Friday, January 07, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Cavalcade of Customs: The perennial favorite kicks off 5-10:30 p.m. today at Albert B. Sabin Convention Center, downtown. NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace will be there 7-9 p.m. and Kenny Cowdenwill perform on the second level entertainment stage all evening. Continues Saturday-Sunday. $3-$9. 352-3750.
• Thank van Gogh It's Friday: The popular happy hour event at the Cincinnati Art Museum features music by the Blue Birds, 5:30-9 p.m. today. Eden Park. $4-$6. 721-2787.
• Percussion Group Cincinnati: Performs new music from the CCM computer music studios, 8 p.m. today, Patricia Corbett Theatre, University of Cincinnati Main Campus. Free. 556-4183.
• Golf show: Exhibits, retail displays and ball-striking activities begin 4-9 p.m. today and continue all weekend at Sharonville Convention Center, Chester Road. $5-$6. (800) 939-0040.
• Art opening: New exhibits at the Carnegie Arts Center: Kentucky Arts and Crafts Foundation 15 Year Retrospect, drawings by Robert Robbins, prints by Mary Mark and paintings by Kurt Grannan. Opening reception, 6-9 p.m. today, 1028 Scott Blvd., Covington. 491-2030.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Former Family Ties star Tracy Pollan, in a rare dramatic role, plays a rape victim as NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit moves to Fridays (10 p.m., Channels 5, 22).
• If you want something lighter than NBC's grisly Law & Order, TV Critic John Kiesewetter recommends a screen classic, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as dueling married lawyers in Adam's Rib (10 p.m., Channel 48).
• Web site of the day: Feeling a bit of millennium fever? The American Psychological Association site contains answers to questions about holiday stress, including advice for those suffering from a chronic illness, and examples of coping strategies. Check helping.apa.org/family/holiday.html
HARRIED WITH CHILDREN
• An inside look: While it's blustery outside, kids can discover the ways artists show interior spaces, design their own interior space and construct a shadow box. It's all part of the Taft Museum of Art's Families Create program from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at 316 Pike St., downtown. Paid registration of $8 per child for non-members ($4 members) is required 24 hours in advance of each program. 241-0343.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Peanut Butter and Jam Session with Linton Music Series, interactive music event with Linton musicians including classical music sing-alongs, 10 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Montgomery Community Baptist Church, 11251 Montgomery Road. $3 adults, $2 children. 381-6868.
• 48 hours out: Athenaeum Chorale performs “Vespers,” 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel of St. Gregory at Athenaeum of Ohio, 6616 Beechmont Ave., Mount Washington. 231-3254.
• 72 hours 'til Monday: New exhibit opens in the Hiestand Galleries at Miami University in Oxford: Artist Nancy Spero has created installations inspired by medieval monuments such as the Irish sheela-na-gig. Exhibit open 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday through Feb. 4. (513) 529-1883.
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