(Fall colors, photographed by Gill Loring)

Here’s what’s happening in the hours ahead, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

TODDLER READING TIME: 10:30 am at Paper Boat Booksellers (6040 California SW).

SAFE BANKING FOR SENIORS: 1-2:30 pm workshop at Senior Center of West Seattle (4217 SW Oregon) – please contact the center to RSVP.

PEOPLE’S BUDGET VOTING POP-UP: 1-7 pm at West Seattle Food Bank (35th/Morgan), a “People’s Budget Voting Pop-Up” with West Seattleite Danitra Hunter there to explain this year’s Participatory Budgeting and assist you with voting on how to spend millions of city dollars.

FIX-IT WORKSHOP: Don’t replace it – repair it! Weekly event, 5:30-7:30 pm at West Seattle Tool Library (4408 Delridge Way SW, northeast side of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center).

TRIVIA x 6: Six places to play tonight. At 6 pm, Locust Cider (2820 Alki SW) offers trivia … there’s 7 pm trivia at West Seattle Brewing (4415 Fauntleroy Way SW) … 7:30 and 8:30 pm Sporcle Pub Quiz at The Lodge (4209 SW Alaska) … trivia starts at 8 pm at Beveridge Place Pub (6413 California SW) … Larry’s Tavern (3405 California SW) hosts Wednesday-night trivia starting at 8 pm … and at 8:30 pm, trivia with Phil T at Talarico’s (4718 California SW).

FREE GROUP RUN: Meet at West Seattle Runner (2743 California SW; WSB sponsor) for the weekly free group run at 6:15 pm.

LIVE MUSIC AT THE LOCOL: 6:30 pm. 21+. Rotating performer slate. (7902 35th SW)

34TH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS: In-person meeting at 7 pm at Alki Masonic Center (40th/Edmunds) – see the agenda here; scheduled speakers include state school superintendent Chris Reykdal.

COFFEEHOUSE POETRY: 7 pm, it’s the monthly Poetrybridge event at C & P Coffee Company (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor).

LIVE PIANO MUSIC: 7 pm at Otter on the Rocks. (4210 SW Admiral Way).

MUSIC BINGO: Play weekly at The Good Society (California/Lander), 7 pm.

SKYLARK OPEN MIC: 7:30 pm signups @ West Seattle’s longest-running open mic – no cover to watch. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

If you’re planning a presentation, meeting, performance, reading, tour, fundraiser, sale, discussion, etc., and it’s open to the community, please send us info for West Seattle’s only comprehensive event calendar! westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!