Thursday, February 03, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Eugene Pridonoff: The CCM artist-in-residence gives a solo piano recital, 8 p.m. today in UC's new Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. Program will include works by Mozart, Brahms, Scriabin and Schubert. Free. 556-4183.
• Cabaret: “Open Mike Contest,” 9 p.m. today at the Cabaret, 1219 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine. Winner earns a Friday night booking. Bring sheet music. Accompaniment by David Kisor. 665-9100.
• Salesman: Foxrock Theatre Company presents the classic Death of a Salesman, 8 p.m. today-Friday at Jarson-Kaplan Theatre, Aronoff Center for the Arts. $15-$20. 241-7469.
• Stage First: Opening night for Alexander the Great: Part I, a dramatization of the early years of the famous conqueror written by Stage First's executive director Nicholas Korn, 8 p.m. today, Fifth Third Bank Theatre, Aronoff Center for the Arts. Through Feb. 13. $12-$15. 241-7469.
• At Neon's: Blues band Snidely Whiplash(formerly Ben Duke and El Dorado) play 10 tonight at the Over-the-Rhine Club, 208 E. 12th St. 721-2919.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: February sweeps start with truly “Must See TV” episodes with Frasier dating an old high school classmate (Jean Smart from Designing Women) at 9 p.m. (Channels 5, 22), and medical student Abby Lockhart (new regular Maura Tierney from NewsRadio) spending her first day in the ER at 10 p.m. (Channels 5, 22).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter says former Dave's World stars DeLane Matthews and J.C. Wendel play wives of a man found dead on Diagnosis Murder (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
• Web site of the day: The most famous dieter of recent weeks has to be Monica Lewinsky, whose 31-pound loss is being credited for cash to the Jenny Craig diet centers. She may be in all the news, but she doesn't seem to be in evidence at the Jenny Craig Web site (www.jennycraig.com/), reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. Still, her handbags, as seen in the Barbara Walters interview, remain for sale at therealmonicainc.com/.
BRAND SPANKIN' NEW
• Valentine's sweetness: Treat your valentine to heart-shaped shortbread cookies topped with sugar icing in a heart-shaped wire basket ($44.95) from Mrs. Beasley's in Los Angeles. Makers of the famous Miss Grace Lemon Cakes, Mrs. Beasley's is offering a 5 percent discount on online orders. mrs.beasleys.com or (800) 710-7742.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Cincinnati Ballet's The Three Musketeers begins its three-day run, 8 p.m. Friday Aronoff Center for the Arts. $8-$47. 241-7469.
• 48 hours out: Most Beautiful Baby Contest at Forest Fair Mall in Fairfield. Registration 9:30 a.m. Saturday, competition runs 10:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 671-2882.
• 72 hours 'til Sunday: Ethos Percussion Group performs a varied program of world rhythms, such as Japanese taikor drumming and Guatemalan marimba, 3 p.m. Sunday, Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford. $11-$22. (513) 529-3200.
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