One of the funnest events the Greenwood Senior Center puts on is its monthly Bingo/Karaoke, where lots of youngsters join the seniors for a raucous good time. Friday night they’re doing it again from 7-10 p.m.

Just $10 gains you entrance to the Bingo/Karaoke Hall and 8 game cards. Each game offers a $30 cash prize if you win. There are also a few “special” games for an extra $2 apiece that payout anywhere from $30-$130 depending on how many people play. Beer and wine are a mere $3 apiece. Hot dogs, chili, jalapeno poppers, popcorn, cookies, and other munchies are available for under $5 as well.

Bingo/Karaoke is held on the last Friday of every month from 7-10 p.m. at the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St. Parties of eight or more are asked to call ahead to reserve a table, because the room is usually packed: 206-297-0875.

If you want to see the good times of past events, check out these YouTube videos of the whole room doing The Twist, Sweet Caroline and a spirited rendition of Wham’s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.

The indoor child play space playmatters at 7720 Greenwood Ave. has been sold. Owner Valerie Anker decided to sell because she had a new baby and a “terrific” job opportunity with a friend. Playmatters is closed today, Thursday and Monday as she gets ready to hand over the reins to the new owner, starting next Tuesday.

Val forwarded our info request on to the new owner, so we’ll update the post with some information about her as soon as we hear back.

Thanks, Amy, for the tip!

We received a tip from a PhinneyWood reader about crime tape around an investigation just south of 87th St. this morning, then this recently appeared on the Seattle Police Department blotter:

Serious assault in Greenwood: On April 21st at approximately 2:00 a.m., North Precinct officers responded to a call of a man down in the 8500 Block of Greenwood Avenue North. Officers arrived at the location and found an unresponsive man, in his 30′s, bleeding from injuries to his head. He was transported to Harborview Medical Center by Seattle Fire Department medics. His injuries have been described as life-threatening. The Homicide/Assault Unit is investigating.

Update 6 p.m.: KING 5 News has the story on 44-year-old Todd Boettger, who was severely beaten and is fighting for his life at Harborview Medical Center.

Four finalists have been chosen for this year’s Phinney Farmers Market logo, to be used on T-shirts and shopping bags. Vote online for your favorite by May 1.

Phinney’s Farmers Market runs 3-7 p.m. May 29 through October in the lower parking lot of the Phinney Center.

The PNA has partnered with the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance , a community-based non-profit which brings Washington State farmers into the city to sell their farm-fresh produce.

At the Phinney Farmers Market, farmers from both sides of the Cascades offer their own fresh-picked fruit, herbs and all kinds of fresh, seasonal vegetables. The market is rounded out with local honey, jams, farmstead cheeses, fresh pasta, sweet and hard cider, baked goods and ready-to eat offerings.

The Phinney Farmers Market is the place to be on a Friday evening, whether you are simply shopping or staying for dinner. Choices include wood-fired pizza, Vietnamese spring rolls, and dishes from Pan Africa, a PNA tenant. There’s even entertainment from 4 – 6 p.m. each week!

Please consider walking, biking or busing if you can.

The businesses and residents around the corner of 73rd & Linden in East Phinney are holding a community meeting on April 28 to discuss safety and beautification issues for the area that’s just one block off Aurora Avenue.

The meeting is at the new Sugarcomb Salon at 780 N. 73rd St., (you can see just the corner of Sugarcomb on the left, next to the very busy intersection) from 6:30-8 p.m. Special guests: Jim Curtin, Community Traffic Liason; Beth Pflug, Neighborhood District Coordinator; and Historians Paul Dorpat & Greg Lange. “Learn about the history of the intersection and what we can do to make it a safer, more beautiful community location. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.”

To celebrate the Woodland Park Zoo’s new Humboldt Penguin exhibit (which opens May 2), the Zoo is teaming up with The Greenwood Collective for the Penguins on the March art project.

Artists will decorate 22-inch fabricated penguins, which will then “migrate” through Seattle neighborhoods before arriving at The Greenwood Collective during the July 10th monthly art walk for a silent auction to benefit the zoo’s field conservation projects.

The Call for Artists lasts through April 30. Artists of all ages and experience levels are invited. Artists can submit online. Painting parties (including workshops for amateurs) will be held at The Greenwood Collective in May, and the “march” will kickoff in June – including migrating neighborhood displays in Greenwood-Phinney, Ballard and Fremont.

The annual “Dine Out For Life” to help fight AIDS is on April 30. Participating restaurants will donate 30% of your meal cost to Lifelong AIDS Alliance to support their critical care services.

Participating Phinney Ridge and Greenwood restaurants include: 74th St. Ale House, Pig ‘n Whistle, Romio’s Pizza and Pasta, Carmelita, Oliver ‘sTwist, Red Mill Burgers, Mae’s Phinney Ridge Cafe, and Santa Fe Cafe.  Check out the full list online.

The Phinney Neighborhood Association’s PNA Kids! program is sponsoring a new summer camp for preschool children ages 3-5 years at their Whittier Kids! location.

The preschool staff is excited and has created a curriculum with engaging activities and lots of fun for all. The camp will offer week long themes from July 6 through August, 1. For more information, visit us on our website. PNA Kids! is also rolling out another great summer for kids 5-12 years in our Summer Safari program with two locations – Phinney Center and Whittier Elementary. Come by and pick up a brochure or check it out online at www.phinneycenter.org/youth/main.shtml to see what plans we have in store for summer fun!

Tricia sent us some great photos from the fifth annual Fishing Kids event by the Bathhouse Theatre at Green Lake today. Here are her kids Matthew (left), John and Annie (in white shirt with face hidden), getting a little instruction:

The program is put on by the Department of Fish and Wildlife, CAST for Kids, and Seattle Parks and Recreation. For $5, kids got a rod and reel, T-shirt, bait and could catch up to two fish. Fish & Wildlife rangers and Seattle firefighters talked to the kids about water safety, and volunteers showed kids how to bait their hook and use their rod and reel. Here’s Tricia’s son, Jojo, showing off his catch:

Catching the fish was actually quite easy — to get the kids excited (and mine were!) — at the swimming area behind the Bathhouse Theater they set up nets and stocked it with 4,000 trout! My kids came away with 2 each – so we definitely have a tasty dinner planned for tonight! Many helpful hands were on board (in orange vests) to help the kids catch fish and bop ‘em on the head once they were out of the water. They even had a cleaning station set up to gut the fish so we could bring them home to eat.

The annual St. John School Auction, ”Make a Splash!” is Friday, April 24, 7-10 p.m. in the school’s Egan Hall, 120 N. 79th St. The auction, with five large silent auction sections and a mini live auction, is free and open to the public. There are also kid raffle tables with the tickets costing $1.

This year’s theme is “Make a Splash!” According to auction organizers, “It is a call to use the gifts that we have been given to make a difference in our school community. We all have unique ways in which to make a “splash” this year.”

Screaming Flea Productions, based in Georgetown, is producing a TV pilot for a home makeover show. They’re scouting locations throughout the Seattle area for the perfect house and family.

We are a Seattle-based television production company looking for messy families for a pilot we’ll be shooting this summer for a major cable network. It’s a budget home design show with an emphasis on organization. We’ll have a professional organizer help you sort through all your clutter and then we’ll find creative, attractive solutions for your organizational quandaries. So, if you’re an outgoing couple or family with clutter taking over your home we’d love to hear from you.

We’ll be doing location scouts over the next few weeks, so please contact us at makeovertvshow@gmail.com with a little about yourselves and photos of your mess.

Neptune Coffee in Greenwood has “Buffyverse” trivia about the show, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” tonight from 8-10 p.m. It’s part of their regular round of trivia nights and other events.

While you’re there, weigh in on which Molly Moon ice cream flavor you’d like for them to add to their freezer. We haven’t had the pleasure of trying the Wallingford creation, but we’ve discovered people are quite passionate about the ice cream maker known for making unusual flavors including basalmic strawberry, cardamom and Thai iced tea.