Thursday, May 06, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Two full of blues: Folk-blues singer-songwriter Chris Smither plays Newport's Southgate House 8 p.m. tonight. Local blues guy Greg Schaber also will perform. $15. 779-9462.
• Crime pays for Edgar winners: Run out and pick up a copy of 1998's best mystery novel, Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark. Who says it's so great? The Mystery Writers of America, that's who. They gave it an Edgar last week at the 54th annual Edgar Allan Poe awards. P.D. James was added to MWA's “grand master” list and Wendelin Van Draanen won the children's book Edgar for Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief.
Staying in
• Critic's picks: After a bad fall, Frasier is back on the beam, trying to balance two girlfriends, guests stars Amy Brenneman and Virginia Madsen today (9 p.m., Channels 5, 22). And TV Critic John Kiesewetter may skip ER's power outage for 48 Hours' report on why three teens confessed to a murder they did not commit (10 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
• Did we hear "ER'? If you want to celebrate Tristate boy George Clooney's 38th birthday tonight, go on and tune into ER, which could use some resuscitation from the much-missed Dr. Ross. Imagine what the maverick doc would do during tonight's hospital blackout.
• Web site of the day: Cybernet mamas will get a kick out of free greeting cards sent from www.bluemountainarts.com They're animated and set to music. Dr. Stephen Schultz and his wife, poet Susan Polis Schultz, operate Blue Mountain Arts in Boulder, Colo.They've designed 55 different ways to say “Happy Mother's Day” and offered them for free.
What's in stores today
• Pamper mom: Why give your mom one gift on Mother's Day when you can give her 60? Dear Mommy Coupons (Sourcebooks; $5.95) is a book full of 60 coupons that will make mom happy. Coupons include: “I will not ask you “why” too many times,” “Tonight I'll read you a story at my bedtime,” and “I will behave in the grocery store.”
Hot tix
• Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today for the June 9 big hair show with Poison, Ratt, Great White and L.A. Guns, 6 p.m., Riverbend. $16-$27.50. 562-4949.
Planning ahead
• A day away: “Building for the Future.” That's the theme of a silent auction to raise money for the Cincinnati Boychoir Choral Arts Center, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington. The group gives a concert at 8 p.m. (both events repeat Saturday). $8, $5 children. 396-7664.
The Clermont Home Show opens a 16-day run at 1 p.m. Saturday at Legendary Run, a 504-acre development in Pierce Township. Nine homes priced $340,000-$590,000. Hours: 1-9 p.m. Saturday-Sunday and 5-9 p.m. Monday-Friday. $5, kids under 12 free. 272-0334.
• 72 hours 'til Sunday: Get Mom out of the kitchen. Make reservations for the Mother's Day Brunch Buffet at Winton Woods in Springfield Township. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mill Race Lodge. $10.95, $6.95 children 4-8. 825-6467.
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