Going out

        Roger McGuinn: The Rock Hall of Famer, founding member of The Byrds and a tambourine man if there ever was one, does a solo acoustic evening. 8 p.m. today, 20th Century, 3021 Madison Road, Oakley, $20. 779-9462.

        Theater: The Northern Kentucky University theater department goes way the heck out on a limb with a new psychological chiller about abuse in a troubled family. Thy Brother's Keeper opens 8 p.m. today, Black Box Theater, Highland Heights, $5-$9. (859) 572-5464.

        Jennifer Lauck: The author of the critically acclaimed and sometimes harrowing memoir Blackbird hits town with her follow-up work, Still Waters. 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

        For kids: Storyteller Omope Daboiku gathers the kids around for a batch of scary stories aimed at ages 6 and older. 7 p.m. today, Deer Park Branch Library, 3932 E. Galbraith Road. 369-4450.

Staying in

        TV picks: Frontline's “Trail of a Terrorist” traces the actions of terrorist Ahmed Ressam, the “Millennium Bomber” educated at Osama bin Laden's training camps who planned to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in December 1999 (9 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16).

        • TV critic John Kiesewetter also says Ross (David Schwimmer) gets jealous when pregnant Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) dates a soap star on Friends (8 p.m., Channels 5, 22).

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: The hot Seattle band Honey Tongue saunters into town for an evening of sultry rock. 10 p.m. Friday, Stanley's Pub, 323 Stanley Ave., Columbia Tusculum. 871-6249.

        48 hours out: The Rosenthal Next Generation Theatre Series goes for the brass ring with the Grammy-nominated children's entertainer Tom Chapin. 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Saturday,Playhouse in the Park, Robert S. Marx Theatre, Eden Park, ages 5 and older, $4-$5. 421-3555.

        72 hours 'til Sunday: Don Miguel Ruiz, bestselling author of Four Agreements, surfaces at the New Thought Unity Center to give a seminar based on his book. 1:30-4:30 p.m., 1401 E. McMillan, East Walnut Hills, $25-$30. 382-1242.

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

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