Monday, June 05, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
Reds: First of three-game series with the Chicago White Sox, 7:35 p.m. today at Cinergy Field. $5-$21. 421-7337.
Book sale: Friends of the Public Libary Annual Used Book Sale on Fountain Square 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. today continuing through Friday. 369-6035.
Dress thin: Fashion expert Leah Feldon signs and discusses Does This Make Me Look Fat: The Definitive Rules for Dressing Thin for Every Height, Size and Shape, 7 p.m. today at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
Herb cooking: Year-round gardening series at West Fork Branch Library focuses on cooking with herbs, 7 p.m. today, 3825 West Fork Road, Monfort Heights. Call for reservation. 369-4472.
Big band jazz: Underground Jazz Orchestra plays the Greenwich jazz club at 9 p.m. every Monday, 2442 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. 221-1151.
STAYING IN
TV picks: P.O.V. (Point of View) returns for a 13th PBS season with “Well-Founded Fear,” a two-hour film about desperate refugees at the Immigration and Naturalization Service hoping for asylum (9-11 p.m., Channels 48, 16).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Dayton's WPTD-TV repeats Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (8-10 p.m., Channel 16), while Chevy Chase hosts another Great American History Quiz (8 p.m., History).
WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
Handy rewards: If you like to carry treats when your dog takes you for a walk, but you don't enjoy crumbs in your pockets, try the new Trek-N-Treat. It's a soft-plastic funnel-shaped pack that attaches to a belt or hangs from a cord around the neck. Squeeze the pack and a treat falls out the bottom. It will be available next month in Wal-Mart and PetSmart stores for about $7. (800) 565-2695; www.our-pets.com.
HOT TIX
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's annual magic extravaganza Abracadabra, running 2 and 7 p.m. Aug. 19-20. $33-$41, $15 under age 12. 421-3888. (If interested in Aug. 18 fund-raising performance, call 345-2242).
PLANNING AHEAD
24 hours out: Learn to play the ancient Chinese game of strategy, Mah Jong, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Barnes & Noble Tri-County, 895 E. Kemper Road, Springdale. 671-3822.
48 hours out: Cincinnati's German chorus, the Kolping Saengerchorpreviews a program it will take to Germany this summer, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mecklenberg Gardens, 302 E. University Ave., Corryville. 221-5353.
72 hours 'til Thursday: Kincaid Regional Theatre in Falmouth opens its season with the Lerner and Loewe classic Brigadoon, 8 p.m. at the Falmouth School Center, 500 Chapel St. $7-$12. (800) 647-7469.
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