Going out
        New exhibit: The Cincinnati Art Museum celebrates the opening of Museum within a Museum: Treasures from the Taft at the Cincinnati Art Museum with a Community Day celebration full of entertainment, gallery talks and activities for all ages. 1-3 p.m. today, CAM, free. 721-2787.

        Bridal show: The super-sized Greater Cincinnati Bride's World expo is a one-stop shopping event for marrieds-to-be, complete with disc jockeys, photographers, cake specialists, flower arrangers, fashion shows and more. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today, noon-5 p.m. Sunday,Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington, $9. 381-0990.

        Folk artist: Folksy singer/storyteller Bob Ford brings a ton of Irish folktales and songs to center stage on the EntertainmentPlus! series. 8 p.m. today, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton, $5-$12. 863-8873.

        Elvis tribute: It's all Elvis all the time when WGRR-FM (103.5) serves up a celebration of Elvis' birthday with a batch of nationally known Elvis impersonators from different eras of the King's life. 8 p.m. today, Taft Theatre, Fifth and Sycamore streets, downtown, $22-$32. 562-4949.

Staying in

        TV picks: Emma Samms stars as a Manhattan murder witnesses who becomes the target of a professional hitman in Mary Higgins Clark's Pretend You Don't See Her (9-11 p.m., Pax).

        • Critic John Kiesewetter also says Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down) hosts Saturday Night Live with musical guest Pink (11:30 p.m., Channels 5, 22).

Planning ahead

        24 hours out: The naturalists at Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve shiver through a program on “Ohio's Winter Birds” with slides, live birds and a short hike. 2 p.m. Sunday, meeting at the Ellenwood Nature Barn, Colerain Avenue and Poole Road, Colerain Township. 521-7275.

        48 hours out: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music composer Joel Hoffman hums forth with a recital of his recent works with CCM faculty and members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.8 p.m. Monday, the Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, UC, free. 556-4183.

        A week away: The Cincinnati Museum Center opens its Mostly Music exhibit, where all ages can sing, drum and pluck while learning about the physics of sound. Opens next Saturday, continues through May 5, $4.75-$6.75. 287-7000.

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

Fireplaces gas up
Have a fireplace in any room
MOREHOUSE: Parsley more than just a great garnish
Finding refuge in the garden
Gardening things to do this week
What's going on around the house
Circle This
Get to it
Put your palindrome cap on