Sunday, July 04, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Fourth fireworks and fun:
• Salute to America: John Morris Russell conducts the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, with guests Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band, 8:30 p.m. today, Riverbend. $15; children 12 and under free on the lawn. 381-3300.
• Carillon in Mariemont: Carillonneur Richard D. Gegner leads a free Independence Day concert 7 p.m. today at the Mary M. Emery Memorial Carillon. 271-8519.
• In Ault Park: Ault Park Independence Day Celebration starts 9 a.m. today in Ault Park, Mount Lookout. Music, flag raising, Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. 352-4080.
• Blue Ash fun: Fourth of July in Blue Ash, noon-11 p.m.today, Blue Ash Sports Center. Games, hot air balloon rides, REO Speedwagon, Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. 745-8550.
• Mall event: Red, White and Kaboom, 9:45 p.m. at Forest Fair Mall in Forest Park. Rozzi's Famous Fireworks. 671-2882.
• All aboard: Turtle Creek Valley Railway offers train rides from historic Lebanon Station today, with departures at 1 and 3 p.m. There also will be special holiday rides, 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Monday. $6-$10. 398-8584.
• Jazz jam: At Sonny's Lounge in Bond Hill. Art Gore and Co. leads the 8 p.m. session today.. 242-4579.
• Cincinnati baseball: The Reds take on the Houston Astros 1:15 p.m. today, at Cinergy Field. Tickets: 421-7337.
Staying in
• TV picks: Strike up the band! Celebrate a musical Independence Day with Erich Kunzel, Barry Bostwick, Kenny G, John Glenn, the Temptations Review and Jo Dee Messina on A Capitol Fourth 1999 (8 p.m., repeating at 9:30, Channels 48, 54, 16). TV Critic John Kiesewetter also points out that you can see Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops, Trisha Yearwood and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus on Pops Goes the Fourth (7 p.m., repeating at 10, A&E).
The goods: What's available today
• Sun protection: Solarveil America has a new line of sun protection active wear for adults, children and infants. It's made of Solarveil, a patented lightweight, loosely woven fabric that blocks almost all ultraviolet A and B (UVA and UVB) rays. Prices for bathing suit coverups to pants: $25-$85. www.solarveil.com or (800)400-3377.
Planning ahead
• A day away: Want even more Independence Day fireworks? It's Fourth of July Family Fun, starting 8 a.m.Monday at Presidents Park in Edgewood. Parade, music and fireworks. 331-5910.
• Also a day away: Monday, Lawrence Block introduces his new Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery, The Burglar in the Rye, 7-8 p.m. at Books & Co., Kettering. (800) 777-4881. Then again, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Norwood. 396-8960.
• 48 hours out: If you are one of the few people on the planet holding out for the paperback edition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Vintage; $12) then mark Tuesday on your calendar. That's the official street sale date for John Berendt's intriguing tale of murder, lust, vodoo and eccentric Southerners. All based on a true story.
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