Thursday 9/03

Building and Standards Com­mis­sion Special-Called Meeting A presentation and discussion related to the City Repeat Offender Program for commercial rental properties. Austin Code Dept. Director Carl Smart and UT Law professor Heather Way will speak. 6pm. Rutherford Lane Campus, 1520 Rutherford. www.austintexas.gov/bsc.

South Central Waterfront: Design Workshop Help inform designers planning for great public spaces in this area of Lady Bird Lake. See p.14 for more. 6-8:30pm. Texas School for the Deaf, 1102 S. Congress. www.austintexas.gov/waterfront.

Public Meeting: Flooding Near South Lamar Watershed Protection staff will discuss short- and long-term relief. 7pm. Faith United Methodist Church, 2701 S. Lamar. www.austintexas.gov/stormdrains.

Friday 9/04

“Invisible in Austin” Launch Party Book release and panel discussion. 7pm. BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar. www.othersidesofaustin.com.

Saturday 9/05

Artist’s Info Meet­ing Learn how to submit artwork for the 2016 People’s Gallery Exhibition, opening Feb. 2016. 10:30-11:30am. Spicewood Springs Library, 8637 Spicewood Springs Rd. www.austintexas.gov/department/peoples-gallery.

Monday 9/07

Texas Inmate Fami­lies Assoc. Meeting Get your questions about the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice answered on the first Monday of each month. Sunrise Community Church, 4430 Manchaca. Free. www.tifa.org.

Tuesday 9/08

Carpenter Lecture: Robert Reich Former Secretary of Labor, “one of the world’s leading thinkers about work and the economy,” delivers this annual address. Lady Bird Aud., LBJ Library, 2313 Red River. Free. www.utexas.edu/cola/plan2/news.

Wednesday 9/09

Fight For $15 General Meeting Fast-food workers campaigning for a $15 an hour minimum wage. 7-8:30pm.
Terrazas Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez. www.fightfor15.org.

Ongoing

Summer Days: Kitten Craze The Austin Animal Center’s summer adoption special: $25 for a cat or kitten that’s spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped. Pets over 7 years old are free. Through Sept. 7. Austin Animal Center, 7201 Levander Loop. www.austinanimalcenter.org.

This article appears in September 4 • 2015.

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