Saturday, July 21, 2001
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Going out
Jazz Fest: The WIZ Coors Light Riverfront Jazz Festival pulls out the stops and unleashes a musical conga line full of red-hot R&B acts, including Aretha Franklin, Brian McKnight and the Four Tops. Music starts 8 p.m. today, Cinergy Field, $30-$60. 562-4949.
Christmas in July: MainStrasse Village hauls out the tinsel, twinkling lights and Santa dolls for a weekend full of Christmas shopping, family activities, a car show and hairy elephants, namely Cincinnati Museum Center's “Mammoths on Tour.” Today-Sunday, Sixth and Main Streets, Covington. 357-6246.
Ventriloquists: Some of the country's top dummies mouth off at the “Headliner Show,” part of Vent Haven's International Ventriloquists Convention. Performers include Buddy Big Mountain, Mark Merchant and Don Bryan. 8 p.m., today, Drawbridge Inn. I-75 and Buttermilk Pike, Fort Mitchell, $7-$10. (859) 341-0461.
Plant Sale: Warder Nursery, supplier of all sorts of greenery for a ton of city parks, lets fly with batches of ferns, tropicals, water plants, calla lilies and more at its annual sale. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. today, 7000 Warder Drive, Springfield Township, $1 and up. 352-4080.
Staying In
TV picks: Those Rugrats celebrate their 10th birthday on Nickelodeon with a rerun at 7:30 p.m., the premiere of Rugrats: All Growed Up at 8 p.m., and The Making of the Rugrats at 9 p.m.
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says Dayton's Channel 7 airs the U.S. Air Show (12:30-5 p.m.), while Dayton's Channel 16 airs National Geographic: Air Force One (8 p.m.), The American Experience profile of Charles Lindberg (9 p.m.) and Wiley Post of Oklahoma (10 p.m.).
Planning Ahead
24 hours out: Everything butterflies flutters up for Butterfly Sundae with slide shows and butterfly garden tips for adults, crafts and scavenger hunts for kids. 1-4 p.m. Sunday,Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve, Colerain Avenue and Poole Road, Colerain Township. 521-7275.
48 hours out: Punk rockers Hot Water Music, with some help from Gunmoll and Army of Ponch, does the change of venue shuffle, moving from Bogart's to the Southgate House. 8 p.m. Monday, 24 E. Third St., Newport. $8-$10. 562-4949.
A week away: In other venue changes, the Newport Arts and Music Festival moves to its new location on Riverboat Row. Noon-midnight next Saturday between the Taylor Southgate and L & N bridges. (859) 292-3666.
— Jim Knippenberg
Contact Jim Knippenberg by phone: 768-8513; fax: 768-8330; e-mail: knipenquirer@yahoo.com.
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