First, closures/changes for today’s holidays – locally, Indigenous Peoples Day; federally, Columbus Day:
LIBRARIES: City closed, county open
PARKS AND REC FACILITIES: Here’s the closure/changes list
BANKS: Closed
USPS: Holiday
Now, here are highlights of what’s happening around the peninsula for the rest of today/tonight, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:
MONDAYS IN MEMORY OF MARJORIE: Weekly demonstration, 3-4 pm at 35th/Edmunds.
LIVE MUSIC AT SEBASTIANO’S: 6 pm at the wine shop, piano jazz! (3278 California SW)
CHESS NIGHT: Play at Mission Cantina (2325 California SW), 6:30 pm.
‘LISTENING TO GRIEF’ SUPPORT GROUP: 6:30 pm, weekly group gathering for people experiencing grief – you can participate once, weekly, or occasionally. Fee. Before you go, RSVP/register here. (4034 California SW)
D&D: Long-running weekly D&D at 6:30 pm at Meeples Games (3727 California SW). All welcome, first-time players too! $5.
PRACTICE SPEAKING SPANISH: 6:30-8:30 pm, this informal group gathers at Future Primitive Brewing in White Center (9832 14th SW), all welcome.
ALKI MEDITATION: Two places to meditate on Monday nights – in north West Seattle, there’s meditation at Alki UCC, doors open at 6:45, meditation at 7. (6115 SW Hinds)
MEDITATION IN FAUNTLEROY: In south West Seattle, free weekly Zen sitting/meditation in the chapel at Fauntleroy UCC (9140 California SW), 7 pm-8:30 pm.
FILM SCREENING: Tonight at 7 pm at the Duwamish Tribe Longhouse:
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, Oct. 12, with a viewing of a new documentary film, “UNRECOGNIZED: The Duwamish Tribe,” at the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center.
The 30-minute film shares the story of the Duwamish people, the original inhabitants of Seattle, and their ongoing struggle for federal legal recognition as a tribe. Historian David Buege has described the Duwamish loss of tribal land and sovereignty as “Seattle’s original sin.”
The film will be followed by a question-and-answer session with documentary filmmaker B.J. Bullert, who produced the film, and her husband Ken Workman, a Duwamish Tribal Council member and former president of Duwamish Tribal Services. He is a fifth-generation grandson of Chief Seattle.
The program, sponsored by the Care for Creation Ministry of the West Seattle Catholic Community, will be 7-9 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Duwamish Longhouse, 4705 West Marginal Way SW. A $10 donation to support the tribe and distribution of the film is requested. Refreshments will be provided.
VOTER ACTIVATION: 7 pm at WSUU (7141 California SW), voter-activation event in opposition to I-001 and I-638, two statewide initiatives on the ballot you’re about to receive. All welcome to learn more, as explained in our calendar listing.
MONDAY NIGHT SALSA LESSONS: Series continues, 7 pm with BALORICO at Viva Arts (4421 Fauntleroy Way SW).
POOL TOURNAMENT: The Corner Pocket‘s weekly tournament, 7 pm. $10 buy-in. (4302 SW Alaska, entrance on California)
MONDAY NIGHT TRIVIA X 2: Three venues on our list with trivia tonight – 7 pm at The Good Society (California/Lander), $2 cash to enter; and 7:30 pm with QuizFix at The Skylark (3803 Delridge Way SW).
PINBALL LEAGUE: Sign up at 7, start playing at 7:30 at Admiral Pub (2306 California SW).
JAZZ AT THE ALLEY: Monday night jazz with The Westside Jazz Trio, 8 pm at The Alley (behind 4509 California SW), 21+, no cover.
KARAOKE AT TALARICO’S: 9 pm start for Monday night karaoke at Talarico’s Pizzeria (4718 California SW).
Huge thanks to everybody who sends info for our calendar, which we update daily; if you have something to add or cancel (or update), please send the info to westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!