Going out

Lisa Jackson: The best-selling author of Cold Blooded is here to introduce her latest romance-suspense paperback, The Night Before ($6.99; Zebra Books). 7 p.m. today, Barnes & Noble, 9891 Waterstone Blvd., Deerfield Township. 683-5599.

Piano lounge: The hip and spiffy new Federal Reserve Piano Lounge offers a musical happy hour seven nights a week with guests including saxman Randy Villars and pianist Judy Downer. 5:30 p.m.-midnight today, Fourth and Race streets, downtown. 784-1999.

On TV

Top pick: On WB's charming Everwood family drama, Ephram (Gregory Smith) and Amy (Emily Van Camp) share a first kiss on a field trip, while his widower father (Treat Williams) goes into a deep funk nearing his wedding anniversary (9 p.m., Channels 64, 26).

• Critic John Kiesewetter also says NBC puts a twist on its Meet My Folks dating show when three grown sons pick a date for their single mom in a preview of NBC's Who Wants To Marry My Mom (9:30-11 p.m., Channels 5, 22).

Planning ahead

24 hours out: The Riverbank Poetry Project hauls out some of the region's best spoken-word artists for its annual poetry slam. 7 p.m. Tuesday, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. 863-8873.

48 hours out: You know St. Patrick's Day is looming when the contemporary Irish dance band Gaelic Storm hits town. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Madison Theater, 730 Madison Ave., Covington, $15. (859) 655-4807.

72 hours till Thursday: The Syrian Shrine Circus brings a troupe of trapeze artists, performing animals and human cannonballs to the Cincinnati Gardens for four days starting at 7:30 p.m., 2250 Seymour Ave., Roselawn, $12-$18. 631-7793.

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