The Silver Spring Penguin

After this weekend’s rough weather and rougher football games, The Penguin newsroom’s status has returned to DEFCON-5. Free donut-and-latte service resumes in The Penguin pantry this morning, and The Penguin masseur is still on schedule to make the rounds Wednesday.

Looking for the same action from your employer? Can’t help you there, but feel free to check out The Penguin’s tricked-out event calendar on the home page. Click on a specific date to see what’s cooking, or just stare at the calendar as is. That pensive look on your face as you study this month’s events should be enough to keep your boss away.

Still need to dodge work? Get a load of this week’s offerings:

Monday

7:00 p.m. Silver Spring’s citizens advisory board holds its monthly powwow at the Gwendolyn Coffield Community Center (2450 Lyttonsville Rd). The empowerment is free and open to the public.

Tuesday

7:00 p.m. The AFI Silver Theatre (8633 Colesville Rd) rolls the documentary “Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections” (2008), which examines alleged fraud in recent US elections. A discussion with filmmaker David Earnhardt and other panelists drops right after the flick. Hit it at $10 per seat.

7:30 p.m. The advocacy group Action Committee for Transit hosts a panel discussion on the hype and reality of transit-oriented development. The free flap hits the Silver Spring Center (8818 Georgia Ave) and is open to the public.

Wednesday

10:30 a.m. County officials finally drive a shovel in the ground and turn over some dirt for Silver Spring’s civic center and veterans plaza. The groundbreaking hits Ellsworth Drive at Fenton Street and is open to the public.

7:30 p.m. Silver Spring’s commercial and economic development committee discuss, well, Silver Spring’s commercial and economic development. The show kicks it at the Silver Spring Regional Center (8435 Georgia Ave) and is open to the public.

Thursday

3:30 p.m. The county planning board mulls over a proposed increase to building heights and densities that would accommodate workforce housing. The gab goes down at planning board HQ (8787 Georgia Ave) and is open to the public.

Lead photo courtesy of Flickr user Ralcoh.