Monday, March 13, 2000
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GOING OUT
• Film Festival: Israeli and Jewish Film Festival continues todayat Esquire Theatre with Under the Donim Tree, about a group of young concentration camp survivors, at 7:30 p.m. and Love at Second Site,about a young female photographer obsessed with a stranger, at 9:30 p.m., 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton. $6. 985-1500.
• Play reading: Theatre of the Mind presents the next in its “Women's Writes” series (plays written by women) with Tongue of a Bird by Ellen McLaughlin, 7 p.m. today, Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St., downtown. $5. 961-2994.
• Brass band: The Ohio Valley British Brass Band performs marches, British song arrangements and overtures at 8 p.m. today, Lakota East High School, 6840 Lakota Lane. 236-5000.
• Tom Schiff: The photographer signs his latest book Panoramic Cincinnati 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
• Zen and Now Bookcafe: Monday Night Class Series with Marifran Korb on “Claiming Your Planetary Powers,” 7:30-9:30 p.m. today, 4453 Bridgetown Road, Green Township. $25. 598-8999.
• At Blind Lemon: Spencer Funk plays every Monday night at the Mount Adams bar, 936 Hatch St. 241-3885.
• Dunkin' at 50: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Dunkin' Donuts will sell donuts for 5 cents today (and March 20 and 27). The deal is at participating shops, and only one per customer, please.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: The Freaks and Geeks gang spy on Neal's dad to catch him fooling around with another woman (8 p.m., Channels 5, 22), while the Malcolm in the Middle family is forced into a trailer while their house is fumigated on a delightful Fox rerun (8:30 p.m., Channels 19, 45).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says Lily (Sela Ward) makes progress on her divorce case on Once and Again (10 p.m., Channels 9, 2).
• Web site of the day: So you thought classical composers all lived 200 years ago? Think again. A new Web site features music being composed by living Americans. Newmusicnow.org, a project of the American Symphony Orchestra League, features 16 pieces written since 1970, with sound clips (using RealAudio, music software you can download for free, using links from newmusicnow.org).
BRAND-SPANKIN' NEW
• Veggie Tales: Larry the Cucumber is back to help teach kids the lessons of life as learned through the eyes of animated vegetables. In the latest Veggie Tale video, Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed, Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot learn how rumors can snowball. It will be available in April at Target, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Amazon.com and other stores and Web sites that sell kids videos. $12.99.
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Denny McKeown, author of The Gardening Book for Ohio, signs copies of his book and begins the the first in a three-part gardening seminar, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
• 48 hours out: Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati opens The Cripple of Inishmaan, the regional premiere of Martin McDonagh's play about a young boy living on an Irish island trying to get into a Hollywood production being filmed there, 8 p.m. Wednesday, 1127 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine. $20-$25. (Continues through April 2.) 421-3555.
• 72 hours 'til Thursday: Rahzel of The Roots and Mix Master Mike of the Beastie Boys perform 9:30 p.m. at Annie's, 4343 Kellogg Ave., Columbia Tusculum. $15-$17. 321-2572.
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