Wednesday, July 14, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• It's magic: The Society of American Magicians Convention brings comedy, illusion and magic tricks to downtown's Aronoff Center. 8 p.m. today (repeats through Saturday), .Procter & Gamble Hall. $14-$20, 562-4949.
• All rock: Today at Bogart's in Corryville, Flaming Lips, Robyn Hitchcock, Sebadoh and Sonic Boom take the stage 8 p.m. $20. 281-8400.
• At Riverbend: Motley Crue teams with the Scorpions for a 7 p.m. show. $17.50-$37.50. 232-6220.
• After-work party: Today, at Sawyer Point, join the Q102/Bud Party at Sawyer Point with music by the Websters. 5:30-9 p.m. 763-5686.
• Piano competition: Six aspiring pianists compete for $50,000 in prizes at the World Piano Competition Finals 7 p.m. today in the Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center. Tickets $5-$25, Aronoff Center or Music Hall box offices or Ticketmaster 241-7469.
• Racing waiters: Not exactly the Champs Elysees, but restaurant waiters carrying trays of champagne will race at 11:30 a.m. today near the corner of Gano Alley and Ruth Lyon Street, downtown. It's all about celebrating Bastille Day. Winners get free Air France tickets to Paris and bottles of bubbly.
Staying in
• TV picks: Travel half-way around the world to “Kakadu, Australia's Ancient Wilderness,” a land of flying foxes and green ants captured (on film, that is) by PBS' The Living Edens (8 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter notes that Oz, HBO's brutally frank series about life (and death) in a maximum security prison, returns for a third season (10 p.m., HBO).
What's in stores today
• On disc: Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons(Almo Sounds; $16.98 CD only), produced by Emmylou Harris, brings together some top voices of rock and alt-country, including Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and Elvis Costello.
• Chris Rock's Bigger and Blacker (DreamWorks; $16.99 CD, $10.99 cassette) is the latest broadside from one of the last comedians making social commentary instead of telling fart jokes.
• Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (Noo Trybe/Virgin; $23.99 CD, $18.99 cassette) is a double-CD collection from one of rap's most consistently innovative groups.
• One of rock's legendary albums is back in remastered form, as Brian Wilson's groundbreaking masterwork with the Beach Boys — Pet Sounds (Capitol; $17.99 CD) is released as a single disc.
Brand spanking new
• Psychedelic: To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Beatles Yellow Submarine animated adventure, Ralph Marlin is offering silk ties ($30) and knit boxers ($17) depicting scenes from the movie. Orders: (800) 922-8437 (or www.ralphmarlin.com after Aug. 1).
• More Beatles: Carter's just introduced Real Love for Children, a line of children's clothing, bedding and wallpaper featuring John Lennon's whimsical drawings. For children from birth through age 6, the line is available where Carter's is sold. (888) 782-9548.
Planning ahead
• A day away: Acoustic blues group Saffire — The Uppity Blues Women plays Jefferson Hall in Over-the-Rhine 9:30 p.m. Thursday. $13. 723-9008.
• 48 hours out: Swing to the jazz standards of Paul T. Hawthorne & Co. 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Contemporary Arts Center's Absolut Contemporary Fridays. $3.50. 345-8400.
• 72 hours 'til Saturday: Smith & Hawken in Norwood's Rookwood Pavilion offers “Herbs From the Growing Pot to the Cooking Pot” workshop, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $5. Registration: 731-3133.
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