Going out

        Hispanic Festival: There's a ton of food from more than a dozen Latin American countries, live salsa and meringue music, folkloric dancing, crafts from Central and South America and all kinds of other goodies. Noon-8 p.m. today, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Seymour and Fairpark avenues, Carthage. 761-1588.

        Chamber music: Hunker down for some of the area's best chamber music in an outdoor setting when Mischa Santora and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra let fly a free concert, full of Barber's “Adagio for Strings,” Handel, Beethoven, Bizet and Brahms. 3 p.m. today, Eden Park's Seasongood Pavilion. 723-1182.

        Potting Bee: Experts from the Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate correct orchid potting techniques, noon-4 p.m. today, Krohn Conservatory, Eden Park. 352-4080.

        Cajun blues: New Orleans' Big Al and the Heavyweights are at Lucille's Blues Club performing after an outdoor Creole dinner. 7 p.m. today, 3715 Winston Ave., Covington, $20 includes meal. (859) 431-8086.

Staying in

        TV picks: Larry David's Emmy-nominated Curb Your Enthusiasm returns (10 p.m., HBO).

        Critic John Kiesewetter also says PBS premieres Almost A Woman as part of Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection (8 p.m., Channels 48, 16), and Beckett on Film, new adaptations of seven of Samuel Beckett's short plays (10 p.m., Channels 48, 16).

The Goods

        Clean it up: Tired of getting dizzy when you lean back for the wash-and-rinse job at the hair salon? You need one of these: Comfort-Cape lets you sit up almost straight and still not get a back full of water. It's a folding chute, see, that unfolds to 23- by 25-inches and funnels water from hair to sink. It's made of soft fabric, foam rubber and a plastic liner, $57.50 from www.comfort-cape.com.

Planning ahead

        24 hours out: The Women's Theater Initiative presents a staged reading of Lobster Alice, a new Kira Obolenski play about Salvador Dali and a finalist in the 2002-03 Community Play competition. 7 p.m. Monday, Performance Gallery, 3500 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum, $5. (604) 8545.

        48 hours out: WGUC 90.9 FM hosts the renowned Los Angeles Guitar Quartet for a world beat-influenced program of traditional and contemporary classical guitar masterworks. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Corbett Auditorium, University of Cincinnati, $25-$40. 241-8282.

        Contact Get at 768-8513; fax: 768-8330.

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