Wednesday, September 29, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Opera star: Soprano Sarah Brightman brings her “One Night in Eden” tour to the Aronoff Center, 7:30 p.m. today. $37.50-$50. 241-7469.
• Rock and roll: At Bogart's in Corryville today with Cowboy Mouth. Show starts 8 p.m. $10. 562-4949.
• At the river saloon: It's Zakk Wylde, Pale Shebah and Shady Bunch today. Doors open 8 p.m. at Annie's, Columbia Tusculum. $10. 562-4949.
• Get rid of clutter: Organize your life with tips from “clutter tamer” Susanne Phelps, 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Norwood. 396-8960.
• ChiliFest kickoff: Coney-building contests and tug-of-war competitions help fire up this weekend's chili festival, noon today on Fountain Square. ChiliFest is 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturdayand 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday. 579-3191.
• Read your works: Today a the Open Poetry Slam, 8 p.m., Sitwell's Coffee House, Clifton. Sign up at 7:45 p.m. $2. 281-7487.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Garth Brooks tosses away his black cowboy hat as his alter ego, fictional rock star Chris Gaines, in an NBC special Garth Brooks ... In the Life of Chris Gaines (8 p.m., Channels 5,22) to launch his new CD and a possible feature film. The CD, says pop music critic Larry Nager, is the splashiest release of the week (Capitol; $17.98 CD; $10.98 cassette).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter has a tough choice at 9 p.m.: The Drew Carey Show gang sneaks into a Cleveland Browns game (Channels 9, 2) in an episode shot in Cleveland, while the second episode of NBC's The West Wing (Channels 5, 22) features the vice president (Tim Matheson) publicly clashing with the president (Martin Sheen).
WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
• Disc picks: Paula Cole fans get their prayers answered with Amen (Warner Brothers; $17.98 CD; $11.98 cassette), the new CD by 1998 best new artist Grammy winner.
Creed (appearing Oct. 17 at Firstar) rocks back with Human Clay (Wind Up/BMG; $17.98 CD; $11.99 cassette).
The Indigo Girls release Come On Now Social (Columbia; $17.98 CD; $11.98 cassette) mixing folk and rock on some of the songs debuted at the summer's Lilith Fair.
Tony Bennett celebrates the Duke's centennial with Bennett Sings Ellington/Hot & Cool (Columbia; $17.98 CD; $11.98 cassette), a big band set that's the week's classiest release.
PLANNING AHEAD
• A day away: Make mosaic flower pots at Right Thyme Gardenware's creative workshop, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, Loveland. $35. Registration: 248-8500.
• 48 hours out: Cincinnati FunRaisers singles organization holds its 14th Birthday Party, 8 p.m.-midnight Friday at the Gregory Center, downtown. $30-$40. 583-0974, 636-8900.
• 72 hours 'til Saturday: The Cincinnati Ballet performs for Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy's Headmaster's Series, 2 and 7 p.m., Lindner Fine Arts Center, CHCA High School building, Symmes Township. $8, $5 students. 247-0900, Ext. 810.
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