Going out

        Dance: Cincinnati Balletgoes for diversity with The Come Together Festival, four works mixing classical, African-American, Caribbean and contemporary styles. 8 p.m. today, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, $9-$51. 241-7469.

        Art opening: The Weston Art Gallery throws an opening reception for a whopper of a lineup: Filter, a light-influenced sculpture project by Fred Ellenberger,Irato, an installation by Anthony Luensman, and The Diaries of Little Red Hen, paintings by Michael Scott. 6-9 p.m. today, Aronoff Center. 977-4165.

        "Room': The ultra avant-garde SITI Company theater troupe tackles Anne Bogart'sVirginia Woolf-influenced and collage-style work Room. 7:30 p.m. today, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday,Gates-Abegglen Theatre, Miami University, Oxford, $8-$16. (513) 529-3200.

        Michelle Shocked: The singer-songwriter has her own label, a new band — the Perverse Allstars — and some mighty fine rock 'n' roll. 9 p.m. today, Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport, $15-$18. 779-9462.

Staying in

        TV picks: Kelsey Grammer hosts An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre (9 p.m., Channels 9, 2) with performances by Stevie Wonder, Mandy Moore, Yolanda Adams, David Copperfield, SHeDAISY, police officer Daniel Rodriguez, Dennis Franz, John Spencer and Kristin Chenoweth.

        • Critic John Kiesewetter says A&E's Shackleton miniseries repeats (8 p.m.-midnight).

Web site of the day

        Reading list: Whoa, it's a trip to the public library without leaving home. The Internet Public Library is like the ever-so-helpful librarian who tells you where to find stuff. Search a list of 19,000 online texts. Find the search engine that's right for you, after reading descriptions and instructions for Google, Jeeves and the rest. Or dig into the Kuwait Times, Yemen Times, and other foreign papers to see what they're saying about us. Go to www.ipl.org and start reading.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: The Choral Series at St. John's Unitarian Church features tenor John Wesley Wright and the premiere of a new song cycle name of “Eight Poems by Walt Whitman.” 8 p.m. Saturday, 320 Resor Ave., Clifton, $12. 961-1938. 48 hours out: National Library Week gets started with a program from the nationally renowned Franco-American storyteller Michael Parent. 2 p.m. Sunday, Main Public Library, 800 Vine St., downtown. 369-6945.

        A week away: The wonderfully inventive modern dance company Ronald K. Brown/Evidence combines dramatic costumes and choreography with traditional West African folkloric traditions. 8:30 p.m. next Fridayand April 20, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center, $18-$22. 241-7469.

— Jim Knippenberg

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

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