Sunday, August 29, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Chicago blues: Guitarist Buddy Guy plays 8 p.m. today at Electra in Over-the-Rhine. $25. 621-1100.
• Fund-raiser: Help raise money for patient programs of the Special Treatment Center for Juvenile Arthritis at Children's Hospital Medical Center. Jammin' for JRA noon-9 p.m. today at Clermont County Fairgrounds, with music by Danny Frazier, Big In Iowa, Katie Reider and more, raffles and family activities. $7, free for children 12 and under. 636-5363.
• Jazzy Sunday: Triage closes out the Summer Concert Series, 2-5 p.m. today at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Free with museum admission. 721-0300.
• Buy, sell, trade: Today at the Cincinnati Guitar Expo, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Preston Hotel, 2235 Sharon Road. $6. 385-9134.
• King Tut mystery: Bob Brier, Egyptologist and author of The Murder of Tutankhamen: A True Story, speaks about the 3,000-year-old murder mystery, 2 p.m. today, Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. Free with any ticket to Mysteries of Egypt. 287-7000.
• Last chance: The Kentucky State Fair closes today, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville. Gates open 7 a.m.-10 p.m. $6, $2 children 12 and under and seniors; $3 parking. (502) 367-5002.
• Church festival: Today is the final day for the St. Mary Family Fun Fest in Hyde Park. Games, food, fun for the entire family. 3-10 p.m. 2845 Erie Ave. 321-1207.
Staying in
• TV picks: Can he do it? Computer engineering student David Honea returns for the last night of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (8-9 p.m., Channels 9, 2) to resume his quest for the grand prize. He was disqualified with $32,000 on Aug. 19 when producers claimed he answered a question incorrectly. He was invited back after proving them wrong.
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter also recommends Strange Justice (8 p.m., Showtime), a movie about Anita Hill's sexual harassment charges against Clarence Thomas (with Regina Taylor, Delroy Lindo and Mandy Patinkin). Or catch a sneak peek at Cher's Firstar Center show Saturday on Cher: Live in Concert from Las Vegas (9 p.m. today, HBO).
What's in stores today
›Perfect fit: Seiko's AirPro watches proved to be so hot, the company is expanding the line with new styles. The line has an inflatable air chamber behind the case, which makes the band inflate and deflate at the touch of a button to conform precisely to your wrist. The watches are $215 and $250. They can be purchased through Back In Time, (800) 890-9322, or Fred Segal, (323) 651-1935..
Planning ahead
• A day away: The Meri Pranxsters, a community theater group, auditions for The Wizard of Oz, 7 p.m. Monday (and Tuesday) at Sem Villa Retirement Complex, 201 Mound St., Milford. 831-0501.
• 48 hours out: Tuesday, the Barenaked Ladies come to Riverbend, 8 p.m. $25.50-$32.50. 562-4949.
• 72 hours 'til Wednesday: The Monday Night Big Band plays the Big Band Series, 7:30 p.m. in Mount Washington's Stanbery Park. 352-4080.
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