Sunday, February 13, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Sampler Weekend: Second and final day of this annual program featuring free events throughout Greater Cincinnati showcasing arts organizations — musicians, art exhibits, theater groups, more. For detailed schedule, see www.Cincinnati.com/freetime
• Michael Chertock: The popular pianist performs 2 p.m. today at Presbyterian Church of Wyoming, 255 Wyoming Ave. 821-8983.
• St. Patrick tradition: Following Memorial Mass at Holy Cross-Immaculata Church will be the traditional “stealing” of the statue of St. Patrick and parade through Mount Adams, beginning 2 p.m. today (parade begins at 3 p.m.), Pavilion and Guido. 831-6991.
• Rodeo:Longhorn World Championship Rodeo, 2 p.m. today, Firstar Center. $12-$20. 562-4949.
• Train Show: Great American Train Show continues 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today, at Albert B. Sabin Convention Center, downtown. $6, free under age 12. (630) 834-0652.
• Classic cars: Country Cruisers Car Club Car Show, noon-6 p.m. today, Crestview Hills Mall, 2829 Dixie Highway. Benefits Brighton Center of Newport. 341-5151.
• Black book fair: Features books of African-American interest, workshops, craft vendors, more, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today, Albert B. Sabin Convention Center, downtown. Enquirer reporter Reon Carterwill sign copies of her recently published romance novel Picture Perfect (Genesis Press; $8.95). Free admission. 351-4457.
STAYING IN • TV picks: Another tough night of sweeps' choices: The start of CBS' two-part miniseries about Thomas Jefferson's slave romance, Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7; concludes Wednesday); NBC's reunion movie, Homicide: The Movie (9 p.m., Channels 5, 22); and David Suchet's new Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (8 p.m or 10 p.m., A&E).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says Vanessa Williams hosts It's Black Entertainment, with clips of Lena Horne, Josephine Baker, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and more (8 p.m., Showtime).
PLANNING AHEAD
• 24 hours out: The Jazz Mandolin Project featuring Jamie Masefield and Jon Fishman of Phishplays 9 p.m. at Electra, 1133 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine. $13-$14. 621-1100.
• 48 hours out: Live ... from National Geographic lecture series begins with deep-sea explorer Robert Ballard discussing his exploration of the Black Sea to unlock ancient secrets and his vision of a new era of archaeology, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aronoff Center for the Arts. $11.25-$23.75. 241-7469.
• 72 hours 'til Wednesday: “Big Pig Gig Art Sow-long” at Pendleton Arts Center, 5-8 p.m., showcasing more than 900 design proposals by artists for the public art project, 1310 Pendleton St., Over-the-Rhine. $5 (benefits the project). 333-0388; www.bigpiggig.com.
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