Local filmmaker Tim Watkins will show a preview of his new indie movie “Photo Booth” from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday at Ed’s Kort Haus, 6732 Greenwood Ave. N. The event is also a fundraiser for Watkins’ next movie project, ”Easter Weekend The Movie,” which will be shot from Sept. 17-24 in Wapato. According to the website, the film is “a subversive thriller set in biblical times.”

At Thursday’s event, the first hour is for meeting and mingling, then from 6:30-7 p.m. Watkins will talk about the movies. The word premiere of “Photo Booth” begins at 7 p.m.

Photo Booth is a noir film set in 1970s Seattle about an idealistic young writer, Eric, who sets out to find the truth about what happened to the sexy and mysterious Emily, with whom he had shared one passionate night – only to be told that she has been murdered and that he is a suspect in her death.

Enter the raffle to win a signed copy of “Photo Booth,” a T-shirt signed by Watkins, and the chance to be an extra in ”Easter Weekend The Movie,” (and to be named in the credits).

Sugarcomb Salon, at the corner of North 73rd Street and Linden Avenue North at the nexus of Phinney/Green Lake, is sponsoring a unique fundraiser for victims of the Haiti earthquake. “Haircuts for Haiti” on Monday April 12 and April 19 will give all proceeds from the days’ haircuts to Children of the Nations’ “Hands on Haiti” project, which helps finance the ongoing medical care of children injured in Haiti’s earthquake.

Haircuts are available on a first-come first-served basis from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 12. For more information, check out their Facebook page.

Picnic food and wine boutique at 6801 Greenwood Ave. N. is turning its usual Thursday night wine taste from 5:30-7:30 p.m. into a fundraiser for Haiti earthquake relief efforts. (Picnic is a PhinneyWood sponsor.)

Our usual $8 wine tasting fee will be waived. Instead make the $8 suggested donation to help raise money for Haiti. All funds raised will be donated to ShelterBoxUSA.org. A great and effective solution to disaster relief.

Event features include a wine tasting and an Art Opening for Sierra Scott’s beautiful paintings. An Australian native, Sierra’s works have an aboriginal grit and truth that is at once harsh and beautiful. Our good friend Vito returns to pour a selection of Australian wines to pair with the images you will see.

10% of proceeds from ALL ART and ALL WINE SOLD will be donated to ShelterBoxUSA.org.

Here’s more information on ShelterBox:

Each ShelterBox is a large, rugged, green plastic container that holds a 10-person tent and a range of other equipment. In general, typical box contents could include:

• Thermal blankets and insulated ground sheets
• Waterproof ponchos and bin bags
• A multi-fuel stove that can burn anything from diesel to old paint
• Cooking pans, utensils, bowls and mugs
• Collapsible water containers and water purification tablets
• A basic tool kit – hammer, axe, saw, pliers, hoe head, trenching shovel, rope etc.
• A small, children’s pack containing drawing books, crayons, pens etc.

The Barking Dog Alehouse, 705 NW 70th St., is hosting a Haiti fundraiser at 7 p.m. tonight (Jan. 23) for People in Need Partnership.

Besides what the restaurant is kicking in, Georgetown Brewing Company, Deschutes Brewery and Diamond Knot Brewing have all donated beer. Proceeds from all four kegs alone could total $1,000, according to a restaurant manager.

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, Carmelita, 7314 Greenwood Ave. N, is serving a special menu, of which 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the Oxfam America Haiti relief fund. You can see the special menu here.

If you know of any other upcoming Haiti fundraisers not already mentioned, please post something in comments, or send us a note at tips@phinneywood.com.

Many people and businesses around Seattle are collecting donations or holding fundraisers for the victims of Tuesday’s Haiti earthquake. Here in Phinney, The Shop Agora, at 6417-A Phinney Ave. N., will have a donation box set up in their shop this weekend for Doctors Without Borders.

They’ll also be donating 100 percent of the proceeds from sales of their TAG cards. Agoro co-owner Alexis Saloutos created TAG Cards as a kind of “pay it forward” campaign. The idea is to give one of the cards to anyone who displays the quality printed on that card - such as Love, Honesty, Hope, Integrity, Joy, etc. They can keep the card or pass it on to someone else, as in “tag, you’re it.”

She started selling TAG cards this August. This weekend, each TAG Card will be $1 and Alexis and her husband, Nikos Spiliopoulos, will donate all the money to Haiti earthquake relief.

Nikos and I have been thinking about what we can do to help those in Haiti. We would love to see the neighborhood come together to support people enduring desperate circumstances.

The Phinney Community Chorus supports a school in Haiti with an annual fundraiser in June. In light of Tuesday’s devastating earthquake, the chorus tonight is dedicating 45 minutes of its rehearsal time tonight to singing some appropriate songs “with our Haitian friends in mind.”

Everyone is invited to come and listen to this impromptu concert at 8:15 p.m. in the Brick Building at the Phinney Neighborhood Center at 6532 Phinney Ave. N.

Normally, as we do at our June concert, we’d pass the hat for donations to our school, but the earthquake has disrupted our normal channels to the folks who run the school (it’s tricky getting money past corrupt government officials and into the hands of those who need it), so we’re encouraging folks who’d like to donate to relief efforts in Haiti to give via http://www.pih.org/home.html.

Get out your blue suede shoes and hair pomade, ‘cuz Elvis lives at the Greenwood Senior Center’s Casino Night this Saturday.

They’ll turn the center into the Vegas-themed “GSC Grand” where you can try your luck at Roulette, Black Jack, Craps, Caribbean Stud, and other Vegas-style games.

All games are run by professional dealers. Tickets are $35 and will buy you $30,000 in casino chips which you can later exchange for raffle tickets. High roller tickets are also available for $100. Of course, it wouldn’t be Vegas without Elvis! The King himself will provide all-night entertainment.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for the silent auction. Food, wine and beer will be served (the better to loosen up your wallets for the center’s biggest fundraiser of the year.)

Last week’s sold-out pre-screening of “Where the Wild Things Are” raised $47,000 for Greenwood’s non-profit writing and tutoring center, 826 Seattle, Seattlest reports.

The money will be used to support 826 Seattle’s after-school tutoring, writing workshops and field trips for children ages 6-18. 826 Seattle also raises money through its storefront, Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co.

Everyone is invited to the first-ever fundraiser for the Greenwood Elementary School library at Santoro’s Books at 7405 Greenwood Ave. N. on Thursday, May 28, from 6 p.m. until closing.

Owner Carol Santoro will donate 20 percent of all sales during event hours to the school’s library. If you can’t make it, you can call - 206-784-2113 - or email your order and the school will still get the 20 percent donation.

Thanks to Christopher Brown for the photo and tip!

Snoose Junction Part Dieu at 10406 Holman Rd. is hosting Greenwood Elementary nights on the second Tuesday of the month through summer. If customers mention Greenwood Elementary School, then 10 percent of their sale will go to the school. The first fundraiser is tonight.

The Cambodian non-profit Tiny Toones is holding a fundraiser in Greenwood Friday night to raise funds to help teach basic education, gang intervention and prevention, and HIV/AIDS awareness to youth off the streets of Phnom Penh.

The community fundraiser is from 6-10 p.m. Friday at the Greenwood Collective, 8537 Greenwood Ave. N. Admission is $15; advance tickets for $10 are on sale online. Youth under the age of 13 get in free.

Tiny Toones uses breakdancing, hip-hop music and contemporary art to empower Cambodian youth. Seven Tiny Toones youth will be here as part of the national fundraising tour. The event will feature entertainment by 2nd Language, Khmer In Action, Massive Monkees and Tiny Toones. There’ll also be local art, a live auction, raffle, refreshments and Tiny Toones merchandise available for purchase.

Seattle firefighters are asking for donations at the corner of Greenwood Avenue and 85th Street today (Friday) to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

This annual “Fill the Boot” fundraiser runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Drivers are encouraged to toss cash, checks and change into the boots. Since 1954, “Fill the Boot” campaigns have raised more than $300 million for MDA. Today, firefighters hope to raise $100,000. The Seattle campaign helps support UW Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in addition to a summer camp for kids.