Thursday 01

FRIENDS OF BARTON SPRINGS POOL CLEANING Roll up your sleeves to maintain an Austin jewel. 10am-6pm. Free. www.friendsofbartonspringspool.org.

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY May Day celebration with music, poetry, soapbox speeches, and more. 5:30-10pm. Resistencia Bookstore,
4926 E. Cesar Chavez.
Free. www.facebook.com/events/1435501726689993.

Friday 02

FUND DEVELOPMENT TOWN HALL Nonprofit leaders discuss the challenges facing professional fundraisers and those who work with them. 9am. The Westin, 11301 Domain. $90; $75 for Greenlights members. www.greenlights.org.

PROJECT CONNECT Study team makes long-awaited transit recommendation to the Central Corridor Advis­ory Group. 1:30pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second. Free. www.austintexas.gov.

Saturday 03

TEXAS NORML’S ANNUAL TEXAS MARIJUANA MARCH Help bring sanity to the drug war. 4pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second. www.texasnorml.org.

Monday 05

SXSW INPUT: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION will consider crime, emergency response, and related issues. 4pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second.

Tuesday 06

SXSW INPUT: MUSIC COMMIS­SION will consider venue, sound, and related issues. Noon-7pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second.

TOWN LAKE METRO PARK PUBLIC VISIONING SESSION Help steer the future of Auditorium Shores and Butler Park. 6pm. Fiesta Gardens, 2100 Jesse E. Segovia, Free, but RSVP required: www.austinparks.org/auditorium-shores.

Proposed Golf Course at WALTER E. LONG METRO PARK Community outreach meeting. 6:30pm. Turner-Roberts Rec Center, 7201 Colony Loop Dr.

Wednesday 07

CARY ANNUAL DISTIN­GUISHED SPEAKER BENEFIT Orange Is the New Black author Piper Kerman speaks at Council on At-Risk Youth benefit. 6pm. AT&T Center, 1900 University. $150. www.cary4kids.org.

TEXAS NORML’S OPEN MEET­ING, DREADNECK WEDNESDAY, AND SMOKIN’ STAND-UP Monthly cannabis reform meeting with special guest Kinky Fried­man. 8pm. Flamingo Cantina,
515 E. Sixth. Free. www.texasnorml.org.

This article appears in May 2 • 2014.

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