Thursday, November 29, 2001
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Going out
Polonaise artist: Kenwood Towne Centre's Dillard's gets festive, as Christmas ornament artist Keith Stefan, introduces and personalizes a new collection of hand-painted ornaments. 4-8 p.m. today.. 745-4107.
Theater IV: The often-praised children's theater group dives into the season with The Tailor of Gloucester, a Christmas play based on the Beatrix Potter book. 7:30 p.m. today-Friday,Krueger Auditorium, Clermont College, Batavia, $3-$4. 732-5281.
Book signing: Illustrator/authors David Davis and James Rice go the irreverent route with two new ones: Redneck Night Before Christmas and Trucker's Night Before Christmas. 7 p.m. today, Barnes & Noble, 7800 Montgomery Road, Kenwood. 794-9440.
Drama lab: The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Drama Department opens a workshop production of the ever so unlikely Candy and Dorothy, a comedy-fantasy about Andy Warhol's transvestite protege Candy Darling and Catholic workers' advocate Dorothy Day. 8 p.m. today-Friday, Studio Theater, UC. Free. 556-4183.
Staying in
TV picks: You can tell sweeps ended Wednesday by all the reruns tonight (Friends, ER, CSI, Will & Grace) and a Survivor recap show. The only new show is Kevin Frazier's Inside Schwartz (8:30 p.m., Channels 5, 22), pulled from sweeps due to low ratings.
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter notes that Nick Clooney hosts Cincinnati Reflections: The War Years — Life at Home to kick off WCET-TV's fund drive (8 p.m., Channel 48).
The Goods: What's in stores today
Jewels. Lots of them. Turns out 2700 Erie, the hip little specialty shop on Hyde Park Square, has a trunk show for M&J Savitt semi-precious collection and the Janis Savitt white gold and diamond collection. Ms. Savitt has won three DeBeers International awards and designed the horseshoe pendant that Sarah Jessica Parker wears. The show is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today at, where else?, 2700 Erie Ave. 533-0042.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: Star dancers Anna Reznik and Alexei Kremnev do a spin or two in ballet tech's Rojo Ya Ngoma (The Spirit to Dance). 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Jarson Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center, $15. 241-7469.
48 hours out: More than 10,000 model trains chug in for display and sale at the Great American Train Show. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Albert B. Sabin Convention Center, $6 (free under age 12). (630) 268-1641.
72 hours 'til Sunday: Jazz man extraordinaire Harry Connick Jr. croons a tune or two at the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall, 7:30 p.m., $28.50-$63.50. 562-4949.
— Jim Knippenberg
Contact Jim Knippenberg by phone: 768-8513; fax: 768-8330; e-mail: jknippenberg@enquirer.com.
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