GOING OUT
        Big Pig Book: Something to do while the Big Pig folk start hauling away pigs, getting them ready for auction: Rick Pender, co-author of The Big Pig Gig: Celebrating Pigs in the City, signs books and talks about the public art project Cincinnati and a zillion visitors, most of them driving far too slowly, have embraced. 7 p.m. today, Borders Books & Music Eastgate, 4530 Eastgate Blvd.943-0068.

        Bopping at Bogart's: P.O.D. mixes things up with a high energy blend of reggae, hip-hop, Latin and jazz designed to rattle the windows of the Corryville club. 8 p.m. today. $21.50. 562-4949.

        Poetry slam: Poetry, of all things, is in again. Check it out at “Stand up, Speak out: A High School Poetry Slam” for students 14-18, with cash prizes for winners. 7:30 p.m. today at York Street Cafe, Eighth and York Streets, Newport. 921-9039 . Classical: Mexico City Woodwind Quintet, an outfit that knows its Latin music you betcha, plays contemporary Latin composers on the oh-so-well-respected Visiting Composer Series at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. 8 p.m. today in UC's Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. Free. 556-4183.

STAYING IN
        TV picks: Raymond (Ray Romano) accidentally kills his daughter's hamster on Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7). The eulogies may remind some viewers of the day Rudy's goldfish died on The Cosby Show.

        • TV Critic John Kiesewetter says HBO looks at how white supremacists spread their hate worldwide via the Internet on Hate.Com: Extremists on the Internet (10 p.m., HBO).

WHAT'S IN STORES TODAY
               Dry as a bone: Got a dog that hates winter? Get him some boots: The specialty catalog In the Company of Dogs has muttluk booties, water and salt-resistant with leather bottoms and soles, rib-knit cuffs and Velcro fasteners, $40 for four. Call (800) 924-5050 or go to www.inthecompanyofdogs.com.

PLANNING AHEAD
        24 hours out: It's a word from the stratosphere when Dr. Alan Dressler, astronomer and member of NASA's Space Advisory Committee, talks about his career and life as part of the Walnut Hills High School Alumni Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, WHHS, 3250 Victory Parkway, Evanston. $15. 569-5582.

        48 hours out: Tarzan and The Lion King put their blades to the ice in The Jungle Book, this year's edition of Disney's annual ice show. Five-day stand opens 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Firstar Center. $10 and up. 562-4949.

        72 hours 'til Thursday: It's the regional premiere of Six Degrees of Separation, the dicey, edgy play about a young hustler who worms his way into the lives of wealthy New Yorkers. 8 p.m. Thursday, Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati. $13-$22. 556-4183.

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