Thursday, January 27, 2000
GET TO IT
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THIS JUST IN
• Winfrey winner: North Carolina novelist Robert Morgan is the latest author to join Oprah Winfrey's exclusive circle. The TV talk show host has chosen Mr. Morgan's novel Gap Creek (Algonquin Books; $22.95) for her next book club discussion. Set in turn-of-the-century Appalachia, Gap Creek is the story of a 17-year-old who has to deal with premature births and deaths, malnutrition, poverty and other hardships. Mr. Morgan, a 55-year-old poet who turned to fiction in 1984, is also the author of The Truest Pleasure and The Hinterlands.
GOING OUT
• Lee Rolfes: The acoustic performer, formerly of Bucket, plays 10 p.m.-2 a.m. today at Stanley's Pub, 323 Stanley Ave., Columbia-Tusculum. 871-6249.
• Historian: In conjunction with Cincinnati Museum Center's African culture events, John David Smith, author of Black Judas: William Hannibal Thomas and the American Negro and a recognized expert on the American South, Civil War and slavery, gives a free lecture 7:30 p.m. today in the museum's Reakirt Auditorium. 287-7000.
• Romance author: Jayne Ann Krentz, signs Soft Focus, 7-8 p.m. today, Books & Co., 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering. (800) 777-4881.
• Family fun night: “Stories and Crafts for a Winter's Night” program, 7 p.m. today, West Fork Branch Library, 3825 West Fork Road, Monfort Heights. For all ages. 369-4472.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: With the State of the Union speech wiping out most network fare (9-11 p.m.), the best alternatives are WB's Charmed and Roswell (9-11 p.m., Channel 64) or the English version of Antiques Roadshow (8-9 p.m., Channel 48).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter's guilty pleasures tonight include a Celebrity Deathmatch marathon (5:30-10:30 p.m., MTV), with Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa, at 10 p.m., or the Beverly Hillbillies in England (9-10:30 p.m., Nick at Nite).
BRAND SPANKIN' NEW
• Vienna salute: Cincinnati's John Morris Russell, who stepped in to conduct when Cincinnati Pops conductor Erich Kunzel was ill in September, made his Vienna debut in “A Salute to Vienna.” Now you can buy a tape of the concert, which was televised live on Austrian Television from Vienna's famous Musikverein. The show, narrated by actor Gregory Peck, features the Strauss Festival Orchestra, the Vienna Boys Choir and the Boys Choir of Harlem. Mr. Russell conducts Gershwin and Copland. Viennese maestro Peter Guth leads the Strauss waltzes. The 140-minute video is $26.95 plus $6.45 shipping (2 CDs are $24.95 plus $4.95 shipping). Orders: (800) 545-7807.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Fred Eaglesmith and the Flying Squirrels perform 9 p.m. Friday at Newport's Southgate House. The group's latest release: 50 Odd Dollars. Scott Miller, formerly of the V-Roysalso will play. $10-$12. 779-9462.
• 48 hours out: Four new exhibits open at Contemporary Arts Center, downtown: Better Living Through Chemistry, large-scale backlit photographs by David Byrne; From Here to Ear, a sound environment installation featuring pools of water, birds and chiming dishes by Celeste Boursier-Mougenot; Views of the Garden, sculpture by Jacci Den Hartog, and developmental drawings of the Belief sculpture by Terry Allen at UC's Vontz Center for Molecular Studies. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. 721-0390.
• 72 hours 'til Sunday: Jazz guitarist Jimmy Ponder performs 2:30 p.m. at Cincinnati Art Museum Theatre, Eden Park. Part of Xavier University Piano and Guitar Series. $14. 745-3161.
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