GOING OUT

        Encore Linton: And this for people who tried to get in to the Linton Series Sunday and found it sold out: The show resurfaces in Montgomery for an encore with red-hot pianist Claude Frank and violinist Pamela Frank having their way with Beethoven. 7:30 p.m. today, Congregation Ohav Shalom, 8100 Cornell Road. $27.50. 381-6868.

        Alteractive: Sailing right along, this new cabaret series at Playhouse in the Park continues to showcase alternative theater — the stuff so rarely seen here. This week it's video and performance artist Diane Teramana and her dizzying experimental videos spiked with recounts of emotional, personal journeys. Doors open 6:30 p.m. (happy hour, of course), show at 7:30 p.m. today, $8. 421-3888.

        James Michael Pratt: Twin brothers divided by love and war, where all's fair, don't you know, get the treatment in Mr. Pratt's new Ticket Home. The best-selling author (The Lighthouse Keeper) journeys to Joseph-Beth Booksellers for a signing. 7 p.m. today,Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

Staying In

               TV picks: Definitely Good Will Hunting — exactly what we expect from an Oscar nominee with director Gus Van Sant squeezing out performances of depth, passion and intelligence from Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams. 8 p.m., Channels 9, 2.

        • Must tape: Here was a great mismatch: he was 6-foot-4 and folksy; she was 5-4 and refined. He was pensive in private; she was social. He was Abe Lincoln, she was Mary, subjects of a six-hour American Experience' documentary. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, 9 p.m. today through Wednesday, Channels 48, 54, 16.

Planning Ahead
        24 hours out: Whoa, here's an inspired casting coup if ever there was one: Eartha Kitt as the Fairy Godmother and former teen-popper Deborah Gibson as the title character. That should make Cinderella cut across most every age line on the Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series. Two-week run opens 8 p.m. Tuesday, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center for the Arts. $35-$56. 241-7469.

        48 hours out: Children's book illustrator Will Hillenbrand — one of those local lads made good — shows how it's done in a demonstration and signing of books he's illustrated, including The Biggest Best Snowman, Counting Crocodiles and Down by the Station. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Cold Spring Branch Library, 3920 Alexandria Pike. (859) 572-5033.

        72 hours 'til Thursday: Country music legend Loretta Lynn — you know, the coal miner's daughter — opens three days at the Grand Victoria Casino in Rising Sun, 8 p.m. $30-$35. (800) 472-6311.

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