Going out

        Punk show: The fast and furious H2O speeds into town with the up-and-coming Mest. Music starts 7:30 p.m. today, Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $12.50. 562-4949.
       Gallery talk: The Cincinnati Art Museum celebrates its extended hours — and its new exhibit — with Taft Museum of Art curator David Johnson talking about the museum's collection, featured in CAM's Museum within a Museum, on display during the Taft's renovation. 7:30 p.m. today,CAM, Eden Park. Free with museum admission. 721-2787.
       Landscape series: The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden gets some dirt under its fingernails with a 10-week series on home landscaping, beginning with evaluating new landscapes. 7-9 p.m. today, 3400 Vine St., Avondale, $7 per class, $60 for series. 559-7767.
       For kids: The ever-flowering Krohn Conservatory opens its big glass doors to grades K-4 for an afterschool “Grocery Garden,” a little gem about food growing in the conservatory and ways to grow at home. 3:30-5 p.m. today,Eden Park, $3. 421-5707.

Staying in

        TV picks: The producers of That '70s Show repeat the formula with broad jokes, likable characters and references to long-ago pop-culture. Glenn Howerton and Tinsley Grimes play a brother and sister who resist the '80s tendency to chase big money. That '80s Show (premiere), 8 p.m., Channels 19, 45.
       • Tom Brokaw visits George W. Bush's White House. This special was planned last fall, then postponed because of 9-11. The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing, 8 p.m., Channels 5, 22.

The Goods (What's in stores today)

        Valentine's Day cards: But not just any card. These babies are a 12-year tradition in Loveland, sometimes known as the Sweetheart of Ohio. The cards are designed by the winner of the annual design contest — it's photographer David Miller this year — and sold for $1 each at the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce (683-1544) or on the Web site (www.lovelandchamber.org). Mail the card from Loveland, and you can get that distinctive Valentine's postmark on the envelope.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Legal scholar Lani Guinier, who became a household name when President Clinton appointed her assistant attorney general for civil rights and then withdrew the nomination, hits the areawith her “Lift Every Voice” presentation. 8 p.m. Thursday, Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford, free ticket required. (513) 529-3200.
       48 hours out: There are custom cars, NASCAR drivers, car club displays, BMX Air Walk Team demonstrations and heaven only knows what else at the 42nd Annual Cavalcade of Customs. 5-10:30 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, Albert B. Sabin Convention Center, $3-$9.50. (859) 341-0346.
       72 hours 'til Saturday: The Contemporary Arts Center opens the ever-so-intriguing My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, continuing through March 24, 115 E. Fifth St., downtown. 345-8400.

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