Local news briefs News-Chronicle Green Bay "Talk to Her" Wednesday The Green Bay Film Society is hosting a screening of Pedro Almodovar's "Talk to Her" and a discussing about the film Wednesday at the Historic West Theatre, corner of Walnut Street and Broadway. Cristina Ortiz, a Spanish professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will introduce the film at 5:45 p.m. and the screening starts at 6 p.m. Discussion will follow. Tickets can be purchased at the door for regular admission price. Globalization lecture Tuesday "Power and Resistance in the New World Order," a speech by York University political science professor Stephen Gill, will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Christie Theater, University Union, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. The topic is the title of Gill's new book, which focuses on the globalization of power. The event is free and open to the public. Wise Women get $33,000 grant The Wise Woman Gathering Place has been awarded a $33,000 grant to implement the Community Based Abstinence Culture Project. The project brings abstinence-until-marriage education to eighth-grade students at the Oneida Nation's Turtle School and the Menominee Nation Elementary School in Neopit. The gathering place, located at 2488 Babcock Road, Green Bay, is a resource center with books, videos, models and health-related learning aids. Northeast Wisconsin March Madness could increase gambling The Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling, based in Green Bay, is warning that March Madness could mean an increase in problem gambling for some people and their families. Gamblers can see the college basketball tournament as a last chance to recoup losses. The council is hosting its fifth annual conference Thursday-Saturday at the Radisson Hotel Milwaukee Airport. For more information or to register, call 1-800-426-2535 or visit www.wiproblemgamblers.org. To receive confidential help 24 hours a day, call 1-800-GAMBLE-5. Madison Gov. mansion tours available Public tours of Wisconsin's Executive Residence, the home of Gov. Jim Doyle and First Lady Jessica Doyle, will take place every Thursday, starting April 3. The tours will be held noon-3 p.m. each week, continuing through August. Guided tours last 20-30 minutes and include a brief history of the building and a tour of the first floor. The tours are free. Groups of 25 or more are required to make reservations at 608-246-5501. The building is located at 99 Cambridge Road, Madison.