Your West Seattle options for the rest of today/tonight

(Jay and pigeon, photographed by Jon Anderson)

Here’s what’s on our highlight list for the rest of today/tonight, from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar (which you can browse any time for an earlier look at what’s up):

SPRUCE UP MADISON MS: 9:30 am-11:30 am, help the school (3429 45th SW) get ready for 2024-2025 – just show up and pitch in, as previewed here.

INTRODUCTORY QI GONG: 10 am session at Viva Arts (4421 Fauntleroy Way SW) – registration link is in our calendar listing. $10 suggested donation.

FOOD FUNDRAISER: Get food from/at MOD Pizza in Westwood Village (2800 SW Barton) 10:30 am-10 pm and a percentage of the proceeds will go to Chief Sealth International High School Football if you use the code that’s in our calendar listing.

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

COLMAN POOL: Also open through Labor Day, 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 CLOSED: Also at Lincoln Park, the wading pool is (update) CLOSED today because of the weather.

SOUTHWEST POOL CLOSED: Repair/maintenance closure continues until after Labor Day.

ROTARY CLUB OF WEST SEATTLE: Noon lunch at West Seattle Golf Course, guest speaker from the Seattle Architecture Foundation. Public welcome – our calendar listing has RSVP contact.

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

NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING: The council’s late-summer break continues.

BUSINESS WORKSHOP: “Finding and Securing the Perfect Commissary Kitchen,” 4-6 pm at Southwest Library (9010 35th SW).

FREE DROP-IN CLIMBING: Weather permitting, you’re invited 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 on the corners at 16th/Holden. 5-6 pm. Signs available if you don’t bring your own.

CUB SCOUTING FOR GIRLS: 6 pm at West Side Presbyterian Church (3601 California SW), girls in grades K-5 are invited to a special Cub Scouting event, explained in our calendar listing.

STORYTIME IN THE GARDEN: 6 pm, weather permitting, 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 trivia options 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? If it’s open to community members, tell your West Seattle neighbors via our event calendar – just email the info to westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!

Shaun August 27, 2024 (10:19 am)

Folks traveling through 16th/Holden, please do not honk your horns for these people who have been out there for well over 4 years. The folks that live here, from Webster to Elmgrove and 12th to 18th, support Black lives, but also would like for the honking outside of where we live and work to end. The people who stand out there with signs have been asked multiple times to consider other, less disruptive ways to continue their demonstrations, but categorically refuse to do so. It is the end of August 2024, and this has been going on outside our homes and places of work since May 2020. Please do not give these people the attention that they are craving, and consider other meaningful ways to support ending systemic racism and oppression. After more than 4 years, this is about them and their own attention seeking and validation than it is doing anything meaningful for Black lives.

Bbron August 27, 2024 (12:45 pm)

which protest has ever been effective without being disruptive? i’d say recent events like ridiculous SPD funding w/o accountability fits exactly into what catalyzed this protest in the first place.
- Shaun August 27, 2024 (1:15 pm)
  
  It’s exceptionally rude to the 7 area block that lives around 16th/Holden to endure listening to an onslaught of car honking every Tuesday (and formerly every Tuesday and Thursday) for any reason. It is a public nuisance in general, and as defined by SMC 25.08.010 and SMC 25.08.150. Demonstrations have merit, but to subject the same area to the same thing endlessly is extremely disrespectful to one’s neighbors. Ask yourself if you’d want a bunch of car honking outside of where you’re trying to work, or where your child is trying to take a nap. As a reminder, it has been close to four and a half years. Other (more fruitful) avenues of protest are available, as are other locations if you’re sure that holding a sign up to the same group of people is what the cause deserves.
  - Bbron August 28, 2024 (12:15 am)
    
    seems wild blame the protestors for the individual actions of car drivers causing the noise that upsets you. i live next to a couple busy streets, so i have headphones or play white noise. i’d feel lucky if all the car noise around me only happened at planned times during the day; would save me a lot of stress waking up to racing! do you have any example for “Other (more fruitful) avenues of protest” or is that just hand waving to get this group to move?