For the last week I've been experimenting with the new Google Calendar service. It's still in beta, which is clear from some aspects, particularly in publishing public events. Nonetheless, it's got a lot of potential, and it's worth checking out.

In the sidebar I've included a couple of links for those of you who might like to try it out. I've put a public calendar together with events from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the New World Symphony, and a few other miscellaneous events. It would be great if those organizations published their own calendars in the iCalendar standard, but no such luck yet. So I'm going to take it on myself to try to maintain something of interest to Hidden City readers. If you know of a similar calendar already available, mention it in the comments and I'll point readers in that direction.

On a related note, I'll be at the AIDS Walk on Sunday morning, and I hope you will be, too. If you are planning to be there, drop me a note.