Going out

        B.B. King: They'll be wailing the blues big-time out there on the riverbank when the legendary B.B. headlines the Lloyd's Blues Music Fest with a little help from Chicago blues king Buddy Guyand blues-fusion star John Hiatt.6 p.m. today, Riverbend, $20-$36.50. 562-4949.

        Scotty Anderson: The red-hot jazz guitarist packs up a string or six and goes west, young man, for the Music on the River concert series. 7-9 p.m. today, High and Walnut Streets, Lawrenceburg, free. (800) 322-8198.

        Outdoor theater: Famous as all get-out dead playwrights Euripides and Moliere are back on the boards with Alkestis and The Doctor in Spite of Himself atErnst Nature Theater. 7:30 p.m. today,Miami University's Western Campus, Oxford, free. (513) 529-3053.

        Book signing: Suspense author Phillip Margolin takes a break from killing off people to sign and discuss his hot-off-the- press legal thriller The Associate. 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

Staying In

        TV picks: U.S. Rep. Gary Condit speaks publicly for the first time about the disappearance of intern Chandra Levy in a 30-minute interview with ABC's Connie Chung on PrimeTime Thursday (10 p.m., Channels 9, 2).

        • Critic John Kiesewetter also says Sally Field returns to ER in a May repeat with Carter and Abby (Noah Wyle, Maura Tierney) driving her from an Oklahoma motel back to Chicago (10 p.m., Channels 5, 22).

Auditions

        Think you got some star power going on? Try this: Other People and The Last Place On Earth are holding auditions. Classified SAG experimental, they're open to all. Dayton auditions are noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sept. 1, Wright State University Creative Arts Center, Room T109. In Cincinnati, they're noon-4 p.m. Sunday and Sept. 2 at UC's Langsam Library, Room 606. Call casting director Amanda Lippert — (513) 662-0289 or e-mail at otherpeoplefilm@aol.com — for an appointment. Then visit www.arclightstudios.com/film.html.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Get some hands a'clapping when the hot new gospel musical Saved by Grace hits town for a one-night stand. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, $32.50. 241-7469.

        48 hours out: Expect to hear a whole ton of stuff from their new Open CD when ethereal rockers Cowboy Junkies tune up and turn out for a weekend concert. 8:30 p.m Saturday, Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $18.50-$20. 562-4949.

        72 hours 'til Sunday: Home grown cooking guru — or is it guruette? — Marilyn Harriscooks from and signs The Marilyn Harris Cooking School Cookbook. 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble Tri-County, 895 E. Kemper Road, Springdale. 671-3882.

Contact Jim Knippenberg by phone: 768-8513; fax: 768-8330; e-mail: knipenquirer@yahoo.com.

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