Friday, July 30, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Two for one: Head to Cinergy field today to see the Reds take on the San Francisco Giants, 7:05 p.m. Stay to hear K.C. and the Sunshine Band live. Concert included in purchase of game ticket. 421-7337.
• National country: Today at the Silver Saddle in New Burlington, it's country singer David Lee Murphy. Local group Six Pac opens the 9 p.m. show. $15. 521-8615.
• CSO Viennafest '99: Hear the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor, and Barry Douglas, pianist, 8:30 p.m. today at Riverbend. Repeats Saturday with Leila Josefowicz, violinist. $15-$31. 381-3300.
• UniverSoul Circus: African-American headliners perform under the big top at Swifton Commons Mall, 7:30 p.m. today. Shows continue through Sunday. $9-$25. 562-4949, (800) 316-7439.
• Outdoor blues: The Kelly Richey Band plays Friday Nights on the Square, 8-11 p.m. today, Blue Ash Towne Square. 745-8550.
• Outdoor jazz: The Steve Schmidt Trio does Jazz in the Parks, 7 p.m. today, Ault Park, Mount Lookout. 531-1300.
• Art hop: The Pendleton Art Center in Over-the-Rhine presents more than 100 artists during Final Friday 6-10 p.m. 241-4010, Ext. 707.
Staying in
• TV picks: VH1's week-long 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll concludes with profiles of Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin Billie Holiday and Joni Mitchell (10 p.m.).
• And TV Critic John Kiesewetter says California residents aren't pleased when issued license plates saying 2STUPID on Candid Camera (8:30 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
Brand spankin' new
• Watch with a twist: Be on the look out for the Rado Cerix. It's innovative design is a combination of squares and circles. Two non-aligned bracelet sections move away from the case and smoothly spiral around the wrist. Men's and women's sizes, $2,200, will be at Richter & Phillips and other fine jewelry stores in August.
Harried with children
• Mummy is the word: Join Mother Maat, star of The Mother Maat Cooking Hour, as she playfully presents the recipe for making a mummy. The program is todayat Cinergy Children's Museum in Union Terminal. Shows start on the hour 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Museum admission: $5.50, adults; $3.50, children ages 3-12. 287-7000.
Planning ahead
• A day away: Newport's second session in a four-part series on restoring historic buildings will be 9 a.m.-noon Saturday , in an 1880s' Italianate house at 841 Washington St., Newport. Topic: Restoring historic flat and ornamental plaster. Registration: 292-3666.
• 48 hours out: Picnic with the Pops presents the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra and Vocal Ease, 6 p.m. Sunday at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park in Hamilton. Bring lawn chairs, blankets. 868-8336.
• Two weeks away: From bite-sized samples to whole lobsters, taste everything seafood at the Great Inland Seafood Festival at Sawyer Point. Hours: 5-11 p.m. Aug. 13, noon-11 p.m. Aug. 14 and noon-10 p.m. Aug. 15 291-6572.
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