Monday, September 11, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
Reds: First of three-game series against Cubs, 7:05 p.m. today at Cinergy Field. $5-$21. 421-7337.
Ruby Dee: The Emmy-award winning actress speaks as part of Presidential Millennium Lecture Series for the Arts at Miami University, 7 p.m. today, Hall Auditorium, Oxford. Free. (513) 529-3200.
Chef talk: Peter Zimmer of the Brick Yard Restaurant discusses the new cookbook The Professional Chef's Techniques of Healthy Cooking at7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
Jazz: Zac Kreuz Quartet plays 9:30 p.m. today at Blue Wisp Jazz Club, 19 Garfield Place, downtown. 721-9801.
STAYING IN
TV picks: The show not to miss is One Day in September, the Oscar-winning documentary about the murder of 11 Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics (8-9:30 p.m., HBO). The film includes an interview with the last remaining hostage-taker.
• TV critic John Kiesewetter says On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying looks at Dr. Diane Meier's palliative care (comfort-based) program for the dying (9-10:30 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16). Channel 48 follows with a Focus 48 about Tristate hospice (10:30).
Web site of the day: Speakout.com allows users to create petitions and letters on public issues and promises to deliver them to the elected officials you choose. But participants have to register, and there are some prying questions about income and occupation. It's at www.speakout.com.
WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
Feeding help: Busy parents on the go just got help with infant feedings. Similac With Iron infant formula is now available in a convenient reclosable, 32-ounce plastic bottle. Dented cans, clumsy can-openers and messy, half-empty cans could become a thing of the past. It's $4.10 at stores nationwide.
PLANNING AHEAD
24 hours out: Cincinnati Cactus and Succulent Society Annual Plant Auction will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at Krohn Conservatory, Eden Park. 791-1824.
48 hours out: Old-school punk rock with Face to Face, 8 p.m. Wednesday at Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville. Supporting acts include Saves the Day, Alkaline Trio and Newfound Glory. $12.50-$14. 562-4949.
72 hours 'til Thursday: Stage First opens the second part of its well-received Alexander the Great drama, 8 p.m., Fifth Third Bank Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts. $12-$15. 241-7469.
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