GOING OUT
               Solas: They do it all — flutes, banjos, accordions and plenty fiddlin' — this Irish supergroup that comes a' plucking and singing to the Southgate House. After a warmup session from singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey. 8 p.m. today, 24 E. Third St., Newport. $12-$15. 779-9462.

        Novel signing: Picture this: Two children and their invalid mother are sent from New York to the mountains of Virginia. Talk about culture shock run amok! That's the premise of David Baldacci's new novel Wish You Well. The author (Absolute Power, Saving Faith) signs, meets, mixes and mingles 7-8 p.m. today., Books & Co., 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering. (800) 777-4881.

        Children's Book Week: The celebration keeps marching right along with bunches of programs at assorted libraries. Today's biggies include: Ginny Frazier and a boat load of stories and songs from Native America, 7 p.m., Symmes Township branch, 11850 Enyart Road (369-6068); historian Jim Simon tells about “Growing Up in the 19th Century” before television or the Internet, 3:45 p.m., Hyde Park Branch, 2747 Erie Ave. (369-4456). Complete schedule at plch.lib.oh.us

        Viva Quetzal!: It's a multicultural freebie when the hot and hip band full of South American folklorics and American jazz types land in Oxford at 7:30 p.m. today,First United Methodist Church, 14 N. Poplar St. (513) 529-6333.

Staying In
               TV picks: On Fox's crazy Titus (8:30 p.m., Channels 19, 45), Christopher Titus attends mom's (Frances Fisher) competency hearing and urges officials to keep her locked up in a mental hospital.

        • Critic John Kiesewetter says the answer is: Four. The question: How many prime-time shows have been pulled before the last new fall show, David Alan Grier's D.A.G. finally debuts (9:30 p.m. today, Channels, 5, 22). Gone: Tucker, Daddio, FreakyLinks, For Your Love.

What's in stores today
               Video picks: Even for the gajillions who read the book and know how it ends, The Perfect Storm makes a rip-roaring, white-knuckle adventure on film, says film critic Margaret A. McGurk.

Planning Ahead
               24 hours out: It's all violins all the time with the Violin Society of America through Sunday. Big names include Stuart Pollens, curator of instruments at Metropolitan Museum of Art, who will be discussing the infamous violin known as “The Messiah” from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday. Panel discussions and music open to the public at $15 a day. Drawbridge Inn, Fort Mitchell. 541-2000.

        48 hours out: The CCM superstars of tomorrow give the royal treatment to Gershwin's My One and Only, a madcap spoofing of Hollywood's golden age. Opens 8 p.m. Thursday at UC's Corbett Auditorium. $22. 556-4183.

        72 hours 'til Friday: Cincinnati Ballet straps on its toe shoes for the world premiere of Finger Prints, a new dance by the oh-so-in-demand Australian choreographer Stanton Welch. 8 p.m., Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center. $9-$49. 241-7469.

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