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This Friday at Bell + Whete is Green Flash Behind the Craft night. Director of Beer Education, Dave Adams, will be leading a fun and interactive class on the most popular beverage in the world, beer! He’ll also be bringing Green Flash beers to pair with Bell + Whete fare. $25 per person (tax and gratuity not included). Reservations are encouraged and can be made online or at 206-538-0180.

If you love Italian wines then you should take the opportunity to meet eight of Italy’s finest winemakers (and one from Spain). McCarthy and Schiering is hosting the event and all wineries are represented by the Vias Imports portfolio that provides its clients with access to the some of the most diverse Italian wines imported into the United States. Wines from the Produttori del Barbaresco, Fossacole, Bruni and La Salette will be served among others. The event will be held on Wednesday, May 13th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Swedish Cultural Center located on the east side of Queen Anne hill where there is plenty of free parking. Tickets are $19.95 plus tax and may be purchased by calling 206.524.9500.And in West Seattle news – the junction is getting a Moroccan-fusion restaurant in Itto’s which is slated to open on or before July 1st. The West Seattle Blog reports that the new restaurant will be located in the space formerly occupied by Firefly Cafe and Creperie and will feature a blend of Moroccan, Spanish, French and Jewish cuisines on a menu that will rotate weekly. Brothers Khalid and Aziz Agour are the proprietors and also run Toscana Pizzeria on Capitol Hill.