Metro overnight bus service

Queen City Metro canceled bus service for its entire service area during the curfew hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

All buses scheduled to leave downtown after 7:30 p.m. are canceled, as are all buses scheduled to arrive downtown after 8:10 p.m.

Customers can call the Metro hotline at (513) 632-7538 for more information.

Religious services

The historic Praying of the Steps at Holy Cross-Immaculata Church in Mount Adams will be delayed until 6:30 a.m. today. Normally the blessing of the steps begins at midnight.

A special prayer service with leaders from the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim congregations will be held on Fountain Square at 11:30 a.m. today. Following will be the traditional Way of the Cross. However, instead of a three-hour service walking from station to station around the city, the Way of the Cross service will stay at Fountain Square and last an hour.

“We understand this is a holy week,” Mayor Charlie Luken said, referring to the Christian observance of Easter. “We ask those citizens whose services are affected to stay in their houses and pray.”

Entertainment events

• Contemporary Dance Theater's presentation of Pilobolus Dance Theatre today and Saturday at the Aronoff Center.

• Stage First Cincinnati's weekend performances of The Clouds. Performances are re-scheduled April 20-22. Call 241-4769.

• Art at Playhouse in the Park, which plays through Sunday. If the curfew lifts, the play will go on. 421-3888

• Lovers and Executioners, Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, which plays through Sunday. If the curfew lifts, the play will go on. 381-2273

• The Mystery of Irma Vep, Playhouse in the Park, which plays through Sunday. If the curfew lifts, the play will go on. 421-3888.

• Annie's Riverside Saloon (4343 Kellogg Ave., Columbia Tusculum) will be closed through the weekend. 321-0220.

• Taft Theatre events, today, Lil Bow Wow (re-scheduled May 15); Saturday, D.L. Hughley (new date to be announced).

• Pete Yorn concert Sunday at Top Cat's in Corryville. New date to be announced.

• All weekend events at Bogart's in Corryville.

School closings

Visit http://www.cincinnatischoolclosings.com for up to date school closings.

Universities/colleges

Art Academy of Cincinnati Community Education
All evening classes cancelled. Building closed at 6 p.m.

University of Cincinnati closed all five campuses at 6 p.m. Thursday and will reopen them at 8 a.m. today. All campus activities - including classes, performances, and special events — scheduled after 6 p.m. were canceled.

However, these UC offices will remain open as part of the university's emergency policy:

• Hoxworth Blood Center
• University Police
• Office of Residence Life/Housing Units
• Utility plants
• Emergency maintenance operations
• College of Medicine and Medical Sciences library
• Any research unit where the integrity of the research must be preserved
• Service units that routinely operate on a seven-day, 24-hour schedule

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is closing at 7 p.m. as long as the curfew is in place and it will be closed all day Saturday and Sunday.

Delivery

LaRosa's Pizzerias within the City of Cincinnati will be closed at 7 p.m. This includes the following locations: Alexandria, Bridgetown, Boudinot, Clifton, Colerain, College Hill, Delhi Pike, Finneytown, Hyde Park, Miami Heights, Mt. Washington, Mt. Carmel, Norwood, Pleasant Ridge, Price Hill, Queensgate, Roselawn, St. Bernard, White Oak, Rapid Run. LaRosa's phone center (513-347-1111) will also stop taking orders for all LaRosa's locations by 7 p.m. Some suburban locations may remain open to serve dine-in customers.

Sports

Game 2 of the Calder Cup playoff series between the Mighty Ducks and the Norfolk Admirals tonight has been shifted to Norfolk. Fans holding tickets for Game 2 at the Cincinnati Gardens are asked to hold onto their tickets until further information is available.

The Cyclones game against the Kansas City Blades today has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. The post-game skate scheduled as part of their "Fan Appreciation Night" will be rescheduled to follow one of the upcoming first-round playoff games.

Cincinnati Stuff postponed Thursday's game against St. Louis Swarm at Firstar Center. A makeup date will be announced.

YMCA

The YMCA of Greater Cincinnati has closed or reduced operating hours of the following branches:

Closed until Monday: Central Parkway, Melrose, University West End and Christ Child Day Nursery

Open 6:30 a.m. until 7 p.m.: Lincoln Heights, Lindner, Madisonville, Williams, Gamble Nippert, Wade and Robinson.

Public library

The following are closed today:

  Main Library
  Avondale
  Bond Hill
  Clifton
  College Hill
  Corryville
  Covedale
  Hyde Park
  Madisonville
  Mount Washington
  Northside
  Norwood
  Oakley
  Pleasant Ridge
  Price Hill
  Roselawn
  Walnut Hills
  West End
  Westwood

The Poetry in the Garden program scheduled for 7 p.m. today at the Main Library has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. May 18.

Other

The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission's youth forum "Shout it Out" and the health fair scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 19 at Benford Hall inside New Friendship Baptist Church, 3212 Reading Road.

Dennis Lehane's signing of Mystic River at Joseph-Beth Booksellers at Rookwood Commons in Norwood has been cancelled and not rescheduled. 396-8960.

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