Wednesday, February 09, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Sebastian Bach: Plays tonight at Annie's, 4343 Kellogg Ave., Columbia Tusculum, in support of his latest album Bring 'em Bach Alive. Doors open 8 p.m. $10. 321-2572.
• Nigerian dance: Bi-Okoto Nigerian Drum and Dance Theatreperforms free, 8 p.m. today, Boyd Auditorium at Wilmington College. (937) 382-6661.
• Cincinnati Preservation Association: Lecture on the Miami and Erie Canal by Nancy Savage Gulick, 7:30 p.m. today at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. $5, free to members. 721-4506.
• For kids: “Flying Fun” program exploring flight in nature, 3:30-5 p.m. today, Krohn Conservatory. $3. 421-5707, Ext. 17.
• Blues: Ricky Nye plays tonight at Doc's Smoke Shoppe and Tavern, West Mulberry Street, Lebanon. 932-9939.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Spend a couple of hours in our nation's capital, past and present, with NBC's The West Wing (9 p.m., Channels 5, 22), when the president consults a priest (Karl Malden) before a death-penalty decision, and with Duke Ellington's Washington in the 1920s (10:30 p.m., Channel 48).
• And TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Late Show bandleader Paul Shaffer interviews Bruce Willis about his favorite moments with David Letterman on Late Show Backstage (11:35 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
• Web site of the day: The National Cancer Institute, which coordinates government-sponsored cancer research, provides a deep Web site with updates on new research, clinical trials, a comprehensive glossary, and background material on cancer and living with the disease, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. Find the site at cancernet.nci.nih.gov/.
BRAND SPANKIN' NEW
• Bug learning: Get a free new catalog from Gardens Alive, the Lawrenceburg company that specializes in organic and environmentally friendly lawn and garden products, and you'll get an 18-page illustrated guide to common insects and diseases. Among its new products is Weed-Aside, an herbicidal soap with natural fatty acids that controls broadleaf weeds, annual grassy weeds, mosses, algae and lichens. $12.99 for a one-pint bottle; $22.95 for a quart. (812) 537-8650; www.gardens-alive.com.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: The Toy Shop, a musical tale of the adventures of two toys who wish to see the world beyond the toy shop, presented by Cincinnati Opera Outreach Ensemble, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Calico Theatre, Clermont College of the University of Cincinnati, Batavia. $1.50-$3. 732-5281.
• 48 hours out: Comedian Dave Chappelle begins a two-day appearance at Go Banana's comedy club, 7410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery. $20. 984-9288.
• 72 hours 'til Saturday: Microbrew celebration and Bockfest 2000 poster signing, 6 p.m., Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. Illustrator Jim Effler will sign posters while Christian Moerlein and Barrelhouse Brewery hand out samples of their latest microbrews. 396-8960.
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