Monday, January 31, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Free concert: CCM Symphony Band performs “A Musical Melange” featuring “Scenes from the Louvre” by Dello Joio, “Diptyque Benson” by Morel and “John Gay Suite” by Orr, 8 p.m. today, Corbett Auditorium, UC's Main Campus. 556-4183.
• Lecture Series on the Visual Arts: Presented by Art Academy of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University Department of Art. Begins 7-8:30 p.m. today with Rob Gartzka and Kathie Johnson speaking about their studio art furniture. Room 416 of NKU's Fine Arts Center. 572-6659.
• Latin night: At Mad Frog, featuring Tropicoso, begining with Latin dance lessons, 10 p.m. today, Vine and McMillan streets, Corryville. 784-9119.
• Rodin Sculpture: Exhibit Rodin: Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection is at Dayton Art Institute through March 26. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Free general admission, $5-$8 for exhibit. (800) 296-4426.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Tune in NBC's underappreciated drama, Freaks and Geeks, to see a teen-age girl freak out because her parents (SCTV's Joe Flaherty and Becky Ann Baker) have read her diary (8 p.m., Channels 5, 22).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter says The American Experience reveals how President Richard Nixon changed the world in 1970 by re-establishing relations with China in “Nixon's China Game” (9 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16).
• Web site of the day: Interactive crosswords are the best. Type your guesses right onto the grid. To find the Slate crossword puzzle, click on “features” near the top of the opening page. Slate's highbrow puzzles are by Matt Gaffney, and Slate makes a point of saying over and over that his work appears in the Washington Post and the New York Times. Challenge yourself at www.slate.com.
WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
• Chocolate Sweethearts: NECCO has combined two Valentine's Day classics, chocolate and Sweetheart Conversation Hearts, into new chocolate-only Sweethearts, about $1 for three 1í-ounce boxes.
• New sayings this year on Sweetheart candies include: 2000 Kisses, 2000 Hugs, Swing Time and In the Mood.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: The internationally renownedArtemis Quartet performs 8 p.m. Tuesday in Corbett Auditorium on UC's Main Campus. Presented by Cincinnati Chamber Music Society. $7-$20. 533-0451.
• 48 hours out: “Rainy? Snowy? Sunny? Day . . . Who Knows About This Anyway,” program about natural weather predictions (i.e. groundhogs) for ages 5-13, 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, LaBoiteaux Woods, College Hill. $3. 542-2909.
• 72 hours 'til Thursday: Foxrock Theatre Co. presents Death of a Salesman, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, Jarson-Kaplan Theatre, Aronoff Center for the Arts, downtown. $15-$20. 241-7469.
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