Female arm wrestlers Feb. 19
The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers is holding "CLLAW V" Friday, Feb. 19, at The Mystic Celt, 3443 N. Southport, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.
Tickets are $25 and include access to a three-hour open bar. Proceeds from the benefit, brought by Sideshow Theatre Company, will benefit Rock for Kids. See www.cllaw.wordpress.com or www.SideshowTheatre.org .
Red Stars holding winter clinics
The local women's pro team Chicago Red Stars is holding multiple soccer clinics throughout Chicagoland.
Several sessions include the opportunity to learn alongside Red Stars defender and 1999 World Cup champion Kate Markgraf as well as Red Stars forward and former University of Illinois All-American Ella Masar. Space is limited for the Red Stars' winter clinics, so register early.
Contact Red Stars Camp Director Kate Westfall at 708-496-9511, or register online at ChicagoRedStars.com . Winter sessions run through Feb. 27.
Skibudz going to Whistler, B.C.
The LGBT club Skibudz is going to Whistler, British Columbia, March 2-7 for Whistler's Winter Pride.
Members are staying at the Coast Blackcomb Suites at Whistler, which is a "ski-in/ski-out" location.
Direct flights from O'Hare Airport to Vancouver are available, and are most expensive than flights that have layovers in Seattle, Wash. A bus is available for about $108 Canadian ( $101 U.S. ) round trip. A lift ticket is approximately another $350 Canadian ( $326 U.S. ) .
See www.skibudz.org .