Wednesday, January 12, 2000

GET TO IT

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A guide to help make your day

GOING OUT
        • Book signing: Anita Shreve, author of The Pilot's Wife, signs her new book Fortune's Rocks, 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 369-8960. • Dinner theater: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opens at La Comedia Dinner Theatre today and runs through March 5. Arrival time for performances (which includes buffet meal) is 5:30-6 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday and 10:30-11 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday. Ohio 73 (¹/₂ mile east of I-75) in Springboro. $33-$45. (800) 677-9505.

        • British arts and crafts: Nationally recognized arts and crafts expert Wendy Kaplan, presents a program “The Simple Life: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain, 1880-1910,” 7 p.m. today at Main Public Library, 800 Vine St., downtown. First of five-part lecture series coinciding with exhibit William Morris and the Art and Craft of the Book. 369-6957.

        • Jazz: Steve Barone Jazz Trioplays 7-11 p.m. every Wednesday and Sunday at Wings, 262 Wilmer Ave., East End. 871-7400.

STAYING IN
        • TV picks: It's a White House in crisis when President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) is found unconscious while preparing for his State of the Union speech on The West Wing (9 p.m., Channels 5, 22).

        • TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Dayton native Jonathan Winters is saluted by Robin Williams, Steve Allen, Eugene Levy and others on The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Celebrating the Humor of Jonathan Winters (10:30 p.m., Comedy Central). • Web site of the day: Too much stuff to remember in a new millennium? When is the car payment due? How about your anniversary? The Online Elephant is one way to get on top of things. You can set up the service to send you reminders as often as daily, for any reason. Get organized with onlineelephant.com.

WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
        • Disc picks: Of course, Bob Dylan's song about fighter Rubin “Hurricane” Carter is on the soundtrack CD for The Hurricane (MCA; $18.98 CD, $12.98 cassette).

        • Fans of his early New Orleans R&B classics could be disappointed by Aaron Neville's Greatest Hits (A&M; $16.98 CD, $10.98 cassette), says the Enquirer's Larry Nager, since it focuses on his recent adult-contemporary fare.

        Jethro Tull's Nightcap (Capitol; $22.98 CD only) is for the faithful, featuring unreleased material from 1973-99.

        Up-and-coming country star Mark Wills delivers Permanently (Mercury; $17.98 CD, $11.98 cassette).

PLANNING AHEAD
        • 24 hours out: Cincinnati surgeon Dr. Jean Loftus discusses and signs her book, The Smart Woman's Guide to Plastic Surgery, about the risks and benefits of cosmetic surgery, 7 p.m. Thursday at Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 9891 Waterstone Blvd., Deerfield Township. Book purchase earns free consultation with the doctor. 683-5599.

        • 48 hours out: New Edgecliff Theatre's production of The Woolgatherer, a play by William Mastrosimone opens 8 p.m. Friday at Fifth Third Bank Theatre, Aronoff Center for the Arts. $10-$12. 241-7469.

        • 72 hours 'til Saturday: Brides World 2000, presented by Cincinnati Wedding magazine, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Northern Kentucky Convention Center. Continues Sunday. $7. 588-9133.

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