Last Minute

        Free admission: Paramount's Kings Island is offering free admission to all emergency services personnel and their families for its final two weekends of operation. This includes regional firefighters, law-enforcement officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and other employees of these organizations.

        “This is just one small token of our appreciation for putting their lives on the line every day and for their commitment to serving the public,” said Tim Fisher, general manager and executive vice president of PKI.

        Emergency workers can present their badge or ID at the park's entrance for up to four complimentary tickets (does not include FearFest). The park is open for regular operation 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 3-4. 754-5700.

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        Knox series: The Knox Music Series presents Mendelssohn's oratorio, St. Paul, 3 p.m. Sunday(Reformation Sunday) at Knox Church, Hyde Park. Baritone Thom Mariner sings the role of St. Paul; tenor David Adams is narrator. Director Earl Rivers will conduct the 60-voice Knox Choir, Chamber Orchestra and a host of soloists. Donations accepted at the door. 321-2573.

FYI

        CSO on radio: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's Sept. 14 season-opening concert under its new music director, Paavo Jarvi, will be broadcast across the country on National Public Radio, starting Sunday. “SymphonyCast,” produced by WGUC, will be heard locally at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 on WGUC-FM (90.9).

        The program will open with the National Anthem and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks. The concert, which includes Debussy's La Mer and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, will also be televised over PBS this spring.

        Connick date: Crooner/pianist Harry Connick Jr. brings his big band to the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall on Dec. 2. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $62.50, $47.50 and $27.50, on sale 10 a.m. Saturday at the Aronoff Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, phone (562-4949) and online (www.ticketmaster.com).

        Dean legacy: An Indianapolis construction firm is exploring the possibility of buying and renovating James Dean's former high school in Fairmount, Ind.

        Don Buchanan of Stenz Construction Co. told the Herald Bulletin of Anderson, Ind., that any project would need support from the public and financing from a combination of private investors and public donations.

        “We're looking to see what makes sense financially,” he said. “It's a major, major risk right now” because of the building's deterioration.

        Stenz Construction would not raze the building because of its historic value, he said.

        The high school was built in 1898, according to the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, and has been empty since 1986.

        The structure was named this year to the Historic Landmarks Foundation's 10 Most Endangered List of Hoosier landmarks.

Movies opening Friday

        • All Access
        • Encounters in 3-D
        • Forgive Me Father
        • Haiku Tunnel
        • Hit and Runway
        • K-Pax
        • Lost and Delirious
        • On the Line
        • Our Lady of the Assassins
        • 13 Ghosts

       Coming Friday in Weekend

        More hauntings: Halloween events, from haunted houses to trails to events for kids.

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