Wednesday, January 26, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Opening night: World premiere production of The Winning Streak, a new play by Lee Blessing about a retired baseball player whose adult illegitimate son returns, opens 8 p.m. today at Ensemble Theatre, 1127 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine. Through Feb. 16. $20-$25. 421-3555.
• Derek Truck Band: The slide guitar prodigy plays 9 p.m. today at Barrelhouse Brewing Co., downtown. $10. 421-2337.
• At Mercantile Library: Edward Ball, author of Slaves in the Family, kicks off the Winter Author Series, 6:30 p.m. today at Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St., downtown. $10-$12. 621-0717.
• Jennifer Kimball: The artist, formerly of The Story, performs on piano with an accompanying guitarist, 8 p.m. today in the new coffeehouse space at Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport. $10-$12. 779-9462.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: PBS' Culture Shock examines Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Monet's “Olympia” and other art works deemed controversial in their time (9-11:30 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter also notes that the Drew Carey Show repeats a show taped at the new Cleveland Browns' stadium last fall (9 p.m., Channels 9, 2).
WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
• Disc picks: Reissues from two local groups lead the week's new CD releases.
• Over The Rhine is back on a major label, as Virgin/Back Porch releases the band's 1996 CD, Good Dog Bad Dog ($16.98 CD only).
• The self-titled first album by 98` is being reissued by Motown (the quartet now records for Universal) as a special edition with a free, two-track bonus CD ($17.98 CD only).
• Reunited R&B group Guy is back with III (UNI; $17.98 CD, $11.98 cassette).
• Also on the R&B beat, D'Angelo gets his mojo working with Voodoo (Virgin; $17.98 CD and $11.98 cassette).
• Van Morrison gets back to his pre-rock folk-blues roots with Skiffle Sessions — Live in Belfast 1998 (Virgin; $17.98 CD only).
• The Clash is back in a big way with the reissuing of the punk/roots band's complete catalog. It's a bargain for anyone with a taste for visceral rock, says Enquirer Music Critic Larry Nager, with CDs priced at $13.98 list (no cassettes). There's also a new compilation, The Clash (the Singles) ($17.98 CD and $11.98 cassette), being released for the first time in the United States.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: In conjunction with the Cincinnati Museum Center's African culture events, John David Smith, noted historian of the American South, the Civil War and slavery, will give a free lecture, 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the museum's Reakirt Auditorium. 287-7000.
• 48 hours out: Redfest 2000, the annual fan festival, starts 4-10 p.m. Friday at Albert B. Sabin Convention Center, downtown. Players from the 1990 World Series team will be on hand plus a long list of current players and coaches, including Mike Bell, Chris Sexton and Barry Larkin. $5-$7. 421-4510.
• 72 hours 'til Saturday: Jam band moe. makes a rare area appearance, 8:30 p.m., Bogart's in Corryville. $10-$12. 562-4949.
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