Thursday, September 16, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
• Opening night: Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival opens its ambitious new season 8 p.m. today with The Tempest, in which powerful magician (and banished duke) Prospero brings his enemies ashore on his enchanted isle. He seeks revenge but finds peace. Continues through Oct. 10. 719 Race St. 381-2273.
• Book sale: Friends of the Kenton County Public Library are having a fiction only book sale 10 a.m.-9 p.m. today at the Erlanger Library. Also 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. 572-5480.
• Evening of hard rock: Today, Warrant, Headbanger's Ball and Visual Chaos play Annie's, Columbia Tusculum. Doors open 8 p.m. $14. 562-4949.
• Telling tales: Join the Greater Cincinnati Storytelling Guild for an evening of stories, 7:30 p.m. today, Ellenwood Nature Barn, Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve, Colerain Township. $1 to park. 521-7275, Ext. 240.
• Baseball: The Reds play the Cubs, 7:05 p.m. today, Cinergy Field. Tickets: 421-7337.
• Three ring circus: Sterling & Reid Bros. Circus comes to River Downs Race Track, 5:15 and 7:30 p.m. today (and Friday). 232-8000.
• Benefit play: Thursday, the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival presents Better Than Chocolate, 7:30 p.m. today at the Esquire Theater. $8-$15. Benefits Crazy Ladies Bookstore. 541-4198.
Staying in
• TV picks: HBO repeats Don Cheadle's A Lesson Before Dying, which won two Emmys Sunday for best TV movie and best movie screenplay (8 p.m.).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter also notes that Drew Carey's Whose Line Is It Anyway? starts its season today (8 p.m., Channels 9, 2), while PBS' An American Love Story concludes with Karen Wilson attending her 25th high school reunion in Marion, Ohio (9-11 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16).
• Web chat: During a “Win the Homework Wars” chat 10-11 p.m. today at chat.lycos.com education experts offer advice on making homework a win-win situation for parents and kids.
What's in stores today
• Canine advice: Before you ask how much is that doggie in the window. Check out Paws To Consider: Choosing the Right Pet for You and Your Family (Warner; $22) by dog trainers Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson. It will help you match the proper pet to your lifestyle needs. Classifications include: nine-to-five dogs, watch dogs, family dogs, city dogs, low-shed dogs, high-input-high-output dogs and not-for-everyone dogs.
Planning ahead
• A day away: The Cincinnati Art Club's annual Fall Show opens Friday at the gallery in Mount Adams. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. The exhibit continues through Sept. 26. 241-4591.
• 48 hours out: Saturday, the Blue Jordan Fall Music Festival begins 2 p.m. at Sharonville's Heritage Village Museum, Sharon Woods. Performers include Over The Rhine, the Graveblankets, Janet Pressley, Lagniappe and Monk. $8. 681-6676.
• 72 hours 'til Sunday: Author Judy Pettigrew signs and discusses If I Should Die Before I Wake, 2-3 p.m., Grailville Art and Bookstore in Loveland. 683-0202.
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