Weekend revelry roundup: Stand up comedy, Mariners, and Grandmas

Are you looking for a chance to volunteer this weekend? The Downtown Everett Association is holding it's 5th annual Planting Day on Saturday. Volunteers are needed to help play 3,000 flowers in over 270 planters throughout downtown Everett. You can get details at dowtowneverttpartners.org Do you have some hard to recycle items at home taking up space? Things like Styrofoam, electronics, household batteries, fluorescent lightbulbs and more can be recycled at the Evergreen State Fair Park in Monroe on Saturday from 10-2. You'll want to look for the red lot. There This weekend it's the 5th annual Grandma Conference! The Seattle Gambian Grandma Association is putting on the event Saturday at the Washington West African Center Hall in Lynwood. There will be panels as well as refreshments. You can get more details at wawac.org Are you familiar with the term, Bruceploitation? According to the Grand Illiusion Cinema, "within hours of Bruce Lee's funeral, Hong Kong movie studios began to produce hundreds of unauthorized biopics, sequels, prequels, spin-offs, and rip-offs starring a competing series of Lee lookalikes. Over the next decade, fueled by both deception and demand, ‘Bruceploitation’ would become a staple of global cinema". The Grand Illusion Cinema is showing a new documentary exploring Bruceploitation, called Enter The Clones of Bruce on Saturday and Sunday, as well as a couple of famous Bruce Lee spin off movies. Get details at grandillusioncinema.org  At the Cornish Playhouse it's the Creative Works Pop-Up Market and Flatstock 94. It's your chance to be around creative people as that's the whole idea, sharing your creative side. There are presentations, panels and networking opportunities. If you want to support some of the artists or get some new art there's an open to the public market and, according to Creative Works "They have teamed up with the American Poster Institute (API) to bring you FLATSTOCK 94! Join us Friday & Saturday  at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center from 10 - 6pm to see and shop prints from poster artists from all across the globe"  The Upper Left Comedy festival is underway in Belltown. This weekend long event will be highlighting not only some of the funniest stand up comedians from the Pacific Northwest, but some acts from around the country as well. There are a few venues with different lineups, so to get tickets and to plan ahead, check out upperleftfest.com  The Mariners are back in town this weekend taking on the Arizona Diamondbacks. Old friend Eugenio Suarez will be taking the field and there is a special promo for each game this weekend. Turn Ahead the Clock Jersey night is tonight, 90's Night is tomorrow and Little League day is Sunday. Might have to deal with a little rain but no worries when there is a roof right?  This is just a sample of what is going on in the region this weekend, if you know of stuff going on in your area, let me know at PaulH@kiroradio.com.  Paul Holden KIRO News Radio