Going out

        Riverfest: The Third Federal Riverfest and Toyota/WEBN Fireworks celebration includes a day full of live music and family activities all over the riverbanks in downtown Cincinnati, Newport and Covington starting at noon today. Last blast of summer launches at 9:05 p.m. 749-3764.

        Last chance: Last call for the blockbuster Egypt in the Age of Pyramids and its treasures from the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston expedition. Open noon-6 p.m. today, Cincinnati Art Museum, $10-$12 (free under 18). 721-2787.

        Antiques: More than 300 dealers in furniture, collectibles and memorabilia show and sell at the monthly Tri-State Antique Market. 7 a.m.-3 p.m. today, Lawrenceburg Fairgrounds, U.S. 50 and Argosy Parkway, $2.50. 738-7256.

        Country swing: Ed Cunningham and the New Radio Cowboys do their funky thing at 7:30 p.m. today at the quaint littleComet, 4579 Hamilton Ave., Northside.No cover. 541-8900.

Staying in

        TV picks: Kaboom! The annual Riverfest Fireworks fill the airwaves at 9 p.m., midway through Chanel 12's two-hour live telecast in high definition TV (8-10 p.m.).

        • TV Critic John Kiesewetter also says Saturday Night Fever airs twice to raise funds for film preservation (8 p.m. and 10:10 p.m., American Movie Classics).

        VCR alert: Fans of Fox's 24 should set the VCR for midnight, when FX begins repeating all 24 episodes in a Labor Day marathon.

Web site of the day

        Sharing: Got some time on your hands and skills to share? You need to visit this Web site and check out its list of organizations needing volunteer help. All you do is type in your ZIP code and up pops a list of volunteer opportunities within a 20-mile. In most cases, we're talking hundreds of opportunities. It's at www.volunteermatch.org.

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: The Blue Ash Symphony Orchestra Labor Day Concert is all full of patriotic classics, musical theater gems and a touch of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. 6 p.m. Monday, Blue Ash Towne Square, Hunt and Cooper roads. 793-0873.

        48 hours out: Previews begin for the Playhouse in the Park season opener, Eugene O'Neill's only true comedy Ah, Wilderness!, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Robert S. Marx Theatre, $28. 421-3888.

        72 hours 'til Wednesday: Bob Duval, father, teacher and mentor of PGA Champion David Duval, is at Joseph-Beth signing his new Letters to a Young Golfer, 6-7 p.m., Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

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