Going out

        Loudon Wainwright III: The veteran singer-songwriter brings his Last Man on Earth tour to the 20th Century with opening act Niki Buehrig, 8 p.m. today, 3021 Madison Road, Oakley. $20-$24. 779-9462.

        Theater: The Showboat Majestic opens its second season production, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' classic musical The Pajama Game, 8 p.m. today, Public Landing, downtown. $13-$15. 241-6550.

        Park party: The popular after-work Q102/Bud Party includes food, drink and live music by Forehead, 5:30-10 p.m. today, Sawyer Point, downtown. 699-5102.

        Pilates: The Madeira Health Care Center offers an introduction to the trendy stretch-exercise technique, 6:30 p.m. today, 6940 Stiegler Lane. $5. 561-6400.

Staying in

        TV picks: Bernie Mac takes his family to Chicago for his uncle's funeral and a tour of the comedian's hometown in the one-hour season finale of The Bernie Mac Show (9 p.m., Channels 19, 45).

        • TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker) previews Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones on Star Wars: The Force is Back (9 p.m., E! Entertainment).

The Goods - What's in stores today

        Flowers, indeed: This is not your grandmother's bouquet, oh no. This is, well, a panty bouquet. An outfit name of sexyflorist.com has a bouquet of 12 silk flowers, each stuffed with six steamy undies for her and six for him. Great for honeymoons and bachelorette parties, it says here, or for just telling someone you love them. Gift items start at $30. and go up from there. The undies bouquet is $150. Order from www.sexyflorist.com.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Irish supergroup Chulrua performs a benefit concert for Cincinnati Folk Life, 8 p.m Thursday at Jack Quinn's Irish Alehouse, Fourth and Court streets, Covington. $15 at door. (859) 491-6699.

        48 hours out: The Hiestand Galleries at Miami University opens an exhibit by Florida painter Carla Poindexter from her recent series Voices, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Spring Street, Oxford. (513) 529-1883.

        72 hours 'til Saturday: The Heritage Village Museum in Sharon Woods welcomes master woodworker Roy Underhill, host of the PBS series The Woodwrights Shop, for a weekend of demonstrations and lectures of old-fashioned woodworking techniques. 563-9484.

— Jim Knippenberg

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

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