Just tuning in to the city's 2013 political races? This week is a great opportunity to catch a candidate forum.

Four are occuring on Tuesday evening alone. They feature incumbents Robert Lilligren and Meg Tuthill, who will be going head-to-head against their aggressive challengers for the first time since the DFL conventions.

Not sure which ward you live in? Check our map of council races.

Tuesday:
Ward 10 council forum (Incumbent Meg Tuthill and Lisa Bender)
6:30 p.m.
Bryant Square Park

Ward 6 council forum (Incumbent Robert Lilligren and Abdi Warsame)
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
2400 Park Ave.,
Center for Changing Lives, Centrum Room

Ward 13 council forum (Four candidates vying for open seat)
7 a.m. -8:30 p.m.
Burroughs Elementary School

Uptake mayoral forum
7:30 p.m.
Downtown Minneapolis campus of the University of St. Thomas


Wednesday:
Mayoral forum on urban agriculture
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Sabathani Community Center Auditorium
310 E 38th St # 200, Minneapolis

Thursday:
Public housing mayoral forum
10 a.m. - noon
314 Hennepin Avenue South

Pictured: A recent Ward 13 forum in southwest Minneapolis