Friday, May 19, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
Maifest: The popular spring festival begins 5-11 p.m. today on Sixth Street in MainStrasse Village, Covington. Look for German dancers and food items plus music by Lube, Oil and Filterand Stagger Lee. 357-6246.
May Festival: The annual choral extravaganza begins 8 p.m. today at Music Hall with James Conlon conducting and performances by May Festival Chorus, May Festival Youth Chorus and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. $10.50-$50. 381-3300.
Dinner theater: La Comedia Dinner Theatre in Springboro presents the high energy song and dance show Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? spoofing Catholic education in the '50s through July 2. Matinee and evening performances Wednesday-Sunday. Located on Ohio 73 just east of I-75. $33-$45. (800) 677-9505.
Church show: Kingdom Arts International Ministries presents “Saved, Healed, Delivered . . . I'm Yours,” 7:30 p.m. today at College Hill Presbyterian Church, 5742 Hamilton Ave. The free show features music, dance, drama and mime. 681-2787.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Barbara Walters receives a lifetime achievement award on the 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (9 p.m., Channels 9, 2) hosted by Emmy-winner Susan Lucci.
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Providence (8 p.m., Channels 5, 22) ends the season with Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) in a coma, while CBS has The Dukes of Hazzard (8-10 p.m., Channels 12, 7)in Hollywood raising funds for a hospital back home. They probably won't be visiting City of Angels.
HARRIED WITH CHILDREN
Dream tales: Celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Independence Branch of the Kenton County Public Library with Madcap Production's Perchance to Dream. The free puppet play is at 2 p.m. Saturday at 6477 Taylor Mill Road. Pizza and cupcakes will be served after the performance. 363-0200.
HOT TIX
On sale at 10 a.m. today:
Tickets for Riverbend's 7:30 p.m. July 12 concert by classic '70s rockers Yes and Kansas. $41 and $28.50 pavilion, $18.50 lawn at Ticketmaster outlets; phone 562-4949 and online www.ticketmaster.com.
PLANNING AHEAD
24 hours ahead: Sub-Pop recording artist Mike Ireland and his band Holler perform their mix of hard-core country with an alternative edge, 9 p.m. Saturday at Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport. $8-$10. 779-9462.
48 hours out: More than 120 artists show and sell along Worthington Avenue in Wyoming at the 2000 Wyoming Art Show, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. 522-3079.
72 hours 'til Monday: The Cincinnati Arts Association will hold its final auditions for paid street performers in this summer's downtown-wide Fountain Square celebration, 4-7 p.m. Monday at the Aronoff Center Plaza, Sixth and Walnut streets, downtown. 977-4102.
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