Tuesday, September 21, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
Live at lunch: Acoustic Lunch at Piatt Park presents Passion Theatre, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. today, Eighth and Vine streets, downtown. 352-4080.
1999 Designer Show House: Visit Casa Bella Di Luce (beautiful house of light), a transformed 1903 Italian Renaissance home. Open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today (through Oct. 10), 3980 Rose Hill Ave., North Avondale. Benefits Lighthouse Youth Services. $10. 221-3350.
Find your family history: Today , Skip Churchill, outreach director of the Hamilton County Branch of the Ohio Genealogical Society, discusses how to research your family, 7 p.m., Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Norwood. 396-8960.
Murals exhibit: Today is your last chance to see Faces, works by Cincinnati muralist William Rankins, at City Art Education Center, Over-the-Rhine. Call for hours. 381-2333.
Plant auction: The Cincinnati Cactus and Succulent Society sells a variety of cacti, 7 p.m. today, Krohn Conservatory, Eden Park. 791-1824.
Talk Duveneck: Paul Provost, senior vice president of Christie's, lectures on Duveneck, 7:30 p.m. today at, Taft Museum, downtown. $5. Reservations: 241-0343, Ext. 19.
A day away: Bring your musical instrument to the open stage jam with the Sonny Moorman Group, 7-11 p.m. today,, Burbank's Real BBQ, Sharonville. 771-1440.
STAYING IN
Critic's picks: Everybody likes Mike until Heather Locklear struts into Spin City as the mayor's new campaign manager, after Mike (Michael J. Fox) refuses to hire James Carville (8 p.m., Channels 9, 2).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter says the new show not to miss today is Sela Ward's Once and Again (10 p.m., Channels 9, 2, which airs opposite the second episode of Amy Brenneman's Judging Amy (Channels 12, 7).
Exit 89 music program: Live music and interview with the Simpletons, 9 p.m. today on WNKU 89.7 FM.
THE GOODS
(What's in stores today)
More romance: Ralph Lauren has added two products to his popular new fragrance Romance bath fizzies and body oil. The fizzies come in package of three ($28.50) the body oil can be used a bath oil or massage oil ($35). Available at department stores.
PLANNING AHEAD
A day away: College Planning for High Income Families, a free workshop, 7 p.m. Wednesday, 10933 Reed Hartman Highway, Blue Ash. Reservations: 984-2099.
48 hours out: Cincinnati FunRaisers dinner event for singles happens 6 p.m. Thursday at the Syndicate in Newport. Prices vary. 636-8900.
72 hours 'til Friday: The Pendleton Arts Center presents Final Friday, 6-10 p.m., Over-the-Rhine. Visit more than 100 artists. Free shuttle available from Pendleton Street and Reading Road. 241-4010, Ext. 707.
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