Friday, August 20, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Riverdance: The Celtic extravaganza nears the end of its run 8 p.m. today at the Aronoff Center, downtown. Performances continue 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $35-$65. 241-7469.
• '50s fun: Cruise-in and sock hop 6-10 p.m. today (car show noon-4 p.m. Saturday) at St. Rita's School for the Deaf, 1720 Glendale-Milford Road, Evendale. $3, $5 a carload for cruise-ins. 771-7600.
• Reds baseball: It's the first of a three-game series with Montreal, 7:05 p.m. today at Cinergy Field. Tickets: 421-7337.
• Shows opening: Mavros Labyrinthos, a series by Kentucky artist Henry Chodkowski, and A Sense of Risk: Art of the 90s, selections from the Robert J. Schiffler Foundation, open today at the Miami University Art Museum. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. (513) 529-2232.
• Music on the square: At Blue Ash Towne Square, Cooper and Hunt roads, the Driving Winds play oldies rock. 8-11 p.m. Free. 745-8550.
• Riverdays: The New Richmond riverfront will be site of fireworks, live music and viewing of the World Peace Bell 5-11 p.m. today. On tonight's musical bill: rockabilly band Lube, Oil and Filter and country artist Sherrie Austin. Festival runs through Sunday. 684-1253.
Staying in
• TV picks: UPN turns up its star power with Will Smith, Lauryn Hill, Sean “Puffy” Combs and The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (8 p.m., Channel 25).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says John Hockenberry reports for Dateline NBC on a man's eight-year battle with severe schizophrenia (9 p.m., Channels 5, 22).
• Web site of the day: Children 14 and under can visit www.toytips.com to find an entry form for this year's Design Your Own Bandage Contest from Curad. Winners get their designs on bandages; a grand-prize winner gets a trip for four to Disney World. No Internet access? Write Curad Design Your Own Bandage Contest, 1243 Hanley Industrial Court, St. Louis, MO 63144. Deadline: Dec. 31. This year's winner was a 12-year-old girl from New Rochelle, N.Y.
Harried with children
• It's magic: Head to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park at Eden Park for Abracadabra, an annual magic extravaganza featuring the world's finest magicians, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets: $27.50-$39.50; $15 children 12 and under. Proceeds benefit the Playhouse's 40th anniversary season. Recommended for ages 6 and up. 421-3888.
Planning ahead
• A day away: Price Hill celebrates summer with a street party — the second annual Party on the Hill — noon-10 p.m. Saturday on West Eighth Street, between Nebraska and Overlook avenues.
• 48 hours out: Preview designers' plans for the 1903 Italian Renaissance home that will be a designers' showhouse next month, sponsored by Lighthouse Youth Services. The home, at 3980 Rose Hill Ave., North Avondale, will be open 2-6 p.m. Sunday. Free. 221-3350.
• 72 Hours 'til Monday: Pick up bargains at the Krohn Conservatory's end-of-show plant sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 352-4080.
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