Monday, June 03, 2002
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Going out Library sale: The Friends of the Public Library Fountain Square Used Book Sale sells off a zillion books on the cheap. Waaay cheap, including hardbacks, paperbacks, CDs, videos, books-on-tape and more. 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. today, continues through Friday. 369-6035.
New exhibit: The Hiestand Galleries at Miami University show off works by faculty of the prestigious CraftSummer program. Locals include Arnelle A. Dow and Thom Shaw. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, Maple Street, Oxford. (513) 529-1883.
Slave drama: The Heritage Village Museum at Sharon Woods looks into the past with the living history drama Cincinnati's Runaway Slave where the audience becomes part of the action. 4, 6and 8 p.m. daily through June 16, $10-$12. 563-9484.
Organ music: Master organist John Deaver hits the keys for works by Marcel Dupre, Oliver Messiaen and Maurice Durufle, plus a set of Renaissance dances. 7:30 p.m. today, Trinity Episcopal Church, 16 E. Fourth St., Covington. (859) 431-1786.
Staying in
TV picks: A&E premieres TV-ography, a weekly retrospective on an old TV show, from initial concept through the series finale. First up: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (8 p.m. and midnight, A&E).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says Marc Summers looks at the history of drive-in restaurants on Drive-ins Unwrapped (9 p.m., Food Network), followed by Hamburgers Unwrapped (9:30 p.m.).
Hot tickets
What's on sale today
Opera on sale: Single tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today for the Cincinnati Opera 2002 Summer Festival at Music Hall. Productions include classics Romeo and Juliet (June 20-28) and Marriage of Figaro (June 27 and 29), plus modern works Dead Man Walking (July 11-19) and Elektra (July 17 and 20). Priced from $14 for upper balcony to $110 for box seats at Music Hall box office or 241-2742.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: Remember and pay homage to the hair band era when Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth team up at Riverbend, 7 p.m. Tuesday,$26.25-$55.25. 562-4949.
48 hours out: Cincinnati Art Museum curatorial assistant Julia Vienhage gives a gallery talk on Drama and Humor in the 18th Century British Painting. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, museum's front lobby, free with admission (reservation required). 721-2787.
72 hours 'til Thursday: Mount Echo Park in Price Hill trips the light fantastic with the first D.J. dance of the season on the overlook pavilion, 7:30-9:30 p.m., free. 352-4080.
Contact Jim Knippenberg by phone: 768-8513; fax: 768-8330; e-mail: jknippenberg@enquirer.com.
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