West Seattle Wednesday: Westside Job Fair, Southwest District Council, music, more…

(Tall ship passing West Seattle in Tuesday’s “smoky gloom,” as photographer Tom Stoner described it)

Fall is really here. And so are all these highlights for today/tonight!

WESTSIDE JOB FAIR: First-ever job fair presented by the West Seattle Junction Association and West Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 10 am-1 pm at Great American Diner and Bar – bring your resumé – more than 30 employers who are hiring NOW are waiting to meet you. (4752 California SW)

WHILE THE BIG KIDS ARE AT SCHOOL … take the little ones to preschool story time at West Seattle (Admiral) Library, 10:30 am. (2306 42nd SW)

HIGH POINT MARKET GARDEN: Summer growing season is still going strong. Today’s your next chance to buy produce steps away from where it was grown, 4-7 pm at the weekly High Point Market Garden Farm Stand. (32nd SW/SW Juneau)

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT COUNCIL: 6:30 pm at the Sisson Building/Senior Center – see the agenda here, including your chance for Q&A with City Councilmember Lisa Herbold. All welcome. (4217 SW Oregon)

HARVEST MOON PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP: 6:45 pm tonight and the next two Thursday nights, at the Seattle Chinese Garden. Registration required; details in our calendar listing. (6000 16th SW)

THE YAWPERS: Free in-store concert at Easy Street Records, 7 pm. All ages. (California/Alaska)

JIM PAGE: Singer-songwriter, performing tonight at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7-9 pm. (5612 California SW)

DANCEABLE COUNTRY CLASSICS … are what you’ll hear tonight at Parliament Tavern from The Loose Heels and The Southwest Sweethearts. 8-11 pm. No cover. 21+. (4210 SW Admiral Way)

THERE’S MORE … happening today/tonight; find it all on our complete-calendar page.

Jeremiah September 6, 2017 (1:33 pm)

The ship is the Lady Washington

WSB September 6, 2017 (1:59 pm)

Thanks, Tom said he thought it was, but I had no way to verify.
- Mitch September 6, 2017 (2:29 pm)
  
  Maybe try typing “images of lady washington” in the address bar of your browser?
  - WSB September 6, 2017 (2:40 pm)
    
    Thanks for the insult, Mitch, it’s been a while! Of course I did. The smoke distorted the color, and so saying it was an exact match with the images here was not a sure bet, and this is far from the only tall ship in the region. I also checked its Twitter account for any possible confirmation it was passing through the area. I didn’t get it in real time so I couldn’t compare against MarineTraffic.com (although I looked there anyway). And that’s as much as I had time for; decided to run it anyway, as its shelf life is likely over after today (we can only hope the smoke indeed clears out) … TR
    - mitch September 8, 2017 (11:45 am)
      
      You looked at pictures of the Lady Washington on-line and couldn’t tell it was the same boat? It’s our ‘state boat’, is often seen around here in the summer, is one of a kind and unmistakeable.
      
      That said, I never cease to be amazed by the quality and depth of your blog.
    - WSB September 8, 2017 (12:17 pm)
      
      If you look at the photos that came up on Google Image Search and the photo sent to us, the latter showed two dark lines along the hull. The majority of the former did not. I was NOT going to assume and I did not have time to do anything more such as try to reach a person who manages the vessel and ask if it had passed here during a certain time frame. I should probably have simply captioned it with the photo credit and moved on. – TR
  - miws September 8, 2017 (4:58 pm)
    
    Mitch, why waste your time insulting what may be one of the very few, anymore, news organizations that will not publish something without absolute verification from a legitimate source, that is in some way associated with the topic, instead of assuming something, or getting info from a source not directly related to the topic?
    
    There are plenty of news sources out there that don’t take such stringent precautions, or that have no ethics at all, and broadcast misinformation or outright lies. Maybe they would be a more suitable target of your trolling energies.
    
    Mike