Tuesday, December 28, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• At Aronoff: Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series' Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby opens 7:30 p.m. today in Procter & Gamble Hall. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 9. $35-$55 ($19.99 for all remaining New Year's Eve seats). 241-7469.
• Inspirational concert: “Evening of Inspiration and Prayer Through Song,” featuring Mary Marxen, 7:30 p.m. today, Mother of God Church, Sixth and Russell streets, Covington. 384-1356.
• Winter break: Winton Woods kids events today-Thursday, with inflatable planetarium in Winton Centre Auditorium 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. today. Live animal program Wednesday. Winter tree identification hike Thursday. Springfield Township. 521-7275.
• At Blue Wisp:: Phil DeGreg Trioplays the jazz club 9:30 p.m., 19 Garfield Place, downtown. 721-9801.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Cable's Disney Channel proves that you can't depend on the actor's name to tell if a film will be good. It has a Tony Danza double-feature, with The Garbage Picking, Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon (8:50 p.m.) and Noah (10:25 p.m.) The first movie lacks wit or logic; the second is a wonderfully warm and well-crafted fable for all ages.
• Radio alert: Friday, Four American orchestras will ring in the New Year in National Public Radio's “Century to Century: A Symphonic Celebration,” beginning 7 p.m. on WGUC-FM (90.9). Cincinnati's Suzanne Bona co-hosts the show with Martin Goldsmith. Featured orchestras: New York Philharmonic, conducted by Kurt Masur with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter; Atlanta Symphony, led by Robert Spano; Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Andre Raphel Smith, and San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, with divas Audra MacDonald and Frederica Von Stade.
THE GOODS
(What's in stores today)
• Video picks: It never made it to Greater Cincinnati theaters, but the quirky teen adventure Desert Blue is worth checking out, Enquirer film critic Margaret A. McGurk says. Highlights include Christina Ricci as a sheriff's daughter with a thing for arson, and Reading native Daniel von Bargen as her harried father.
• Also out today: Brendan Fraser as Dudley Do-Right.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Original jazz, R&B and Latin music with Doug Perry Ensemble, 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, City View Tavern, 403 Oregon St., Mount Adams. No cover. 241-8439.
• 48 hours out: Joe Kovacs Puppets “Winter Wonderland,” 2 p.m. Thursday at West Fork Branch Library, 3825 West Fork Road, Monfort Heights. Free. 369-4472.
• 72 hours 'til Friday: New Year's Eve opening of The Misanthrope at Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, 719 Race St., downtown. Performance at 8 p.m. followed by party with hors d'oeuvres, dancing onstage and champagne toast. $13-$18. 381-2273.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO...
• Before the New Year: You can fly to New York. There are plenty of flights available to the Big Apple before the millennium celebration, says Vicky Mary of Victoria Travel in Hyde Park. Some airlines are offering round trips departing Cincinnati Friday and returning Saturday. But don't wait too much later to make reservations.
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