Thursday, September 06, 2001
Get to it
A guide to help make your day
Going out
Swing/rockabilly: Covering all the bases here, you get your roots rock, your R&B and a mighty big dose of “danceabilly” sounds when the hot touring act Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys hit town. 9:30 p.m. today, Jefferson Hall, 1150 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, $10. 723-9008.
Theater: Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival opens four weeks of the contemporary wacko comedy Fuddy Meers, about a woman who must reassemble her life daily because she has no memory. 8 p.m. today, 719 Race St., downtown. $15-$20. 381-2273.
At Bogart's: Nonpoint, billed as panracial metal-rap, raises the roof beams a notch or two at 8 p.m. today, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $12.50-$14. 562-4949.
Tales and Trails: Preschoolers and their adult companions need to gear up for the popular story hours and nature activities at Burnet Woods' Trailside Nature Center. 10-11 a.m. Thursdays, Clifton, through September. Free. 751-3679.
Staying In
TV picks: The post-riot healing continues with the first of several Common Ground: Working for Change simulcasts with community activists and leaders. The show airs 8-9:30 p.m. on Channel 48, and 8-9 p.m. on Channel 9. Channel 48 also will simulcast the Common Ground: Your Response call-in show with WDBZ-AM (1230) 9:30-10 p.m. WDBZ-AM (1230), WVXU-FM (91.7), WNKU-FM (89.7) and WIZF-FM (100.9) also will simulcast the TV show.
• Critic John Kiesewetter also says the MTV Video Music Awards rocks the Metropolitan Opera House (8 p.m., MTV).
Contest
Sit! Read! Enter! Got a dog? Want $7,500? Grab some Pup-Peroni NawSomes treats. Then enter this here trick contest that benefits Animal Avengers, a nonprofit outfit that finds homes for at-risk dogs. Just take a picture of your dog doing something clever with a NawSome and write 100 words about what he's doing. Winner gets the cash and a lifetime supply of NawSomes. Runnersup get video cameras and more treats. Enter online at www.thinktreats.com, in one of three categories: catch, beg/trick and balance, by Sept. 15. NawSomes come in a 9.75-ounce tube for $3.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: The Smothers Brothers, with a little bit of music, a little bit of comedy, lend a hand or four when Cincinnati Pops Orchestra opens its season. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday, Music Hall, $16.50-$46. 381-3300.
48 hours out: All things Latin all the time at Festival Hispano, complete with dancing, music, displays and lots of food from a whole batch of Latin American countries. Noon-10 p.m. Saturday, 1-10 p.m. Sunday, St. Charles Borromeo Church, 115 W. Seymour Ave, Carthage. 761-1588.
72 hours 'til Sunday: Beloved boy band 98 (degree symbol) finally comes home on its Revelation tour. 4 p.m., Riverbend. $15-$27.50. 562-4949.
— Jim Knippenberg
Contact Jim Knippenberg by phone: 768-8513; fax: 768-8330; e-mail: knipenquirer@yahoo.com.
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