Monday, March 06, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Gardening series: Experts at the White Oak Garden Center present a program on “Heavenly Hostas and Shade Gardening,” 7 p.m. today,West Fork Branch Library, 3825 West Fork Road, Monfort Heights. 369-4472.
• Brunsvik Trio: The piano, violin and cello group performs a free concert of Beethoven and Shostakovich at 8:30 p.m. today,Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati. 961-8862.
• Hamilton history: Dan Finfrock talks about “Street Cars and Memories of Hamilton” at 7:30 p.m. today, Ritchie Auditorium, adjacent to Butler County Historical Society Museum, 327 N. Second St., Hamilton. (513) 896-9930.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Everybody Loves Raymond repeats a hilarious episode from October about Debra's (Patricia Heaton) hippie, free-spirit sister (Ashley Crow) becoming a nun, based in part on Ms. Heaton's sister who is a nun (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
• And TV Critic John Kiesewetter says two weekday cable magazine shows premiere today: Lifetime Live with Deborah Roberts and Dana Reeve (noon-1 p.m.) and The Daily One with Rebecca Rankin reporting music and concert news (2-3:30 p.m.).
• Web site of the day: If you find yourself wishing you could own some of the artfully chosen set decorations you see in movies, you might want to visit LA411 Auction, an online store where movie companies sell unneeded equipment and props. Right now, for instance, you could bid on a couple of the lovely clocks that Robin Williams' robot builds in Bicentennial Man, or bridesmaid dresses from My Best Friend's Wedding. Browse at www.la411auction.com.
WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
• Night ball: Night doesn't have to signal the end of your outdoor basketball game. Huffy Sports has introduced Satellight Midnight Madness, a backboard/rim and basketball system that features LED technology. The lighted backboard/rim ($249) is powered by two D cell batteries that will light up play for 50 hours. The lighted Twilight basketballs cost $14.99-$24.99. Both the system and balls are available where sporting goods are sold. Information: (800) 558-5234; www.huffysports.com.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Brian McKnight plays 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Taft Theatre, Fifth and Sycamore streets, downtown. $38.50. 562-4949.
• 48 hours out: “Jack in the City,” a multimedia performance of stories, photography and music exploring the urban Appalachian experience will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, Corbett Theatre, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights. $5-$9. 572-5464.
• 72 hours 'til Thursday: Musical Theatre Department at CCM opens Cincinnati premiere of Children of Eden, a new musical by Stephen Schwartz blending folk, pop and gospel rhythyms and taking a whimsical look at the first five books of the Bible. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday and 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Studio Theatre, University of Cincinnati. Free. 556-4183.
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