Thursday, July 01, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Reds vs. Diamondbacks: 7:05 p.m. today at Cinergy Field, Tickets: 421-7337.
• Music at Blue Note: Dave Davies of the Kinks plays the Price Hill club. Doors open at 8 p.m. $15. 921-8898.
• Corryville concerts: Two shows in one neighborhood tonight:
• Joan of Arc plays Sudsy Malone's, 10 p.m. 18 and older show. 751-9011.
• Ten Foot Pole and Teen Idolsare at Top Cat's, 9 p.m. $8. 281-2005).
• Coffee Cup Concert: With the Katie Laur Band, 7 p.m. today, Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington's Devou Park. $10 includes a coffee mug and non-alcoholic refreshments. Admission to other series' concerts will be $5 when you present the mug. 491-4003.
• In Oxford: Big In Iowa plays the Oxford Summer Music Festival 7:30-10 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. Bring a blanket. Free. (513) 523-8687.
Staying in
• TV picks: In its best season, Friends (8 p.m. Channel 5) kept finding new ways to mix things up. Tonight's rerun has more troubles for Ross. On leave — after a meltdown at work — he must move in with Chandler and Joey. Other choices include:
• On Special Olympics: World Summer Games (8 p.m., Channel 9), Stevie Wonder and Billy Crystal are included in highlights from the opening ceremony, taped June 26.
• Teen singing sensations the Backstreet Boys perform in Orlando for Backstreet Boys: Coming Home (8 p.m. Channel 19).
What's available today
• Heady bargain: The “Use Your Head — Use a Helmet” campaign again offers $10 bike helmets and $15 multisports helmets for children and adults. They're available 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. weekdays at Children's Hospital Medical Center's main hospital in Corryville and at varying times at CHMC outpatient offices. Information: CHMC/Choice Care helmet line, 636-5851, or find helmet-fitting info and a video at www.CincinnatiChildrens.org
Planning ahead
• A day away: The Clarion Brass Quintet performs “Sousa! A Tribute to the Music of John Philip Sousa,” noon Friday at the Main Public Library, downtown. Free. 369-6970.
July Fourth sampler
• Saturday: Third Federal Savings Fourth of July Celebration, 3 p.m., Bicentennial Commons at Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove. Games, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. 621-9326.
Old-Fashioned Fourth of July, starting 10 a.m., downtown Hamilton, 37th annual Bells on Independence Parade, Taste of Hamilton, Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. 844-8080.
• Sunday: Ault Park Independence Day Celebration, 9 a.m., Ault Park, Mount Lookout. Music, flag raising, Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. 352-4080.
Fourth of July in Blue Ash, noon-11 p.m., Blue Ash Sports Center. Games, hot air balloon rides, REO Speedwagon, Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. 745-8550.
Red, White and Kaboom, 9:45 p.m., Forest Fair Mall, Forest Park. Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. 671-2882.
• Monday: Fourth of July Family Fun, 8 a.m., Presidents Park, Edgewood. Parade, music, fireworks. 331-5910.
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