Balls in your court

The 57th Annual Seniors Tournament will be held at Reed Park on Jan. 27-28 and Feb. 3-4. Bring a chair, an umbrella for the beach weather and enjoy highly competitive tennis on the Westside for free. Age groups include 30 and over to 80 and over with five-year brackets in between.

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Winograd speaks for SM Democrats

Area Democrats can get the dish during a lecture called “Accomplishing our Progressive Agenda” on Wednesday, Jan. 31.

Marcy Winograd, President of Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles, will be the featured speaker at the next meeting of the Santa Monica Democratic Club.

Winograd challenged incumbent congressperson Jane Harman in 2006, receiving 38 percent of the vote. Winograd will speak at 7 p.m. at St. Anne’s Community Room on 20th Street and Colorado Avenue.

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Talk about transportation history

Professor Joseph Schwieterman, a nationally known transportation expert, will give a talk, “Trains, Planes & Automobiles: Perspectives on Santa Monica’s Rich Transportation History,” on Friday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Main Library’s Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard.

Schwieterman, a professor at DePaul University in Chicago, will offer a fast-paced look at the changing transportation scene, showing the audience scenes of the glory years of the Pacific Electric Railway, the heyday of the Santa Monica airport and other highlights from around the region. He will also be signing copies of his book, “When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment,” which contains a chapter on Santa Monica. A book sale and signing follows the program. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, call (310) 458-8600.

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