Saturday, August 21, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Trophy display: The exhibit, Tiffany Sports Trophies: Celebrations of Victory, will be at Tiffany's, downtown, today through Sept. 6. The exhibition includes the Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy and the NBA Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.
• All about family: The 11th Annual Black Family Reunion will be celebrated noon-9 p.m. today (continues Sunday) at Bicentennial Commons, on the riverfront. 679-6000.
• Book signing:: Andrew Manis, author, and the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights leader, sign and discuss A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, 4 p.m. today at Joseph-Beth Booksellers at Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
• Baseball: Reds vs. Montreal, 7:05 p.m. today at Cinergy Field. Tickets: 421-7337.
• Country rock: Local guys Brothers First play Lucky Jack's in Loveland, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today. 583-5600.
• Classical outdoors: Grab a blanket and head to Woodland Mound's Weston Amphitheatre, Anderson Township, for music by the Cincinnati Civic Orchestra, 6:30 p.m. today. $1 to park. 521-7275.
• Cruisin' time: See cars from your favorite era at the St. Rita Car Show today at the School for the Deaf in Evendale. noon-4 p.m. 771-7600.
• Books galore: At the 11th annual Cincinnati Bookfair, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today at Business Club of Montgomery. $3. 321-7567.
• Tasting and looking: Cincinnati's Civic Garden Center hosts the ""Terrific Tomato and Fantastic Sunflower Festival” 1-4 p.m. today. Tomato tastings, cooking and canning demonstrations and sunflower crafts. Free. 221-0981.
• Special showings: National Amusements will present an open-captioned version of the Julia Roberts-Richard Gere hit Runaway Bride today and Sunday at Showcase Cinemas, Springdale. Information: 671-0140
Staying in
• • TV picks: Cleveland native Halle Berry stars as Cleveland native Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award in 1954, in HBO's Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (9 p.m.).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter also notes that Ruby Wax brings her wacky comedy to Lifetime cable as a Las Vegas showgirl (10:30 p.m.), after the second-season premiere of Cynthia Stevenson's Oh Baby (10 p.m.).
Hot tix
• Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. todayfor Creed, with special guests Our Lady Peace and Oleander. They play Firstar Center 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17. $24.50. 562-4949.
Planning ahead
• A day away: Sunday, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Grandin Festival begins with Baroque concerts at 3 p.m., Christ Church Cathedral, downtown, and 7:30 p.m., UC's Watson Hall. Concerts continue at various locations through Friday 556-2683.
• 48 hours out: Kottonmouth Kings and Zebrahead in concert, 8 p.m. Monday, Bogart's in Corryville. $7, $8. 562-4949.
• 72 hours 'til Tuesday: See tributes to Cher, Madonna and Elton John at Legends in Concert, 11:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m., the Syndicate in Newport. $27.99 for lunch show, $49.99 dinner show. 491-8000.
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