Friday, April 16, 1999
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A guide to help make your day
Going out
Rock'n country: David Kersh plays Coyote's Music and Dance Hall in Fort Mitchell. Doors open 7 p.m. today. Get in for $12. It's an 18-and-older show. 341-5150.
Bad boy: Dan Kenney plays the man who would do anything for a crown in Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival's Braveheart-meets-the-mall take on Richard III,8 p.m. today, 719 Race St., downtown. Tickets $10-$16, 381-2273. .
Concert of champions: Northern Kentucky Symphony maestro J.R. Cassidy teams with Cincinnati 2012's Nick Vehr (that's right) for a show featuring amazing feats on the clarinet by Richard Hawley. Fencers, gymnasts and past Olympians will help capture the Olympic spirit. 8 p.m. today and Saturday, Greaves Concert Hall, NKU. Tickets $8-$12, 431-6216.
Staying in
Critic's Picks: TV columnist John Kiesewetter will be watching The Century: America's Time as it looks at the women who went to work before and during World War II, Civilians at War, 1936-45 (9 p.m., History Channel), and taping Homicide: Life on the Street's repeat of the riveting 1997 show about a man (Vincent D'Onofrio) trapped between Baltimore subway cars during morning rush hour (10 p.m., Channels 5, 22).
Web site of the day: NY-Taxi.com offers a tour of the Big Apple from a cabbie's perspective. The site's based on the book, New York City From a Cab Driver's View, written by cabbie Clever Da Silva. The address: www.ny-taxi.com.
Spanking new
If "Shuz' fits: Few things are closer to a woman's heart than shoes. Now, there's a semi-annual magazine celebrating footwear: Shuz. When I see something I love, I want it and I want it now, says creator Stacy Girard, 29, who was tired of drooling over shoes in magazines with no price or store info. In addition to shoes, there are designer profiles, happy feet and art columns, new products and shoe trivia. Subscriptions: $14.99 a year (two issues); (800) 767-9377.
Harried with children
PB & jam: Tote the tykes to Cincinnati City Hall for Peanut Butter and Jam, a classical concert with Orli Shaham on piano and Ziv Arazi on violin, 10 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday /, 801 Plum St., downtown. $3 adults, $2 children 2-5.
Hot tix
Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today for Vince Gill and Deana Carter, June 10, Riverbend. $37.50, $25, $17.50. Ticketmaster, 562-4949.
Planning ahead
A day away: Yes, there is free lunch if you volunteer to get your hands dirty 8:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday digging in the organic plots at Grailville Gardens, 932 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland. Bring a water bottle and gloves. Call 677-3241 and leave your name and phone number to reserve that lunch.
48 hours out: Scout for everything from gas lamps to lava lamps at the Burlington Antiques Show's season opener, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Boone County Fairgrounds (Ky. 338). $3, free children under 12. 922-5265.
72 hours 'til Monday: The only thing contagious here is rock. The Black Plague Tour comes to Bogart's, 8 p.m. The triple bill includes Unwritten Law, Blue Meanies and Spring Heeled Jack., $8-$10. 562-4949.
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