Saturday, June 16, 2001
Get to it
A guide to help make your day
Going out
Ohio Chautauqua: The Civil War extravaganza continues today with re-enactors in period dress hitting area libraries, followed by a Main Tent Event starring none other than Sojourner Truth. 7:30 p.m. today, Sharon Woods' Heritage Village Museum. Free. Call for a complete schedule: 563-9484.
Juneteenth Festival: In a semi-related event, you can celebrate the end of slavery in America with live blues, jazz, reggae, children's activities, homespun food and more. Noon-9 p.m. today, Seasongood Pavilion and Mirror Lake, Eden Park. 631-7289.
Summit Brass: The prestigious Rafael Mendez Brass Institute blasts out with Summit Brass, considered America's premiere large brass ensemble, and a whole boatload of high caliber brass repertoire. 8 p.m. today, University of Cincinnati's Corbett Auditorium, $10. 556-4183.
Photo contest: Easy, all you do is aim and click when Pete's Photoworld and Nikon loan out high-end cameras and photo equipment so amateurs can take pictures at the Cincinnati Zoo. Oh yeah, and enter them for prizes, including Nikon N80 cameras and Zoo memberships. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. today-Sunday. 721-7383.
Staying In
TV picks: Those funny fowls are on the loose again, as Rocky the Rhode Island Red rooster (voice of Mel Gibson) leads the Chicken Run to HBO (9 p.m.).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says WCPO-TV pre-empts ABC's World Stunt Awards (9 p.m., Channel 2) to air Joel Siegel's Summer Film Preview (8 p.m.) and Thelma & Louise (9 p.m.).
Web site of the day
Radio-locator: Use this one to find Internet stations in most any genre. The locator (www.radio-locator.com) can also tell you which are the hip-hop, classical or alternative stations in your area. Then dig into All Things Considered, the venerable daily news broadcast by National Public Radio. The 90-minute programs are available in whole or by story segment with archives going back to Jan. 1, 1996. www.npr.org/programs/atc.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: BB Riverboats takes aim on dad and sets sail on two Father's Day cruises complete with buffets, entertainment and photo keepsakes. 1-3 p.m. and 5-7:30 p.m. Sunday,Covington Landing, $23.95-$24.95. (859) 261-8500.
48 hours out: Dan McCabe of Roundheadfame brings his new and ever so danceable band Opi Yum Yum to Kaldi's Monday night music series. 9 p.m.-midnight, 1204 Main St., Over-the-Rhine. 241-3070.
A week away: Contemporary Arts Center opens a retrospective of photos, paintings, drawings and multimedia works by politically charged artist Adrian Piper next Saturday, 115 E. Fifth St., downtown. 721-0390.
— Jim Knippenberg
Contact Jim Knippenberg by phone: 768-8513; fax: 768-8330.
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