Going out

        Bob Dylan: The legendary singer/songwriter who has been blowin' in the wind since dinosaurs walked among us hits town with any number of tunes from hiscritically acclaimed new Love and Theft CD. 7:30 p.m. today,Xavier University's Cintas Center, $30.50-$35.50. 562-4949.

        New Orleans jazz: The Louis Armstrong Society Jazz Band, a touring group dedicated to the preservation of Naw'lins style jazz, invades Indiana for the Dearborn Highland Arts Council Performing Arts Series. 7 p.m. today, Lawrenceburg High School Auditorium, Eads Parkway, $8-$15. (812) 926-1778.

        Theater: Cincinnati Music Theatre hits the stage early for a matinee of the popular, feel-good musical She Loves Me. 2 p.m. today, Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theatre, (through Saturday), $13-$16. 241-7469.

        Craft Show: Furniture, folk art, fine crafts and anything else the human hand can build are stars of the Greater Cincinnati Folk Art and Craft Show. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, $6. 771-7744.

Staying in

        TV picks: One more time: Ellen DeGeneres hosts the twice-postponed 53rd Annual Prime-time Emmy Awards (8-11 p.m., Channels 12, 7) from Los Angeles. The Sopranos lead all shows with 22 nominations, followed by West Wing (18), which could tie its record of nine wins.

        • TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says NBC's Uprising (9-11 p.m. today and Monday, Channels 5, 22) dramatizes Jewish resistance fighters battling the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943.

The Goods

        Not hankering to wait in line to see Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone on opening day Nov. 16? Advance tickets are on sale through Showcase Cinemas' Web site, www.showcasecinemas.com, or at automated ticket booth kiosks in most of the chain's theaters. Web sales carry a $1 per ticket service charge. The new 20-screen AMC multiplex at Newport on the Levee also will sell advance Harry tickets through www.moviewatcher.com, but as of press time, could not say what day sales would begin.

What's in stores today

        Flags, flags and more flags take center stage in Glory, a 2002 calendar (Workman Publishing, $10.95) made up entirely of flag photos taken between Sept. 11 and Sept. 22. Like one flying over the Brooklyn Bridge with Manhattan in the background. Or the one at Ground Zero. Not to mention the massive one hanging from the Pentagon. The beauty of this calendar is all proceeds will go to the New York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund and the American Red Cross. It's available in bookstores and anywhere else calendars are sold.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: It's patriotism everywhere you look when Washington D.C.'s United States Air Force Strings roll out a night full of All-American favorites. 8 p.m. Monday, College of Mount St. Joseph College Theatre, Delhi and Neeb roads, Delhi Township, free. 244-4863.

        48 hours out: The nationally-renowned poet and spoken word artist Staceyann Chin heats up Wilmington College's Top of the Pyle Center, 8 p.m. Tuesday,free. (937) 382-6661.

        72 hours 'til Wednesday: The East Coast rock-ska quartet Good Charlotte rattles the window panes a bit with the rowdy Chicago band Mest. 8 p.m., Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $10-$12. 562-4949.

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

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