Friday, September 10, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• All-German weekend: At the Klosterman Family Oktoberfest, 5-11 p.m. today, noon-11 p.m. Saturday and noon-9 p.m. Sunday, MainStrasse Village, Covington. Music, German food and dance, artisans. 357-6246.
• Pop/rock triple bill: Today, Shaver, the V-roys and Duane Jarvis Band take the stage, 7-11 p.m. at Coney Island's Moonlite Gardens. Free tickets available at Phil's Records. 781-8555.
• The Pops: Erich Kunzel conducts the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, with guests the John Pizzarelli Trio, 8 p.m. (also Saturday-Sunday), Music Hall, Over-the-Rhine. $15-$42. 381-3300.
• Big band and swing: Dance to Pam Noah and Her Swing Band, 8:30-11:30 p.m. today, Starlite Ballroom, Kellogg Avenue. Swing lessons 7:15 p.m. $7.50. 724-2969.
• Reds baseball: Cincinnati vs. Florida, 7:05 p.m. today, Cinergy Field. Tickets: 421-7337.
• Special performance: The play Vincent will be performed 7:30 p.m.today (and Saturday) at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. Performances are a Children's Hospital Medical Center fund-raiser for diabetes education. Vincent, written by actor Leonard Nimoy is based on letters written by artist Vincent van Gogh to his brother. Tickets, $25 for today's performance and $35 for Saturday (includes post party) at Ticketmaster and the Aronoff and Music Hall box offices.
Staying in
• TV picks: Film star Esther Williams tells Dateline NBC about her failed marriages, use of LSD as a psychiatric treatment and one husband's gambling habit (9 p.m., Channels 5, 22).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says you can unwind after the maddening short holiday week with the Dixie Chicks on Austin City Limits (10 p.m., Channel 54).
• By request: Wanna hear your favorite Over the Rhine song? Call Stacy Owen 9 a.m.-noon today on WNKU-FM (89.7), and the band might play your tune during a live studio broadcast starting at 11 a.m.
What's in stores today
• Wedding countdown: White Wedding ($40) is a new Swatch watch that the company is pitching as the perfect bridal memento. Packaged in a “Tiffany” blue wedding planner, a groom and a bride are depicted on the band. Planner packaging also includes a list of do's and don'ts for organizing a wedding. For stores call (800) 879-2824.
HARRIED WITH CHILDREN
• Get wild: Maurice Sendak's Wild Thing visits Borders Books & Music at 11 a.m. Saturday at 4530 Eastgate Blvd., Eastgate. Children will hear a reading of Where The Wild Things Are and get their photos taken with the beast. 943-0068.
PLANNING AHEAD
A day away: Local group Over The Rhine plays an 8 p.m. show Saturday at Moonlite Gardens, Coney Island. Special guest: Niki Buehrig, formerly of Plow on Boy. $10-$12. 562-4949.
• 48 hours out: Hit two antiques shows Sunday:
• Antiques Show and Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Business Club of Montgomery (791-9956).
• Historic Loveland Antiques Show, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., West Loveland Avenue and Broadway (697-6110).
• 72 hours 'til Monday: Jan Burke signs and discusses Bones, another book in the Irene Kelly Mystery series, 7 p.m., Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Norwood. 396-8960.
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