West Seattle Weekend Lineup: Seafair Pirates Landing, plus …

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(July 2007 photo by Bob Bollen)
Hot on the heels of the 4th of July, it’s another big event at Alki today – the Seafair Pirates Landing, which is more than just the “landing” itself, with vendors and freebies starting at mid-morning and continuing into early afternoon – new features this year, the Pirates promise at their website – their arrival is one of 25 West Seattle events in this special Sat-Sun-only WSWL (since Friday had its own 4th of July page):

ALL WEEKEND: Movies at the Admiral Theater

ALL WEEKEND: West Seattle history on display @ Log House Museum at Alki, Thursdays-Sundays, noon-4 pm

SWIMMING: Southwest Pool is closed all summer for renovations, but Colman Pool is now in its 7-day-a-week mode schedule here

WADING POOLS: All now open, but days/hours vary – check these links to the individual West Seattle wading-pool sites; Delridge, Hiawatha, Highland Park, Hughes, Lincoln Park

SATURDAY: “Sound Perspectives” art exhibit @ ArtsWest, noon-7 pm both days

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: Beach naturalists at Constellation and Lincoln Park (times vary, check schedule here)

SATURDAY MORNING: Join the Friends of Lincoln Park as we remove invasive plants from the wooded areas of this jewel of a park. 9 am to noon. (More info from organizers: Meet at the kiosk in the north parking lot (on Fauntleroy) across from Rose St.; bring gloves, a hand clipper and favorite tools if you have them. Extra gear is available. Sturdy shoes, protect your hide from blackberries.

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Seafair Pirates Landing @ Alki, events start 9:30 am, pirates scheduled to land around noon

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Camp Long work party, 10 am-1 pm (more info from Green Seattle Partnership)

SATURDAY MIDDAY: Master Gardener clinics at McLendon’s in White Center, 10 am-2 pm Saturdays (more info here

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Duwamish Greenbelt work party, 10 am-2 pm (more info here)

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Prudence Mapstone, fiber artist and international authority on Freeform Knitting and Crochet, at Seattle Yarn, 5633 California SW, 2 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music @ C & P Coffee with Vanessa Ament, 6-8 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: John Keawe @ Admiral Theater, box office opens at 6:30 pm (tickets available online), show at 7 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Comedy troupe Yug and Asil in “The Spy Who Came Out of the Rain,” Kenyon Hall, 7:30 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at Skylark with Motorists, Lights on Why, Kiss Her for the Kid, starts at 9 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Easy Street After Hours, live music with Ivan the Wheel, Black Daisy, Partman Parthorse, starts at 9:30 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Midnight movie “Rocky Horror Picture Show” @ Admiral Theater

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Furry Faces Foundation plant sale at two locations – here’s info: “F-Cubed is having an impromptu blowout plant sale on Sunday. All tomato plants will be just $1.00 and currently there are 20+ varieties. We also have agastaches, frosted curls ornamental grasses, columbine, dragonwing begonias, lychnis, aubrietia, sedum, dianthus, hebe, and a few other plants. The highest price will be $4.00, with the average plant price being just $1.00 to $2.00. Folks can find our plants at: 3809 46th Ave SW from 10 am – 4 pm OR Hotwire Online Coffeehouse, 4410 California Ave from 7 am – 6 pm”

SUNDAY MIDDAY: West Seattle Farmers’ Market @ The Junction, 10 am-2 pm

SUNDAY MIDDAY: Master Gardener clinics at West Seattle Farmers’ Market, 10 am-2 pm Sundays (more info here)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Beach naturalists at Constellation and Lincoln Park (noon-3 pm, more info here)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Edge Theatre presents “Mother Courage and Her Children” at Youngstown Arts Center, 3 pm (more info and ticketbuying link here)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Live music at C & P Coffee with Phil and Brian, 3-5 pm

SUNDAY NIGHT: All-ages live music @ Skylark with Joel Magid, Mike Sullivan, The Management, Blind Tater Nelson, Kings of Outlaw Country, The Ronz, starts at 6 pm

SUNDAY NIGHT: West Seattle Neighbors for Peace and Justice monthly meeting, 6 pm (more info here)

Are we missing anything? Let us know! And between weekends, keep an eye on our continuously updated Events page.

Mark in Redmond July 5, 2008 (9:57 am)

Great Blog – I found it when reading up on Seafair Pirate Landing (taking my teen son for our first time there). I’m scouring the web now trying to find information about parking or public transportation in the area.

WSB July 5, 2008 (10:11 am)

If you haven’t already left – there’s street parking in various areas around Alki but it tends to fill up fast. If you find a space along Harbor Avenue not far from the West Seattle Bridge, look for a bus stop with a Water Taxi Shuttle sign and you can catch a free bus that will take you to the main area of the beach. We don’t have dedicated park-and-ride type lots or public garages in this area. By the time we go down in another hour or so (we live several miles from Alki) we will probably do what we did last night – park in a neighborhood south of the beach and walk.

Erik July 5, 2008 (10:17 am)

WSB – There is still one spot in front of my house! Hurry! lol

Jo July 5, 2008 (10:22 am)

Also, the #56 bus is on every 1/2 hour schedule today.
Can catch it in downtown seattle going south on 1st Ave. and it will take you to 61st and Alki right across the street froim where the pirates land.
It’s a fun day for big and little kids.

WSB July 5, 2008 (10:32 am)

Thanks, Erik. I am going to be screeching in somewhere at the last minute because I still have stuff to post before leaving … you see someone running down 61st, that’s going to be me. Hope I can make my way through the crowd to get a shot of something resembling a pirate; last year most of our pix involved the tops of people’s heads. (Late Saturday addendum, wasn’t even any parking on 61st all the way to Beach Drive – squeezed into a spot by the treatment plant and walked around the point!)

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