Sunday, October 29, 2000
Get to it
A guide to help make your day Going out
Art opening: It's the best of the artsy best, so feel free to stare and maybe even drool a tad over the Cincinnati Art Museum's European Masterpieces: Six Centuries of Paintings from the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. It's more than 88 paintings by such superstars as Rembrandt, Monet and Picasso. Noon-6 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. $10-$12. 721-2787.
Colgrass premiere: It's music with a taste of most everything Gregorian chant, Indian, Klezmer, Asian courtesy of Pulitzer Prize-winningcomposer Michael Colgrass. The Oxford Chamber Orchestra tackles his Ghosts of Pangea, A Fantasy of Cultures Meeting at 3 p.m. today, Hall Auditorium, Oxford. Free. (513) 529-3200.
FearFest: Time's running out, but the frights aren't. There are three more days to goose-bump your way through Paramount's Kings Island's walk on the creepy side. Shatter your nerves with six haunted attractions, a zillion characters and late night rides. 8-11 p.m. today-Tuesday. $19.99. 754-5800.
Antiques: Dealers pushing antiques and collectibles more than 150 of them set up shop for the Hamilton Antiques Fair. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Butler County Fairground, Route 4 and Fair Avenue, Hamilton. $3, children free. 738-7256.
Staying In
TV picks: Pop the popcorn and take your pick from these Sunday movies: The Last Dance (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7) about a widow (Maureen O'Hara) helping one of her favorite high school students (Eric Stoltz); a repeat of Wednesday's Cora Unashamed with Regina Taylor from the Masterpiece Theatre American Collection (9 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16); or the very hairy Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man (8 p.m., American Movie Classics).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Biography profiles Robert Redford in a two-hour special (8 p.m., 10 p.m. or midnight, A&E).
Hot tix
The West Side's popular Back to Broadway troupe uncorks a batch of Broadway show-stoppers (Music of the Night, Circle of Life, This is the Moment) in Mexican Fiesta, a concert benefitting the Rev. Angel Acosta's Our Lady of Mercy Church, Monterey, Mexico. Munchies, cocktails and a million songs from 33 singers. Tickets now on sale for the 7 p.m. Nov. 12 show at St. Antoninus Church, 1500 Linneman Road, Covedale. $20 by calling 922-0335 or 451-2290.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: The prolific, profound and powerful Latin American novelist Carlos Fuentestakes on the thorny topic of U.S. and Latin America: Sharing a Continent. 8 p.m. Monday, Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford. Free. (513) 529-1809.
48 hours out: The sun definitely will come out tomorrow when Annie, the popular Broadway warhorse, opens a six-day run. Whatever you wear, remember: You're never fully dressed without a smile. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center. $36.50-$55. 241-7469.
72 hours 'til Wednesday: It's a mile-high film festival when the Cincinnati Museum Center begins its replay of Omnimax's greatest hits. Old faves such as Stormchasers, Everest and Mysteries of Egypt hit the sky-high screen. Through Nov. 22. 287-7000.
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