It Came from the Neo-Futurarium II: The Final Chapter.

Tonight's the final installment of this summer's dramatic reading of less-than-classic film scripts by the Neo-Futurist theatre company. It Came from the Neo-Futurarium II closes the season with a presentation of the early-CGI-era movie Tron, featuring a cast of actors from the Atlanta theatre company Dad's Garage. Hope you've got your reservations by now, because this promises to be the ultimate film-script-reading-before-a-paying-audience experience! Show begins at 8:00 at the Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland. Reservations: 773-275-5255.

Chi Vets at Seminar

Chicago Veterans night at Seminar, the drum & bass weekly at Big Wig:

- Snuggles and Slak : from the Silk Cut I era
- Casper : old school atmospheric jungle
- Kid Entropy : '98 Bristol bizness
- Phil Free Art : pure hardcore

1551 W. Division, 21+, $7.

14th National Poetry Slam

The 14th National Poetry Slam begin today. Three days passes will be sold by the Chopin Theater, and cover can be paid at any of the individual venues the throughout the event.
Marc Smith, a construction worker in Chicago, started an audience-participated open mike poetry slam at the Green Mill in 1986. The format spread throughout the world. Now, all the top winners are going to be descending on Chicago beginning the first full week in Chicago to see who can give the best...um...oral slam down.