Sunday, April 23, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
Ronnie James Dio: The heavy-metal superstar, plays 8 p.m. todayat Annie's, 4343 Kellogg Ave., Columbia-Tusculum. Opening act: Riot. $13. 321-2572.
Appalachian poetry: Poetry and fiction reading by Appalachian Spring, an informal group of Appalachian writers, 8 p.m. today,York Street Cafe, 738 York St., Newport. Free. 921-9039.
At Bogart's: Fat Wreck Chords Tour with alternative acts No Use for a Name, Good Riddance, Mad Caddies and the Ataris, 8 p.m. today, Bogart's in Corryville. $9.75-$11.75. 562-4949.
Story time: Special family story time to celebrate National TV-Turnoff week, 7 p.m. today at Barnes & Noble Tri-County, 895 E. Kemper Road, Tri-County. 671-3822.
Acoustic: Male-female duo Wild Carrot plays every Monday night at the Blind Lemon, 936 Hatch St., Mount Adams. 241-3885.
Staying In
TV picks: In the season finale of ABC's Once and Again, Lily and Rick (Sela Ward, Billy Campbell) decide to get their kids together for dinner (10 p.m., Channels 9, 2).
ăTV Critic John Kiesewetter also says CNBC airs its first documentary, The Great Game: The Story of Wall Street (8-10 p.m.).
Web site of the week: Looking for a used piano? Baldwin Piano & Organ Company, headquartered in Mason has launched pianosonsale.com, that lets you look at used instruments being sold at Greater Cincinnati Baldwin stores. The site also gives buying tips, financing options and directions to retail stores.
BRANK SPANKIN' NEW
More laughs: As long as we're in a Three Stooges mood, check out Worldwide Watch Co.'s Three Stooges Backward Running Wall Clock, $19.95. The three hands run backward, but the numbers are printed backward, too, for easy time telling. (800) 535-0131; www.worldwidewatch.com.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: Center for Computer Music at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music gives a “Sonic Explorations” concert in the Studio Theater on UC's campus, 8 p.m. Tuesday. Free. 556-4183.
48 hours out: DJ Skribble of MTV's Global Groove show spins records at Electra nightclub beginning 10 p.m. Wednesday, 1133 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine. $5 621-1100.
72 hours 'til Thursday: Footlighters Inc. opens A New Brain, a musical comedy by William Finn (author of Falsettos) about a songwriter who undergoes brain surgery, 8 p.m., Stained Glass Theatre, Eighth and York streets, Newport. $12. 891-1965.
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