Climbing, running, swimming, more for your West Seattle Tuesday

(Photo by Steve Bender, who believes that’s a California Little Blue Butterfly)

Here’s our highlight list for the rest of today/tonight, as shown on the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar (send us your event any time – westseattleblog@gmail.com):

HIGHLAND PARK SPRAYPARK: Open daily through Labor Day, 11 am-8 pm. (1100 SW Cloverdale)

COLMAN POOL: Also just under (corrected) three weeks left to visit the outdoor heated-salt-water pool on the shore at Lincoln Park (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW), noon-7 pm – session times are on the Colman Pool webpage.

LINCOLN PARK WADING POOL: Also at Lincoln Park, the wading pool is expected to be open today, noon-7 pm, in the central upper part of the park near the north play area, with sunbreaks and 70-degree weather due this afternoon.

E.C. HUGHES WADING POOL: Also open noon-7 pm. (2805 SW Holden)

CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays 1:30-3 pm, at the Center for Active Living (4217 SW Oregon). All levels welcome. (Questions? Email conwell@conwelld.net.)

CITY COUNCIL: 2 pm weekly meeting, with public comment in person or online – the agenda explains how. Mid-year budget issues are the key items today. Watch via Seattle Channel.

FREE DROP-IN CLIMBING: Another chance to try out Schurman Rock at Camp Long (5200 35th SW) – two free sessions, 5 pm and 6:30 pm, with signups starting half an hour before the session begins.

DEMONSTRATION FOR BLACK LIVES: Long-running weekly sign-waving demonstration continues on the corners at 16th/Holden. 5-6 pm. Signs available if you don’t bring your own.

STORYTIME IN THE GARDEN: 6 pm Tuesdays all summer, bring the little one(s) to Delridge P-Patch (5078 25th SW) for storytime plus a garden activity.

SCRABBLE NIGHT: 6-10 pm tonight, play Scrabble at The Missing Piece (9456 35th SW).

FREE TRACK RUN: All runners welcome! Meet up at West Seattle Runner (2743 California SW; WSB sponsor) for this free weekly run at 6:15 pm.

MAKE POTTERY: 6:30-9 pm “girls’ night” at pottery studio The Clay Cauldron (5214 Delridge Way SW), sign up in advance to work on your project(s).

BINGO AT THE SKYLARK: Play – free! – weekly Belle of the Balls Bingo hosted by Cookie Couture, 7 pm. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

TRIVIA X 4: Four places to play Tuesday nights – The Beer Junction (4711 California SW) has Sporcle Pub Quiz with David at 7 and 8 pm … 7 pm at Ounces (3803 Delridge Way SW), free and hosted by Beat the Geek Trivia; 7 pm at Zeeks Pizza West Seattle (6459 California SW), hosted by Geeks Who Drink; 7:10 pm at Admiral Pub (2306 California SW).

Planning an event? Are community members invited? Tell your West Seattle neighbors via our event calendar – please email the info to westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!

Shaun August 13, 2024 (10:27 am)

To everyone driving through 16th Ave SW and SW Holden this afternoon:Same as last week, I am again requesting that you consider not honking your horns for these demonstrators who have been out there for well over four years at this point. It is greatly disruptive to all of us who live within several blocks of 16/Holden, and the folks who show up there with signs trying to get you to honk do not seem to care about how miserable this has made living here every Tuesday (and formerly Thursday as well) since May 2020. Please consider waiving, or honestly at this point not giving them any additional attention since that seems to be their motivation. This is a group request from me and neighbors in the area to please consider refraining from honking as if this were your intersection that you lived and worked at. We are homes and families of a diverse background of Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ residents, and we support the message (and more so, the actions towards showing) that Black Lives Matter. We are just asking that you please consider stopping honking in this high density residential area.Signed, your neighbors who live on:- SW Webster St- SW Austin St- SW Kenyon St – SW Elmgrove St- 13th Ave SW- 14th Ave SW- 15 Ave SW- 16th Ave SW- 18th Ave SW- Dumar Way SWBelow is my original message from last week:To everyone who drives through 16th and Holden today, please consider not honking your horns for the demonstration that has been going on there every week for more than 4 years. It is greatly disruptive to live within a few blocks of that intersection and hear the continuous and cacophonic horn honking when you’re trying to work and it’s very disruptive to pets as well. I have tried to ask these folks to find different ways to show support for their cause, or at least set an end point for it, but they seem uninterested in the impact this has on a lot of people who live there. At this point, all I can do is advocate for drivers to know how disruptive this is and just wave, not honk. Just because supporting Black lives and dismantling oppressive systems is noble does not mean the way these folks are going about it isn’t causing other harms. Nobody wants somebody near their office, living room, or bedroom window honking horns no matter what the cause. Please think before you honk here, or anywhere that is densely residential. It is so disrespectful. Be kind to your neighbors.

NW August 13, 2024 (6:02 pm)

I have read similar posts either from yourself or someone in the neighborhood and the individuals who are behind the noise of cars honking their horns should in my opinion support BLM in some other manner. I hope they do and the noise stops.