Tuesday, January 18, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Ensemble for 18th-Century Music: The CCM group performs a program of Handel, Bach, Haydn and Mozart, 8 p.m today, Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati. Conducted by Eiji Hashimoto. Free. 556-4183.
• Broadway Series: Civil War: The Broadway Musical, starring Larry Gatlin and Bebe Winans, opens 8 p.m. today, Aronoff Center for the Arts. Through Jan. 30. $35-$55. 241-7469.
• Rookwood murals: Edgar Slotkin,UC professor of English and comparative literature, presents “Folktales Through the Window,” discussing the meaning behind Roselawn Condon Murals, on display at Main Public Library, 7 p.m. today at the library, downtown. 369-6970.
• Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative: Reading of The Bastard, a play by Jay B. Kalagayan, 8 p.m. today in the Fifth-Third Bank Theatre at Aronoff Center for the Arts. $5. 241-7469.
STAYING IN
• TV Picks: Prepare for a night of chilling television on PBS: Nova's “Lost on Everest” expedition to find the body of 1924 explorer George Mallory (9 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16), and Frontline's “The Killer at Thurston High” (10-11:30 p.m.), a comprehensive profile of Kip Kinkel, who killed his parents and two students in 1998 when he was 15. The film includes parts of his hysterical confession to police and comments from his sister and classmates.
• And TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Amy's (Amy Brenneman) divorce turns ugly over visitation rights on Judging Amy (10 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
• Web site of the day: Parents looking to check out their newborn's astrological chart now have a lightning quick way to do it. AstroBaby.com, a Website run by celebrity French astrologer Meredith Duquesne, is up, running and full of insights into a baby's personality and potential, based on the position of the stars at the moment of birth. Visits and a minichart are are free; detailed charts are $29.95.
WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
• Video picks: Eddie Murphy plays two roles, both funny, in Bowfinger, says Enquirer film critic Margaret A. McGurk, who also likes the British import An Ideal Husband and Taye Diggs' comic turn in The Wood.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Xavier University professor, Dr. Norman Finkelstein, signs Track, a book of poetry, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
• 48 hours out: School for Creative and Performing Arts' production of Zorro opens 7:30 p.m. Thursday. at SCPA Theater, 1310 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine. Continues through Sunday $5-$10. 632-5910.
• 72 hours 'til Friday: Friends of the Public Library annual warehouse sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1621 Dana Ave., Evanston. Books, videos and compact discs priced as low as 50 cents. 369-6035.
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