Thursday, September 30, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Hard rock: Today, Ratt plays Electra (1133 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine), 8 p.m. $16. 562-4949.
• Remodel your home: Get ideas at the 1999 Huntington Banks Kitchen, Bath and Remodeling Show. It starts today, 5-9 p.m., and continues 5-9 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Albert B. Sabin Convention Center, downtown. $6, $2.50 children 13 and under. 281-0022.
• Fall show: Buy autumn produce or visit a country garden at Harvest Moon, through Nov. 14 at Krohn Conservatory, Eden Park. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 421-5707.
• Artists lecture: Hear discussion by seven women artists at the Magnificent Obsessions Lecture Series. Community Tapestry: A Panel of Women Artists, 7 p.m. today, Contemporary Arts Center, downtown. $5. 721-0390.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Stat! Goran Visjnic (Welcome to Sarajevo) Michael Michele (Homicide: Life on the Street) and Paul McCrane (Dr. Romano) join ER as regulars in the season premiere (10 p.m., Channels 5, 22), then former ER star George Clooney plugs his new movie on The Tonight Show (11:35 p.m., Channels 5, 22).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Chicago Hope returns to serious medical ethical issues when Dr. Geiger (Mandy Patinkin) and Dr. Watters (Hector Elizondo) fight over which of two heart transplant patients gets a new heart (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7). • 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.
WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
• Small touch: Congratulate the bride or accentuate her shower gift with a new line of miniature books by nationally renowned bridal expert and planner Beverly Clark. The four full-color hardcover titles (Running Press; $4.95 each) are Beverly Clark's Weddings; Beverly Clark's Book of Wedding Cakes; Beverly Clark's For My Bridesmaid and Beverly Clark's I Love You Because.
PLANNING AHEAD
• A day away: Riders in the Skywith Janis Ian, Friday and Saturday, downtown's Emery Theater. Doors open 6:30 p.m. $10-$14; $15-$25 for both nights. 784-6838.
• 48 hours out: Traditional Celtic dancing music and cultural exhibits fill Coney Island 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdayand 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday during the Cincinnati Celtic Music and Cultural Festival, $5, free children under 13. Parking additional. 533-4822.
• 72 hours 'til Sunday: Join 2,000-plus walkers at the Alzheimer's Association's 1999 Memory Walk and fund-raiser at Sawyer Point, downtown. Registration at 9, 4-mile walk at 10 a.m. Walkers are encouraged to bring a photo of a loved one affected by Alzheimer's for a “memory wall.” $20 minimum donation requested. 721-4284.
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