Events

Third Thursday Mercer Island Art Walk: 5:30-8 p.m., May 15, Town Center. Features BBQ, blues and brews.

IslandVision Community Sustainability Forum: 7 p.m., May 15, MI Library. On climate diet with local author, Jonathan Harrington. Callie, 232-8402.

Teen Driver Clinic/Autocross Classroom: 7 p.m., May 15, CCMV. Exercises: May 17, Bremerton Motorsports Park. Build skills, be safe, have fun. Registration required. $35/teen, $99/teen with parent. (206) 954-1889, www.audiclubnw.org.

“Bat Boy the Musical” drama: 7:30 p.m., May 15-17, Mercer Island High School Auditorium. $8/advance tickets, $10/students, $15/adults. Tickets: http://misd.k12.wa.us/MIHSDrama.

“Sideways Stories from Wayside School” drama: May 15-18, Youth Theatre Northwest. 7 p.m., Friday through Sunday; 2 p.m., Saturday, Sunday. Experience a wacky school with 30 classrooms stacked on top of each other and an extra-large playground. Tickets: $8. 232-4145 ext. 109.

Wetland Restoration Project: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., May 17, Luther Burbank Park North Wetland. Wear boots, weather gear. Tools supplied. “Day in the Greenway” work party location. Participants invited to Sammamish State Park for an annual BBQ. Sponsors: Friends of Luther Burbank Park, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. RSVP: 232-7402, Sue_SSV@msn.com.

Yogathon: May 17, CCMV. 10 a.m. session for beginners. Noon session for those with one or more years of yoga experience. Presented by Mercer Island Yoga Community, yoga instructors, MI Youth & Family Services (MIYFS). Suggested donation of $20 to benefit MIYFS. 275-7751, www.mercerislandyoga.org.

Free Pet Adoptions: “Second Chance for Love Tour,” 12-3 p.m., May 17, Seattle Animal Shelter, 2061 15th Ave. W., Seattle. Adopt local, homeless cats, dogs. Hills partners with celebrity pet photographer Jim Dratfield, Seattle Shelter. (206) 386-7387; Lisa Giassa, (212) 798-9776.

MI School District Benefit: ticket sale through May 18 for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” at The Paramount Theatre in September. Benefits the Mercer Island Fine Arts Advisory Committee to support MISD fine arts education. Tickets: www.mifineartsed.org.

Coffee with the Senior Commission: open house reception, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., May 30, CCMV Groveland Room. The City Council-appointed Senior Commission invites Island residents ages 55 and up. Refreshments served. Discuss new senior programs and services. 232-0738.

Third Annual Rain Forest Carnival: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., June 2, Luther Burbank Park picnic area near tennis courts. For children ages 1-6. An event created and staffed by children with adult supervision. Booths, baked goods, puppet show, prizes. Benefits Rain Forest Alliance.

MIHS Class of 1968 40-Year Reunion: 6:30 p.m., Sept. 20, MI Beach Club. Grads night: 7 p.m., Sept. 19, Roanoke Inn. Contact (425) 644-1044, www.ReunionsWithClass.com with your contact information or that of hard-to-find friends.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): Train to become a volunteer advocate in court for abused, neglected children. Must be at least 21, attend training. (206) 296-1120, casa.group@kingcounty.gov, www.metrokc.gov/kcsc/depcasa.htm.

Volunteers needed: MI Youth & Family Services seeks front desk office volunteers at the Luther Burbank building to provide customer service, staff assistance: 9 a.m.-noon, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Fridays. Kim Richards, 275-7611; www.mercergov.org/yfs.

Classes

Wellness Lecture Series: “Enhance Your Effectiveness,” 6:30-7:30 p.m., May 22, JCC, 3801 E. Mercer Way. Speaker: Matt Liebsohn, Ph.D. Free, open to the public. Kathy Hutchinson, 232-7115 ext. 273, www.sjcc.org/fitness/wellness.

The Marriage Course: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Wednesdays, through May 28, Mercer Island Covenant Church. Childcare available. Features dessert, video presentation, discussion; an opportunity to spend time together as a couple, looking at important issues in your marriage. $60/couple. www.micc.org.

Tea History: 3 p.m., Sundays in May, Tea Treasures, 2836 78th Ave. S.E. Speaker: Elizabeth Borges. Tea tasting follows classes. (206) 347-0581.

Clubs

Cascade Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution: 5:30 p.m., May 14, Red Lion Bellevue Inn, 11211 Main St., Bellevue. Speaker: Karen Hass, on “Sisters in Time.” Cascade Scholarship Award Winner will be announced. Reservations: Janea Klein, (206) 230-0123.

MI Business Women’s Group: May 20, Cellar 46. Luncheon: 12-1:30 p.m. RSVP: Patty Volk, (206) 769-8824, patty_volk@countrywide.com.

Mercer Island Senior Commission: “Connecting the Generations” display, through May, Mercer Island Library. Honors older Americans during “Celebrate Older Americans Month.” Senior needs/interests surveys for programs/services available at library, Community Center, JCC, Chamber of Commerce, Island Books.

Women Painters of Washington: Gallery receptions, 4-6 p.m., first Thursday. “Mischief” exhibition: through Aug. 1, Women Painters Gallery, Columbia Center third level, 701 Fifth Ave., Seattle. Free, open to the public. www.womenpainters.com.

Library

The following events take place at the Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Ave. S.E., unless otherwise noted. Please call 236-3537 for more information. Registration is required.

Adults

Great Singers lecture series: Three Viennese Operatic “Greats,” 7 p.m., May 14, 21. Speaker: Norm Hollingshead.

Computer Classes: E-mail Level I, 9 a.m., May 15; Yahoo e-mail, beginners welcome. E-mail Level II, 9 a.m., May 22; bring handouts from E-mail Level I (prerequisite). E-mail Level III: 9 a.m., May 29; Prerequisites, E-mail Levels I and II.

A History of Hats: “Talk with Many Colorful Sides” and “The Hat Toss,” 3 p.m., May 30. Speaker: Dr. Beverly Chico, chair of the Metropolitan State College in Denver, on the role of hats in history and the U.S. military.

Teens

Afternoon Movie Club: 3:30 p.m., Wednesdays.

Teen Zone: 1:30 p.m., May 19. Hang out, do homework, board games, DDR, Guitar Hero.

Teen Advisory Board: 7 p.m., May 20, Large Meeting Room. Discuss library’s materials, services, programs for teens. Earn one volunteer credit hour.

Game On: 7 p.m., May 27. Wii, PS2, GameCube, Mario Kart, DDR, Super Smash Brothers, Guitar Hero.

Parks &

Recreation

Call (206) 275-7609 or register online at www.myparksandrecreation.com to receive a catalog of the Mercer Island Parks & Recreation Department events. Register for spring/summer activities online. All events are held at the Community Center at Mercer View (CCMV), 8236 S.E. 24th St., unless otherwise specified.

Drop-in preschool: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, Friday. $5/hour.

Classes

Must register: call 275-7609.

Belly Dancing: 7-8 p.m., through May 27, Dance Room. $81, 8 weeks; $12/drop-in.

MI Writing Club: 4:15–6:15 p.m., through May 27. Grades 2-3. $115.

Children’s Technology Workshop: Junior Gamemaker, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Thursdays through June 5; Grades 3-5; $156. Senior Gamemaker: 5:45-6:45 p.m., Thursdays through June 5; Grades 5-8; $156. Fundamentals of computer programming, video game design.

Intermediate Italian: 7-9 p.m., Tuesdays through June 10. Ages 16 and up. $161.

Hula Hoop Dance Class: 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m., through June 12, Dance Room. Instructor: Marcie Spahi. For adults. 10 weeks/$121; drop-in/$12.

ABC & Reading: 2-3 p.m., Fridays, through June 27, Slater Room. For ages 3-5. 12 weeks/$325; sibling/$292.

Spanish through Creative Arts & Games: 3:30–5 p.m., Fridays, through June 27, Slater Room. For ages 3-5. 12 weeks/$325; sibling/$292.

Golf Program: Mondays through Oct. 27. Nine and 18 Hole offered. Transportation available weekly to different courses. $20/membership. Kirk Willms, 275-7863.

Jazzercise: 9:30-10:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

Writing Club: 4–6 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays. For grades 2–5.

Bridge lessons: 10 a.m.-noon, Tuesdays, Thursdays. Instructor: Aidee Pokroy. $63/six weeks.

Parks & Rec. Seniors

Parkinson Disease Support Group: 2-3:30 p.m., May 20, Calkins Room.

Solemates Walking Group: depart CCMV at 8:30 a.m., May 21, 28. $2.

Tulalip Casino and Outlet Mall Trip: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., May 23. Departs CCMV, 10 a.m. $15.

Grocery shopping transportation: Wednesday mornings. Call 275-7895, ext. 1, leave a message by 4 p.m., day before shopping. $1.

Senior Lunch at Covenant Shores: noon, Tuesdays, Thursdays. Park at CCMV, ride shuttle to Covenant Shores; transportation available round-trip from home if you don’t drive. $4.25. Registration required: 275-7895, ext. 2, leave message.

Volunteers needed: Parks & Rec. needs help with the Senior Transportation Program. Jeannette, 275-7841.

Boys &

Girls Club

All events take place at the Boys & Girls Club, 2825 West Mercer Way, unless otherwise noted. For more information or to register: 232-4548, www.mipositiveplace.org.

Rock Shop: 4 p.m., Mondays. Jam session for beginners on all instruments who have had six months of lessons. Rhythm, lead playing, classic rock songs, basic 12-bar blues structure. 9 classes/$189.

MI Judo Dojo: practices 6:15-8 p.m., Tuesdays. Instructor: Harold Yamada.

Registration for Summer Camps: now open, www.mipositiveplace.org. Summer day camps for ages 5-14 with weekly themes include games, arts and crafts, cooking, field trips, special events. Activities: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Voyager and Explorer Day Camps: Grades K-3. Adventure Camps: Grades 4-5. Teen Travel Camps: Grades 6-8. Skyhawk Sports, Spanish Language, Art

and Science Adventure camps.

JCC

All events are located at the Stroum JCC, 3801 E. Mercer Way. Please contact Roni Antebi at (206) 232-7115 ext. 269 or ronia@sjcc.org to RSVP and register for all events.

Health Talk: “Hearing Loss – What Are the Options?” 12:30 p.m., May 15. Speakers: Allison Zarkos, M.A., and Susan Bean, M.S., certified audiologists at the Listen for Life Center at Virginia Mason, on hearing loss causes/types, hearing aid/cochlear implant technology.

Current Event Discussion: 10:30 a.m., May 18. Active Seniors Club monthly meeting. Speaker: Al Ziontz, on “Hillary or Barack?”

“Big Helen”: 12:30-1:30 p.m., May 19. Speaker: retired lawyer Al Ziontz on law cases. Discussion, Q&A to follow.

Computer classes: “How to use Yahoo E-mail,” 10-11:15 a.m., May 21, 28. Join a trained instructor on the King County Library System’s Techlab to create a Yahoo account, understand e-mail etiquette, send and open attachments, create an address book. Must attend all three meetings. Free.

Mah Jongg: 12:30-3:30 p.m., Fridays, Polack Lounge. Ancient Chinese game of skill, chance. Free/JCC members, $2/non-members.

Bridge Group: 12:30-3 p.m., Fridays, Room 200. Prior Bridge playing experience required. Coffee, tea. Bring brown bag lunch. Free/JCC members, $2/non-members.

Religion

Congregational Church of Mercer Island: Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m., nursery care provided. Children’s Sunday School during worship. Adult Education: 9 a.m., Sundays. High School Youth Group/Sunday School: 6 p.m. Middle School Youth Group: 6-8 p.m., Wednesdays. Bible Studies: 7:45 p.m., Wednesdays; 6:15 p.m., Thursdays. 4545 Island Crest Way, (206) 232-7800, office@ucc-ccmi.net, www.ucc-ccmi.org.

Congregation Shevet Achim: Shabbat services, 9 a.m. between Sukkot, Pesach; 9:30 a.m. between Pesach, Sukkot. Northwest Yeshiva High School sanctuary, 5017 90th Ave. S.E. Hospitality@shevetachim.com; President Rich Gilmore, (206) 232-1060.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church: Sunday worship services/Holy Eucharist, 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Eucharist: 5 p.m., chapel. Emmanuel Children’s Breakfast: 9 a.m. Children’s Choir rehearsal: 9:30 a.m. Adult Education: 9:15-10:15 a.m. Celebration luncheon: after 10:30 a.m. service, May 18, for the Rev. Charles and Courtney Searls Ridge; sign up in the Narthex or call the church; A-L bring desserts, M-Z bring salads. All-church BBQ: after 10:30 a.m. service, June 15; meet the new rector, Rev. William Hunt Priest, and his family. The Layweeders (volunteer gardeners): 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Mondays; new volunteers welcomed. Tai Chi classes: 6:30 p.m., Mondays through July 7, chapel. Bible Study: 1 p.m., Tuesdays, Parish Library. Healing Service: 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays. Tea and Talk Knitting Group: 2 p.m., Thursdays. 4400 86th Ave. S.E. 232-1572, mail@emmanuelmi.org.

First Church of Christ, Scientist: services and Sunday School, 10 a.m. S.E. 47th & Island Crest Way. Wednesday meetings: 7:30 p.m. Childcare available. Reading Room: open weekdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 7605 S.E. 27th St. 232-0175, fccsmi@hotmail.com.

First Taiwanese Presbyterian Church: Christian Education, 9:15 a.m. Worship: 10:40 a.m., Sundays, Fireside Room. Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E. (206) 232-5595.

Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation: services, 6 p.m., Fridays and 9:15 a.m., Saturdays. Daily Minyan: 7 a.m. Minyan at 9 a.m. on Sundays, secular holidays. Pre-Neg: 5:30 p.m., Fridays. 3700 E. Mercer Way. (206) 232-8555, www.h-nt.org.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church: Sunday worship schedule, 8 a.m., 10:15 a.m. (childcare available). Sunday School/education hour: 9 a.m. Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting: 9 a.m., May 18; all voting members welcome. Midweek Compline service: a new ongoing worship offering, 7 p.m., Wednesdays. “Worship Workshop” with David Locke: 6:30 p.m., Wednesdays, explore the whys and hows of liturgy before evening prayers in the Atrium. Bible Study: 10 a.m., Thursdays. 8501 S.E. 40th St. 232-3270. www.htlcmi.org.

Latter Day Saints Mormon Church: Sacrament meeting, 9 a.m. Sunday School: 10:10 a.m. Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Women: 11:10 a.m. 4001 Island Crest Way. 236-2957.

Mercer Island Covenant Church: worship services, 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m., Sundays. Sunday School for all ages: 9:45 a.m. High School Youth Group: 6:30 p.m., Sundays. Marriage Course: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Wednesdays, through May 28, $60/couple. Middle School Youth Group: 7 p.m., Tuesdays. Men’s Open Prayer Group: 6:15 a.m., Wednesdays. Community Dinner: 5:30 p.m., Wednesdays, $3/adults, $1.50-$2/children. Women’s Oasis Bible Study: 9:15 a.m., Thursdays, childcare provided. Women’s Prayer Ministry: 8 a.m., Thursdays. MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers): 9:30 a.m., first/third Fridays. Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 a.m., Saturdays. 3200 78th Ave. S.E. 232-1015, ext. 100, www.micc.org.

Mercer Island Presbyterian Church: Sunday worship — Breakfast Service, 8:15 a.m.; Traditional Service, 10:35 a.m.; Evening Service, 5 p.m. Young Adult BBQ’s: Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m., Paul and Devon Barrett’s home. Women’s Bible Study: 10-11:30 a.m., Mondays, Fireside Room. New Women’s Bible Study, “A Shepherd’s Look at Psalm 23”: 9:30-11 a.m., Fridays through June 6, Fireside Room. MIPC Concert: 7:30 p.m., May 16, featuring Jieun Kim Newland, MIPC organist. Adult Christian Education Forum: “A Sacred Conversation on Culture & Race,” 9:15 a.m., May 18. Super 60’s & Beyond: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., May 28, Fireside Room; lunch and special guest, Ben Sherman, MIPC member/local author. Dinner/Auction benefiting Museum without Walls Multicultural Scholars: 6 p.m., May 30, special music guests, Total Experience Gospel Choir. 3605 84th Ave. S.E. 232-5595, www.mipc.org.

Mercer Island United Methodist Church: Sunday School, 10 a.m. Sunday worship: 11 a.m. Childcare available. All are welcome. 7070 S.E. 24th St. 232-3044, www.miumc.org.

New Hope International Church: Sunday services, 10 a.m. (English), 2 p.m. (Thai). A prayer session is available for those who need healing. 9170 S.E. 64th St. 275-1042, www.newhic.org.

Redeemer Lutheran Church: worship and kids’ services, 10 a.m. Fellowship and Bible study: 11 a.m. All are welcome. Redeemer is handicap-accessible. Worship is uplifting, joyful. 6001 Island Crest Way. Pastor Bill Clements, 232-1711, www.redeemerlutheranchurch.us.

St. Monica Catholic Church: Are you interested in the Catholic faith? You are invited to join St. Monica Catholic Church’s RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation Adults) program, an ancient church process to enable anyone to learn about and participate in the Roman Catholic faith. All are welcome. The class meets 7:30-9 p.m., Wednesdays, St. Monica School Library, 4320 87th Ave. S.E.; Dan Stevenson, 232-9829. Childcare provided. 4301 88th Ave. S.E. 232-2900.