Compared to the next three pre-Christmas weekends, this one is relatively quiet. Nonetheless, if you’re ready to start emerging from the post-Thanksgiving/Black Friday haze, you’ve got some choices today and tomorrow: Some are holiday-related – the Holy Rosary Christmas Tree Lot opens today, as does Santa’s House at Westwood Village. Some are changes: Marination Mobile is taking the long weekend off, so no West Seattle visit today. Some are charitable: There’s another “Turkey Bowl” fundraiser at West Seattle Bowl today, and this afternoon, you can make holiday cards at a unique fundraiser that also includes dessert! More than 20 events/activities today and tomorrow, brought to you by Skylark Cafe and Club:

Thanks, Skylark Cafe and Club, for sponsoring the WSWL!

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ALL WEEKEND: Southwest Pool open

ALL WEEKEND: Movies (and more) at the Admiral Theater

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

ALL WEEKEND: Kayaking and land-sports (bikes, skates) rentals at Seacrest with Alki Kayak Tours

SATURDAY: Bookfair to raise money for West Seattle High School Grad Night 2010. Use Voucher Number 10001303 for in-store purchases on the bookfair valid days to route $$$ back to WSHS PTSA Grad Night…ANY Barnes and Noble, store, not just Westwood. Please share the voucher # 10001303 and please pass it on and tell everyone you know. Ask grandma in New York to use it, it will work at her Barnes and Noble on these days, too (but not on-line purchases). If you have to order a book in the store and have it shipped, it should still work on those days. This is free money (10 – 15%!!) for Grad Night, and it is the biggest shopping day/weekend of the year. Please plan ahead to use this voucher number on these dates to do the shopping you would have done for the holidays anyway. Your senior class will thank you! Not valid for certain merchandise such as magazines, BN memberships, gift cards. Funds returned to WSHS GN fund will go to scholarships, activity add-ons, miscellaneous food cost, busses, etc. Present your receipt from any Barnes & Noble store showing you used the voucher number (10001303) from the bookfair and bring it to Giannoni’s Pizza at Westwood Village and receive a free slice of cheese pizza! No minimum purchase, no expiration.

SATURDAY MORNING: Schmitz Park Preserve work party, 9 am-noon

SATURDAY MORNING: West Seattle Film Forum launches with screening of Slumdog Millionaire, free, Southwest Branch Library, 10 am (more info here)

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Duwamish Greenbelt work party with the Nature Consortium, meet at 14th SW and SW Holly, 10 am-2 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Duwamish Longhouse Museum open to the public, 10 am-5 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Marination Mobile street food truck NOT at High Point today (taking the 4-day holiday weekend off)

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Noon-4 pm Saturdays and Sundays, visit Santa Claus in his new digs at Westwood Village, the former Wyatt’s Jewelers (WSB sponsor) location on the breezeway (they’ve moved to a new spot next to Chico’s) – bring a food bank donation and your Santa photo is free; bring diapers for WestSide Baby (sizes 3-6 preferred); free gift wrap, with donations going to local nonprofits

SATURDAY AFTERNOON (and beyond): Holy Rosary Christmas Tree Lot opens at noon, behind Admiral Safeway, runs through December 20. Proceeds benefit West Seattle Helpline, West Seattle Food Bank, Salvation Army’s Hickman House

SATURDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: I Am/I Am Not Woman art show at ArtsWest gallery, noon-7 pm (final day)

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: 20th annual Turkey Bowl! with proceeds going to St. Martin de Porres homeless shelter and Whisker City, a cat rescue shelter. West Seattle Bowl, noon. See the latest list of participating celebrities, and find the registration form, at the Whisker City website – whiskercity.com. Your $65 entry fee includes three games of bowling, shoes, lunch, a Turkey Bowl cap and you’ll bowl with three celebs!

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Come support our youth and families of the Delridge community!!!
Card making workshop and dessert fundraiser
Saturday, November 28th
1:00-4:00pm
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW
Brought to you by the youth and families of DNDA’s affordable housing community. DNDA’s mission is to engage community residents, businesses and institutions in creating a thriving Delridge community.
Sneak peek:
Make 5 holiday cards for $10 or $2 each card!
Homemade 7-up cake, peach cobbler, red velvet cake, chocolate cookies, & more!

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at The Bohemian: Ron Weinstein jazz trio, 7-10 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: At Kenyon Hall: After the turkey has been eaten, the naps taken, and the game boards put away, you may be looking for something to do with Uncle Harry. May we suggest a little family-friendly entertainment at Kenyon Hall? You can even send the kids along, because this weekend we’re not charging admission to anyone eighteen or under. (Uncle Harry has to pay.) At 7:30 p.m., Divalycious returns to Kenyon Hall for an evening of song that’ll fill you with the holiday spirit. Stacie Calkins, Laurie Clothier, Natalie Lerch and Ashley Middleton, with David Duvall at the Chickering, move effortlessly from Gesu Bambino to Run, Run Rudolph, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to Winter Wonderland, plus the notorious Santa Medley. Reserved table seats are $14. Row seats are $12 general and $10 seniors/students, or $10 general and $8 seniors/students with a reservation. Young folks 18 and under free.

SATURDAY NIGHT: At Skylark Cafe and Club (WSB sponsor): Live music with 3 Ninjas, Taybot, Sex Panther, Luxury A.K., starts at 9 pm

SUNDAY: Bookfair to raise money for West Seattle High School Grad Night 2010. Use Voucher Number 10001303 for in-store purchases on the bookfair valid days to route $$$ back to WSHS PTSA Grad Night…ANY Barnes and Noble, store, not just Westwood. Please share the voucher # 10001303 and please pass it on and tell everyone you know. Present your receipt from any Barnes & Noble store showing you used the voucher number (10001303) from the bookfair and bring it to Giannoni’s Pizza at Westwood Village and receive a free slice of cheese pizza!

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

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Noon-4 pm Saturdays and Sundays, visit Santa Claus in his new digs at Westwood Village, the former Wyatt’s Jewelers (WSB sponsor) location on the breezeway (they’ve moved to a new spot next to Chico’s) – bring a food bank donation and your Santa photo is free; bring diapers for WestSide Baby (sizes 3-6 preferred); free gift wrap, with donations going to local nonprofits

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Live music at C&P Coffee with Blair and The Boyfriends, 3-5 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Sunday Market Cocktails, KPLU Jazz Sundays (4-6 pm) and Sunday Ribs (“Southside Tony’s Rib Special,” 4 pm “till we run out”) at Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor)

SUNDAY NIGHT: African Gospel Acapella [once featured in NPR] will be doing a concert to kick off the holiday season on Sunday, November 29, 6 PM @ Hillcrest Presbyterian Church in the Arbor Heights neighborhood of West Seattle. This is a free concert [but they typically take a love offering]. Join us for a rich experience of live music and stories of what makes these blind men sing! More info here.

SUNDAY NIGHT: All-ages live music at @ Skylark Cafe and Club (WSB sponsor) with Rhythm Katz, Beef Encounter, starting at 7 pm

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