Going out

               Homearama: Check out the latest in new home building and decorating at the Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati's new home showcase, noon-11 p.m. today at Four Bridges, off Bethany Road in Liberty Township, Butler County. Continues through June 24. $7. 851-6300.

        Classic cars: Concours' d'Elegance at Ault Park includes more than 200 classic, rare and collector cars on display, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today. Park is located at end of Observatory Avenue in Mount Lookout. $15 benefits Arthritis Foundation. 271-4545.

        Kathleen Battle: The world-reknowned soprano performs an afternoon of spirituals, Shubert songs and opera arias, 4 p.m. today in Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center. $30-$55. 241-7469.

        Antiques: MainStrasse Village's Second Sunday Antiques Marketplace features dealers selling a wide range of vintage and collectible items, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today along Sixth Street in Covington. (859) 341-3390.

Staying in

        TV picks: It's the big one: A&E's The Big Heist dramatizes how Jimmy “The Gent” Burke (Donald Sutherland) pulled off an $8 million theft from the Lufthansa terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport in 1978 (9 p.m. today, A&E).

        • TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says Mel Gibson narrates the Quest for Captain Kidd, about the search for Captain Kidd's 17th century ship wreck off the coast of Madagascar (9 p.m., Discovery).

        Web site of the day: According to the United Nations, this is the “International year of volunteers.” What about paying to volunteer? Fee-based volunteer programs like Cross-Cultural Solutions charge do-gooders to participate in short-term anti-vacations. Work in the Third World for a few weeks, instead of spending your off time at a hedonistic resort. Check out www.crossculturalsolutions.org/ccs.html.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Author Sue Grafton signs and discusses the latest in her alphabet series of whodunits, P is for Peril, 7 p.m. Monday at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

        48 hours out: Young dancers of the Otto M. Budig Academy of Cincinnati Ballet begin two nights of Snow White, Seven Dwarfs and the Witch, 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater. $18. 621-5282.

        72 hours 'til Wednesday: The arty indie-rock favorites Guided By Voices play 9 p.m. at the Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport. $12.50-$15. (859) 431-2201.

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