Seven Phinney Ridge and Greenwood restaurants are participating in Thursday’s “Dine Out For Life” by the Lifelong AIDS Alliance. They’ll donate a portion of your bill to the organization’s fight against illness and hunger.

Here’s the list of participating restaurants in our neighborhood (you can check out the full city-wide list here.):

• Red Mill Burgers
• Santa Fe Café
• Stumbling Goat Bistro
• 74th Street Ale House
• Naked City Brewery & Taphouse
• Razzi’s Pizzeria
• The Olive and Grape

The popular Greenwood Lit Crawl is back for its fourth installment this Saturday, featuring four Greenwood venues: Ampersand Pantry & Cafe, Neptune Coffee, The Yard Cafe, and Naked City Brewery & Taphouse.

Starting at 7 p.m. at Ampersand Pantry & Cafe, 424 N. 85th St., Suite A: Steve Potter, Laura Neuman and Robert Kaye.

At 8 p.m. at Neptune Coffee, 8415 Greenwood Ave. N.: Raul Sanchez, Corinne Manning and Janie Miller.

At 9 p.m. at The Yard Cafe, 8313 Greenwood Ave. N.: Roberto Ascalon, Chris Gusta and Lydia Swartz.

Finally at 10 p.m. at Naked City Brewery & Taphouse, 8564 Greenwood Ave. N.: Greg Bem, Rauan Klassnik, Laura Wachs and Thomas Gray.

Naked City Brewery & Taphouse and Humanities Washington’s popular Think & Drink series is back on Tuesday, Feb. 19 with a hot topic.

“An Even Greener Washington: The Future of Marijuana Post-I-502” features attorney and author of I-502 Alison Holcomb, and Seattle Police Department Public Affairs Director Sgt. Sean Whitcomb. It will be moderated by KUOW’s Ross Reynolds.

Think & Drink begins at 7 p.m. on Feb. 19 at Naked City, 8564 Greenwood Ave. N. Admission is free; food and drinks are on you.

The third Greenwood Lit Crawl is set for Saturday, Jan. 26, and will hit Chocolati Cafe, Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Cafe, Bherd Studios, and Naked City Brewery & Taphouse.

Besides writers and poets, organizers (calling themselves Five Alarms) have added music and film for a multimedia experience. The whole event is free; you just purchase your beverages and food.

It all starts at 5 p.m. at Chocolati Café, at 8319 Greenwood Ave. N., with performances by Aaron Kokorowski, Amy Billharz and Morris Stegosaurus from 5:20-6:10 p.m.

From 6:20-7:10 p.m., Couth Buzzard, 8310 Greenwood Ave. N., hosts Aaron Kemply, Arlene Kim and Theo Dzielak.

On your way to the next venue, check out an outdoor performance by Molly Mac from 7:20-7:30.

At Bherd Studios, 312 N. 85th St. Suite 101 (upstairs), hear Emily Wittenhagen, Queequeg, and Doug Nufer from 7:35-8:30 p.m.

Then from 8:40-9:30 it’s off to Naked City Brewery & Taphouse, 8564 Greenwood Ave. N., for performances by Tessa Hulls, John Burgess, David Lasky, and Karen Finneyfrock.

Naked City Brewery & Taphouse is sponsoring another “Think & Drink” event, this time on the topic of consumerism and happiness.

The free event is at 7 p.m. on Wed., April 4, at 8564 Greenwood Ave. N. “Consumerism and the Pursuit of Happiness” will be a conversation with John de Graaf and Laura Musikanski, coordinators of the Happiness Initiative. They’ll talk about the rise of consumerism in post-war America, and its impact on national happiness. The discussion moderator is Ross Reynolds, host of KUOW’s news-talk program “The Conversation.”

De Graaf is the filmmaker and author behind Affluenza; Musikanski is the former executive director of Sustainable Seattle. Together, they are coordinators of the Happiness Initiative (happycounts.org), a national nonprofit, nonpartisan project that studies and promotes conversations about the various factors influencing our personal and community well-being.

Think & Drink is sponsored by Humanities Washington.

Naked City Brewery & Taphouse is hosting the first “Think & Drink” event by Humanities Washington next Wednesday. The hosted conversation is called “The Politics Behind Your Pint,” and will explore the history of liquor laws.

Speakers include Steve Scher, event moderator and host of KUOW’s “Weekday”; William Rorabaugh, University of Washington professor and author of “The Alcoholic Republic”; and Charles Finkel, founder and president of Pike Brewing Co.

“Think & Drink” starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Naked City, 8564 Greenwood Ave. N. It’s free to attend. If you have any questions, you can email Zaki Abdelhamid at zaki@humanities.org, or call 206-682-1770.