Wednesday, December 26, 2001
Get to it
A guide to help make your day
Going out
Holiday Hoopla: The rowdy and risque show full of fantasies, lust and a little misunderstanding about the birds and the bees, set to rock music, is in its final raucous week. 7 p.m. today-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday-Monday, Shadowbox Cabaret, Newport on the Levee, $10-$25. (859) 581-7625.
After-hours art: The Cincinnati Art Museum has extended hours spiced with live music from the multiple award-winning Comet Bluegrass All Stars. 5:30-9 p.m. today, regular museum admission applies: $5, $4 seniors/students, free under age 18. 721-2787.
Scavenger hunt: All ages are welcome to look behind trees and under rocks at a Holiday Scavenger Hunt. 1-3 p.m. today, Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve, Colerain Avenue and Poole Road, Colerain Township, prizes for those who complete list. 521-7275.
Dallas Moore: The “outlaw country” artist straps on his guitar for a few hours and belts out some music. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. today,Knotty Pine Bar, 6947 Cheviot Road, Groesbeck. 741-3900.
Staying in
TV picks: Jay Leno airs highlights of his weekend trip to entertain U.S. soldiers with singers Chris Isaak and Dwight Yoakam and comedians Cedric the Entertainer and Willie Barcena on The Tonight Show today through Friday (11:35 p.m., Channels 5, 22).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter says PBS' Great Performances airs The Nutcracker (9-11 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16).
The Goods What's in stores today
Quickly now, before the stores put all their Christmas stuff away and while you still have that post-Christmas shopping thing going on: Rustic Comforts (120 Main St., Milford) has a wonderfully nostalgic nightlight. It's a bubble light just like granny used to have on her Christmas tree. Plugs into any outlet, bubbles up and provides enough light so you won't stub your toe on the way to the potty at 4 a.m. It's $5.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: Sharon Woods begins its Holiday Wildlife series with naturalists and live animals doing their wildlife thing. 2 p.m. Thursday (birds) and Friday(mammals) in the Sharon Centre. 521-7275.
48 hours out: Bogart's gets going again with the hoppin' and swingin' country trio The Rascal Flatts, 8:30 p.m. Friday, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $17.50. 562-4949.
72 hours out: The holidays take on a medieval tone as Christ Church Cathedral unveils the first of three run-throughs of the Boars Head and Yule Log Festival, a tradition dating back to 14th century England. 5 p.m., Fourth and Sycamore Streets, downtown. 621-2627.
— Jim Knippenberg
Contact Jim Knippenberg by phone: 768-8513; fax: 768-8330; e-mail: jknippenberg@enquirer.com.
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