Monday, March 27, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Visual arts: Jacob Young speaks as part of Lecture Series on the Visual Arts presented by the Art Academy of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University Art Department, 7-8:30 p.m. today, Room 416, NKU Fine Arts Center. 572-6659 or 572-6012.
• Basket making: Free program with Wendy Linck, 7 p.m. today, Parkdale Branch Library, 655 Waycross Road, Forest Park. 369-4478.
• Women's history: “History of the First Ladies” program with Don Deming, 7 p.m. today, West Fork Branch Library, 3825 West Fork Road, Monfort Heights. 369-4472.
• At Arnold's: Fred Gary on piano, 6-8 p.m. every Monday, 210 E. Eighth St., downtown. 421-6234.
• Latin Dance: Every Monday beginning 10 p.m. at Mad Frog with Tropicoso, Vine Street and McMillan Avenue, Mount Auburn. 784-9119.
• Donut alert: Today's your last chance to get a 5-cent donut from Dunkin' Donuts, which has been celebrating its 50th anniversary this month with 5-cent donuts on Monday. One per customer, at participating stores.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: TNN's new Tom Sawyer animal cartoon has a distinctive Southern flavor with voices by country singers Rhett Akins, Mark Wills, Lee Ann Womack, Marty Stuart, Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr. (8-10 p.m., TNN).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter also notes Dr. John Becker (Ted Danson) and Reggie (Terry Farrell) are stuck in a jet grounded by bad weather in Buffalo in a Becker (9:30 p.m., Channels 12, 7) rerun by former Cheers writers Ken Levine and David Isaacs.
• Web site of the day: The Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Big Sky, American East, Northeast, and all the other college basketball conferences have been battling it out. The official site of the NCAA basketball championships chronicles what has happened, and outlines what is to come, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Try www.finalfour.net.
THE GOODS (What's in stores today)
• New mag: Real Simple, a new monthly magazine dedicated to simplifying every aspect of a woman's life — family and work to food and clothing — hits newsstands today. The premier issue ($2.95) features such articles as “Why One Credit Card is Better Than Ten and How To Decide Which One To Keep” and “The Fastest, Easiest Way to Clean Your Bathroom.”
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: Jerry Garcia Band and the Marvelous B's play 9 p.m. Tuesday at Annie's, 4343 Kellogg Ave., Columbia-Tusculum. $10. 321-2572.
• 48 hours out: Alison Krauss and Union Station play 8 p.m. Wednesday at Taft Theatre, Fifth and Sycamore streets, downtown. $22. 562-4949.
• 72 hours 'til Thursday: Bil Keane, internationally syndicated cartoonist and creator of The Family Circus . . . By Request speaks and signs books, 7 p.m. at Books & Co., 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering. (800) 777-4881.
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