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Chicagoan Gertrude Abercrombie–some of whose paintings are part of the current exhibit “The ‘New Woman’ in Chicago, 1910-1945: Paintings From Illinois Collections”–is also the subject of a slide talk today by Roosevelt University’s Susan Weininger, who’s spent ten years studying Abercrombie. Weininger shares a bill with Donna Blue Lachman, who’ll discuss the lives of Frida Kahlo and Rosa Luxemburg at this free Chicago Area Women’s History Conference event. It starts at 2 in the East Room on the first floor of the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton. Call 938-0990.
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Three local bands–steamy funkers Uptighty, the slightly off-beat Mint Aundry, and Fig Dish–rock Lounge Ax tonight as a benefit for the local chapter of CISPES, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador. The money will send some Chicago observers to the upcoming Salvadoran elections. Tickets are being sold on a sliding scale, from $6 to $10. Lounge Ax is at 2438 N. Lincoln. It starts at 9. Call 227-2720.
A Chicago Headline Club meeting tonight takes a look at the city’s women sports journalists. On the dais: Trib sports editor Margaret Holt, WMVP senior sports reporter Cheryl Raye, and Trib sports reporter Julie Deardorff. They’ll talk about acceptance, both in locker rooms and in the newsroom; the cooperation of the various sports leagues; and how their gender works for or against them with female athletes. The program costs $8, $7 if you’re a member of the sponsoring Chicago chapter of the Society of Professional Publicists–er, Journalists. It starts at 6 in Room C on the second floor of the IBM building, 330 N. Wabash. Call 708-834-0090, ext. 435.
In the old days they called Louis Freeh the “nation’s top crimebuster”; now he’s just the FBI head known for being a refreshingly “straight arrow” appointee after the shenanigans of Reagan’s William Webster. The ranking G-man hits town today for a talk before the Executives’ Club of Chicago, at noon in the Grand Ballroom of the Palmer House, 17 E. Monroe. The $48 ticket ($38 for Executives’ Club members) gets you lunch and Freeh’s views on America’s crime problem. Call the club at 263-3500.
