Tuesday, June 13, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
Going out
Ballet: Snow White, Seven Dwarfs and the Witch, all new choreographic work featuring Cincinnati Ballet dancers Heidi Rood and Darren Anderson, with students from the Otto M. Budig Academy, begins a two-day run 7:30 p.m. today in Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts. $18. 621-5282.
Music 2000: The free concerts by world-class musicians continue with performers Christopher Watts, Maria Rodriguez, Aaron Kernis and Garth Hangartner, 8 p.m. today in the Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati. 556-4183.
Acoustic Lunch: The popular concerts in Piatt Park, downtown, have begun again for the season. See the Bromwell/Diehl Band 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. today, Eighth and Vine streets. Free. 352-4080.
Weight control: Jeff Wilbert signs and discusses Fattitudes: Beat Self-Defeat and Win Your War With Weight, 7 p.m. today at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
Staying In
TV picks: The American Film Institute salutes America's funniest films with Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Cameron Diaz, Tim Allen, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Cincinnati's Julie Haggarty on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs (8-11 p.m., Channels 12, 7).
TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says Survivor fans may want to check out the show which started the genre, The Real World, which debuts a new season from New Orleans (10 p.m., MTV).
The Goods (What's in stores today)
Video picks: The Green Mile, winner of multiple Oscar nominations, is the top new video pick from Enquirer film critic Margaret A. McGurk.
Keeping track: The NutriGuide, a personal digital nutritionist, tracks calories, fat, cholesterol, carbohydrates, protein and other nutritional values for more than 8,000 foods. The 1.5-pound gadget can track consumption for a single nosh, a day or a week. The $149.95 price tag includes the NutriGuide, three books on health, diet and fitness and access to the company Web site for personalized answers. Available through Sharper Image. (800) 344-4444.
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: Psychedelic techno rock with the underground favorites The Legendary Pink Dots playing 8 p.m. Wednesday at Bogart's in Corryville. $10. 562-4949.
48 hours out: Summer dance at Ault Park Pavilion, 6-10 p.m. Thursday in Mount Lookout. Music by The Modulators. Free. 956-9876.
72 hours 'til Friday: Bloomsday 2000 event celebrating James Joyce at Jack Quinn's Irish Pub with dinner, drinks and staged readings by enthusiasts, 7-9 p.m., 112 E. Fourth St., Covington. 491-6699.
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