Friday, August 06, 1999
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• Teen alert! The Backstreet Boys, biggest of the so-called “boy bands,” is booked for a Nov. 15 concert at Firstar Center. Tickets — $29.50 and $38.50, plus service charges — go on sale 10 a.m. Aug. 14 at the Firstar box office, Ticketmaster outlets and by phone (562-4949). Opening acts for the 8 p.m. show have not been announced. The booking completes this year's local triple play for boy bands; all three of the top young male groups will have played the area at least once in 1999. Cincinnati's own 98 Degrees comes to Riverbend Aug. 14. 'N Sync played Firstar April 3 and will be at Riverbend Sept. 2.
Going out
• Riverbend music: Jewel, Rusted Root and Steve Poltz take the stage, 7:30 p.m. today. $30, $22.50. 562-4949.
• Hear some bluegrass: Today, guitarist David Grier performs, 8 p.m. at Hayes Bros. Music Center in Covington. $8. 581-8422.
• Thanks, Hamilton County: The Cincinnati Zoo is offering half-price admission and parking today in celebration of Hamilton County Appreciation Day. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 281-4700.
• Books, crafts, magic: Tonight is Family Night at Covedale Library. Visit with live snakes and reptiles and see a performance by Magic Wanda, 6-8:30 p.m. 369-4460.
• Free flicks: Pack up the kids, grab a blanket and head to Sawyer Point for WB64 Free Friday Flicks. The Rugrats Movie is showing at dark at P&G Pavilion. 641-4400.
• Bengals camp: 11 a.m.-noon and 3-5 p.m. today, Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky. $5 to park.
• Summer Festival: The Mount Adams-Holy Cross Immaculata event runs 7 p.m.-midnight today (also 5:30 p.m.-midnight Saturday and 3-10 p.m. Sunday) at the church, Pavilion and Guido streets, Mount Adams. Entertainment will be provided by Lube, Oil and Filter Friday, Mojo Boogie Saturday and Liam's Fancy Sunday. Free shuttle service from Playhouse in the Park and the Eden Park Ball Field parking lots. 721-6544.
Staying in
• TV picks: Some 15 years after Gilligan's Island was canceled by CBS, Gilligan and the Skipper were hooping it up in 1981 on The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (7 p.m., Fox Family Channel). TV Critic John Kiesewetter says this one's so bad you can't help but laugh. Definitely worth a two-hour tour.
Harried with children
• Cruise in: Strap on your roller skates, jump-start the motorcycle or rev up the hot rod and let the good times roll at Cincinnati Museum Center's “Fun on Wheels Transportation Living History Weekend,” Saturday and Sunday. Activities showcasing traditional and unusual forms of transportation are noon-4:30 p.m. Admission: $5.50, $3.50 children and seniors. 287-7000.
Planning ahead
• A day away: Enjoy the suites of Claude Bolling when the Northern Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and Floodwall Jazz Octet play “Saturday in the Park with Claude,” 7:30 p.m. Devou Park Amphitheater, Covington. 431-6216.
• Also a day away: Get on board the 'Nati Skate Train, a national skate jam, midnight Saturday through 5 a.m. Sunday, Castle Skateland in Loveland. Ages 23 and over. $6-$10. 703-8567.
• 48 hours out: It's a day of German culture Sunday at Deutsche Familienfest, 2-7 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington. Music, dance, food, games. 491-4003.
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