Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am! What a week! Here’s what’s on tap nearby this weekend:
Friday, October 22nd
- Apples and Pears, A Harvest Celebration. 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. at the Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC), Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, room 202), basement level. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online through Brown Paper Tickets. Pre-registration is $9.99 and tickets at the door are $15.
Green Lake Pumpkin Flashlight Hunt for kids 4-11 years old. 7pm-8pm starting at the gym, but don’t be late. Kids will collect coins & candy by flashlight. And it’s free. Just show up with a flashlight for each kiddo, a reusable bag to collect stuff in, and the kid(s). More info here, thanks to MyGreenLake and the PI.- Ancora, a local nonprofit women’s ensemble, performs Incantations — a celebration of spells inspired by All Hallow’s Eve. The repertoire is promised to be “spooky and spiritual.” And what a fitting locale, with great acoustics for such a performance: The Good Shepherd Center’s Chapel Performance Space. 7:30pm Friday and Saturday (only)! Adults $20, kids and seniors $15. Get your Brown Paper Tickets here.
Caturday, October 23rd
- Garden Educator Workshops: Presented by Seattle Tilth at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, room 202) 1:30-3:30 p.m. Explore organic gardening basics, outdoor education techniques and ways to integrate the garden with classroom curriculum. Class starts at 8:30 a.m.
- City Goats 101: A class on mini goat-keeping by Seattle Tilth at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, room 202) 1:30-3:30 p.m.
- Time’s running out to catch Seattle Public Theater’s Mauritius at the Greenlake Bath House. Learn more here.
- U-District Farmer’s Market. 9am-2pm at University Way and NE 50th. Read all about it here.
Sunday, October 24th
- Senior Center Pancake Breakfast. Oh yeah! 9am-noon in the lower level of the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N). $2.50 for kids, $5 for not-kids. You can also check out the Wallingford Community Senior Center’s newly revamped website here.
- Putting the Garden to Bed. Fall is a fantastic time to replenish the soil that has offered you its bounty all year long. Here’s a how-to presented by Seattle Tilth Learning Garden at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N) . 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Still hungry? Check out GraceFeast at Gift of Grace Lutheran Church (40th & Meridian) at noon. More info here.
Don’t forget your pumpkins! Once you get ’em all carved up, send us a snap at blog (at) wallyhood.org to enter our contest!