Friday, September 29, 2000
Get to it
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Going out
FearFest: Paramount's Kings Island will remain open after hours for its first Halloween event featuring six state-of-the art haunted attractions with names such as “Torture Tower” and “The Sewer.” Opens 8 p.m.-midnight today. Continues through Halloween. $16.99-$19.99. 754-5800.
Vineyard party: Valley Vineyards Wine Festival will be 11 a.m.-11 p.m. today and Saturday at the vineyard, 2276 E. U.S. 22, Morrow. Fifteen locally grown wines, winery tours, grape stomps, more. (513) 899-2485.
"Forbidden Broadway': Touring production of the off-Broadway show that spoofs big-budget musicals comes to the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theatre beginning 8 p.m. today. Look for comic reworkings of numbers from Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Les Miz, among others. $31-$36.25. 241-7469.
Final Friday: The Pendeleton Arts Center and galleries along Main Street in Over-the-Rhine will be open 6-10 p.m. today. Look for a new exhibit by painter Tom Mitts at Enjoy the Arts, 1338 Main St., and a glass exhibit at Marta Hewett Gallery, 1209 Main St. 421-7883.
Blues: Alice Hoskins and H. Bomb Ferguson play 7-11 p.m. today at Turfway Park in Florence. $3 (includes drink specials); women free. 371-0200.
Staying In
TV picks: A homeless production assistant moves into Johnny's (Al Santos) studio trailer on WB's Grosse Pointe (8:30 p.m., Channel 64).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter says the summer games end on CBS with a repeat of the two-hour Survivor conclusion (9-11 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
Web site of the day: Enlist your home computer's down time to help analyze radio-telescope data in a hunt for life out there. Hundreds of thousands of computers are already signed up. Could yours be the one that makes contact? Try setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu
Harried with children
Family fun: Check out the Fourth Annual Bigg's Generations Expo from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. The free event will be at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, in Covington. Pianist and entertainer Dino Kartsonakis from the Grand Mansion at Branson, Mo. will appear 3 p.m. each day. Soap star Cameron Mathison from All My Children will visit 2 p.m. Saturday. 392-7845.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: Character Lyle Crocodile will appear, plus crafts and story time, 2 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble Deerfield Township, 9891 Waterstone Blvd. 683-5599.
48 hours out: “Celebration of Life” concert will feature Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Salvation Army Chicago Staff Band and the Cincinnati Community Gospel Choir at 7 p.m. Sunday, Music Hall, Over-the-Rhine. Benefits Wesley Services Organization. $10 and up. 744-3290.
Next weekend: Ohio Cider Festival will be 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 7 and 8 at Hidden Valley Fruit Farm in Lebanon. Cider pressing, hayrides, live music, more. (513) 932-1869.
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