GOING OUT
               Village Witch Project: This is sort of like the dreaded Blair Witch meeting the equally dreaded Survivor in a fully interactive haunted survivor party where players avoid being “axed” by evil spirits. Last ones standing split $500 in prizes. 7 p.m. today in the oh-so-spooky Heritage Village at Sharon Woods, $20. 563-9484.
       Teen river cruise: Too old to trick-or-treat? Too young to haunt boozy midnight parties? Try this: BB Riverboats sails off on a Halloween cruise for teens with tours of the creature-infested USS Nightmare, costume contests, music and games by KISS 107.1 6:30 p.m. today, Covington Landing. $15. (859) 261-8500.
       Miami lecture: Carlos Fuentes, Latin American novelist and former Mexican ambassador to France, hits the podium with “U.S. and Latin America: Sharing a Continent.” 8 p.m. today, Miami University's Hall Auditorium, Oxford. Free. (513) 529-1809.

        Classical: Soprano Donna Connolly and pianist Kenneth Griffithsbelt out a batch of Rossiniand Dvorakon CCM's Faculty Artist Series. 8 p.m. today, Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. Free. 556-4183.

Staying In
               TV picks:

       Go back to college with a delightful one-hour special called One Day, a day in the life of the University of Cincinnaticaptured by WCPO-TV videographers last May (8-9 p.m., Channel 9).

        • TV Critic John Kiesewetter says TV Land cable airs Studio One: The Night America Trembled, a documentary narrated by Edward R. Murrow about the 1938 panic over War of the Worlds.

What's in stores today
               Scared? Hungry? Yet another semi-practical offering from Kurt S. Adler, designer and supplier of holiday froufrou: a 17-inch, hand-crafted wood Wizard of Oz scarecrow nutcracker. $275. Available at Cappel's for $240. Check it out at www.kurtadler.com or call (800) 243-9627.

Planning Ahead
               24 hours out: French, German and Spanish songs get the royal treatment from Metropolitan Opera bass baritone Dean Elzinga when he headlines Matinee Musicale. 11 a.m. Tuesday, Scottish Rite Auditorium, 317 E. Fifth St., downtown. $15. 961-0622.

        48 hours out: It's a night of tumbling, twisting and turning when Olympic gold medalists Alexei Nemov and Svetlana Khorkina along with most of the U.S.' Olympic team somersault into town. World Gymnastics Champions — Tour 2000 blends world-class gymnastics and some theatricality at Firstar Center. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,$20.50-$46. 562-4949.

        72 hours 'til Thursday: Bold, apocalyptic, fantasy-packed, yeah, it's all that and more. Marisol, Jose Rivera's 1993 Obie Award winner, is the tale of a young Latino visited by her guardian angel carrying the grim news that there's about to be a revolt against God. 8 p.m. Thursday, UC's Studio Theater in the CCM complex. $10. 556-4183.

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