Going out

Easter celebration: The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden abandons its traditional Easter egg hunt in favor of an Easter Celebration with treats, Easter Bunny appearances and animal fun all over the place. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. today-Sunday, 3400 Vine St., Avondale, free with zoo admission ($6.50-$11.50). 281-4700.

Marco Marsan: The renowned idea maker and inspirational speaker introduces his new Think Naked! Childlike Brilliance in the Rough Adult World. 3 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards road, Norwood. 396-8960.

Beer tasting: Enquirer beer columnist Ed Westemeier hosts a bock beer tasting and traditional German sausage buffet. 6-8 p.m. today, BarrelHouse Brewing Company, 22 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, $25. 421-2337.

Earth Day: Head down to Sawyer Point for an ecologically correct day of exhibits, music, vendors and more. Noon-dark today, along the riverfront, downtown, free. 542-2909.

On TV

Top pick: Holocaust survivor Henry Blumenstein of Cincinnati returns to the Amsterdam apartment where he was sheltered by his grandmother, and to the Auschwitz prison camp with WKRC-TV reporter Jeff Hirsh and photographer Jeff Barnhill on 12 News Reports... Finding Family (9 p.m., Channel 12).

• Critic John Kiesewetter also says Wynonna returns to Touched by an Angel (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7) as Audrey, still grieving over the death of her son.

Hot tickets

On sale today: ZZ Top's "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour" with Ted Nugent, Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Double Trouble comes to Riverbend May 27. Tickets - $57.75 and $50.25 pavilion, $26.25 lawn - go on sale at 10 a.m. today at Ticketmaster outlets, phone (513) 562-4949 and online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Also today: Tickets for Kenny Chesney with Keith Urban and Deanna Carter go on sale noon today, also Ticketmaster. They're $52.50 and $22.50 for the June 1 date.

Planning ahead

24 hours out: Winton Woods hosts its annual Easter Brunch in the Park with seatings 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Mill Race Banquet Center along the golf course, Mill Road, Springfield Township. $8.95-$11.95. 825-6467.

48 hours out: Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield is up the road a way to sign and discuss his new And Now a Few Words From Me: Advertising's Leading Critic Lays Down the Law, Once and For All. 7 p.m. Monday, Books & Co., 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering. (800) 777-4881.

A week away: Legendary composer Phillip Glass is at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music to talk before a concert of his world-inspired Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya" by CCM musical groups. 7 p.m. next Saturday, Corbett Auditorium, UC, $5-$10. 556-4183.

E-mail jknippenberg@enquirer.com