The Silver Spring Penguin

The guys in The Penguin mailroom are gonna be pissed when they learn the new Fantastic Four flick won’t roll at SilverDocs.

Tough break, guys. Maybe you can take in what else this week has to offer.

Monday. Congressional Rep. Albert Wynn (D-Md 4) hits the Silver Spring Metro station at 10:30 a.m. to launch his re-election campaign. State comptroller Peter Franchot and Del. Sheila Hixson (D-Dist. 20) costar.

Monday. Silver Spring’s citizens advisory board holds its monthly shindig at the Silver Spring Public Library (8901 Colesville Rd). The board gets down and dirty starting at 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday. Need a new library or sewer line? Holler at the citizens advisory board, as they take requests for public construction projects. The hookup happens at 7:00 p.m. at the Round House Theatre Education Center (925 Wayne Ave).

Thursday. The transportation-management district committee plots to get area workers out of their cars and onto mass transit. The meeting goes down at 8:00 a.m. at Discovery Communications (1 Discovery Pl).

Thursday. In Rockville, members of the county council discuss proposed changes to road design. The wheeling and dealing drops at 2:00 p.m.

Thursday. Get a sneak peek at residential and commercial development in South Silver Spring. The presentation hits the Heliport Gallery (8001 Kennett St) at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday. Urban-design guy Michael Friedman talks about corridor redevelopment and open-space planning at planning board HQ (8787 Georgia Ave). The show starts at 7:00 p.m.