Thursday 02

CHARTER REVISION COMMITTEE MEETING Get in on some city redistricting fun while we wait to hear from the Supreme Court about the state maps. 6:30pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, Boards and Commissions room, 539-0070. www.austintexas.gov/charter.

SUMMER PLAYGROUND PRO­GRAMS MEETING The Parks and Recreation Department seeks input on the community’s priorities for summer programming around town. 6:30pm. Dove Springs Recreation Center, 5801 Ainez, 447-5875.

Friday 03

SPELMAN’S OFFICE HOURS Like most professors, Council Member Bill Spelman will be happy to see you during office hours. Unlike most professors, he’s going to be conveniently located at a coffee shop. 2-4pm. Flipnotics Coffeespace, 1601 Barton Springs Rd., 974-2256. Free. deena.estrada@austintexas.gov.

Sunday 05

MARKETS NOT CAPITALISM Author Charles Johnson and editor Gary Char­tier will discuss their book and all the socialism, capitalism, and other issues it entails. 6-8pm. MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop, 407-6925.

Monday 06

TRANSIT WORKING GROUP Visiting transit leaders offer stories and insight to the Capital Area Metro­pol­itan Plan­ning Organization’s Transit Working Group in this open-to-the-public “Best of the West” meeting of the minds. 5-6:30pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, 974-2220. Free.

TIFA MEETING The Texas Inmate Fam­ily Association invites anyone with a loved one in the Texas Depart­ment of Criminal Justice system to its monthly meetings. First Monday of each month, 6:30pm. Sunrise Community Church, 4430 Manchaca Rd. Free.

Tuesday 07

DANNY OPPENHEIMER posits Demo­cracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn’t Work at All Works So Well. He explains how voters and politicians can be so wrong, and yet democracy can work so well. Seating is first come, first served. 6pm. Barnes & Noble Arbor­etum, 10000 Research.

Ongoing

WDP SEEKS INTERNS Apply now for a summer internship with Workers Defense Project. There’s a wide range of openings for enterprising youths; learn about all the opportunities online. 5604 Manor Rd., 391-2305. www.workersdefense.org.

This article appears in February 3 • 2012.

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