GOING OUT

        Dr. Jerri Nielsen: She's the media-blitzed doctor who found a lump on her breast and then performed her own biopsy. That's because she was in Antarctica and there was no one else. Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole is all about the ordeal. She discusses and signs, 7 p.m. today, Barnes & Noble Kenwood, 7800 Montgomery Road. 794-9440.

        Race and sports: Expect some heat — and some controversy — when award-winning sportswriter Frank Deford and Orlando Miracle coach Carolyn Pecktackle the complicated and emotional topic of “Race, Title IX and the State of Intercollegiate Athletics.” 8 p.m. today, Miami University's Hall Auditorium. Free tickets distributed at 7 p.m. (513) 529-2730.

        Sketch comedy: Climb the hill for an all-out comedy assault when Friends of Lucy go for laughs with a nightful of Saturday Night Live-type sketches in a cabaret setting. Happy hour prices 6:30 p.m, show 7 p.m. today,Rosenthal Plaza, Playhouse in the Park, $5-$8. 421-3888.

Staying In

        TV picks: All aboard! PBS' The American Experience looks back at “Streamliners: America's Lost Trains,” the high-speed rail service of the 1930s and '40s (9 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16).

        • TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says Becker (Ted Danson) is accidentally booked on a gay cruise tonight (9:30 p.m., Channels 12, 7).

What's in stores today
               Sundae: Well, here's a sweet way to say “I love you.” Chocolate. As in Tom and Sally's Chocolate Body Paint, an 8-ounce jar of imported chocolate sauce that comes with a paintbrush. The label suggests you heat to 98.6 degrees, then “let your imagination do the rest.” Great on ice cream, too. How far an 8-ounce jar goes depends on, uh, the size of the loved one. $10 at Dennis Buttelwerth Florists, 3438 Edwards Road, Hyde Park. 321-3611.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: A bit of charades, word games and your artwork, however pitiful, star when Game Night hauls out the hip new board game Cranium. Expect some laughs here. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

        48 hours out: The Warsaw Falcons get the joint a'jumping with a night chock full of swingabilly and rockabilly. 9 p.m. Wednesday, Mr. Pitiful's on Main, 1323 Main St., Over-the-Rhine. $3 cover. 369-0202.

        72 hours 'til Thursday: The cars of the future and the latest models from more than 35 manufacturers come rolling into town for the Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati Post Auto Expo. 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Albert B. Sabin Convention Center. $7. 281-0022.

        Get To It appears daily. Send items to Nancy Berlier, Deputy Tempo Editor, at nberlier@enquirer.com.

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