Topping today’s marquee: WEST SEATTLE FOR JAPAN, with ***28*** (update!) participants listed by organizers. Here’s our unofficial Google Map locating them all (note that like any G-map, you can use the plus/minus to zoom in/out – as you zoom into The Junction, for example, the placemarks will start separating so you can click each one):

Plus some of the highlights of what merchants are doing/offering (as we find them on FB/web/Twitter, etc.) – here’s the latest list, plus watch for coverage during the day/night. Be sure to show your support, and check for more participant updates, by “liking” the official FB page – facebook.com/westseattleforjapan.

Also today:

NEED YOUR CAR WASHED? Car wash to raise money for Chief Sealth Honor Choir’s trip to Carnegie Hall
9:00 AM-4:00 PM Rain or Shine
Alki Auto Repair, 2504 Alki Ave SW
$10 donation suggested (more welcome and appreciated)

GEAR SWAP: Final day of the gear swap organized by Mountain to Sound Outfitters, skis, boards, boots, more, VFW Hall on SW Alaska, 10 am-6 pm, details here

HAPPY 100TH! West Side Presbyterian Church at 3601 California SW celebrates its centennial, 9:30 am (here’s the Facebook event invite) – photo above courtesy of WSPC, their “Little Brown Church” at original location, 44th and Lander.

SEE A SHOW!: Matinees today for both Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” presented by Twelfth Night Productions (WSB sponsor) at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, schedule and tickets here, and “Distracted” at ArtsWest in The Junction – full details and ticket link here

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: Today and every Sunday, 10 am-2 pm, The Junction (44th/Alaska) – participating in West Seattle for Japan, too

SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: Hope Lutheran School open house, noon-1 pm (including info about its new preschool, opening this fall) – details here

OPERA! Lyric Opera Northwest (based in West Seattle) performs “La Boheme” at The Moore downtown, 4 pm (here’s our preview story with rehearsal video)

‘THRIVING IN MENOPAUSE’: Special event this afternoon at Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy (WSB sponsor) in The Junction, noon-4 pm (details here)

More on the WSB West Seattle Events calendar.