(Early Thursday morning, by Don Brubeck from the WSB Flickr group pool)

BRIDGE CLOSURES THIS WEEK: Again this week, TWO overnight closures of the West Seattle Bridge’s easternmost and westernmost sections are scheduled EACH weeknight, 9 pm-5 am – the eastbound Spokane Street Viaduct (for the SSV Widening Project), east of the 1st Avenue South exit, and the Fauntleroy Expressway (for its seismic-retrofit work), west of the Delridge Way exit. Details on both closures are here.

STAIRWAY WORK IN ALKI: As previewed here on Friday, SDOT plans to start work today on the project to add an upper stairway to the 60th/61st/Spokane connection.

WEST SEATTLE COOKING CLUB:: This week’s meeting info is at westseattlecookingclub.org – 2:30 pm at Beveridge Place Pub, theme “Marinated.”

WEST SEATTLE HI-YU FESTIVAL: Hi-Yu general membership meeting, including pin contest (more details here), 6:30 pm, St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church hall.

VAN HALEN ALBUM PREVIEW PARTY 8 pm tonight at Feedback Lounge, with the folks from Easy Street Records on hand to sell it (details here).

MORE NIGHTLIFE: Trivia with Brian Calvert at Christo’s on Alki, 7 pm … Karaoke with Kelli at Skylark Café and Club, 9 pm … Also at 9 pm, the “Flat Earth Society” weekly vinyl DJ’ing at West 5 features DJ Backbacon (Matt Lukin – alumnus of the Melvins and Mudhoney) … Talarico’s has karaoke @ 9:30 pm.