West Seattle Sunday: 2 benefits; Farmers’ Market chefs; more

(Fall colors on the beach, from Mannie79 via the WSB Flickr pool)
Got any non-automatically-set clocks to turn back? Welcome back to Pacific Standard Time. Here are some of today’s highlights, from the WSB West Seattle Events calendar:

BENEFIT BRUNCH: Benefit brunch to help the family of Ed Kingston, the volunteer soccer coach who died suddenly last month, West Seattle Eagles‘ Aerie, doors open 10 am – details here.

CHEFS AT WS FARMERS’ MARKET: At the West Seattle Farmers’ Market, 10 am – 2 pm, The Junction (44th/Alaska), you’ll find cooking demos today: 11:00 am- noon – Jeremy McLachlan of Salty’s on Alki demonstrates his favorite seasonal holiday recipes; 12:30-1:30 pm – Laurie Pflazer of Pastry Craft shows how to make desserts using local, seasonal ingredients.

BOARD GAMERS: Strategy board game group that plays games like Settlers of Catan, Carcassone and Dominion. New players who don’t mind some complexity and strategic thinking in games are welcome. Uptown Espresso, California and Edmunds, 1 pm. E-mail Gene at egene1@yahoo.com with questions, and join games.groups.yahoo.com/group/wsgamers/

TOOL LIBRARY: West Seattle Tool Library open at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (east side of main building), 1-5 pm.

HOPE FOR JAN: Benefit for Jan Seeley (longtime WSB’er “JanS”) to help her as she awaits a kidney transplant. Silent auction, food/drink specials, and more, 2-5 pm at Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor), 6451 California SW (more in this WSB Forums thread)

FINAL PERFORMANCE OF ‘THE FOREIGNER’: 2 pm at Fauntleroy Church (9140 California Avenue SW) – a comedy for all ages. More details here.

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: The community art show at Southwest Library has its artists’ reception today, 2 pm.

STOCKBOX GROCERS’ FINAL DAY: The prototype micro-grocery in Delridge (24th/Holden) must shut down after today (though its founders say they’ll be back!) – having a sale on remaining inventory, too (here’s our previous report).

DRUMMERS TRY FOR A RECORD: Not in West Seattle, but presented by West Seattle drummer Donn Bennett: The Woodstick Big Beat 2011 world-record attempt, hundreds of drummers at Juanita Field House, Juanita HS, 10601 NE 132nd, Kirkland, 2:00-4:00PM. Doors open 10 am. Raising money for Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation and Camp Korey. $12 for participants, $10 for spectators. More info at BennettDrums.com

FAREWELL PARTY: Farewell party for St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church‘s departing Rev. Peter DeVeau and wife Mary, 5-8 pm (more details in our Saturday night report).

SWEET SHOW: HoneyHoney in-store performance at Easy Street Records in The Junction, free, 6 pm

AT KENYON HALL: Sousa Birthday Bash with the Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band, 7:30 pm at Kenyon Hall.

2 Replies to "West Seattle Sunday: 2 benefits; Farmers' Market chefs; more"

  • Machel Spence November 6, 2011 (7:48 am)

    I love all of the different species of seaweed we have on Puget Sound, I see enteromorpha…ulva fenestrata…acrosiphonia coalita and even a bit of chondracanthus corymbiferus towards the left there! Lovely capture! m-

  • ellenater November 6, 2011 (2:15 pm)

    beautiful shot.

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