Blue November MicroFilmFest is celebrating its seventh annual festival and fourth year in Greenwood with three days of independent film, music, art and dance, starting tonight.

The MicroFilmFest has previously been held at Green Bean Coffee House and Upper Crust Catering. Since Green Bean was destroyed by an arsonist last month, this year’s festival will all take place at Upper Crust, 8420 Greenwood Ave. N.

Premiering tonight is “The Marriage of Luna and Sol,” a film shot live at last year’s festival. Copies of the film and “The Pass,” also shot on location at the Green Bean, will be sold, with all of the proceeds going to the Greenwood Fire Relief Fund.

The festival runs from 8 p.m. to midnight today, 7 p.m. – midnight Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. It’s free, but donations are welcome.

ART – local artist Yvonne Palermo will be joined by representations of Tulsa artist and award designer Neil Cluck, photographer Fae Wiedenhoeft, Chandelle Anderson and many more. Local vendors and artists from the surrounding community will also join the artists.

MUSIC – in an effort to bring more focus and equality to our musical performers, we will be combining these performances with the film screenings. This music is both diverse and unique in an over-saturated music scene, featuring the local talent of Trip Like Animals, Invisible Giants, SeaStar, Julia Massey, Syren, Joe Higgins and many more.

FILM – the centerpiece of any film festival is the gift and art of the visual artist. We have received films from all over the World and from all walks of life offering a multitude of expression and viewpoint. We have chosen the best, the most diverse and the most passionate, with selections from and a focus on the local community. We are continuing the annual awards competition and Filmmaker Q&A, and we are adding our first workshops on the afternoon of November 14th, as a free event to help inspire and inform Seattle’s next filmmakers.

Tara Academy of Irish Dancing is moving into the space right next door to Pillager’s Pub, at 8551 Greenwood Ave. N.

They’ve held variou music and dance classes at Holy Names Academy and at the Phinney Neighborhood Center. We’ll let you know when we hear back from the owners with more details.

The Phinney Neighborhood Center hosts its annual Day of the Dead celebration at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 6th.

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) begins with a candelight procession and ends with a festival at the Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. Add your own personalized treasures to the community altar and enjoy live music, hot chocolate and crafts.

Gather in the parking lot at 6:15 p.m. for the start of the procession, led by VamoLa! musicians and dancers. Check out Aztec dance by the Salinas family at 7:30; poetry reading by Los Nortenos at 8 p.m.; and a musical performance by Trio Lucero del Norte at 8:15 p.m.

SPACE: A Design Build Collective on the corner of Greenwood Avenue and N. 76th St. is reworking its policy on renting out its space to other groups after a neighborhood uproar over loud parties this summer.

Harlequin Source School was occasionally renting the building for dance performances, but then apparently sublet the space to someone who let a party get out of hand, according to numerous comments in a previous post about Harlequin.

The front door to SPACE is the green awning to the left.

We received a note from Isaac Marcum, who is now working with SPACE to manage its Venue and Education Center.

Harlequin Source School has vacated the building leaving room for much positive change. Hosting such gatherings as the private party that occurred here in late August has never been the intention of SPACE. That event happened without discussion or knowledge of the building management and was completely inappropriate. We are sorry for our lack of oversight and will make sure it does not happen again as we move forward.

Some of the things we are doing is enforcing a preset “db” rating for the space. What that means is we are investing in a db tester that rates the volume of sound. We will then test to find what the max setting is that does not disrupt our neighbors. After we find that rating we will place a strict rule about it for all gatherings, night or day. This preset db rating will even be included in the agreement for use of the space.

Our intention is to use the space as a creative hub as well as host small, private events such as baby showers, birthday parties, Biznik events, workshops, and so on. These smaller events will have little to no impact, and we hope to work with everyone on this to make it a positive experience for everyone.

I hope to hear any concerns the community has and would love to keep communication open about how we can both respect our local community as well as be a resource. Thank you everyone who has shared your opinions thus far. I will take all these concerns to heart and move forward to an ever-increasing positive place with SPACE.

Harlequin Source School is a unique movement studio that unifies dance, circus, martial arts, and yoga into one incredibly cool space inside SPACE: A Design Build Collective at 7601 Greenwood Ave. N., Suite 103. Harlequin is now introducing classes for the community.

The Harlequin Source School began with a fighter turned tango dancer and art representative from Boulder, CO. She met a San Francisco native theater artist and choreographer in a Seattle blues dance venue. Over a month, they discovered a shared passion for education, community and of all things, the Circus. A desire to blend all of these interests into something entirely new was born, and within another month the desire had a name.

The first to rehearse at HSS were the Harlequin Hipsters, a dancing troupe of acrobatic jesters under the direction of Ryan Barret. Now, members of the troupe contribute their knowledge from disciplines as varied as ballet and clowning or partner acrobatics and tango.

Harlequin has classes for capoeira, yoga, poi (firedancing), Argentine tango, hip-hop, aerial dance, fusion dance, modern dance and hula-hooping. There’s even a Kid’s Circus class for ages 7-13. Check out the full schedule.

Inside the 2,000 square foot space they’ve got a 500-square-foot sprung dance floor, 20-foot tall ceilings, lounge areas, mirrored wall, counter and table space, and bathrooms. Here’s the crowd after a recent performance by the Harlequin Hipsters:

And in case you were wondering what that shiny metal box is on top of the building…

That’s the space for another innovative group, Versatile Arts, which offers aerial performance classes in what they call The Cathedral.