Going out

        Martin Short: The comedian brings an uproarious song and dance routine to a one-night engagement with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, 7 p.m. today, Music Hall. $17-$47. 381-3300.

        Art show: The Hyde Park Square Art Show is a juried show featuring more than 190 artists in most mediums, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today, Edwards Road and Erie Avenue. 321-9988.

        Latin jazz: The Havana Martini Club kicks off a Latin series with the pan-American jazz quartet Fiesta del Soul, 5-9 p.m. today, 580 Walnut St., downtown. 651-2800.

        Vespers: The Athenaeum Chorale performs an evening of sacred music, 7:30 p.m. today, Chapel of St. Gregory the Great, Athenaeum campus, 6616 Beechmont Ave., Mount Washington. 231-2223.

        Staying in

        TV pick: Lots of good stuff on the tube tonight: The Forsyte Saga on PBS' Masterpiece Theatre (9 p.m., Channels 48, 16, through Nov. 13); Bob Hoskins stars in a two-part remake of The Lost World (8 or 10 p.m., A&E; concludes 8 or 10 p.m. Monday); The Assassination of King Tut (9 p.m., Discovery); and Tony and Carmela argue again about family finances on The Sopranos (9 p.m., HBO).

        Critic John Kiesewetter also says Ted Danson's Becker moves to a new time (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7) with new co-star Nancy Travis.

        The goods

        Card salute: “Honoring Heroes” is the latest playing-card venture of photographer Kim D.M. Simmons and designers Pat Simmons and Bev Kirk. Each suit represents an Armed Forces division. Each card offers an image of a soldier, military medal, airplane, helicopter, tank or other military symbol. Pictures on queens depict women. $5 at Berry Pharmacy, New Richmond; Bethel Feed, Bethel; Campbell Sharpening and Repair, Nicholsville; and Laurel Country Corner, Laurel, all in Clermont County. An earlier playing-card project, honoring American veterans, had been considered as a sale item in post offices.

        Planning ahead

        24 hours out: Renowned pianist Frank Weinstock performs a University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Faculty Recital featuring works by Beethoven and Schumann, 8 p.m. Monday, Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, UC. Free. 556-4183.

        48 hours out: The Riverbank Poetry Project encourages people to come dressed as their favorite poet at a special open poetry reading at the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, 7 p.m. Tuesday, 1763 Hamilton-Cleves Road, Hamilton. Free. 863-8873.

        72 hours 'til Wednesday: The Cincinnati Art Museum holds a public opening for the new Golden Age of Costume and Set Design for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1938-1944, 5:30-9 p.m. 721-2787.

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