Wednesday, August 25, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
›Concert canceled: The Robert Cray Band show, scheduled for tonight at Bogart's, has been canceled. Refunds at point of purchase.
• Big band: It's the Big Band sound of the Cecil Young Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. today, Price Hill's Rapid Run Park. 352-4080.
• Party after work: Food, beer and music by Matt Decoster Band at the Q102/Bud Party at Sawyer Point, 5:30-9 p.m. today. 763-5686.
• Theater preview: Actors from Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati perform segments from the upcoming show Side Man, 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
• Bengals camp: Practices, 9:30-11 a.m., and 3-4:30 p.m. at Georgetown College. $5 to park. 621-3550.
Staying in
• TV picks: More than 100 years after Mark Twain wrote Following the Equator, actor Peter Ustinov goes On the Trail of Mark Twain through Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa (9-11 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16), a new two-week PBS series.
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter also recommends taking Test Flights Beyond the Limits with NASA test pilots (10 p.m., Learning Channel).
What's in stores today)
• On disk: It's a multigenerational week of new CD releases, with the arrival of Christina Aguilera (RCA; $16.99 CD, $10.99 cassette) the teen pop princess' debut. Meanwhile, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris harmonize on Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (Asylum; $17.99 CD CD, $11.99 cassette).
• Lincoln Heights' favorite soulful sons get the deluxe box set treatment on It's Your Thing: The Story of the Isley Brothers (Sony/Legacy; $44.99 CDs; no cassette)
• Puff Daddy promises Forever (Bad Boy/Arista; $17.99 CD, $11.99 cassette) featuring Cinergy fest stars Faith Evans and R. Kelly as well as Busta Rhymes and Bizzy Bone.
• Back when he was just plain Prince, the Artist Formerly, etc., recorded the tracks on Vault — Old Friends 4 (Warner Bros.; $17.99 CD; $11.99 cassette),
• Finally, Enquirer music critic Larry Nager directs fans of sharp songwriting and edgy roots-rock guitar to Richard Thompson's newest, Mock Tudor (Capitol; $16.99 CD, no cassette).
Brand spanking new
• Brush up: Elizabeth Arden just introduced its Make-up Artist Brush Collection with the help of Mary Greenwell. Ms. Greenwell is famous for the makeup magic she works on Uma Thurman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Meg Ryan. The five brushes, made of sable or Super Goat, for the face, lips and eyes, range $20-$40 each.
Planning ahead
• A day away: Queens of the Stone Age and otherstarpeople come to Bogart's in Corryville Thursday. Music starts 8 p.m. $10 562-4949.
›48 hours out: Learn the secrets of Tantra yoga and Ayurvedic medicine at a 7:30 p.m. program hosted by Dick and Antoinette Asimus, of Tantric Transformation in College Hill and Dr. Vijay Jain of the Center for Holistic Healing in Fairfield. It's at Northern Hills Fellowship, 460 Fleming Road, Wyoming. $10, $15 at the door. Bring a pillow/mat and snack to share. 931-3030 or adasimus@fuse.net.
• 72 hours 'til Saturday: It's jazz night at Borders Book & Music, Eastgate, with Phil Willis, Jim Anderson, Mark Fields and Tony Franklin. 8 p.m. 943-0068.
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