Friday, February 18, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Benefit concert: Roberta Flack performs with other jazz artists, 7:30 p.m. today, Aronoff Center for the Arts. Benefits Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. $38-$42.50. 241-7469.
• Taft Museum of Art: A Renaissance Treasury: The Flagg Collection of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture opens today with rare clocks, tableware, cabinets with inlays of ivory and precious stones. 316 Pike St., downtown. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. $2-$4. Free Wednesday and Sunday. Continues through April 16. 241-0343.
• Auto Expo: Auto manufacturers show off their latest models and concept cars, 11 a.m-10 p.m. today-Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Albert B. Sabin Convention Center, downtown. $2.50-$6. 281-0022.
• Dance: Contemporary Chinese-American dance group, H.T. Chen and Dancers,begins its two-day run, 8:30 p.m. today, Aronoff Center for the Arts. $9-$20. 241-7469.
• Cincinnati Pops: Grand Viennese Ball program conducted by Erich Kunzel, featuring soprano Blythe Walker and champion ballroom dancers, 8 p.m. today-Sunday at Music Hall. $15-$42. 381-3300.
• Psychedelic rock: The seven-piece New Jersey-based band, Stir-Friedfeaturing Buddy Cage, plays a rare small club date, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. today, Stanley's Pub in Columbia Tusculum. $10 cover. 871-6249.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: John Goodman returns to Now and Again (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7) as the original Michael Wiseman when the newer, trimmer Michael (Eric Close) suffers a catatonic seizure.
And TV Critic John Kiesewetter says it's not a typo: ABC repeats Liar Liar today (8 p.m., Channels 9, 2), just four days after its Monday telecast. Sorry, kids, no Sabrina the Teenage Witch or any TGIF comedies tonight.
BRAND SPANKIN' NEW
• Grammy program: Watch the Grammys, and follow along with the official program. It's available on officialstuff.com for $34.95 (including shipping and handling). But don't wait another moment to order. The deadline is 1 p.m. today to get it by Wednesday, the day of 42nd Annual Grammy Awards (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7). The price drops to $29.95 if you don't want it by show time. Phone orders, too: (888) 677-8833.
HARRIED WITH CHILDREN
• Puppet man: What features a giant pop-up book that brings a fairy tale to life — complete with dragon, giants and a missing princess? It's Jim West's latest creation, “Pop-Ups, Puppets & Parades” 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. The pageantry concludes with a Mardi Gras parade. $8 at the door, Aronoff Center or Music Hall box offices or Ticketmaster outlets, 241-7469; www.ticketmaster.com.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Rosenthal Next Generation Theatre Series continues with Billy Jonas' storytelling, improvised instrumentation and songs for kids, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 and 2 p.m. Saturday, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. $3-$4.50. 421-3888.
• 48 hours out: The stellar Starling Chamber Orchestra plays a program featuring Mendelssohnand Mozart, 7 p.m. Sunday, Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati. $18. 556-4183.
• A Week Away: Vocal harmonists, Voicebox will perform selections from their CD No Net, plus new arrangements, 8 and 10 p.m. Feb. 25-26 at Carol's Upstairs, 825 Main St., downtown. $10. 533-4667.
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