Saturday, May 20, 2000
Get to it
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
Maifest: German dancing, funnel cakes, potato pancakes and more continuing noon-11 p.m. today on Sixth Street in MainStrasse Village, Covington. Live music today includes Ma Crow and the Flock, Leroy Ellington and E Funk and Brothers First. 357-6246.
May Festival: The choral festival continues with performances by the May Festival Chorus, Concert Chorus of the City of Dusseldorf and Cincinnati Boychoir 8 p.m. today at Music Hall. $10.50-$50. 381-3300.
Free concert: Hear music by the St. Bernard-Elmwood Place High School Steel Drum Band and Cincinnati Community Orchestra beginning 6 p.m. today at Kuliga Park, 6717 Bridgetown Road, Green Township. 574-4848.
Art opening: Terrace Park artist Mark Eberhard shows his latest series of paintings Watch the Birdie: Bird Portraits in Oil, 5-8 p.m. todayat Row House Gallery, 211 Main St., Milford. 831-7230.
2000 Family Jamboree: More than 250 exhibits and games plus a youth firefighting competition and Nickelodeon's Game Lab Show, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today at Coney Island. Presented by Dan Beard Council, Boy Scouts of America. $3. 961-2336.
STAYING IN
TV picks: In the last original episode of CBS' canceled Early Edition, the magical newspaper transports Gary (Kyle Chandler) back to 1929 Chicago, before the St. Valentine's Day massacre (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter says 14-year-old Charlotte Church sings with the San Francisco Women's Philharmonic Orchestra at 7 p.m. (A&E).
Web site of the day: Catch the closing ceremonies of the Cannes International Film Festival Sundayvia the “Cannes-Cam” operated by the Independent Film Channel. Go to www.ifctv.com and click on “Cannes.”
HOT TIX
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today for the following two Riverbend shows:
• July 19 — Widespread Panic (7:30 p.m.; $28.50 pavilion only; opening act TBA).
• Aug. 5 — “All That Music and More” with LFO, Blaque, No Authority, B*Witched and Hoku (7 p.m.; $31 pavilion, $21 lawn).
Tickets for Riverbend shows are sold at Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 562-4949 and online at www.ticketmaster.com.
PLANNING AHEAD
24 hours out: The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music hosts a “Tribute to Stan Kenton” concert, 7 p.m. Sunday in UC's Corbett Auditorium. Featured are the CCM Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band. Free. 556-4183.
48 hours out: Kiss plays 7 p.m. at Riverbend with Ted Nugent and Skid Row. $37.50-$77.50. 562-4949.
72 hours' til Tuesday: Public preview for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park intern company's production of Old Times, a drama about middle age by Harold Pinter, 8 p.m., Marx Rehearsal Hall, Eden Park. $10. 421-3888.
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