Tuesday, January 11, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Riverbank Poetry Project: Appalachian poet Richard Hague reads his work 7 p.m. today at Fitton Center for the Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. 863-8873.
• Book signing: Maxx West signs Tayasal, a thriller about a college professor trapped on a tropical caye, 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
• Bach anniversary recital: Cellist Steve Shumway of the music faculty at Miami University, performs Bach solo suites commemorating the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, 8 p.m. today in the Kumler Chapel on Miami University's Western Campus, Oxford. Free. (513) 529-3014.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Well, it's about time! NYPD Blue returns to ABC, which refused to air the Emmy-winning drama last fall. TV Critic John Kiesewetter says detectives Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) and Sorenson (Rick Schroder) open the seventh season investigating a police brutality case in a weak script that lacks a subplot to mix up the action. The good news: ABC promises 22 straight weeks without a rerun. Welcome back!
THE GOODS (What's in stores today)
• Video picks: The oddball comedy Mystery Men is one of 1999's overlooked treats, says the Enquirer film critic Margaret A. McGurk. Also out today as a 10-part DVD set, The Art of Buster Keaton.
BRAND SPANKIN' NEW
• Varoom! Mattel just introduced its Matchbox Character Car Collection featuring icons from the television and movie industry riding atop a Matchbox car. The first characters released this month are Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie), Stanley Ipkiss (The Mask), Freddie Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street) and Jason (Friday the 13th). In the coming months look for Gilligan (Gilligan's Island), the Fonz (Happy Days), Bluto (Animal House), Rocky (Rocky), and Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre). $7.99 at toy and department stores.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the University of Cincinnati African American Cultural and Research Center on the main campus, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Interpretive dance, festive songs and poetry readings highlighting major moments in Dr. King's life. Free. 556-1177.
• 48 hours out: Molly Hatchet, 8 p.m. Thursday at the new Chameleon's nightclub, 400 Buttermilk Pike, Fort Mitchell. Dallas Moore opens the show at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are free if picked up before day of show, $5 at door. 341-5150.
• 72 hours 'til Friday: 2000 Cincinnati Travel, Sports and Boats Show begins at Albert B. Sabin Convention Center, downtown. Through Jan. 23. 281-0022; www.hartproductions.com.
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