Thursday, August 23, 2001
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Thursday with Mitch: Cincinnati's blues-rocking Kelly Richey Band makes its national TV debut today on MSNBC's Mitch Albom Show, hosted by the best-selling author of Tuesdays With Morrie. The program airs 3-5 p.m. The group, led by singer/guitar-slinger Ms. Richey, will perform songs from its new CD, Sending Me Angels.
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Short film showcase: Sunday brings the latest exhibition of short films and videos by local artists, this one curated by Phil Morehart, one of the originators of the annual Happy Catchy Flashy Names Motion Picture Festival. Cincinnati Film Society is sponsoring the showing at the home of the new-art forum S.S. Nova in the Mockbee Building, 2260 Central Parkway. Show time is 6 p.m. Admission is free.
For directions, visit ssnova.org.
Still available: Tickets are still available for the Wednesday and Thursday morning Town Hall Lecture Series, presented by Montgomery Woman's Club. Speakers are humor columnist Dave Barry, novelist David Baldacci, actressVicki Lawrence, Arun Gandhi (grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) and Irish tenor Ronan Tynan. Cost is $70 for the series. Lectures begin at 11 a.m. and take place at Paramount's Kings Island. Single tickets will not be sold. 684-1632.
FYI
Neeme Jarvi recovering: Finnish conductor Leif Segerstam, 57, has been named to replace the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's ailing maestro Neeme Jarvi on a major European tour with the orchestra in October. Mr. Jarvi, 64, is recovering at his home near West Palm Beach, Fla., from surgery to repair an aneurysm of a vertebral artery. He suffered a stroke in his native Estonia on July 9. The Detroit Symphony is hopeful that Mr. Jarvi will be able to conduct this season. Meanwhile, it is scrambling to find replacements for opening concerts. Violinist Itzhak Perlman and DSO resident conductor Thomas Wilkins will be stepping in next month.
Maestro Jarvi is the father of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra music director Paavo Jarvi.
Time off: ABC anchorman Jack Ford, who was lured to the network from NBC in 1999, says he's going elsewhere if ABC doesn't make him a host of Good Morning America or give him another high-profile anchor slot on a show such as 20/20.
“I talked with (ABC president) David Westin and he's agreed to let me take some time off to explore my options,” Mr. Ford tells TV Guide in its Sept. 1 issue.
During his initial negotiations with ABC, Mr. Ford was told that Charlie Gibson was only sitting in temporarily as GMA co-host and the understanding was that Mr. Ford would become the show's permanent co-host, TV Guide reported. However, it now seems that Mr. Gibson and co-host Diane Sawyer — who both stepped in to boost the show's sagging ratings — are staying put.
Movies Opening Friday
• American Rhapsody
• Brother
• Bubble Boy
• Curse of the Jade Scorpion
• Ghosts of Mars
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Summer Catch
Opening Saturday
• Wild California
Coming Friday in Weekend
NightSpot: This month, Enquirer pop music writer Larry Nager visits Bobby Mackey's Music World. He found plenty of down-home country spirit, distilled spirits and possibly a ghostly spirit.
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