Friday, June 18, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Just acoustic: Just the Band, 10 p.m.-midnight tonight,Upstairs at Carol's, Carol's on Main, 825 Main St., downtown. $3. 651-2667.
• Oldies on the square: Tonight, the Remains play the free Friday Nights on the Square, 8-11 p.m., Blue Ash Town Square. 745-8550.
Staying in
• Critic's picks: Pop music stars Britney Spears, 'N Sync, 98` and Tyrese sing their hits on a WaltDisney World's Summer Jam Concert (8 p.m., Channels 9, 2). And TV Critic John Kiesewetter notes that Biography (8 p.m. and midnight, A&E) profiles Sophie Rhys-Jones, who marries Prince Edward Saturday.
What's in stores today
• Night lights aplenty: Shaw Industries has introduced a glow-in-the-dark carpet called Reggie Resistant. The line, created for children's bedrooms and recreation areas, comes in five colors and three themes: stars and planets, sports figures and a more generic diamond pattern. $20-$25 per square yard installed. Available at Wholesale Carpet & Vinyl Flooring, Silverton; Consolidated Carpet, Greenhills. and Charlie's Carpet Service, Bond Hill. Information: (800) 441-7429.
Harried with children
• Fairy tale: Visit Snow White and Friends, the Cast Theatre Program at Cinergy Children's Museum, Saturday and Sunday. Rock 'n' roll dwarves and a rappin' magic mirror update this classic tale of fair Snow White's escape from the clutches of the Evil Queen. Shows 12:30. 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Museum admission $3.50-$5.50. Parking: $3. 287-7000.
Hot tix
• Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today for Julian Lennon, July 21 at Bogart's (Corryville). The Push Stars open the 8 p.m. show. 562-4949.
Enquiring minds
• Pop shopping: Looking for the less usual in Father's Day presents? “We . . . find that most men prefer toys for grown-ups,” says Jennifer Roberts of the International Mass Retail Association. In a Radio Shack survey, 376 of 400 American dads said they preferred consumer electronics as gifts. Other choices: restaurant meals (88 percent) clothing (85 percent) and sports tickets or equipment (78 percent). Survey surprise: 80 percent said they'd like a framed family photograph.
Planning ahead
• A day away: Chefs Jean-Robert de Cavel, David Cook, Henry Warman and others demonstrate the art of cooking pork chops at the Findlay Market Pork Chop Festival, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday. Plenty of chops to eat, too, and live music. Free admission. 956-1852.
• 48 hours out: Celebrate Father's Day at the Cincinnati Art Museum with brunch, tours and music by Woody Evans Trio. Noon-6 p.m. $4-$5; free for members. 721-2787.
• 72 hours 'til Monday: The BoDeans rock Electra (formerly Sycamore Gardens, Over-the-Rhine). Doors open 7 p.m. $16. 562-4949.
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