GOING OUT

        End of Show Sale: Sherwood Forest at Krohn Conservatory is over and now the orchids, cinerarias, tropicals and bulbs that made up the exhibit are priced to sell. 10 a.m. today at the conservatory in Eden Park. 352-4080.

        Alteractive: Performance poetry, art rock and visual art are part of the alternative performance series at Playhouse in the Park as Terri Ford, Uncle Glockenspiel and The 50 Shoes take the Rosenthal Plaza stage 7 p.m. today. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for happy hour. $8. 421-3888.

        For kids: Winter Fun at the Mary Ann Mongan library includes snow-themed stories and a craft making a miniature skating pond, 4 p.m. today, Fifth and Scott streets, Covington. Ages 5-8. Registration required. (859) 491-7610.

        Name that Toon: Toon Art Inc., the nation's leading sports and animation artwork publisher, will have an open house/sale 9 a.m.-7 p.m. today-Saturday. 851-2357.

        Lecture series: Francine Prose, novelist and short story writer, presents “I Know Why the Caged Bird Can't Read: My Life as a Public Intellectual,” 8 p.m. today in Room 127 of McMicken Hall, University of Cincinnati. It's part of the Ropes Lecture Series. Free. 556-2560.

Staying In

        TV picks: Cincinnati's own Rocky Carroll, best known from Roc and Chicago Hope, plays a U.S. attorney who is determined to convict Joe of money-laundering on Family Law, (10 p.m. Channels 12 and 7).

        • Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, a two-part miniseries,concludes (9 p.m. Channels 9 and 2). Judy Davis plays Garland, making her more than just a shrieking prima donna.

Hot tix

        Patti Labelle: Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today for the diva's concert 7 p.m. March 5 at Music Hall, 1243 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. Available at all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone at 562-4949.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Animal Walk for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, coming to the Firstar Center, downtown, is tentatively scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday along the train tracks just east of the center. 421-4111.

        48 hours out: Blessid Union of Souls CD release party for The Singles, their new collection of radio hits, is 9 p.m. Wednesday at Rhythm and Blues Cafe, 1142 Main St., Over-the-Rhine. Free tickets available at Cellular Connection locations. 684-0080.

        72 hours 'til Thursday: The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and conductor Gunther Schuller speaks 8 p.m. at Hall Auditorium on Miami University's Oxford Campus. Free and open to public. (513) 529-3014.

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