Going out

        Comedy: Busy and red-hot comedian Greg Giraldo (a frequent guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Comedy Central) begins four nights at Go Bananas Comedy Club. 8:30 p.m. today,8410 Marketplace Lane, Montgomery, $2-$5. 984-9288.

        Book signing: Inspirational author Cecil Kemp discusses and signs 7 Laws of Highest Prosperity: Making Your Life Count for What Really Counts! 7 p.m. today,Barnes & Noble, Newport on the Levee. (859) 581-2000.

        Fund raiser: The Ovation Theatre Company's annual fund raiser dishes up appetizers, desserts, a silent auction and theatrical entertainment. 6-10 p.m. today, 20th Century, 3021 Madison Road, Oakley, $30 at door. 369-1544.

        Blues: Chozen serves up its tasty blues all evening in the lounge at Jeff Ruby's. 8 p.m.-midnight today, Seventh and Walnut streets, downtown. 784-1200.

Staying in

        TV picks: Northern Kentucky native Pepper Sweeney plays a real estate entrepreneur murdered in a hotel elevator in a C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7) rerun written by Loveland High School graduate Ann Donahue.

        • TV critic John Kiesewetter says Bob Barker does double duty hosting a prime-time The Price Is Right (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7), in addition to the daytime version.

The Goods: What's in stores today

        Shower games: An idea whose time has come: Something to break the boredom at bridal showers — as in something guests can do while the bride opens gifts. Bingo for Bridal Showers is standard bingo, except numbers have been replaced by names of gifts — teapot, candles, clock, china, that stuff. As the bride opens a gift, guests mark it off on the card, trying for a row of five. Fifty cards, all different, are $19.95 from www.bingoforbridalshowers.com.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Seniors from the top-notch University of Cincinnati fashion design program hold their popular and ever-so-edgy pre-graduation fashion show, 8 p.m. Friday, Aronoff Center for Design and Art, UC, $35 at door. 981-7500.

        48 hours out: The ASA Pro Tour (Aggressive Skaters Association) rolls into Sawyer Point with top in-line skaters Taig Khris, Shane Yost and Jaren Grobcompeting, signing autographs and offering workshops. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, free. 345-3054.

        72 hours 'til Sunday: Of-the-moment heartthrob singer-songwriter Pete Yorn is at Bogart's with the jangle pop act Superdrag. 8 p.m., 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $20. 562-4949.

— Jim Knippenberg

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

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