Music, shopping, more for your West Seattle Thursday

(Western Grebe, photographed by Mark Wangerin. Curious about its leg? Read this.)

From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar and Holiday Guide:

DINE OUT FOR LAFAYETTE: 3-10 pm at Chipotle in The Junction, part of the proceeds benefit Lafayette Elementary. (4730 California SW)

TINKERLAB: With the High Point Library temporarily closed, Southwest Library is the place to go for today’s Tinkerlab drop-in session, focused on Finch Robots. 3:30-5 pm. (35th SW/SW Henderson)

CIRCLE OF SINGLES: 5 pm at Salty’s on Alki (WSB sponsor). Event for singles 60+. (1936 Harbor SW)

SHOP LATE THURSDAY AT CLICK! Many Junction shops are open later than usual tonight – among them, longtime WSB sponsor Click! Design That Fits, with a special pop-up event in its loft – details here. (4540 California SW)

CAROLING IN THE JUNCTION: Join in holiday songs while you’re shopping The Junction tonight – meet up with Emerald City Voices at 6 pm at Junction Plaza Park “to join in a stroll around the Junction. You’ll be stopping at local businesses to sing the season with holiday cheer,” as part of Hometown Holidays. (42nd SW/SW Alaska)

DENNY CONCERT: Postponed last week because of weather, the Denny International Middle School winter band/orchestra concert is happening tonight, 6:30 pm at Chief Sealth International HS Auditorium. (2600 SW Thistle)

WSHS CONCERT: The West Seattle High School Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, and Orchestra are performing their Winter Concert tonight, 7 pm, in the WSHS Theater. (3000 California SW)

ORCA TALK: The Southern Resident Killer Whales’ situation is more precarious than ever. Tonight at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), The Whale Trail‘s first Orca Talk of the season brings you Lynne Barre from NOAA Fisheries with the latest on their status. Our preview includes ticket info – check to see if there’s room. (5612 California SW)

SHAKE THINGS UP: The monthly Alauda bellydancing showcase at The Skylark is at 7:30 tonight. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

LOTS MORE … for today and tonight – just check our complete calendar here.

Lisa Ruiz December 15, 2016 (9:49 am)

Thank you for the educational link about the Grebe and its foot— how interesting!

Heather December 15, 2016 (10:08 am)

Well. That was an enlightening link about the “anus foot” (photo link). I don’t know if I should crack up or keep this perplexed look on my face. That is just bizarre.

teacher/mom December 15, 2016 (10:17 am)

Interesting information regarding the grebe’s leg(s) and feet. Thanks for the link!

waikikigirl December 15, 2016 (10:32 am)

WOW Mark this is very interesting on the where the Grebe’s foot is located on its body and good to know if you see one on land…that it is not drunk and falling down…it’s just clumsy because of where its foot is located!

Chris Stripinis December 15, 2016 (10:50 am)

Ha ha ! I see I’m not the only one to find the grebe foot-under-wing behavior interesting. That’s one of the coolest things I’ve read all week! Thanks WSB.

WSB December 15, 2016 (11:00 am)

Mark actually sent this photo last month with a couple other grebe photos and I chose a more-conventional-looking one to run at the time. This week, I’ve been going back through the files of photos he’s kindly shared that I hadn’t yet published … I’ve never seen this behavior but was glad to be able to find a link explaining it, as it was one of those photos that seemed to demand explanation! – TR

Trileigh December 15, 2016 (11:18 am)

Thanks for sharing this great photo, WSB and Mark! Love the info about that crazy foot.

sam-c December 15, 2016 (11:27 am)

Count me as another one enjoying the grebe photo.

I feel like I’ve said this before, but I wish Curious Kidstuff participated in the shop late on Thursdays.

i can get shopping after getting home from work, and getting dinner for hungry kids. the 7:30 – 9 time works this time of year, but they’re not open. I guess I’ll keep spending my dollars at Target and Amazon….

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