Going out

        Howard Levy: The world-renowned harmonica player breathes life into a special concerto at the Middletown Symphony Orchestra's last season concert. Program includes lively West Side Story dances and the classic Bolero. 3 p.m. today, Dave Finkelman Auditorium, Miami University Middletown, $15-$20. (513) 424-2426.

        Fishing derby: The Triple Creek Pond is stocked with 500 pounds of channel catfish chomping at the bit for a kids fishing contest with trophies for tagged fish and certificates for all who make a catch. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today,Buell Road, Colerain Township, free. 728-3551.

        Dance: Students at the School for Creative and Performing Arts spin into their last performance of Adolphe Charles Adams' romantic ballet Giselle. 2 p.m. today, Abigail Cutter Theatre, SCPA, 1310 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine, $7-$12. 632-5910.

        Choral: The Cincinnati Choral Society sings out with The Holocaust Contata: Songs from the Camps, a haunting tribute arranged by Donald McCullough. 4 p.m. today, Rockdale Temple, 8501 Ridge Road, Amberley Village, $6-$12. 784-2379.

Staying in

        TV picks: The final four weeks of X-Files (9 p.m., Channels 19, 45) start with a mysterious, disfigured intruder — could it be Agent Mulder? — trying to steal FBI documents.

        • TV critic John Kiesewetter also says John Nash, the mathematician who inspired A Beautiful Mind, talks about his schizophrenia on PBS' American Experience (9 p.m., Channels 48, 54, 16).

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 oh-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, Ask Jeeves and the rest. Or dig into the Kuwait Times, Yemen Times and other foreign papers to see what they're saying about us. It's at www.ipl.org. Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Krohn Conservatory's End of Show Sale — robustly healthy flowers on the cheap — includes nasturtiums, azaleas, hydrangeas, lilies and more from the Monet's Garden exhibit. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Eden Park. 421-5707.

        48 hours out: Former music director of the Nick Clooney Show Gordon Brisker and his big band are at BarrelHouse Brewing Company with jazzy vocalist Judy James. 8 p.m.-midnight Tuesday,22 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, $5. 421-2337.

        72 hours 'til Wednesday: Bestselling author Geraldine Brooks is at Joseph-Beth Booksellers to introduce the paperback edition of Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, 7 p.m., Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

— Jim Knippenberg

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

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