Going out

Italianfest: The Newport Italian Festival concludes noon-9 p.m. today with Italian specialties from area restaurants, rides, games, live music and more, Riverboat Row between Taylor-Southgate and Newport-Southbank Bridge. (859) 292-3666.

Homearama: The new home showcase presented by the Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati features nine spacious homes incorporating the latest in home design and decorating, noon-11 p.m. today, Vista Pointe at River's Bend, off Ohio 48, South Lebanon. $8. 851-6300.

Antiques: The Burlington Antiques Show attracts more than 300 dealers from all over Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. today, Boone County Fairgrounds, Ky. 338, 5 miles west of Florence. 922-5265.

Jazz fusion: The Sound Body Jazz Orchestra plays an eclectic blend of classic swing, Latin, ballads and more, 7 p.m. today, Cardinal Meadow, Sharon Woods. Free with motor vehicle permit. 521-7275.

On TV

Top pick: Go for an unusual Sunday walk with your ancestors on Walking with

Cavemen (8 p.m., Discovery Channel), a two-hour computer animated special about 3 million years of human evolution from the creators of award-winning Walking with Dinosaurs.

On radio

Opera broadcast: WGUC-FM (90.9) continues its Sunday Cincinnati Opera broadcasts with an airing of the electric summer 2002 production of Dead Man Walking at Music Hall starring opera legend Frederica von Stade, Margaret Jane Wray and John Packard, 7:30 p.m. today. 241-5757.

Planning ahead

24 hours out: Progressive bluegrass favorites Nickel Creek play Bogart's, 8 p.m. today, 2621 Vine St., Corryville. $20-$22.50. 562-4949.

48 hours out: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's Bach & Beyond series for small orchestra continues with the conductor/violinist Jaime Laredo and pianist Michael Chertock contributing to the famous Brandenburg Concerto and Bach's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Corbett Auditorium, University of Cincinnati. $30. 381-3300.

72 hours till Wednesday: The Cincinnati Art Museum opens its new exhibit A Brush with Nature: Landscape Oil Sketches from the Gere Collection that features more than 60 landscape-themed paintings from the National Gallery, London, 5:30-9 p.m., CAM, Eden Park. Free. 721-2787.

Jason Nebel

E-mail: jnebel@enquirer.com; fax: 768-8330.