Going out

        Book signing: Clinical psychologist Bruce Levine is at Joseph-Beth Booksellers discussing and signing his newself-help book with a title that goes on forever — Commonsense Rebellion: Debunking Psychiatry, Confronting Society — an A to Z Guide to Rehumanizing Our Lives. Whew. 7 p.m. today, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

        Audubon program: Bird and nature lovers slip into hiking boots and meet up for a little session on pollination ecology in the Costa Rican rain forest, with Dr. Tom Rambo (speaking, not pollinating) of Northern Kentucky University. 7:30 p.m. today, Winton Centre, Winton Woods, Springfield Township, free. 741-7926.

        Classical: Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms take center stage when the Faculty Artist Series trots out Kurt Sassmannshaus, Catherine Carroll, William Grubb and Frank Weinstock. 8 p.m. today,University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, free. 556-4183.

        For kids: Preschool Craft Time at Zany Brainy gets kids age 3-5 making paper pumpkins 'n stuff — with somebody else to clean up the mess. 10:30 a.m. today, Rookwood Commons, Edmonson and Edwards Roads, Norwood, free. 396-6711.

Staying in

        TV picks: Exactly 50 years ago tonight, these immortal words were first said on prime-time TV: “Wait a minute, Ethel, I have an idea!” TV Land replays Lucille Ball's 1951 I Love Lucy premiere at 9 p.m. to start a week-long Lucy marathon.

        • TV Critic John Kiesewetter says NBC's Third Watch opens the season with a two-hour tribute to New York emergency personnel (8 p.m., Channels 5, 22).

Web site of the day

        Odd news: Not all the links provided here are up and running, but some of the ones that are can be a real hoot. One of the best is Worst Country Song Titles (including the ever popular “You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly”). Then there's the winners of the I-Look-Like-My-Dog contest and, in honor of last year's wacky election, Presidential Pong. http://now2000.com/weird/index.shtml.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Previews begin for the Playhouse in the Park production of the powerhouse musical Gypsy and her loud-mouth mama. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Robert S. Marx Theatre, Eden Park. $31. 421-3888.

        48 hours out: Jam Band Wednesdays looks heavenward with the national act Moon Boot Power. 10 p.m., Barrelhouse Brewing Company, 22 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, $4. 421-2337.

        72 hours 'til Thursday: The Greater Cincinnati Storytelling Guildraises the hair on your neck with spooky tales for all ages at its monthly gathering. 7 p.m., amphitheater, Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve, Colerain Avenue and Poole Road, Colerain Township, free. 521-7275.

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

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