Going out

Taste of Cincinnati: The food and music festival dishing up hundreds of samples from area restaurants continues noon-9 p.m. today along Central Parkway between Elm and Main streets, downtown. 621-2142.

Skatepark Series: The Mobile Skatepark Series continues 9 a.m.-8 p.m. today with professional skateboarding competitons, live power rock, interactive media and more, Sawyer Point, downtown. Details at www.mssevents.com

Memorial Day concert: The Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra under the direction of Sarah Ioannides performs a lively and patriotic program including Sousa's Liberty Bell March, Morton Gould's American Salute, overture to West Side Story and tons more. 3 p.m. today, Seasongood Pavilion, Eden Park, free. 621-1919.

Go fishin': Lake Isabella Family Fishing Center hosts the kids' holiday series, noon-3 p.m. today. Newtown Road, Symmes Township. 521-7275.

On TV

Top pick: Shania Twain, Eric Clapton, Nora Jones, Lyle Lovett, Diana Krall, Toby Keith, Wyclef Jean Kenny Chesney, Sheryl Crow and Paul Simon perform with Willie Nelson in the two-hour Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' (9 p.m., USA). Cincinnati's Tvacom Productions shot interviews with Twain, Lovett, Crow and others for the special.

• Critic John Kiesewetter also says catch up to your favorite Trading Spaces in a Memorial Day marathon (noon-3 a.m., TLC).

Contests

Lather up: So then, you sing in the shower? And you don't mind getting semi-naked in a saloon? Then this one's for you. Old Spice is on tour and inviting guys to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in a portable shower (you wear trunks) while lathering up with Old Spice High Endurance Body Wash. Twelve guys - soap studs they call them - will be selected in Cincinnati and later featured during commercials during summer baseball games (check www.oldspice.com for the schedule). The best of the lot wins a $1,000 gift certificate. It's at In Between Tavern, 307 Sycamore, downtown, at 6 p.m. June 5.

Planning ahead

24 hours out: The ZZ Top Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour kicks off the Riverbend concert season with special guest hell raisers Ted Nugent, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Double Trouble. 7 p.m. Tuesday, $26.25-$57.75. 562-4949.

48 hours out: The Cincinnati Art Museum presents "A Conversation with Mark Fox" with CAM Director Timothy Rub speaking with the contemporary artist whose work hangs in the new Cincinnati Wing. Noon Wednesday, Lecture Hall, CAM, $5, reservation required. 721-2787.

Also 48 hours out: Hyundai/WB64 Party in the Park serves up food, drink and live music by the Polecats. 5:30-10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sawyer Point, downtown. 579-3100.

Coming Saturday: WGRR/Bigg's Oldiesfest brings hitmakers KC & the Sunshine Band, Mark Lindsay (of Paul Revere and the Raiders fame) and America to Hamilton's Butler County Fairgrounds for a day of music that begins at 2:30 p.m. $10. 699-5945.

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