Enjoy the outdoor activities while they last: Arts-in-Nature Festival, Duwamish River Festival, final concert at The Mount, final Movie on the Wall, a free beach-volleyball class, a block party, North Delridge’s next Adopt-a-Street cleanup (and picnic!), a graffiti paintout, the Great Cross-Sound Race (2007 WSB photo above), 48 events on the list ahead:

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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

SWIMMING THIS WEEKEND: Southwest Pool is closed all summer for renovations, but Colman Pool is open daily – schedule here

WADING POOLS OPEN FRIDAY: All West Seattle wading-pool sites; Delridge, Hiawatha, Highland Park, Hughes, Lincoln Park

FRIDAY & SATURDAY: “Circles in Square Holes” art exhibit @ ArtsWest, noon-7 pm both days

FRIDAY NIGHT: Barbecue to raise money for Kristi Keithly’s Breast Cancer 3Day team, 62nd and Admiral, $5 per person, 5-7 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Rainbow Bingo: Hot Summer Nights, Senior Center of West Seattle, doors open 5:30/bingo at 7, ukulele music too! (more info here)

FRIDAY NIGHT: Summer Concerts at The Mount series finale, Steve Rice and Big Squeezy performing, admission free, all ages welcome, dinner available for purchase, beer/wine available to 21+, doors open with dinner and beer/wine on sale starting at 5 pm, music starts at 6 pm , at Providence Mount St. Vincent (WSB sponsor; latest info here)

FRIDAY NIGHT: Seattle Free School “beach volleyball for beginners” class at Alki, 6 pm (must register; more info here)

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at C and P Coffee with Bobcat Bob, 6-8 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Music Nights at Cafe Rozella: Children of the Revolution acoustic trio, 7 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Centaur Hearts, launch party with live music at Full Tilt

FRIDAY NIGHT: ArtsWest Summer Musical Theater Conservatory Students in “Pippin,” 7:30 pm (more info at AW site)

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at Skylark with Matt Larson, Ryan Perrey, Ryan Purcell, starts at 9 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live comedy @ Admiral Theater featuring “The Heirs of Lenny Bruce” with Johnny Steele, 10 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Jar of Flies (Alice in Chains tribute) at Rocksport, 10 pm

WADING POOLS OPEN SATURDAY: Three in West Seattle are open Saturdays – Delridge, Hiawatha, Lincoln Park

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: Tours at Alki Lighthouse, 1-4 pm

SATURDAY MORNING: Great Cross Sound Race, rowing competition from Alki to Bainbridge/Port Blakely and back, starts from Alki @ 9 am

SATURDAY MORNING: American Volkssport Association sponsors 5k and 10k Delridge walks (more info here), 9 am-1 pm – walk as far as you can, everyone welcome, starts @ Youngstown Arts Center

SATURDAY MORNING: Thistle Street Greenspace work party, 10 am-2 pm

SATURDAY MIDDAY: Master Gardener clinics at McLendon’s in White Center, 10 am-2 pm Saturdays (more info here

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Delridge Adopt-a-Street cleanup, meet at Delridge Community Center @ 10 am, picnic to follow

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Duwamish Greenbelt work party with the Nature Consortium, meet at 14th SW/SW Holly, 10 am-2 pm (more info here)

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Art for Food workshop, a community project with two workshops scheduled on August 16th & August 23rd, from 10am to 3pm. Everyone, who is between 10-90 years-old, is invited. Art work will be auctioned & proceeds will go to The Food Bank of St. Mary’s- the largest food bank in the greater Seattle area. Let’s do art & help stop hunger! Happening at rec room of West Seattle Christian Church, 10 am-3 pm (more info here)

SATURDAY MORNING: Riverside History Walking Tour with Judy Bentley and Frank Zuvela, presented by Southwest Historical Society/Log House Museum, 10 am (Description: Historical neighborhood tour: Walk the trails and roads of an old immigrant neighborhood along the Duwamish River that was immortalized by the poet Richard Hugo. A bicycle trail, hillside roads and reclaimed shorelines lead along the river of the Duwamish people and the gritty industries that built Seattle. The tour includes an optional hill climb [more than 200 steps] to an overlook from Pigeon Point. Meet in the parking lot of Westbridge Building of Seattle Parks and Recreation at 4209 W. Marginal Way at 10 am. Walk will be about 1 1/2 hours, and is an easy pace. RSVP to the Log House Museum 206-938-5293. Donations gladly accepted)

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON-EVENING: Arts in Nature Festival, Camp Long, sponsored by Nature Consortium, 11 am-9 pm (find complete details including the schedule, here)

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: 4th annual Duwamish River Festival [with entertainment including Stanley Alleyne, Caribbean Steel Drum Music; Joyas Mestizas, Mexican Folk Dance group; Duwamish Tribe T’ilibshudub “Singing Feet”; DJ Vector (Hector Cruz)], at Duwamish Waterway Park (7900 10th Avenue S.), 11 am-4 pm (more info at duwamishcleanup.org)

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Arbor Heights block party, 41st SW/SW 102nd at Arbor Heights Church: “Events: Neighborhood Playground Proposal – Free BBQ (burgers and dogs) and Sides – Canned food drive – Live music – Cake/Pie baking contest – AWANA registration – Open Volleyball – Neighborhood Watch Program – Adult art/craft demo
• Entertainment for Kids: crafts, water games, illusionist, piñata, waterslide, kid bouncer,
face painting and firefighters and firetruck appearance
• Open to everyone in the Arbor Heights neighborhood) – event runs noon-4 pm

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Graffiti Paintout volunteer effort, starts at Westwood Village Target @ 1:30 pm, go here to volunteer

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: ArtsWest Summer Musical Theater Conservatory Students in “Pippin,” 3 pm (more info at AW site

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music @ C & P Coffee with Jonathan Nicholson, 6-8 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Chief Sealth Class of 1988 will have its 20 year reunion at Rocksport, 7 pm-midnight. (For more info e-mail: SWatkins@karrtuttle.com)

SATURDAY NIGHT: Final Sidewalk Cinema “Movies on the Wall” presentation in the courtyard next to Hotwire Coffee (WSB sponsor) — movie is Galaxy Quest (PG), sponsored by Kim Tingley/Windermere and co-sponsored by Viking Bank (movie starts at dusk, but people start arriving as early as 7; concessions available, presented by West Seattle Christian Church, benefiting West Seattle Food Bank, also please bring non-perishable food donation for WSFB)

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at Skylark with Dorado, Supermassive, War Pigeon, starts at 9 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live comedy @ Admiral Theater featuring “The Heirs of Lenny Bruce” with Johnny Steele, 10 pm

WADING POOLS OPEN SUNDAY: Three in West Seattle: Hiawatha and Lincoln Park and Delridge

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON-EVENING: Arts in Nature Festival, Camp Long, sponsored by Nature Consortium, 11 am-6 pm (find complete details including the schedule, here)

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

SUNDAY MORNING: Open bowling at West Seattle Bowl (WSB sponsor) for the LGBTQ community and friends, every Sunday beginning at 10:30 am

SUNDAY MIDDAY: Master Gardener clinics at West Seattle Farmers’ Market, 10 am-2 pm Sundays (more info here)

SUNDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Humane Society Maxmobile brings adoptable pets to West Seattle Thriftway, 11 am-3 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Walker Rock Garden expected to be open, noon- 5 pm (we suggest calling before you go, 935-3036; see pix here!)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Customer Appreciation Day events at Friends and Company in The Junction, starting at noon

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Walking Tour of High Point, 12:15 pm (full details here)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Live music at C & P Coffee with Phil and Brian, 3-5 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: MS Bike Tour fundraiser at Beveridge Place Pub, 4 pm (Georgetown Brewing is donating a keg for the event; all proceeds from the specified Georgetown Brewing keg will go toward the fundraising goal for the ride. We will be grilling up some bratwurst as well to encourage more donations)

SUNDAY NIGHT: All-ages live music @ Skylark with Garage Voice, 7 Years Absence, The Liquid Now (CD release), starts at 7 pm

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