Wednesday, May 31, 2000
Get to it
A guide to help make your day
Going out
Reds: Second game of this Montreal series, 7:35 p.m. today at Cinergy Field. $5-$21. 421-7337.
Q102/Bud Party: The summer party series continues with a free concert, cash bar and pizza 5:30-10 p.m. today at Sawyer Point, downtown. Featured musicians are Leroy Ellington and E Funk. 699-5029.
Mitch Ryder: Classic rock with Mr. Ryder and the Detroit Wheels beginning 8 p.m. today at Annie's, 4343 Kellogg Ave., Columbia-Tusculum. $13. 321-2572.
At CCM: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Choir and Choraleperform a free concert showcasing graduate conducting majors 8 p.m. today in UC's Corbett Auditorium. 556-4183.
Resume writing: Louise Kursmark signs and discusses her book Sales and Marketing Resumes for $100,000 Careers 7 p.m. today at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
Staying In
TV picks: Spend a supernatural hour with Carlos Santana, who performs hits from his Grammy-winning album with Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Sarah McLachlan, Rob Thomas and Everlast on A Supernatural Evening with Santana (9 p.m., Channels 19, 45).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter will be watching two new summer series, CBS' Survivor adventure (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7) and ABC's Clerks cartoon (9:30 p.m., Channels 9, 2).
The Goods (What's in stores today)
Disk picks: The History of Rock (Atlantic; $18.98 CD, $12.98 cassette) brings back select cuts from Kid Rock's first two CDs plus his new “American Bad Ass” single.
• Billy Bragg and Wilco team again for Mermaid Avenue. Vol. 2 (Elektra; $17.98 CD, $11.98 cassette), with 15 more of Woody Guthrie's songs lyrics put to their music. If the second is half as good as the first, says Enquirer music critic Larry Nager, this should be one of the year's best CDs.
• Dwight Yoakam goes unplugged with guitar-and-voice arrangements of 25 of his songs on dwightyoakamacoustic.net (Reprise; $18.98 CD, $12.98 cassette).
• Totally Hits 2 (Elektra; $18.98 CD, $12.98 cassette) is just what the title says, including Santana's “Maria Maria,” Lonestar's “Amazed,” Lou Bega's “Mambo No. 5,” Christina Aguilera's “Genie in the Bottle” and Sugar Ray's “Falls Apart.”
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: Ohio's second Ben and Jerry's opens Thursday with free ice cream 2-10 p.m. Donations taken for Leukemia Team in Training, an organization that runs marathons to raise money to combat the disease, 12090 Montgomery Road, Symmes Township. 509-5998.
48 hours out: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra begins three-day run of “Nice Work If You Can Get It” concert showcasing works by Gershwin 8 p.m. Friday at Music Hall. Erich Kunzel conducts with guest pianist Michael Feinstein. $15-$42. 381-3300.
72 hours 'til Saturday: WGRR Oldiesfest 2000 kicks off at noon at Butler County Fairgrounds in Hamilton with Dion, Davy Jones, Gary Puckett, Lou Christie, the Chiffons, Gene Hughes, more. 699-5550.
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