Wednesday, December 20, 2000
Get to it
A guide to help make your day
Going out
Cincinnati Moments: It's last call for a signed copy of the lush and lavish book of photos from Enquirer archives. With, mind you, 36-pages on the sainted Big Red Machine. In addition to authors Cliff Radel and Sue Lancaster, Johnny Bench also signs in ($5 of the purchase price benefits the Johnny Bench Scholarship Fund). Noon-1 p.m. today, Fifth Third Center, Fountain Square. 579-5353.
Warehouse Sale: Attention, shoppers, as they say in the discount house. Calling your attention to the Gillman Knitwear Co., manufacturer of sweaters, shorts, skirts, turtlenecks, Italian merinos and more for department stores, golf shops and theme parks. Go check its blowout sale of overstocks and save yourself a few bucks. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. today through Saturday at the Queensgate warehouse, 1401 Dalton St. Items run $5-$35. 621-1647.
Roger Klug: He's a singer, a songwriter and an artist blessed with an original take on the '60s sound. He uncorks it in an intimate acoustic act, 10 p.m. today, BarrelHouse Brewing Co., 22 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine. $3. 421-2337.
Staying In
TV picks: In The West Wing Christmas episode, delayed a week by NBC, Josh (Bradley Whitford) meets with a trauma counselor (Adam Arkin, Chicago Hope) after snapping at the president (9 p.m., Channels 5, 22).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter says set the tape for WB's The Gilmore Girls (9 p.m., Channel 64) while watching The West Wing, the first of a two-part Gilmore Girls concluding 8 p.m. Thursday.
The Goods (What's in stores today)
Disk picks: A pair of rappers bring last-minute releases home for the holidays:
Lil' Wayne turns Lights Out (Universal; $18.98 CD, $12.98 cassette), featuring the rest of the Hot Boys Juvenile B.G. and Turk along with the Big Tymers.
Snoop Dogg serves Tha Last Meal (Priority/No Limit; $18.98 CD, $12.98 cassette), produced by Dr. Dre, with spots by Eve, Ice Cube and executive producer Master P.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: Gather ye 'round the Greater Cincinnati Storytelling Guild for a batch of holiday tales for ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages. Hear them in Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve's festively decorated Ellenwood Nature Barn. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Colerain Avenue and Poole Road, Colerain Township. 521-7275.
48 hours out: Had enough Christmas music by now? How about a change of pace at a Reggae Funk Holiday Weekend with Living Proof and the Congo. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday, Greenwich Tavern, 2442 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills, $7-$8. 221-1151.
72 hours 'til Saturday: The PNC Festival of Lights dims the wattage and lights the menorah for Hanukkah in the Cincinnati Zoo's Garden of Peace, 6:30 p.m., 3400 Vine St., Avondale. 281-4700.
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