Last Minute

        Mexican import: Cincinnati International Film Festival sponsors a special showing of Alfonso Cuaron's acclaimed Spanish-language feature Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Also) at the Esquire Theatre , 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, 7:30 p.m. today before the film opens a regular theatrical run Friday.

        Tickets are $7.50, and can be purchased in advance (with a $1.50 processing fee) online at www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=21834. Information: 281-2850.

— Margaret A. McGurk

Countdown

        Workshops: Media Working Group, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Film Commission and the Union Institute present a workshop on online distribution and marketing for media artists from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdayat the Union Institute, Walnut Hills. The program will cover creating Web sites and using e-mail and list servers to promote media arts.

        On April 27, Media Working Group teams with the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Arts for a day-long workshop on “Artistic Practices, Grass RootsPublishing and the Information Age,” at the Carnegie Center at 251 W. Second St.,Lexington.

        Cost for each workshop is $35. To register, call (859) 581-0033.

— Margaret A. McGurk

        Stoltzman signs: Grammy-winning clarinetist and Woodward High grad Richard Stoltzman is in town to sign his latest CDs, 3 p.m. Sunday at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Norwood. Mr. Stoltzman might dazzle with a few live samplings from his album, Dance Preludes (RCA, $16.99). He teams with Woodward buddy David Lieberman of Wyoming, whose award-winning artwork appears on the cover. Information: 396-8960.

— Janelle Gelfand

FYI

        Conductor resigns: Charles Dutoit, highly esteemed conductor of the Grammy-winning Montreal Symphony Orchestra for 24 years, abruptly resigned last week just as his star-studded 25th anniversary season and plans for a new concert hall were announced.

        His resignation caps a bitter dispute between the maestro, who tried to fire two musicians, and the union, which accused him of “harassment, offensive behavior and complete lack of respect” in a blistering letter printed in Montreal newspapers.

— Janelle Gelfand

        Museum for sale: A “for sale” sign has gone up at the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans museum which has been losing money for several years.

        The signs recently went up on the building and the surrounding 50 acres along Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert in Victorville, Calif., but the property has been on sale for about a year, listing agent Bob Tinsley said last week.

        “It's been losing money,” he said. “They might sell it if the deal is right.”

        Museum officials said they will stay open unless they receive an offer for the property and the 33,000-square-foot building estimated to be worth $8 million.

        The contents of the museum, including Mr. Rogers' stuffed and mounted horse Trigger and dog Bullet, are not included in the sale.

— The Associated Press

Movies opening Friday

        • Last Orders
        • Murder by Numbers
        • Scorpion King
        • Y Tu Mama Tambien

Coming Friday in Weekend

        New series: The first in a quarterly series that looks at three local artists whose work is currently on display: Yvonne Van Eijden, Ken Leslie and Tony Launsmann.

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