Going out

Theater sampler: League of Cincinnati Theaters struts its stuff on a bar tour/theater sampler full of short scenes by Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, Playhouse in the Park interns and Know Theatre Tribe. 7:30 p.m. today at Kaldi's (1204 Main St., Over-the-Rhine), 8 p.m. at Hamburger Mary's (911 Vine St., downtown), 8:30 p.m. at Arnold's (210 E. Eighth St., downtown). After-party begins 11 p.m. at Arnold's. $5 per stop ($10 includes all stops and after-party). 768-8530.

Chuck Prophet: The country-rocker sings a song or 10 from his release No Other Love after opening act Pike 27 warms things up. 8:30 p.m. today, Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport, $10-$12. 779-9462.

Art opening: Closson's Phyllis J. Weston Art Gallery throws an opening for recently acquired paintings, watercolors and aquatints by Taos artist Doel Reed. 6-9 p.m. today, 2643 Erie Ave., Hyde Park. 762-5510.

On TV

Top pick: It's the end of "Must See TV" as we know it - at least for four months - with the Friends gang going to Barbados (8-9:15 p.m., Channels 5, 22), Will & Grace going for a cruise on Karen's yacht (9:15-10 p.m.), and Dr. Carter (Noah Wyle) headed to the Congo to help Dr. Kovac (Goran Visnjic) on ER (10 p.m.), all season finales.

• Critic John Kiesewetter says Detective Lockwood (Madisonville native Jeffrey D. Sams) is killed in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season finale (9 p.m., Channels 12, 7).

The goods

Stop squinting: Need something to battle those dreaded "sun delays?" Sunglass Hut has a new line of unisex sunglasses by some of the fashion world's top designers. Armani has a retro geek chic look. Bvlgari has gold aviators. Dior has a pair that looks like the 1970s "windscreen" glasses. Prada has rimless ovals. All of them are 100 percent UV protective. At Sunglass Huts or visit www.sunglasshut.com. $95 to $395.

Planning ahead

24 hours out: A power-rock double bill at Bogart's shows off the progressive metal act King's X with the ska-punk-funk mix of Fishbone, 8:30 p.m. Friday, 2621 Vine St., Corryville. $15. 562-4949.

48 hours out: Sci-fi fantasy writer Margaret Weis introduces Mistress of Dragons, Book I of the Dragonvald Trilogy. 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Books & Co., 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering. (800) 777-4881.

72 hours till Sunday: Burlington Antique Show lines up hundreds of dealers with wares to haggle over and sell. 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Boone County Fairgrounds, Ky. 338, 5 miles west of Florence. 922-5265.

Jim Knippenberg

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