The weekend before Thanksgiving is a great time to give – or to receive, if you are in need – tomorrow morning there’s a turkey/grocery giveaway at Eastridge, and local food banks are gearing up for the holiday – if you are able to give, both the West Seattle Food Bank and White Center Food Bank continue facing high demand, and if you can’t make it during the hours they’re open, look for special benefits, like the Beer Church Turkey Bowl (co-sponsored by WSB) tomorrow night – bring WS Food Bank donations, 6 pm at West Seattle Bowl. One more chance to give – the bloodmobile’s at Mars Hill in West Seattle on Sunday, all welcome – the holidays are a time when the blood supply gets dangerously low. Meantime, other weekend events include the Square 1 Books (WSB sponsor) sale and other business open houses, two puppet shows, Family Science Night, the first big holiday pancake breakfast (presented by the West Seattle Lions); final two performances of “The Diviners” by Twelfth Night Productions (WSB sponsor), native storytelling and hiphop at the Duwamish Longhouse, a free business seminar … More than 50 events/activities in all, brought to you by Skylark Cafe and Club:

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ALL WEEKEND: Southwest Pool open again

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 ALL DAY: Square One Books (WSB sponsor) Anniversary Sale! Help us celebrate 22 years with 15% off everything in the store*
Friday, November 20th from 10-6
Saturday, November 21st from 10-5:30
Thank you, West Seattle for your 22 years of support!
*Excludes special orders and Frequent Buyer Program

FRIDAY ALL DAY AND EVENING: LEGEND & LYRICS: Native Story Telling & Hip Hop Performance, featuring Savage Family & traditional story tellers. Traditional native story telling & young strong native voices use Hip Hop as their expression in a mixing of generations speaking with one voice. Free open workshops during the day from 10 AM to 5 PM. Buy your tickets at Brown Paper Tickets for the performances only at 7PM, a family-friendly event. The workshops are open to the public and food will be provided. Come and watch as the performers work together to come up with something new. Young and old working together to come up with a fusion of traditional and modern, a powerful statement!!! There will be 4 native hiphop groups and 3 native storytellers involved… (Continues Saturday, too)

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

FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: I Am/I Am Not Woman art show at ArtsWest gallery, noon-7 pm

FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Pre-Thanksgiving Wine Tasting & Sale
Award-winning, student-produced wines featured.
Friday, November 20, 4 – 8 pm
Northwest Wine Academy
Wine & Welding Building
South Seattle Community College (WSB sponsor)
6000 16th Avenue SW
Find the perfect wine to complement to your holiday meals at the Northwest Wine Academy’s pre-Thanksgiving event. Enjoy wine tasting and light hors d’oeuvres, while perusing a wide selection of wine-themed gift baskets. Available for purchase will be award-winning Northwest Wine Academy standouts including the 2006 Merlot, winner of the “College Wine March Madness” competition held on WineTV.com. In addition, the 2007 Syrah, 2008 Chardonnay (a blend of barrel fermented and stainless steel fermented), and 2008 White Table Wine will be on hand for sampling and purchase, along with newly-bottled 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2007 Cabernet Franc, and 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon/Syrah Blend. South Seattle Community College’s Northwest Wine Academy is a first-of-its-kind program in Western Washington and offers three certificate programs – Wine Making, Wine Marketing & Sales, and Food & Wine Pairing. The Academy complements the college’s highly regarded and award-winning Culinary Arts program and the new bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management program. The event is free and open to the public. The Northwest Wine Academy is located on the South Seattle Community College campus across from Bernie’s Bakery. Parking is available in the North entry parking lot.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: West Seattle Trails and Wayfinding kiosk project invites you to help come plan Admiral kiosks, West Seattle (Admiral) Library Branch, 4-6 pm (more here)

FRIDAY NIGHT: Northwest Art and Frame Open House, 5-9 Friday, also 10-5 Saturday. More info on Facebook

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at C & P Coffee with Secret Alien Reptiles, 6-8 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Family Science Night at Hiawatha Community Center, 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Family Science Night will dazzle, amaze, and educate families and provide great fun with Mad Science!! Enjoy experiments, laughter, and some small explosions. Cost $ 5.00 per family.

FRIDAY NIGHT: KIDS AND ANIMALS Debut Full-Length Album (with West Seattle musicians) + CONSERVATIVE DAD’s Fall ’09 EP RELEASE PARTY! with very special guests: BLACK WHALES, COLONIES, POST HARBOR. The Vera Project at Seattle Center, 6 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Fauntleroy Art Show and Sale. Details on Facebook – at Fauntleroy Church, 6:30-9:30 tonight (continues Saturday and Sunday).

FRIDAY NIGHT: From West Seattle Family YMCA (WSB sponsor) — Family Social: The Magical Dollmaker, 6:30-8:30 @ Fauntleroy location. Families of all ages will enjoy a shortened version of the Magical Dollmaker. Feather boas & sparkles encouraged. $5 per person over age 2, $20 per family. Preregistration required.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Sponsored by Kirtsy and Microsoft Office Live, the hands-on sessions will offer practical advice, instruction, and application tips and a few easy ways to build and promote a start-up or small business. Attendees will cover popular platforms and get hands-on direction setting up accounts and applying them to their small businesses. You don’t have to be a business owner to attend either session. Anyone can come! It’s free and there will be gifts and refreshments! **

* Friday, November 20th, 7:00pm-9:00pm*
* Location: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center – South Classroom
* 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106

*Please visit the Hands on Small Business website here for more information and to register.*

FRIDAY NIGHT: The piano wizardry of New York cabaret artist Peter Mintun, Kenyon Hall, 7:30 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Friday Skate Night is back at Alki Community Center! (Note: There will be no skate night on November 27, December 25, 2009 or January 1) Time is from 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: Live music at The Bohemian: Norm Bellas with piano jazz, 7-10 pm, followed by Late Night with DJ Fij (“classic funk and rare grooves”) at 10

FRIDAY NIGHT: Twelfth Night Productions‘ (WSB sponsor) fall production, The Diviners, by Jim Leonard, Jr. at the Youngstown Cultural Center in West Seattle. Set in the fictional town of Zion, Indiana during the Great Depression, The Diviners is an earthy, funny, poignant and profoundly tragic play that speaks to a sense of community during a very dark time in our nation’s history. The Diviners is the story of a disturbed young man named Buddy who holds the ability to divine water in a town where water and faith are in short supply. When a charismatic preacher who has lost his faith comes to town, the two outcasts find a common bond and help each other divine for truth, faith and hope. The townspeople’s demands for the preacher to return to a way of life he no longer believes in drives both men to a crisis of trust. It is a beautiful, haunting play with a stunning climax that resonates long after it’s over. Second-to-last performance, tonight at 7:30 pm. To buy tickets: brownpapertickets.com and at the Youngstown Theater on performance days (4408 Delridge Way SW). Ticket prices: $15 adults/$12 students & seniors

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at Skylark Cafe and Club (WSB sponsor), with Surgical Chaos and Schudge, 9 pm

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

SATURDAY MORNING: EASTRIDGE CARES. That’s why we’re giving away 500 turkeys and bags of groceries on Saturday, November 21st from 9-Noon at our Eastridge Christian Assembly Church located at 4500 39th Ave SW in Seattle. Allow us the opportunity to give something back to our community through you. You don’t have to show paperwork and no questions will be asked. Just come! If you have any questions, please contact lzwick@ecaonline.org.

SATURDAY ALL DAY AND EVENING: LEGEND & LYRICS: Native Story Telling & Hip Hop Performance, featuring Savage Family & traditional story tellers. Traditional native story telling & young strong native voices use Hip Hop as their expression in a mixing of generations speaking with one voice. Free open workshops during the day from 10 AM to 5 PM. Buy your tickets at Brown Paper Tickets for the performance only at 7PM, a family-friendly event. The workshops are open to the public and food will be provided. Come and watch as the performers work together to come up with something new. Young and old working together to come up with a fusion of traditional and modern, a powerful statement!!! There will be 4 native hiphop groups and 3 native storytellers involved…

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Come join the West Seattle Wildlife Habitat Project for the work party we’ve all been waiting for…*creating the wildlife habitat demonstration garden*at Seacrest Park! We will start with some weeding, and then put lots of native plants in the ground around the driftwood and along the boatyard fence. Some warm drinks and snacks will be provided to keep everyone energized. Bring your own work gloves and tools if you prefer, otherwise there will be some available. Don’t miss this one-time opportunity, and please help us spread the word! *RSVP* to kara.whittaker@gmail.com so we can plan accordingly.
*Sat. Nov. 21, 9 AM – 1 PM*
Seacrest Park
1660 Harbor Ave SW

SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON: Square One Books (WSB sponsor) Anniversary Sale! Help us celebrate 22 years with 15% off everything in the store*
(second of 2 days) Saturday, November 21st from 10-5:30
Thank you, West Seattle for your 22 years of support!
*Excludes special orders and Frequent Buyer Program

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Holiday Open House at Junction TrueValue, 10 am-2 pm (more info here)

SATURDAY MORNING: Sponsored by Kirtsy and Microsoft Office Live, the hands-on sessions will offer practical advice, instruction, and application tips and a few easy ways to build and promote a start-up or small business. Attendees will cover popular platforms and get hands-on direction setting up accounts and applying them to their small businesses. You don’t have to be a business owner to attend either session. Anyone can come! It’s free and there will be gifts and refreshments! **

* Saturday, November 21st, 10:00am-12:00pm*
* Location: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center – South Classroom
* 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106

*Please visit the Hands on Small Business website here for more information and to register.*

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Brandon Street Natural Area work party, 10 am-2 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Duwamish Greenbelt work party with the Nature Consortium, meet at 14th SW and SW Holly, 10 am-2 pm

SATURDAY MORNING: Fabulous Family Fun series continues at High Point Community Center with Zambini Brothers Puppet Showcase, 10:30 am (tickets $3/person in advance, $5 on show day)

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Duwamish Longhouse Museum open to the public, 10 am-5 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Northwest Art and Frame Open House, 10-5 Saturday. More info on Facebook

SATURDAY MORNING: COMETA PLAYSCHOOL invites the community to an Open House this Saturday, November 21st from 10 am to noon. Come by to its new location at 3212 California Ave SW in the Admiral District to learn about the new and exciting programs coming up in January 2010: French Immersion classes for children, Adult Spanish lessons and a unique Spanish preschool co-op for toddlers. Cometa’s play based philosophy inspires children to learn Spanish through songs, games and artistic expression. For more information please visit www.cometaseattle.com or e-mail info@cometaseattle.com.

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Marination Mobile street food truck at High Point, 11 am-2 pm (and vote for them today in the GMA street-food contest – we’ll feature the link on Facebook and Twitter)

SATURDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: I Am/I Am Not Woman art show at ArtsWest gallery, noon-7 pm

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Children’s Puppet Theater at the Alki Bathhouse! 2701 Alki Ave. SW. Join us for our monthly puppet show. We will be having Thistle Theater presenting “Baba Yaga & The Bag of Gold.” Tickets can be purchased at the door. 1 pm; activity fee: $5/per person

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Fauntleroy Art Show and Sale. Details on Facebook – at Fauntleroy Church, 1-5 pm (continues Sunday)

SATURDAY NIGHT: Beer Church presents Turkey Bowl fundraiser for West Seattle Food Bank, West Seattle Bowl, bowling begins at 6 pm (sold out but you’re welcome to come down, cheer bowlers, donate!), with sponsors including WSB

SATURDAY NIGHT: Rachel Austin artist reception at Click! Design That Fits (WSB sponsor) in the Admiral District, 6-9 pm (more here)

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at C&P Coffee with the Whateverly Brothers, 6-8 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: White Center for the Arts art walk, 6-9 (poster with venue info here)

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at The Bohemian: Ron Weinstein jazz trio, 7-10 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Twelfth Night Productions (WSB sponsor) presents “The Diviners,” final performance at 7:30 pm, Youngstown Arts Center (buy tickets online)

SATURDAY NIGHT: The Shining Stars Gala & Auction for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is Saturday November 21, 2009 at the Hall at Fauntleroy at 7:30pm. Tickets are $35.00 for adults, $20.00 for children ages 6-12 and 5 and under are free. The evening will be filled with wonderful hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer, juices, silent and live auction and great people. This event is to raise funds for the mission of AFSP: understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people with mental disorders and those impacted by suicide. To fully achieve its mission, AFSP engages in the following Five Core Strategies: Funds scientific research, Offers educational programs for professionals, Educates the public about mood disorders and suicide prevention, Promotes policies and legislation that impact suicide and prevention, Provides programs and resources for survivors of suicide loss and people at risk, and involves them in the work of the Foundation. For more information about the Gala please go to www.shiningstarsgala.org. Saturday, November 21st is also National Survivors of Suicide Day; please join us on this day.

SATURDAY NIGHT: The piano wizardry of New York cabaret artist Peter Mintun, Kenyon Hall, 7:30 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: At Skylark Cafe and Club (WSB sponsor): Live music with Ivory in Ice World, Destruction Island, Danielli, 9 pm

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: WEST SEATTLE LIONS HARVEST PANCAKE BREAKFAST AND BAKE SALE. Seattle Lutheran High School Gym at 41st Ave. SW and SW Genesee from 8 am to 1 pm. The menu include: Buttermilk pancakes, Judy’s Pumpkin Crunch Pancakes, Gluten Free pancakes, ham or sausage, juice , coffee, tea and milk. Price is Adults: $8.00 and Children : 12 and under $5.00. Advance tickets available by calling Ed McDowell, West Seattle Lions President at 206-523-1087 or Judy Burbrink, chair, at 206,937,9421.

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Seattle Hi-Yu Festival holiday ornaments will be sold at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market today, 10 am-2 pm (44th/Alaska)

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

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Mars Hill Church-West Seattle will be hosting a Blood Drive on November 22nd in conjunction with the Puget Sound Blood Center. We would love to have as many as possible in our community help give blood. The drive will be from 10:30am-4:30pm at Mars Hill Church. Full information on the drive as well as links to register can be found at:
http://westseattle.marshillchurch.org/give-blood/

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Fauntleroy Art Show and Sale. Details on Facebook – at Fauntleroy Church, 11 am-12:30 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Holiday bazaar at Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor), 2-5 pm

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

SUNDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Sunday Market Cocktails, KPLU Jazz Sundays (4-6 pm), Sunday Ribs (“Southside Tony’s Rib Special,” 4 pm “till we run out”) and KISS Concert Pre-Func Party (meet at 5 pm before heading to the show) at Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor)

SUNDAY NIGHT: All-ages live music at @ Skylark Cafe and Club (WSB sponsor) with Sadie Ava, 1997, Sans Absol, 7 pm

SUNDAY NIGHT: (not West Seattle but WSB’ers asked that we include it) Northwest Folklife Presents: CD Release AND Americana Dance Party at the Tractor Tavern
Doors open at 6pm, Show at 7pm, $8 (CDs will be $10)
The Tractor Tavern in Ballard
We¹re proud to release the first CD in our new series of recordings, Northwest Roots & Branches, Volume I. The 13 stellar tracks are drawn from hundreds of live recordings made at this year¹s Northwest Folklife Festival. The CD features Folklife favorites like master Irish fiddler Kevin Burke, Jamaican legend Clinton Fearon, the fab fiddling of Rebecca Lomnicky and the world¹s foremost exponent of 8-bit chiptune music, Sabrepulse. The CD also features up-and-comers you need to know about, like the old-school bluegrass of Armstrong, Lawton & Katz, the deep country old-time of RedDog, Zoe Muth with sweetest twang in Seattle and the indie reggae sounds of Trolls Cottage. True to the spirit of Folklife, this CD Release Party is also a Dance Night! Charmaine Slaven of the Tallboys will call a square dance with RedDog & Squirrel Butter. Rockin¹ Horse Dance Barn will teach y¹all the country two-step, and Americana darling Zoe Muth will let you put those steps to good use. Indie-roots group Amateur Radio Operator will close out the evening.

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