Thursday, September 23, 1999
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A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Eccentric design: The University of Cincinnati Medical Center's Vontz Center for Molecular Studies dedication will be 12:30-3 p.m. today. (Open house will be noon-4 p.m. Sunday) 558-4553.
• Annie's rocks: The club in Columbia Tusculum presents Stuck Mojo, Reveille, Speak No Evil and Haste today. Doors open 8 p.m. $12. 562-4949.
• Fun for singles: Cincinnati FunRaisers offers dinner and mingling, 6 p.m. today at the Syndicate, Newport. 777-4530, 761-1281.
• Island rhythms: It's Reggae Nite today at the Greenwich, Walnut Hills. DJ Ruffneck spins music 10 p.m.-2 a.m. 221-1151.
• LEGO creations: Children 6-12 can compete in a LEGO-building contest during Building Like Crazy at the Library, 7 p.m. today, Milford-Miami Township branch. Registration: 248-0700.
• Barrows Conservation Lecture: By Dr. Gary Nabhan, ethnobiologist and writer, 7:30 p.m. today, Rockdale Temple, Amberley Village. Presented by the Cincinnati Zoo. $5-$8. 559-7767.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Kelsey Grammer opens his seventh season as Frasier (9 p.m., Channels 5, 22) with a new girlfriend played by Rita Wilson (Runaway Bride, Sleepless in Seattle, and wife of actor Tom Hanks) and new competition from CBS' revamped Chicago Hope (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7). Mandy Patinkin returns to the hospital drama, joined by new cast members Lauren Holly, Barbara Hershey and Carla Gugino.
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Rachel and Ross (Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer) sober up to the fact they're married in a new Friends (8 p.m., Channels 5, 22).
• Birthday of the day: Bruce Springsteen turns 50 today.
HOT TIX
• Tickets go on sale today for Lily Tomlin's recreated performance in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Oct. 28 at the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall. $25-$40. 241-7469.
PLANNING AHEAD
• A day away: Friday is Kid's Night Out, with a pizza party and movie for ages 6-12, 5:30-8 p.m., United Church of Christ, Oakley. Reservations: 871-3136.
• 48 hours out: Free workshop on “Divorce and Breaking the Cycle of Abuse,” 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church, 103 William Howard Taft Road., Mount Auburn, with Xavier University sociologist Dr. Carolyn Jenkins. Free lunch, child care and parking. Information, NOW hotline, 852-9948.
• 72 hours 'til Sunday: See dozens of classic Volkswagens and Porsches at Bugfest '99: The VW/Porsche Family Reunion Car Show, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., GE Park (Interstate 275 and Ohio 747). $5, free children under 10; $15 to register a car. 861-9112.
• Also Sunday: An exhibit of Jackie Kennedy dolls will be featured at the eighth annual Triple Crown Doll Club Show and Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Sharonville. The dolls are from Madame Alexander, Franklin Mint and other antique and contemporary doll sources. $3 adults, $1 children under 12.
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