Saturday, October 30, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
Open-captioned: Showcase Cinemas Springdale offers open-captioned screenings of The Thomas Crown Affair today (and Sunday) at 4:05 and 6:40 p.m. 671-6917.
Bluegrass and roots rock: Today, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones come to the Taft Theatre, downtown. Music at 8 p.m. $17.50. 562-4949.
Faces of mystery: Children of all ages can get their faces painted, 11 a.m. at Union Township Library; then at 2 p.m., grades 3 and up will learn about masks of various cultures and create their own. 528-1744.
It's buggy: At Krohn Conservatory's Bugfest, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today (and Sunday). With programs, displays and insect cuisine. $1. 421-5707.
Knife show: The National Knife Collectors Association Cincinnati Knife Show continues 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington. $3. (800) 548-3907.
STAYING IN
TV picks: Have a monster day, says TV Critic John Kiesewetter, with American Movie Classics' repeats of Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1 p.m.), Godzilla vs. The Thing (2:25 p.m.), Ghidrah, the Three-headed Monster (4 p.m.), Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (5:30 p.m.), Godzilla vs. Sea Monster (7:50 p.m.), Terror of Mechagodzilla (8:35 p.m.), Attack of the 50 ft. Monstermania (10 p.m.), Godzilla vs. King Ghidrah (11 p.m.), Godzilla vs. Mothra (12:50 a.m.) and Godzilla vs. Space Monster (1:40 a.m.).
HOT TIX
Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today for the Over the Rhine Christmas Show with Leo Kottke, 8 p.m. Dec. 11, Taft Theatre, downtown. $15-$17.
Also 10 a.m. for the Indigo Girls, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14, Louisville Palace Theatre ($25-$35), and at noon for the Indigo Girls show at Indianapolis' Murat Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 ($24-$32.50).
All through Ticketmaster, 562-4949.
PLANNING AHEAD
A day away: The Hamilton Antiques Fair sets up at Butler County Fairgrounds, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, $3. 738-7256.
48 hours out: Monday, Eiji Hashimoto conducts The Ensemble for 18th Century Music, 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. 556-4183.
72 hours 'til Tuesday: The Taft Museum's artist-in-residence Charlotte Blake Alston gives An Evening of Story and Song, 7:30 p.m., Aronoff Center for the Arts Jarson-Kaplan Theater. 241-0343.
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