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(Great Blue Heron photographed snacking at Alki – this photo and the 3 below are all by Gary Jones)
Happy Saturday! Your options for today include these highlights from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:
GIANT GARAGE SALE: It’s on, 9 am-3 pm, at Highland Park Improvement Club. Always something eclectic. (12th SW & Holden)
RIVERSIDE WALKING TOUR: 10 am-noon, join the Southwest Seattle Historical Society and first-generation Riverside resident Frank Zuvela to explore this historic West Seattle neighborhood. Details here. $5 donation. (West Marginal Way SW & Marginal Place)
GO PLAY! Games, that is. If you’re not already a regular at Meeples Games, a new WSB sponsor, check out the Saturday events on the right side of the Meeples home page – morning, afternoon, evening. (3727 California SW)
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ASL-SIGNED STORYTIME: 11 am at Barnes & Noble/Westwood Village, Melissa tells us: “For the first time, we’ll be having an ASL-signed storytime! I’ll be reading ‘If You Give a Mouse a Cookie’ while one of our fabulous booksellers signs along with me! Should be a fun way to spend what will be a cloudy, cool morning! At 11 am in the Kids Department, as always.” (2600 SW Barton)
WATER FESTIVAL: Two-day celebration as part of Duwamish Revealed, on the river in South Park at Duwamish Waterway Park. Today’s events run noon until 8 pm plus, including dragon-boat racing starting at noon, a Cambodian-cooking demonstration at 3 pm, a dance/music showcase starting at 4 pm, and a lantern ceremony at 8 – full schedule and details here. (7900 10th Avenue S.)
ALKI POINT LIGHTHOUSE TOURS: Visiting the century-old lighthouse is a summer-only, weekends-only treat – 1 pm to 4 pm (last tour starts at 3:40 pm), with the US Coast Guard Auxiliary as your hosts. (3201 Alki SW)
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2 PERFORMANCES OF ‘INTO THE WOODS’: Second-and-third-to-last chancse to catch the Twelfth Night Productions version of the musical, 3 pm and 7:30 pm at the West Seattle High School theater. (3000 California SW)
‘GUARDIANS’ AT WEST SEATTLE OUTDOOR MOVIES: The 2014 megahit “Guardians of the Galaxy” is on the wall by Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor) for tonight’s West Seattle Outdoor Movies extravaganza. Free; bring your own chair/blanket to sit on, and if you can, bring $ for nonprofit-benefiting concessions and raffle tickets. Gates open at 6:30 pm – get your spot early! – and movie starts at dusk, 8:30-ish. (4410 California SW)
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See our calendar for the rest of what’s up today/tonight!
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