Going out

        Contemporary Fridays: The popular series at Contemporary Arts Center — always a plenty off-the-wall party — includes art ogling and a multimedia show called Daydreams of a Gone World with a herd of area poets, musicians and filmmakers. 6-8 p.m. today, 115 E. Fifth St., downtown. $5. 721-0390.

        CSO: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and women of May Festival Chorus team up for selections from Parsifal, the Richard Wagner — that's Wagner pronounced with a V don't you know — opera that lasts, oh, several years when performed in full. 8 p.m. today, Music Hall. $12-$49. 381-3300.

        Gospel Musical: “Lively” is hardly the word when gospel great Fred Hammond and TV's Judge Mathis meet for the inspirational musical Been There, Done That. Three-night stand opens 8 p.m. today, Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall. $25.75-$33.75. 241-7469.

        YES Festival: The Year End Series Festival of New Plays keeps rolling right along. This time it's the premiere of Rio Bozo, a spoof of the “spaghetti” westerns Clint Eastwood made famous. It's written by two-time festival winner Ray Geiger. 8 p.m. today,Black Box Theatre, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights. $5-$9. (859) 572-5464.

Staying In

        TV picks: A lot of attention lately has been focused on celebrity adoptions. Now Barbara Walters jumps in, interviewing Rosie O'Donnell and some ABC colleagues including Connie Chung, Carole Simpson, Dr. Timothy Johnson and Sherrie Rollins Westin, wife of ABC News President David Westin. Barbara Walters Special, 10 p.m., Channel 9.

        Ah, Stella: Another Terry McMillan-Ron Bass job (Waiting to Exhale was the first),this one based on Ms. McMillan's novel about Stella getting her groove back. A successful, middle-aged woman vacations in Jamaica and falls in love and in lust with a young dude. Taye Diggs and Angela Bassett make it fun. How Stella Got Her Groove Back, 8 p.m., Channel 25.

Web site of the day

        Forbidden lit: Want to go snooping into recently declassified documents? These babies from Gerald Ford's administration give a glimpse into the chaotic events of the last days of the Vietnam War, including chilling transcripts of helicopter pilots' radio transmissions during the evacuation of our embassy. www.ford.utexas.edu/library/exhibits/vietnam/vietnam.htm

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: The American Classical Musical Hall of Fame honors the 2001 inductees — including Antonin Dvorak, George Crumb and Leonard Bernstein — with a tune or 20. Induction Concert is in the hands of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Philharmonia Orchestra. 8 p.m. Saturday, Corbett Auditorium, UC. Free. 556-4183.

        48 hours out: Douse yourself with a “Splash of Spring” when a naturalist leads a walking tour of Spring Grove Cemetery. Emphasis here is on biological diversity. 1 p.m. Sunday,Winton Road and Spring Grove Avenue, Winton Place. Free with reservation. 681-7526.

        72 hours 'til Monday: Cincinnati mega-faves Blessid Union of Souls join Fastball and raise a few roof beams. 7 p.m., Xavier University's Cintas Center. $18-$23. 562-4949.

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