Going out

        At Riverbend: Country superstars Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack twang things up after hearing from opening act Pinmonkey, 8 p.m. today,$22.25-$47.75. 562-4949.

        Ted Nugent: Across town, the '70s pop icon lays aside his bow and arrow to make a little music and to sign his cookbook Kill It and Grill It. 8 p.m. today,Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville ($25; 562-4949); also 4-6 p.m. today, Borders Books & Music Tri-County, Princeton Pike and Kemper Road, Springdale. 671-5852.

        Gallery talk: Dennis Kiel,Associate Curator of Photographs at Cincinnati Art Museum, gives an expert's eye view of the hot new Weegee's World: Life, Death and the Human Drama exhibit. 2 p.m. today, CAM, Eden Park, free with admission (call for reservation). 721-2787.

        Inge comedy: The Village Players of Fort Thomas open two-weeks of William Inge's uproarious, sometimes edgy classic Bus Stop. 8 p.m. today, Village Players Theater, 8 N. Fort Thomas Ave., $9. (859) 781-1441.

Staying in

        TV picks: In the first two nights, writer Jack (Steven Weber) has been going daft in a haunted hotel. Now he's over the edge and his wife and son (Rebecca De Mornay and Courtland Mead) scramble for solutions. The Shining, 9 p.m., Channels 9 and 2.

        • This reruns the episode that wrapped up the controversy over the cover-up of the president's degenerative disease. The West Wing, 9 p.m., Channels 5 and 22.

The Goods: CD picks

        • Veteran soul harmony group Boyz II Men is back with a new album on a new label, with Full Circle (Arista; $18.98).

        • Rapper Lil Wayne turns up the heat on 500 Degreez (Universal/Cash Money; $18.98).

        • Unrepentant country boy Toby Keith breaks the chain with Unleashed (DreamWorks; $18.98) and his controversial “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American).”

        • Now 10 (Sony; $19.98) is the latest hits compilation from the Now That's What I Call Music series, with big songs from Britney, Aaliyah, Skakira, Celine and some people with two names.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: Catch a preview of the Playhouse in the Park's Honky Tonk Angels, a country music revue from the creators of Always . . . Patsy Cline. 8 p.m. Thursday, Thompson Shelterhouse Theatre, Eden Park, $28. 421-3888.

        48 hours out: Alt-country act Wilco takes the stage at Bogart's, 8:30 p.m. Friday, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $20. 562-4949.

        72 hours 'til Saturday: New Blues Clues host Donovan Patton is at Paramount's Kings Island all day to meet 'n' greet fans. Reservations at front gate beginning 8:30 a.m., free with park admission. 754-5700.

— Jim Knippenberg

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

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