Friday 7
Harry Golden Jr. of the Sun-Times made the city budget his personal beat in the he 21 years he covered City Hall. But when he died last summer, Golden left no heir to his obsession with the way government spends our money. The Citizens Information Service of Illinois knows it can’t fill Golden’s shoes, but it’ll try to unlock a few of the 1989 budget’s secrets when it sponsors The City Budget Process: What You Don’t Find Out at a Public Hearing. The free workshop runs from 9 to noon today in room 2 on the fourth floor of the Public Library Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington. For more information, call 939-4636.
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If the folks in the Revenue Department are really serious about getting parking-ticket scofflaws, they might stop by Catch a Rising Star tonight. Headliner Margaret Smith, a hometown girl and graduate of Second City, has been telling fans she moved to New York when she realized her parking fines totaled more than. $2,000. A David Letterman favorite, Smith has also appeared in The Blues Brothers, The Blob, and the recent Vibes. She’ll be performing at 8:30 at the club, located at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker. Tickets are $8 with a two-drink minimum. Call 565-4242.
Duane Jones, who played the last survivor in George Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead, is the bloodhungry lead of Ganja and Hess, a dark and smoky 1973 classic of black horror cinema directed by Pill Gunn. The Film Center of the School of the Art Institute presents this film with the director’s original African-music sound track as part of its horror-genre series. Chuck Kleinhans lectures at 6 PM; the film follows. It’s all at the school, on the corner of Jackson and Columbus. Admission is $5, $3 for Film Center and Art Institute members. Call 443-3733 for more.
Love him or hate him, there will probably not be another media manipulator as good as Ronald Reagan in the White House for a long time. As he stumps for George Bush, Reagan makes clear how uncomfortable both presidential nominees are in the spotlight. The Reagan magic is sure to be considered in tonight’s lecture by Dr. Doris Graber, Media Power in Campaign ’88. It’s free and begins at 7:30 at Governors State University, Route 54 and University Parkway in University Park. For more, call 534-5000, ext. 2422.
