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Community Center Pottery sale this Friday night during Winterfest

Instead of?their annual gingerbread house decorating event, Magnolia Community Center is aligning with Village merchants and joining the?fun for Winterfest.?Follow the luminaries?through the Magnolia?play field to the Center?for?free smores and hot chocolate.?Melissa Valenzuela from the Community Center says

?You can get some of your holiday shopping done at our holiday pottery sale while the kids jump around in our bounce houses and tumbling area (only $3 per child). Buy a piece of pottery valued more than $3 and your child can jump for free!

Here are the details:

Magnolia Community Center?Holiday Fest and Pottery Sale

Nov. 30 from 6-8 p.m.

2550 34th Ave. W

206-386-4235

Tour five of Magnolia’s most festive homes

Tour five of Magnolia?s most festive homes

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Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board is looking for new members

Are there parts of Magnolia that you wish were more ‘walkable’??The Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board is accepting applications for new members to help make walking in Seattle safer and easier.? The volunteer board “advises the mayor and city council, participates in planning and project development, evaluates policies and makes recommendations to all city departments including the Seattle Department of Transportation.”

Board members must be Seattle residents. They should be “frequent walkers of a variety of ages, levels of mobility, and walks of life, and from areas throughout the city.” Seth Schromen-Wawrin, chair of the Pedestrian Advisory Board says ?Making sure our neighborhoods develop in walkable ways is crucial in supporting our businesses, mass transit, community services, and many other aspects of the city. Serving on the Pedestrian Advisory Board is a great way to work with other dedicated residents to help make Seattle the most walkable city.?
Interested?walking enthusiasts?should submit a resume and cover letter via email by 5 p.m., December 17th to? Howard Wu at howard.wu@seattle.gov. The board meets the second Wednesday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. at City Hall on Fifth Avenue between James and Cherry streets. Click here for more details.

Winterfest is coming

Thanksgiving is over and Winter is almost upon us.? Magnolia Village Winterfest will be here before we know it.

It all starts?this Friday night at 6?with the tree lighting ceremony and caroling at the Magnolia Garden Center.??The festivities continue as many of Magnolia’s friendliest businesses provide refreshments and entertainment on the sidewalks and streets of the Village.?Be sure to keep an eye out for Santa! McGraw Street will be blocked off to street traffic for the event.

Click here for more information

Magnolia Montessori helps the homeless

Magnolia Montessori School is partnering with Seattle?s Union Gospel Mission to collect items for?an emergency?shelter for?homeless men, women and children.?Sharon Thomas, Public Relations Manager for the Mission?says

We are asking parents to help their children to go through their closets and pantry to find?gently used toys, books, warm clothes, non-perishable food and coats they could part with…a new pair of socks?is greatly appreciated.

You can drop off your items at Magnolia Montessori -2849 Thorndyke Ave West, between Barrett St. and Armour St. (there’s a box in the backyard), ?November 26^th– 30^th?from 9:30 ? 4:00, Monday to Friday.

Reduced Metro service for turkey day and beyond

Metro buses will be operating on reduced schedules over the Thanksgiving holiday and during several holiday periods through January including a full week of reduced service at the end of December.?On Thanksgiving Day, Metro will operate a Sunday schedule. On Friday, Nov. 23, Metro will operate reduced weekday service, which offers more service than on weekends, but?less service than on normal weekdays.

Metro is estimated to save about $1 million each year using a limited schedule over holiday periods from November through January. These are planned reductions for holiday periods when Metro has historically seen a reduction in the number of weekday riders ? estimated to be 15 percent or more systemwide.

Click here for specific route information.

Hear Handel’s Messiah at Fatima tomorrow-spend an afternoon in 18th century

Our Lady of Fatima’s Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra presents Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, November 18 at 3:00pm.  With all the original recitatives, arias and choruses accompanied by the Our Lady of Fatima Baroque Orchestra of 18th century instruments,  they will be performing the piece as it was originally premiered in Dublin in 1742.