Going out

Jimmie Dale Gilmore: The legendary Texas honky tonker with lightning fingers takes a break from the Flatlanders to bat out an intimate acoustic show. 8 p.m. today, Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport, $12-$15. 779-9462.

Ludwig comedy: Middletown's Rising Phoenix Theatre Company sails into a two-week production of Ken Ludwig's over-the-top comedy Moon Over Buffalo. 8 p.m. today, Temple Arts Center, 4 N. Main St., $15-$18. (513) 705-4131.

Film series: The "Race and Reconciliation" Film Series at Xavier University checks in with a screening and discussion of Desmond Nakano's 1995 white-black drama White Man's Burden, with John Travolta and Harry Belafonte. 7 p.m. today, Kelly Auditorium, Alter Hall, Victory and Dana, Evanston, free. 745-3181.

R.P. McMurphy's: The cozy and atmospheric Irish pub in a restored Hyde Park house dishes up the fun and lively Kevin Fox Band. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today, 2912 Wasson Road (between Edwards Road and Paxton Avenue), $3. 531-3300.

On TV

Top views: February sweeps start today with NBC padding its sitcoms to 40 minutes - the network calls it "supersizing" - so you won't flip around the dial. On Friends, Phoebe drags Monica to a karaoke club (8 p.m., Channels 5, 22); Rick Schroder (NYPD Blue) plays a nurse with the hots for Elliot on Scrubs (8:40 p.m.); and Will & Grace have an '80s flashback (9:20 p.m.). Then Ed Asner returns as an ill doctor on ER, while Dr. Carter considers going to Africa (10 p.m., Channels 5, 22).

Critic John Kiesewetter also says Peter Falk and his rumpled coat looks out of place in the rave scene in Columbo Likes the Nightlife (8 p.m., Channels 9, 2).

The goods

Shirts galore: Hey, look what Celebrity Cruise Line has - T-shirts autographed by celebs. The plain white shirts with the word "celebrity" on the chest are on eBay through today, with proceeds going to a variety of charities. Among the signers: George Clooney, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jay Leno, the cast of Friends, X-Men 2 and the Today Show. Prices were running from a high of $275 for Jason Alexander to a low of $20 for Billy Baldwin. Go to www.celebrity.com and click the auction link.

Planning ahead

24 hours out: The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music uncorks its annual "Moveable Feast," a fund-raising extravaganza serving up a banquet of mini-performances from the school's drama, dance, musical theater, opera, jazz and orchestral departments. 6:30 p.m. Friday, CCM Village, UC, $20-$50. 556-2100.

48 hours out: The Cincinnati Art Museum helps celebrate Ohio's bicentennial with its long-awaited Panoramic Ohio: Photographs by Thomas R. Schiff. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, free with general admission. 721-2787.

Jim Knippenberg

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