills of Elysium (9 pm), Diosa (10 pm), The Valkyries (11 pm)

TONIGHT: Slender Means CD release @ Easy Street Afterhours, 9:30 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Lincoln Park work party, 9 am-1 pm

SATURDAY MORNING: Author Lisa Haneberg, “2 Weeks to a Breakthrough,” 11 am, Barnes & Noble

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Marco de Carvalho @ C & P Coffee, 11 am-1 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Rummage sale @ Hiawatha, 11 am-3 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Bead for Life party, T(ea) Gallery, 11 am-3 pm

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: The Willikers @ C & P Coffee, 3-5 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Local walker’s 3-Day Walk team’s fundraiser, 5-7 pm on Queen Anne

SATURDAY NIGHT: Rebecca Peterson & Rik Wright @ C & P Coffee, 6-8 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Camp Long Dessert Auction & Coffeehouse Fundraiser, featuring Alice Stuart, 7-9 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: The Community Theatre presents “One Night Only” evening of free theater @ Youngstown Arts, reception 7 pm, show 8 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: “On the Verge” (final performance) @ ArtsWest, 7:30 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Highland Park Improvement Club dance, 8 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Skylark music — Lund Brothers (9 pm), Conservative Dad (10 pm), Boycrush (11 pm)

SUNDAY: 105th anniversary of the first West Seattle City Council meeting (yes, WS used to be its own city)

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Week 2 of West Seattle Farmers’ Market, 10 am-2 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Swaan Miller jewelry trunk show @ Clementine, noon-3 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Buffie Gilbert @ C & P Coffee, 3-5 pm

SUNDAY NIGHT: West Seattle Neighbors for Peace & Justice, monthly meeting

BEFORE THE WEEKEND’S OVER: Buy tickets online for Taste of West Seattle (benefit for WS Helpline), coming up May 15

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