Going out

Sesame Street Live: All seats are $12 for the opening night of Sesame Street Live's "Everyone Makes Music," a show full of characters and songs from the children's series. 7 p.m. today, U.S. Bank Arena. 562-4949.

Don DeLillo: The best-selling author gives a free reading, including excerpts from his new Cosmopolis. 8 p.m. today, auditorium, McMicken Hall, University of Cincinnati. 556-1570.

Art opening: The art gallery from the downtown Closson's reopens in Hyde Park as the Phyllis J. Weston Art Gallery with a show featuring works by Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, Duveneck and more, 5-8 p.m. today, 2643 Erie Ave. 762-5510.

Jazz fusion: The electronica and world beat-inspired Jazz Mandolin Project plays the 20th Century with opening act the Slip. 9:30 p.m. today, 3021 Madison Road, Oakley. $10-$12. 562-4949.

On TV

Top pick: Grissom and Willows (William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger) go to the movies when a dentist is slain during a film with a noisy gun fight on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7).

• Critic John Kiesewetter also says TV Road Trip tours the settings for Ed, Dawson's Creek, The Love Boat, Little House on the Prairie and Gunsmoke (10 p.m., Travel Channel).

The goods

Holster 'em: Just the thing for active types: a holster for your favorite adult beverage. The Mini Moet Belt, for picnics, hikes and boat trips, keeps your mini Moet & Chandon cool for several hours and close at hand. It's customized to fit the Moet mini bottle, but you can find other bottles that will fit it, too. Check it out at Web site.

Planning ahead

24 hours out: Contemporary Christian superstar Michael Card brings songs of praise to Tri-County Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 8195 Beckett Road, West Chester Township, $8. 860-5100.

48 hours out: Cincinnati Opera Outreach brings the family-friendly A Bride from Pluto to the Covedale Center for Performing Arts, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, 4990 Glenway Ave., $3. 241-6550.

72 hours till Sunday: The first Burlington Antique Show of the season is 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Boone County Fairgrounds. $3. 922-5265.

Jim Knippenberg

E-mail jknippenberg@enquirer.com