Monday, September 27, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Bad hair day?: Pantene brings celebrity stylist Matthew Williams to Cincinnati today to provide free consultations. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., McMicken Commons, University of Cincinnati.
• Got milk?: Also at UC, the “got milk?” Campus Tour stops by to give students a shot at a milk mustache ad. Get a chance to get your photo taken noon-2 p.m. today, McMicken Commons (off Clifton Avenue).
• Take the stage: It's amateur night at the Greenwich, Walnut Hills, 9 p.m. today. Bring your musical instrument. Registration: 221-1151.
• Business Day Special: Today at Cinergy Field, the Reds take on the St. Louis Cardinals, 12:35 p.m. Tickets: 421-7337.
• Pop diva: Celine Dion performs 8 p.m. today at Value City Arena, Schottenstein Center, Columbus. $29.50-$65. 562-4949.
• For kids: Children 7-12 can make a friendship bracelet and scrapbook during Forever Friends, 4-5 p.m. today, Mary Ann Mongan Library in Covington. Free, but please register. 491-7610.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: The kids aren't in 7th Heaven when Simon (David Gallagher) runs the house while dad (Stephen Collins) vacations (8 p.m., Channel 64).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter also recommends PBS' four-week Red Files (9 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16), a look at secret KGB files on nuclear power, the space race and the Soviet sports machine. Don't worry about missing Ally McBeal, which won't have new episodes until Oct. 25.
• Web site of the day: For information about the Avon Running National 10K run, 5K Fitness Walk and the Children's Goblin Dash, click on www.avonrunning.com/cincinnati. Events start 9 a.m. Oct. 31, downtown.
THE GOODS
(What's available today)
• Smooth it: The Wrinkle Patch by Eternal Youth Products is the latest weapon in the war against withering skin. The patch makers say it can prevent future wrinkles or reduce the appearance of the ones you have by immersing and saturating the areas around the eyes, lips, forehead and any wrinkle-prone area with 100 percent pure vitamin C, as you sleep. A two-month supply of patches is $125. (800) 403-5654.
HOT TIX
• Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today for Neil Diamond. He plays Firstar Center 8 p.m. Dec. 7. $40.50 and $30.50. 562-4949.
PLANNING AHEAD
• Classical note: The Great Pianists of the 20th Century fill the WGUC-FM (90.9) airwaves at 8 p.m. Sunday through April in a new classical music program from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Philips Records.
• A day away: Music Live with Lunch returns to Christ Church Cathedral, downtown, Tuesday, with a variety of classical music, 12:10 p.m. Bring your lunch or buy one for $3.50. 621-1817.
• 48 hours out: Wednesday, Cowboy Mouth comes to Bogart's in Corryville. 8 p.m. $8, $10. 562-4949.
• 72 hours 'til Thursday: Ratt plays Electra, Over-the-Rhine. Music starts at 8 p.m.. $16. 562-4949.
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