Halloween-themed events for this weekend (and the week ahead) are also part of the WSB Halloween page – but in the meantime, all kinds of other fall fun is happening this weekend too – from tonight’s West Seattle High School Homecoming/Huling Bowl game (previewed here) to drumming the salmon home at Fauntleroy Creek (previewed here), 1st weekend for “Measure for Pleasure” at ArtsWest, West Seattle playwright Keri Healey at Hugo House tonight, West Seattleites participating in the 350 Day of Climate Action on Saturday, West Seattle Eagles‘ Oktoberfest breakfast and flag football, and more – plus DON’T FORGET THE VIADUCT CLOSURE! More than 50 events/activities in the West Seattle Weekend Lineup, brought to you by Skylark Cafe and Club:
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ALL WEEKEND: Southwest Pool closed for drain-safety and repair work (till Nov. 2) – West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor) has day passes available
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
ALL WEEKEND: Kayaking and land-sports (bikes, skates) rentals at Seacrest with Alki Kayak Tours
FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: (de)constructing men art show at ArtsWest gallery, noon-7 pm
FRIDAY AFTERNOON: Ceremony to name the West Seattle Bridge in honor of former City Councilmember Jeanette Williams, 12:30 pm (3682 W. Marginal Way, water side, under The Bridge)
FRIDAY TILL 2 PM: 10 AM to 2 PM – West Seattle Garden Club meets at Alki Congregational Church, 6115 S W Hinds Street. At noon a brown-bag lunch with dessert and beverages furnished by the club. The afternoon program at 1 PM will be given by Tami Ott-Ostberg, owner/designer of “Garden Dreams Design” on the topic of “Patio Containers, Small Vignettes and Focal Features”, geared to small landscapes and gardens. For more information call (206) 935-5366. Donation $5. Visitors Welcome. (Also, at 1 pm, a presentation by Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby on small-space edible gardening.)
FRIDAY TILL 3 PM: Lafayette Elementary Walk-A-Thon (co-sponsored by WSB and 100+ other businesses)
FRIDAY NIGHT: Rainbow Bingo at the Senior Center of West Seattle with a “Halloween” theme on Friday, October 23 starting at 7:00 p.m. for donation of $15 in advance and $20 at door. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. with food, beverages, entertainment and viewing of decorated baskets that are prizes. Celebrity caller Sylvia O’Stayformore will be assisted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and there will be an Auction, Split the Pot, and much more. Reservations only with prepayment of cash or credit card. Sponsors are: Merrill Gardens, Dignity Memorial. Park West Care Center, Helene Robertson of CFP Social Responsible Investments, Dawn Leverett of Windermere Real Estate.
FRIDAY NIGHT: The Anunnaki Project invites you to explore your dark side at their third annual October production *The Ghost Game: Dead Gods*, an evening of deadly dessert theater where even the divine shall perish and YOU are the storyteller. Tickets are now available online via Brown Paper Tickets<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/73732> Inspired by *hyaku monogatari*, an ancient Japanese parlour game in which guests take turns sharing bone-chilling ghost tales, this elegant evening features tales of dying gods from ancient mythology, spectacular aerial and acrobatic feats by The Cabiri http://www.cabiri.org/, and scandalously delicious locally-made desserts, in the intimate theater at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at C & P Coffee with Andrew Eades, 6-8 pm
FRIDAY NIGHT: Friday Skate Night returns to Alki Community Center! Through Friday, May 15, 2009. There will be no skate night on October 30, November 27, December 25, 2009 or January 1, 2010. Time is from 6 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: From West Seattle Family YMCA (WSB sponsor): Family Social: Spooky Science, 6:30-8:30 @ West Seattle location. Families of all ages will enjoy the experiments of our own mad scientist, as well as hands-on activities for kids. $5 per person. Preregistration required.
FRIDAY NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: West Seattle High School homecoming vs. Chief Sealth High School, 5:30 pm barbecue and rally followed by 7 pm game; Seattle Lutheran plays tonight in University Place vs. Tacoma Baptist, 7 pm
FRIDAY NIGHT: Halloween Carnival, Delridge Community Center, 4501 Delridge Way SW, 6 to 8 p.m. Join us for an evening of family-oriented Halloween fun! Ages: 1 and older. Cost: Free.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at The Bohemian: Piano jazz with Norm Bellas, 7-10 pm
FRIDAY NIGHT: Truth or Dare at Richard Hugo House, featuring West Seattle playwright Keri Healey along with novelist Rebecca Brown and poet Eric McHenry, plus new songs by Macklemore, 7:30 pm (more info here)
FRIDAY NIGHT: “Measure for Pleasure” at ArtsWest, 7:30 pm
FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at Skylark Cafe and Club (WSB sponsor), with Broken Chairs, The Material, Senate Arcade, 9 pm
SATURDAY VIADUCT CLOSURE: Alaskan Way Viaduct semiannual inspection closure, 6 am-5:30 pm Saturday, 6 am-6 pm Sunday (more here)
SATURDAY: Seattle Race Conference, Brockey Center, South Seattle Community College (more info here)
SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Duwamish Longhouse Museum open to the public, 10 am-5 pm
SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Longfellow-Thistle Street Greenspace work party, 10 am-2 pm (more info here)
SATURDAY MORNING: West Seattle Community Garden-building as part of 350.org Day of Climate Action – C & P Coffee, 10 am-noon – more info here
SATURDAY MORNING: School Board rep Steve Sundquist “neighborhood chat” at High Point Library, 10 am
SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Fry Bread & Salmon Bake For Justice!! $20 a Plate
October 24th, 10AM to 5PM
Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center
4705 West Marginal Way SW
Seattle WA 98106
Help Support Justice for the Duwamish Tribe!!!!
SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Duwamish Greenbelt work party, meet at 14th/Holly, 10 am-2 pm (more info here), part of Duwamish Alive!
SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON-EVENING: At Camp Long – The Nature of Halloween
All Ages
Halloween is filled with spine tingling stories of night hunters, decomposers, bones, and teeth! Have fun as we look at some of the animals that we celebrate at Halloween. Put your fears to rest, but not your fascination! Learn about and meet some of your favorite Halloween creatures! Please register by October 23 by calling 206-684-7434.
October 24 Sat 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
10:00-11:00 a.m. ………………. Special Needs Youth!
11:30-12:30 p.m. ………………. Tailored to Tots!
(Bring a big person too.)
1:30-2:30 p.m. ………………….. Calling all Seniors!
3:30-4:30 p.m. ………………….. Special Needs Adults!
5:30-6:30 p.m. ………………….. Family Fun!
Activity Fee: $6
SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON-EVENING: 1st annual West Seattle Eagles Oktoberfest. Location: 4426 California Avenue, 11 am-7 pm. Proceeds to the American Diabetes Organization.
*BREAKFAST (VARIOUS SCRUMPTIOUS CASSEROLES) FROM 9 TO 11, $4
*FLAG FOOTBALL FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS AT PLAYING FIELD: 5012 SW GENESEE, 10 TO 12
**the indoor festival has been canceled due to permit problems, per Eagles on Friday**
SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Marination Mobile street food truck at High Point, 11 am-3 pm
SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Garden Center open at South Seattle Community College, 11 am-3 pm
SATURDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: (de)constructing men art show at ArtsWest gallery, noon-7 pm
SATURDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival screenings at Admiral Theater in West Seattle, starting at noon – schedule here
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: CHILDREN’S PUPPET THEATER – The area’s best puppet entertainers are coming to Alki Bathhouse on Saturdays. Mark your calendar so you won’t miss these outstanding performances. All performances begin at 1 p.m. Advance tickets are on sale at Alki Community Center, 5817 SW Stevens St, or by calling (206) 684 -7430. This program is appropriate for children ages 1 and older. Location: Alki Bathhouse, 2701 Alki Ave SW. Cost: $5 per person. Featured: PENNY’S PUPPETS PRESENTS: “MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LOOSE”
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Harvest Festival at Peace Lutheran Church, 1:30-3:30 pm
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: 350.org at Seattle Center – join West Seattle CoolMom as part of it – full details here
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Interested in seeing first hand proposed pedestrian, street and drainage projects in North Delridge? Want to help determine which project serves the greatest good for the most people? Then head down to Olympia Pizza, 5605 Delridge Way, this Saturday October 24th at 1:00.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Tom Elie, Evangelist and President of Oasis World Ministries, is coming to Hope Lutheran Church (4456 42nd Ave SW, 206-937-9330) to teach the One-Minute Witness-a unique approach of sharing testimony in 60 seconds. To participate, you can simply come to the Fellowship Hall on Saturday, October 24th, 1 to 3 p.m.. Tom Elie will be preaching at Hope at the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. services on Sunday, Oct. 25. There will be a healing prayer service at 5:00 p.m. Sunday evening. Please join us.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Body Love – a writing workshop
ARTIST ELAINA ELLIS WILL LEAD A WORKSHOP – WRITING HELPS OVERCOME BODY SHAME
Date: Saturday, October 24
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Sponsor: Westside Unitarian-Universalist Congregation
Where: Masonic Temple (4736 40th SW)
Cost: $10 or whatever you can afford
RSVP: theresamcco@comcast.net or 206-935-0418
Early RSVP appreciated
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Chakra Balancing with Leisha Davis, 2-4:30 pm, 8 Limbs West Seattle. Are you aware of your own healing powers? Join us as we work to bring balance into our energetic body through the exploration of our chakra system. The chakras are energy centers located along the spine that affect us physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. In this workshop, we will examine the meaning, location, and functions behind each of our seven main chakra?s, along with learning the symptoms of chakra balance and imbalance. Throughout this discovery, we will practice yoga postures, visualization and meditation techniques related to each chakra. Participants will learn various methods to bring balance to the body, mind and spirit. All levels are welcome. $40.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: CHEAP GAS – Saturday, Oct. 24, Hope Lutheran Church will sponsor a gas buy-down, selling gas for 25 cents cheaper at Barnecut’s gas station in the Admiral District (41st and Admiral Way). (The cost of gas will be lowered to the public from 3 – 5 p.m. as part of this community outreach.) You won’t want to miss this!
SATURDAY EVENING: Ken Stringfellow and The Disciplines, free, live in-store performance at Easy Street Records in The Junction, 5 pm (more here)
SATURDAY NIGHT: The Anunnaki Project invites you to explore your dark side at their third annual October production *The Ghost Game: Dead Gods*, an evening of deadly dessert theater where even the divine shall perish and YOU are the storyteller. Tickets are now available online via Brown Paper Tickets<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/73732> Inspired by *hyaku monogatari*, an ancient Japanese parlour game in which guests take turns sharing bone-chilling ghost tales, this elegant evening features tales of dying gods from ancient mythology, spectacular aerial and acrobatic feats by The Cabiri http://www.cabiri.org/, and scandalously delicious locally-made desserts. *The Ghost Game: Dead Gods* will be presented in the intimate theater at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
SATURDAY NIGHT: Seattle Youth Garden Works welcomes the best of Fall at the upcoming SYGW Green Gala Auction on Saturday, October 24, 2009. This year’s auction theme is Urban Harvest, celebrating our Youth Gardeners’ bountiful Farmer’s crop and the success of our market-based gardening program. The harborside setting for this event is Seattle’s South Lake Union Naval Reserve.
Our guests will enjoy a silent and live auction, a fabulous four course Northwest dinner, and cocktails. The open wine and beer bar will be available throughout the evening for the enjoyment of our guests and is included in the price of each ticket. Tickets are $80.00 and a portion of your event ticket is tax deductible. Reserve your tickets today at www.sygw.org, or by calling Seattle Youth Garden Works at 206.632.0352
SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at C & P Coffee with Kings of Side Two, 6-8 pm
SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at The Bohemian: Piano jazz with Karin Kajita, 7-10 pm
SATURDAY NIGHT: “Measure for Pleasure” at ArtsWest, 7:30 pm
SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at Skylark Cafe and Club (WSB sponsor) with Armed With Legs, Countermeasure, AT:1, 9 pm
SATURDAY NIGHT: Dirty Hollywood: A Tribute to Motley Crue, with Hairmageddon, at Rocksport, 9 pm
SUNDAY VIADUCT CLOSURE: Alaskan Way Viaduct semiannual inspection closure, 6 am-6 pm Sunday (more here)
SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Seattle Farmers’ Market @ The Junction, 10 am-2 pm, including: Annual Pumpkin Decorating Extravaganza at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market! Bring your kids (and the one that lurks inside), grab a pumpkin and go to town with all manner of ghoulish deco and artistic accoutrement; paints, glitter, glue, pipe cleaners, googley-eyes, yarn, leaves, corn silk, etc. The decorating choices are endless and the results are always original. This event is free and open to the public. Decoration materials are provided by the farmers market, and some pumpkins will be provided by local farmers (shoppers are also welcome to purchase a pumpkin of their choice from market farmers)
SUNDAY MORNING: Tom Elie, Evangelist and President of Oasis World Ministries, is coming to Hope Lutheran Church (4456 42nd Ave SW, 206-937-9330) to teach the One-Minute Witness-a unique approach of sharing testimony in 60 seconds. Tom Elie will be preaching at Hope at the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. services on Sunday, Oct. 25. There will be a healing prayer service at 5:00 p.m. Sunday evening. Please join us.
SUNDAY MORNING: Nationally known singer and songwriter Ellis (http://www.ellis-music.com/news/) will be performing at the Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Sunday October 25th as part of the church service. Ellis often performs with Firefly Concert Series in West Seattle. She will sign cds following the service. WSUU meets at the Masonic Temple, 4736 40th Ave SW at 10:30.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival screenings at Admiral Theater in West Seattle, starting at noon – schedule here
SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Open house at new facilities of Lien Animal Clinic, 1-3 pm (more info here)
SUNDAY AFTERNOON: The Road Map Ends: How Can I Best Parent My Young Adult Child? ~A Facilitated Conversation~
2:45 – 4:45 PM
Southwest Branch Library Meeting Room
9010-35th Avenue SW at Henderson Street, West Seattle
FREE
Areas of Discussion: Changes in Parent-Child (ages 20-29) Relationships, Choices, Expectations, & Boundaries (friendships, money,communication,work, school, substance-use, family, love-life, & home), What I Wish I Had Done Better, How Do I Live My Life Now, and more. Facilitators: Joyce Victor, Therapist & Experienced Group Leader – Devon Atkins, Teacher & Writer – (Both are Mothers of 20-Something Children) For Registration & Information: Devon 206-353-9227 Pre-Registration is Encouraged.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Live music at C&P Coffee with with Michael Green Acoustic Group, 3-5 pm
SUNDAY AFTERNOON: “Measure for Pleasure” at ArtsWest, 3 pm
SUNDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Sunday Market Cocktails, KPLU Jazz Sundays (4-6 pm) and Sunday Ribs (“Southside Tony’s Rib Special,” 4 pm “till we run out”) at Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor)
SUNDAY EVENING: Help drum to call the salmon home to Fauntleroy Creek – gather at the overlook, 5 pm (check here for the latest)
SUNDAY NIGHT: AUNT DOTTIE’S SING-ALONG CABARET: At Kenyon Hall. Come join the musical adventure that’s different every time! In this all-ages interactive musical comedy, the audience is encouraged to participate in the musical mayhem as Aunt Dottie and her Nephew Aaron take you on a romp through some classic and not-so-classic pop & rock tunes. THERE WILL BE PRIZES! The show runs ONE performance in W. Seattle SUNDAY, October 25, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Table Seats $14 • Row Seats $12 ($10 Students/Seniors)
Make a reservation and receive $2 Discount on row seats
Reservations: Phone (206) 937-3613 or e-mail kenyonhall@earthlink.net
SUNDAY NIGHT: All-ages live music at @ Skylark Cafe and Club (WSB sponsor) with Daniel Michael Miller, the Blackhounds, Robert Wade
Are we missing anything? Let us know! And between weekends, keep an eye on our continuously updated Events page.
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