We can say with confidence there are HUNDREDS of events this weekend – starting with the ~200 sales signed up for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, all over the peninsula on Saturday, 9 am-3 pm. Many more great events too – Chief Sealth‘s Carne Asada Bowl game/barbecue this afternoon, a Seattle Animal Shelter cat adopt-a-thon at Alki Community Center tomorrow, Family Game Night at Youngstown Arts Center tonight, Mother’s Day photos at Hotwire Coffee (WSB sponsor)… All that and tons more on the list, sponsored by Skylark Cafe and Club, where you’ll find FREE live music, bodacious brunches, plus lunch ‘n’ dinner, and 2 special events this Mother’s Day:

Thanks, Skylark Cafe and Club, for sponsoring the WSWL!

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ALL WEEKEND: Furry Faces Foundation Plants Have Arrived At Hotwire Online Coffeehouse
When: April through End of June
Time: Regular Operating Hours
Location: Hotwire Online Coffeehouse, 4410 California Ave SW
Currently, we have three types of pansies, Stipa Sirocco—a fabulous ornamental grass with pink streaks, Grape Avalanche Petunias and the old time favorite—Sweet Peas. We will constantly be adding new plant varieties, including the now infamous organic tomatoes (and other veggies), so please stop by on a regular basis. To see our flyer and/or learn more about Furry Faces Foundation, a.k.a., F3, please see our website at www.furryfaces.org.

ALL WEEKEND: Southwest Pool open

ALL WEEKEND: Movies (and more) at the Admiral Theater

ALL WEEKEND: West Seattle history on display @ Log House Museum at Alki, Thursdays-Sundays, noon-4 pm

FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Student Art Exhibit at South Seattle Community College (WSB sponsor). Art Gallery, open Monday-Friday, noon – 6:30 pm

FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: The Likeness of Form art show at ArtsWest gallery, noon-7 pm

FRIDAY AFTERNOON: Carne Asada Bowl soccer game between Chief Sealth High School Varsity Boys Soccer team and the Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center (SBOC). Trophy at stake, barbecue afterward. 3:30 pm, Southwest Athletic Complex

FRIDAY EVENING: Come play and dance with the RECESS MONKEYS! Tons of fun for the whole family.
Friday May 7th, 2010 5:30 pm
Southwest Community Center
2801 SW Thistle Street
This is an all-ages event
$3.00 Admission
Call the Community Center for more information 206-684-7438

FRIDAY NIGHT: West Seattle High School Fastpitch Softball 1st annual Bingo and Walking Taco Night, 5:30 @ WSHS Commons – full details here

FRIDAY NIGHT: Multicultural Family Game Night at Youngstown Arts Center, sponsored by TEAM Delridge, tasty treats too, 6-9 pm (here’s the flyer)

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at C&P Coffee with Alan Ehrlich, 6-8 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Friday Skate Night at Alki Community Center! It’s every Friday through Friday, May 14, 2010 (then resuming in early October), except for furlough days. 6:45 pm- 8:45 pm every Friday. Cost is $3 per person. Skates are available on site. For more information please call 206-684 -7430.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Lauren Ward live in-store performance at Easy Street Records in The Junction, 7 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: “Tell Me on a Sunday” at ArtsWest (WSB sponsor), 7:30 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Roy Zimmerman at Kenyon Hall, 8 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: At Table 35: RainWater Group will be hosting a party with a deejay and band starting at 8:30.

FRIDAY NIGHT: This Friday, May 7th, the Delridge Boys’ 2010 Spring Tour continues at the Poggie Tavern, located at 4717 California Ave SW, in the heart of the West Seattle Junction. Their phone number is 206 937 2165. The Poggie Tavern is always a good place to hang with friends, wind down from another week, and party with the Delridge Boys! Come by and meet Big Jim behind the bar. If you remember the television show, Northern Exposure, you might recognize big Jim, who played the character, Hayden Keyes. That’s right, a bonafide TV star! Music starts at 9:00

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at Skylark Café and Club (WSB sponsor), with Jeff Grant, The Bourbonites, Thunderbird Motel, 9 pm (live & no cover, as always)

FRIDAY NIGHT: At Redline Music and Sports (WSB sponsor):
ALL-U-CAN Eat Bucket ‘O Ribs!
*Live and Local Night w/ Seattle’s best original music
NO COVER!

FRIDAY NIGHT: DJ Tony B, Rocksport, 10 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at Shadow Land, starting at 10 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at Shipwreck Tavern, TBD

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: WSB presents the 6th annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, 9 am-3 pm – maps and last-minute changes/other info at westseattlegaragesale.com

SATURDAY MORNING: Annual Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive – put a bag of nonperishable food by your mailbox!

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: An all-woman crew will celebrate Mother’s Day a day early, on Saturday, May 8, by framing a house in West Seattle with Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County. More than 20 volunteers under the direction of Site Supervisor Lisa Henry will work on a two-story, five-bedroom house that will become home for a low-income working family selected by Habitat. The work begins at 8:45 a.m. and lasts until 4 p.m. at 3109 SW Morgan Street .

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Seattle work parties to restore and clean up parks and greenspaces NEED YOU! Full list at greenseattle.org

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Concord Elementary work party, 9 am-1 pm (details here)

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Seattle High School Grad Night Team presents Fish Friendly Car Wash (we pump the effluent so it doesn’t hurt our fish)
RUMMAGE SALE (this is a very green idea!) … this is the Community Garage Sale Weekend
Hotwire Latte Coupons to every Car Wash patron, thanks to Hotwire
Mother’s Day $1.00 Raffle Gift Basket including two MICHE Handbag Shells and the base bag (large)….
as well as “Sheer Cover Minerals” cosmetic kit as seen on TV (value of basket over $230.00)
Brown Bear Car Wash Tickets at just $8.00! We realize you can’t always wash your car at our Fish Friendly washes, so keep a ticket or two handy in your glove box so you can make your dirty car clean and still protect our Puget Sound with Brown Bear’s Fish Friendly services!!! Everybody loves the tunnel!
BAKE SALE!!!! Pick up something yummy for May 9th, Mother’s Day!
—- ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT GRAD NIGHT 2010 AT WEST SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL
WHEN: Drop off* Rummage Sale items with volunteer from WSHS PTSA: from 8am to 10am * Items not sold will be donated not returned
CAR WASH, RUMMAGE SALE, RAFFLE: from 10 am to 2 pm
SATURDAY MAY 8th!!!! Take your mom’s car out for a wash for Mother’s Day!
WHY: All proceeds benefit GRAD NIGHT 2010 to help keep kids safe on Graduation Night, and to continue the tradition at West Seattle High that keeps our kids connected to our community and celebrating achievement!

WHERE: West Seattle High School Parking Lot
3000 California Avenue SW
Seattle, Wa 98116
Across from PCC!!!

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Seattle Thriftway’s fundraising barbecue, 11 am-4 pm (bratwurst, money goes to Susan G. Komen for the Cure)

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Master Gardeners in White Center/West Seattle – here’s the full season schedule: The King County Master Gardeners will have their table set up at the West Seattle Farmer’s Market every Sunday until September 26th (with the exception of May 30th, July 4th, and September 5th) from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM. They are there to answer your gardening questions, give gardening advice, and help diagnose gardening problems. They also have a clinic at McLendon’s Hardware (in White Center) on Saturdays until September 25th (with the exception of May 29th, July 3rd, & Sept. 4th) from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM.

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: *Spring Into Bed* is a grass-roots effort creating food access, equity, and resilience in our rapidly evolving local food system. On this Saturday, May 8th, people across Seattle and Puget Sound will be building food-gardens and you are invited. *In addition* *to* tallying the acreage individual gardeners build in their own (or neighbor’s) garden, and connecting hundreds of volunteers to pre-existing urban agricultural sites seeking extra hands to lighten the load, *Spring into Bed* will be building food justice gardens to remove the financial and logistical barriers to creating a garden of their own. The new gardeners and gardens are at diverse sites across Seattle, ranging from your neighbor’s backyard to the your local food bank to your neighborhood church. The captains fund-raising to support the effort are diverse too, ranging from a real estate agent to a photographer to a film producer to a local fair trade chocolatier to an edible landscape company. Garden- building will take place from 10am-3pm. Drop in and help if you want to get your hands dirty. Meet us at South Seattle Community College from 4pm-8pm for a celebration where there will be music, activities and lots of delicious food! Suggested donation for the celebration is $10-35, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: South Seattle Community College Garden Center open 11-3 (north end of campus) (see the full season schedule here)

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Marination Mobile street food truck is in West Seattle today – 35th and Graham, 11 am-2 pm

SATURDAY MORNING: The Hiawatha Tae Kwon Do Club is looking for new members for its ongoing classes at the Hiawatha Community Center in West Seattle. Adults (18 and older) can sign up to learn Tae Kwon Do, a Korean martial art known for its fast sparring techniques, dynamic forms, and strong kicks. The club is focused on self-improvement in a non-competitive atmosphere that promotes unity, respect, and indomitable spirit. Classes cost $30/month and meet Mondays & Thursdays 7-8:30 pm and Saturdays 11:15 am-1:15 pm. Beginners are definitely welcome and preferred; new students can join at any time! Check out our website at www.hiawathatkd.org, email hiawathatkd@gmail.com for questions, or call (206) 684-7441 for registration information

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Foster cat adopt-a-thon presented by Seattle Animal Shelter at Alki Community Center, noon-3 pm (full details here)

SATURDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: The Likeness of Form art show at ArtsWest gallery, noon-7 pm

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: At Alki Bathhouse – Thistle Theater Presents: The Tale of Two Bad Mice, Saturday, May 8th, 1:00 p.m. $5 admission. All ages welcome. To buy tickets in advance call Alki Community Center at 206-684-7430.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Sumptuous Side Dishes, PCC Cooks class at PCC West Seattle (WSB sponsor), 3-5:30 pm

SATURDAY EVENING: Wild Alaskan Salmon Dinner: 5 pm & 7 pm Saturday (5/8):
West Seattle Boy Scout Troop 284, one of the oldest continuously running troops in the nation, is hosting its 5th annual salmon dinner this Saturday in the Parish Hall of St John’s Episcopal Church – 3050 California Ave SW (park in the West Seattle High School parking lot). The sit-down dinner features wild Alaskan King Salmon and a well-stocked silent auction in two seatings – 5 pm and 7 pm. This is the perfect opportunity to take Mom out for a great meal, make a deal at the auction and support your local Boy Scouts. Tickets are all-inclusive and are $15/adult and $10/children 10 & under. You can purchase tickets at the door or reserve your spot by buying in advance – call Rich DeVore at 206-550-3969

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at C & P Coffee with Happy Campers, 6-8 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: At Table 35: Saturday we will be having jazz music, piano and trumpet from 6-9 p.m.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at The Bohemian: Contemporary piano with Phillip, 7-10 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: West Seattle Community Dance at Hiawatha Community Center, 7-10 pm (details here)

SATURDAY NIGHT: “Tell Me on a Sunday” at ArtsWest (WSB sponsor), 7:30 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: At Skylark Cafe and Club (WSB sponsor): Live music with Abraham, Bend, The Vague Prophets, 9 pm (live & no cover, as always)

SATURDAY NIGHT: DJ Tony B, Rocksport, 9 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at Shipwreck Tavern, Jazz Police Special Forces

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at Shadowland

SATURDAY NIGHT: Redline Music and Sports
Live Music all night
*Naked Bacon Band to headline!
NO COVER!

SUNDAY: Garage (etc.) sale season back – check here for listings!

SUNDAY MORNING: Lincoln Park field trip, 9 am-noon (details here)

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Mother’s Day Glass Blowing Demo
Sunday, May 9, 2010
10 am-4 pm
Avalon Glassworks
206-937-6369
www.avalonglassworks.com
Bring Mom to watch live glassblowing demonstrations at Avalon Glassworks on Mother’s Day, May 9. See art glass created, talk to the artists, and learn about the process. Demonstrations continue throughout the day, 10am-4pm, on Sunday, May 9. This is a free event. Avalon Glassworks is located at 2914 SW Avalon Way, Seattle, WA 98126. For info, call 206-937-6369.

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Seattle Farmers’ Market @ The Junction, 10 am-2 pm

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Master Gardeners in West Seattle – here’s the full season schedule: The King County Master Gardeners will have their table set up at the West Seattle Farmer’s Market every Sunday until September 26th (with the exception of May 30th, July 4th, and September 5th) from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM. They are there to answer your gardening questions, give gardening advice, and help diagnose gardening problems. They also have a clinic at McLendon’s Hardware (in White Center) on Saturdays until September 25th (with the exception of May 29th, July 3rd, & Sept. 4th) from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Capture this Mother’s Day with a photograph on the Hotwire patio. On Sunday, May 9th from 12 Noon to 4pm we will be setting up a lovely outdoor studio in our patio for photos with mom, dad, kids, pets, husband, wife or main squeeze. Wyn Bielaska, a local photographer, will be ready to capture your special day. Bring your kids, family & pets for the sitting!
What: Mother’s Day Photographs for Everyone!
Where: Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor) 4410 California Ave SW
When: Sunday, May 9th 12 Noon to 4pm
Cost: $10 for a digital photograph emailed to you or $20 for an 8×10 & 2 5×7 photographs which can be picked up at Hotwire
Benefits: Westside Baby which provides essential items to local children in need by collecting diapers, clothing, toys and equipment

SUNDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Redline Music and Sports
$5 BRUNCH 12-3
*Build-UR-Own BLOODY MARY Bar!
–BEER PONG NIGHT–
$5 PBR Pitchers!

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Live music at C & P Coffee with Michael Green, 3-5 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: “Tell Me on a Sunday” at ArtsWest (WSB sponsor), 3 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: All-ages live music at @ Skylark Café and Club (WSB sponsor) with Girls Rock all-ages benefit show 3-6 pm, Team Tracy all-ages benefit 7-10 pm (live & no cover, as always)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: 3 pm Sundays, board games at Starbucks in Morgan Junction – some will be there, but you’re welcome to bring your own!

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Live music at C & P Coffee with Dwyer, Hance and Steele, 3-5 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor) Market cocktails plus Sunday ribs

SUNDAY NIGHT: Ladies Night at The Bohemian with bartender “Corner Inn Lynne,” 7 pm-midnight

SUNDAY NIGHT: “Oh My Darling!” karaoke begins at Talarico’s with Matthew Darling; here’s the Facebook event page, 9 pm

Are we missing anything? Let us know! And between weekends, keep an eye on our continuously updated Events page.