‘Raising Resilient Kids in the Digital Age’ and much more for January’s final West Seattle Tuesday

(Today’s sunrise glow, photographed by Theresa Arbow-O’Connor)

Here’s the list for today/tonight, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

TOUR WEST SEATTLE ELEMENTARY: 10 am is the first of four events, all in our calendar listing. (6760 34th SW)

POSTCARDS 4 DEMOCRACY 4 SCHOOL FUNDING: As previewed here, you’re invited to this week’s Postcards 4 Democracy writing meetup at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor) to join a writing campaign to ask our legislators for more public-school funding.

ROTARY CLUB OF WEST SEATTLE: Lunch meeting, noon at West Seattle Golf Course (4470 35th SW), with community advocate, former pro-basketball player, and entrepreneur James Donaldson speaking today.

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

LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY TOUR/OPEN HOUSE: 4-5 pm today, prospective families are invited to visit the Admiral District school. (2645 California SW)

HOMEWORK HELP: Students can drop in for free help, 4-5:45 pm at High Point Library (3411 SW Raymond).

DROP-IN WINE TASTING: 5-7 pm Tuesdays at Walter’s Wine Shop (4811 California SW) – $10 fee, $5 off with bottle purchases.

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.

WEST SEATTLE RUNNER TRACK RUN: 6:15 pm, meet at West Seattle Runner (2743 California SW; WSB sponsor) for WSR’s free weekly track run.

OPEN CHOIR REHEARSALS: Singers invited! The Boeing Employees Choir – open to non-employees too – has open rehearsals again tonight and next Tuesday night at the American Legion Post 160 hall (3618 SW Alaska), 6:30 pm.

FREE SWING DANCE LESSONS: At the Center for Active Living (4217 SW Oregon), “Intro lessons for East Coast Swing start at 6:30 PM and Intermediate Foxtrot with Swing start at 7:45. First class is free, so come and check it out.” More info here.

‘RAISING RESILIENT KIDS IN THE DIGITAL AGE’: This “West Seattle community conversation about kids and social media, smartphones, and a mental health epidemic” – previewed here – starts at 6:30 pm at Gatewood Elementary (4320 SW Myrtle) and promises a discussion of solutions as well as the problem.

MAKE POTTERY: Weekly 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! – Tuesday night Belle of the Balls Bingo hosted by Cookie Couture, 7 pm. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

TRIVIA X 6: Six trivia options for Tuesday night – 7 pm trivia with Amelia at Future Primitive‘s Beer Bar on Alki (2536 Alki SW) … 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) … and Trivia Tuesdays at Christos on Alki, 7:15 pm (2508 Alki SW).

Hosting an event, class, performance, gathering, etc.? Tell your West Seattle neighbors via our event calendar – just email info to westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!

Scarlett January 28, 2025 (10:51 am)

The idea of raising resilient kids in a digital age was a nice idea – several decades ago. We should have been encouraging the resiliency of the “individual” in the best sense of the word. Now, A.I. is writing music that you can’t tell apart from that written by a human composer, writing novels, sermons, and creating artwork, as well as being embedded in almost everything we use or touch. How did this happen? The blurring of edges by social media that has turned the unique individual, with an unwavering set of opinions and beliefs, into a wavering “composite” of social media influences.