Tuesday, May 11, 1999
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GOING OUT
• Les Miz: That really says it all. More than 40 million people have seen the musical version of Victor Hugo's epic of fugitive Jean Valjean on the run from Inspector Javert through 19th-century France. Why be the only hold-out? Les Miserables opens tonight at the Aronoff's Procter & Gamble Hall and plays through Sunday. 241-7469.
• Eager to learn: And play. Preschoolers can explore science objects and see demonstrations today during Curiosity Corner, 11 a.m. at Cincinnati Museum Center's Museum of Natural History and Science. 287-7000.
STAYING IN
• Critic's picks: It's prom season everywhere, even in Sunnydale, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer is determined not to let evil spirits ruin the big dance (8 p.m. today, Channel 64). TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Oprah Winfrey fans should catch the NewsStand: People Profiles (8 p.m., CNN) interview with her, her father and friends.
THE GOODS
(What's in stores today)
• Critic's pick: It's a slow week for new videos — Star Trek: Insurrection is the biggest title on the new-release list — so film critic Margaret A. McGurk suggests catching up with the March release Just Write. It's a curious comedy in which Cincinnati native and SCPA graduate Jeffrey D. Sams plays a featured role as the bartender buddy of an awkward lothario Jeremy Piven. Yes, that does sound a lot like the late lamented TV series Cupid, doesn't it?
• Canine correspondence: Unforgettable Mutts, Pure of Heart Not of Breed (New Sage Press; $14.95) by Karen Derrico is a 259-page love letter to canines with mixed or mystery bloodlines and the people who love them. Celebrity mutts and everyday mutts are profiled. There's a 24-page resource section that includes listings with several pet adoption Web sites, recommended books, an events calendar, gifts/products and hot lines.
ENQUIRING MINDS
• A poll on morals taken by Shell Oil found that 30 percent viewed Bill Clinton as the person who most symbolizes what is wrong with our nation's moral values. Second place went to Cincinnati's own Jerry Springer, who got 27 percent of the vote.
• Out to pasture: A retired Beanie Baby zooms in value on the secondary market. Ditto for discontinued Pokemon? Hasbro just announced that Beedrill and Kakuna Battle Figures Set($4.99) will no longer be produced as part of its Pokemon collection. The Pokemon toy line is based on Nintendo's Pokemon Game Boy game and Pokemon, theanimated television show, where there are 150 Pokemon beasties (lots of potential retirees).
PLANNING AHEAD
• A day away: Get free blues Wednesday with Yazz and the Rhythm Twisters. They play Newport's York St. Cafe, 9 p.m. 261-9675.
• 48 hours out: Thursday: Celebrate the spirit of dance with the Cleveland Ballet Dancing Wheels, a professional company made of people with and without disabilities. 8 p.m., Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton. $5-$12. 863-8873.
• 72 hours 'til Friday: Contemporary Christian artist Ray Boltz comes to Cincinnati Gardens, 7:30 p.m. $9.50-$18.50. 631-7793.
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