Saturday, April 15, 2000
Get to it
A guide to help make your day
Going out
Marionettes: Madcap Productions has brought the Roberts Marionettes of Chicago to Cincinnati for performances of The Algonquin Cinderella 1 and 3 p.m. today-Sunday, Cincinnati Art Museum. $6-$8. 721-2787.
Dance: Nationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Sean Curranperforms as part of the “Continuous Choreography” series, 7 p.m. today, at Contemporary Arts Center, 115 E. Fifth St., downtown. $8-$12. 345-8420.
Stage and screen songs: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's Musical Theatre Performance Group will be featured at the Raymond Walters College Concert Series, 8 p.m. today, 9555 Plainfield Road, Blue Ash. $8. 745-5705.
Tea Tasting: A traditional Japanese “Chado,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today,Krohn Conservatory. Taste authentic Japanese green teas while viewing hundreds of Oriental lilies at Krohn's spring show. 421-5707.
Staying In
TV picks: The Prince of Egypt, based on the Book of Exodus, premieres on HBO (8 p.m.) with the voices of Val Kilmer (Moses), Michelle Pfeiffer (Tzipporah), Jeff Goldblum (Aaron), Sandra Bullock (Miriam), Danny Glover (Jethro) and Patrick Stewart (Pharaoh).
•TV Critic John Kiesewetter says everything will be going, going, gone when Channel 48's Action Auction closes at midnight.
Hot Tix
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today 4/ for two Riverbend concerts:
•Poison, Cinderella, Dokken and Slaughter, 6 p.m. June 20. $17.50-$31.
•Dave Matthews Band with opener TBA, 7 p.m. June 26-27. $33-$48.
Riverbend tickets available through Ticketmaster outlets, by phone (562-4949) and online (www.ticketmaster.com).
Also on sale today:
•Pepsi Jammin' on Main, May 12-13 on three stages downtown. Weekend passes $15, $10 nightly, at Ticketmaster outlets, by phone (562-4949) and online (www.ticketmaster.com). Weekend passes will be sold through May 11. National acts will include: May 12 — North Mississippi All-Stars, Vertical Horion, Cowboy Mouth and Beth Hart. May 13 — Indigo Girls, BR5-49 and Kool & the Gang.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: The Amernet String Quartet gives a free performance 3 p.m. Sunday in the Robert J. Warner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati. 556-4183.
48 hours out: Mary Jane Phillips-Matz,author of several books on opera, will be at Joseph-Beth Booksellers to discuss and sign her work, 7 p.m. Monday, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
72 hours 'til Tuesday: Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series' Fame: The Musical opens 8 p.m. Aronoff Center for the Arts. $35-$55. 241-7469.
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