Monday, July 17, 2000
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
Book signing: Elizabeth Berg signs and discusses Open House, a book about a newly separated mother with a teenage son, 7 p.m. today at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.
Teapots: Hiestand Galleries at Miami University in Oxford opens a new exhibit of whimsical teapots designed by artist Adriana DePalma. Gallery open 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. (513) 529-1883.
For Kids: Puppet show with the Storybook Puppeteers 10 a.m. today at Oakley Branch Library, 4033 Gilmore Ave. All ages. 369-6038.
At Arnold's: Fred Gary plays piano favorites 6-8 p.m. every Monday at the downtown tavern, 210 E. Eighth St. 421-6234.
Krohn Conservatory: “Some Like it Hot: Summer in Cincinnati,” show continues daily through Aug. 27 showcasing gardening trend of Tropicalismo blending tropical plants with hardy perennials. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 352-4080.
STAYING IN
TV picks: Frank Robinson recalls playing for the Cincinnati Reds in Crosley Field in When It Was A Game III (10 p.m., HBO), a look at baseball in the 1960s with Bob Gibson, Hank Aaron, Jim Bouton, Juan Marichal, Al Kaline, Bob Costas and Billy Crystal.
• Enquirer TV Critic John Kiesewetter says Fox premieres a summer series, Opposite Sex, about a teen-age boy (Milo Ventimiglia) attending a formerly all-girls prep school (8 p.m., Channels 19, 45).
Web site of the day: Can all the names of famous people who are left-handed fit on one Web page? Appears so. Here we discovered a major shift to the left in U.S. politics — six of the seven left-handed presidents, including the current one, served in the 20th century. Click on www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html
WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
Batter up: Reds center fielder Ken Griffey Jr., no stranger to sports magazines, plays cover boy again on the August issue of Sports Illustrated for Kids ($2.99) on newsstands today. In the story inside, there's a page of “Ken's favorite things,” like food (Chinese) and actor (Danny Glover), and a centerfold poster.
PLANNING AHEAD
24 hours out: Cincinnati Klezmer Project plays 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Acoustic Lunch free concert series at Piatt Park, Garfield Place, downtown. 352-4080.
48 hours out: Midweek performance of Verdi's Aida, presented by Cincinnati Opera, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. $12-$85. 241-2742.
72 hours 'til Thursday: Miami University Summer Theatre opens the smart comedy Woman in Mind, by British master comic writer Alan Ayckbourn, 8 p.m., Gates-Abegglen Theatre, Oxford. $9-$11. (513) 529-3200.
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