Sunday, May 09, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Mississippi bluesman: Tonight, jazz-blues pianist Mose Allison plays the second of two nights at the Greenwich in Walnut Hills. 8 p.m.-midnight. $20. 221-1151.
• That mountain music: Today is it for the Appalachian Festival at Coney Island. With down-home eats, music and crafts. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $1-$5; $2 parking. 251-3378.
Staying in
• Critic's picks: A young boxer who likes to pick fights with local hoodlum is touched by Ali, boxing great Muhammad Ali, on Touched by an Angel (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7). TV critic John Kiesewetter also suggests that you tape Mobil Masterpiece Theatre's Great Expectations miniseries (9-11 p.m. today and Monday, Channels 48, 54, 16) and watch the season finale of The Practice (10 p.m., Channels 9, 2). Or vice versa.
What's in stores today
• Opera pin: Cincinnati Opera's new pin was created for Bittners by Carlton Ridge, a Louisville designer. It's a musical lyre motif, inspired by the architecture of Music Hall, the opera's home. Each pin, $50, is brass covered in 24K gold or nickel silver. The pins are at Bittners in Kenwood Galleria and will be sold at Music Hall during Cincinnati Opera's 1999 Summer Festival (June 17-July 17). A portion of sales will benefit the opera company. 891-4990.
• Get the picture: All moms who have a baby today, Mother's Day, or adopt Monday will receive a free Kodak Advantix T550 camera (a $150 value), film with free Kodak premium processing and a coupon for a free Picture CD. To get the goods, mail a non-returnable certified copy of your newborn's birth certificate or adoption papers to: Kodak Advantix Picture Perfect Mother's Day, P.O. Box 5431, Young America, MN, 55558. Requests must be received by Aug. 31.
Enquiring minds
• Forewarned: Fears that the Year 2000 computer bug will create havoc has caused companies nationwide to limit — even forbid — vacation time at the end of the year, Knight Ridder News Service reports. Some of the bans are just a couple days or so. Others will last months. Technicians, utility workers, bankers, city employees, emergency personnel and financial consultants are among those who'll be shelving their party hats and noisemakers come Dec. 31.
Planning ahead
• A day away: Professional photographer George Mayhew shows how to take better snapshots 7 p.m. Monday, , West Fork Branch Library in Monfort Heights. Free. 369-4472.
• 48 hours out: Get rock, swing, bluegrass and jazz from Grammy award-winning pianist Bruce Hornsby. He plays the Taft Theatre 8 p.m. Tuesday. $20-$25. 562-4949.
• 72 hours 'til Wednesday: Sample cuisine from the area's best restaurants at Taste of the Nation, 7-10 p.m., Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. Benefits Share Our Strength, a national anti-hunger organization, and FreeStore/FoodBank. $50. 482-7543.
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