FEBRUARY
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer charts the swirling media overkill that obscured the dark tale of Wuornos, that rarest of all criminal oddities, a female serial killer. (She admitted killing seven men.) The film shows tonight at 8 and Sunday at 7 at Kino-Eye Cinema at Chicago Filmmakers, 1543 W. Division. Admission is $5, $2.50 for members. Call 384-5533 for more.
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The Chicago Public Library extends a helping hand to those in danger of becoming road kill on the information superhighway. A series of Saturday-afternoon classes–put on with the help of Harold Driscoll from the Chicago Computer Society–continues today at 1 with Computers: Getting Up to Speed. The free session will be held in the lower-level multipurpose room of the Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State. Call 747-4440.
Like martinis, red meat, and other cliches of bourgeois life, bridge is making a comeback. And it isn’t just for housewives anymore. Those who fear being left behind by this trend should show up today at the Ramada O’Hare, 6600 N. Mannheim in Rosemont, for the Chicago Contact Bridge Association’s semiannual convention. At 1:30 they’re having a game for supernovices during which it’s OK to ask questions. The entry fee is $3. Open games for players of all levels run from 1:30 to 7:30. Call 708-673-1965.
Edward James Olmos is best known for his role as Lieutenant Castillo on Miami Vice and his subsequent movie work. He played the hard-driving teacher in Stand and Deliver and directed and starred in American Me. But he’s also a tireless lecturer and campaigner against gang-banging and violence. He talks and answers questions at a free event at 7:30 tonight in Northwestern’s Tech Auditorium, 2145 Sheridan in Evanston. Call 708-491-2381 for details.
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The closing weekend of Solopalooza, the Splinter Group’s series of one-person works, features New York performance artist Camden Toy in Seven People Have Slapped Me in the Face. Also on the bill: a new piece from Chicago’s Deb Goldstein and Lisa Buscani with her new work, Real Women. Shows are tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday at 8 at the Splinter Group Studio, 1937 W. Division. Tix are $10. Call 342-7656.
