Going out

        Punk show: It's the Warped Tour revisited when Bouncing Souls, One Man Army, Flogging Molly, and Madcap assemble for a noisy night full of power rock. 7:30 p.m. today, Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $10-$12. 562-4949.

        Rumpelstiltzkin: The Frisch Marionettes bring this nasty little man and his fairy tale to life in a Halloween puppet show. 7 p.m. today, North Central Branch Library, 11109 Hamilton Ave., Pleasant Run, appropriate for all ages, free. 369-6068.

        Keller Williams: The guitar whiz brings a long list of instruments — djembe, mouth flugel, 10-string guitar — for an evening combining clever original material and playful covers, 10 p.m. today, Top Cat's, 2820 Vine St., Corryville, $12.50-$14. 562-4949.

        Poetry: The microphone's open and the poetry's ready. Read your own or listen to somebody else's. 7:30 p.m. today, Borders Book and Music Northgate, 9458 Colerain Ave., Bevis. 245-9898.

Staying in

        TV picks: On The Guardian, CBS' new hit drama, Nick (Simon Baker) represents a 15-year-old girl raped by her stepfather, while Nick's father's law firm refuses to represent a steel plant owner (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7).

        • Critic John Kiesewetter also says the Gilmore Girls (Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel) tour Harvard (8 p.m., Channel 64).

Video picks

        Science-fiction and animation fans have been lining up for Final Fantasy, a computer-generated adventure out today on DVD and VHS. More traditional types will appreciate Songcatcher, with Janet McTeer as a musicologist in West Virginia on DVD and VHS, plus the 60th anniversary edition DVD of Disney's classic Dumbo.

Hot Tickets

        Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today for Wynton Marsalis (8 p.m. March 16, Aronoff Center). This is an all-new jazz show with Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Montez Coleman, Victor Goines and more. Tickets are $25-$38 at Ticketmaster locations or by phone, 562-4949; www.ticketmaster.com.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Poster expert Jack Rennart speaks about art nouveau masters Toulouse-Lautrec and Mucha in a presentation tied to the exhibit Posters of the Belle Epoque at the Cincinnati Art Museum. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, museum auditorium. 721-2787.

        48 hours out: The Northern Kentucky University Theater Department opens Ken Jones' new play Thy Brother's Keeper, all about the dark topic of family abuse. 8 p.m. Thursday, Black Box Theater, Highland Heights, $5-$10. (859) 572-5464.

        72 hours 'til Friday: Maestro Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra let fly a batch of “All-American Showbiz Favorites,” with Indiana University's Singing Hoosiers. Friday-Sunday,Music Hall. 381-3300.

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

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