Going Out

'Too Jewish': Solo comedian/performer Avi Hoffman brings his off-Broadway one-man show, Too Jewish: A Mensch and His Musical, to Sycamore Junior High 7 p.m. today, 5757 Cooper Road, Montgomery. $16-$18 benefits Jewish Family Service Food Pantry. 766-3327.

Underneath Cincinnati: The new film showcase offers screenings of locally made films of many lengths and topics, 8 p.m. today at

SSNOVA, 2260 Central Parkway, Brighton. Viewers vote for best-of-show to be included in a Best of Underneath festival at the Cincinnati Art Museum later in the year. $5 donation. 929-9463.

Cincinnati Baroque: The baroque ensemble opens its season with "Orchestral Best of the Baroque," featuring Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3, Brandenburg's Concerto

No. 1 and Handel's Music for Royal Fireworks. Lecture begins 30 minutes prior to concert. $25, $17 seniors, $5 students. 351-1615.

'Marat/Sade': University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Drama and Musical Theater Department presents the rarely produced The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (known by theater folk as Marat/Sade), 2:30 and 8 p.m. today, Cohen Family Studio Theater, UC. $5-$10.

556-4183.

On the Air

May Festival 2003: WGUC (90.9 FM) is airing performances from the 2003 Cincinnati May Festival, 7:30 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 23. Tonight is Roberto Porco's direction of Mendelssohn's Elijah, based on passages found in the Old Testament about one of the Bible's most influential prophets. Soloists include James Morris, bass, Cynthia Haymon, soprano and John Aler, tenor. 241-8282; www.wguc .org

Antiques

Moeller Antiques Show: More than 130 antiques dealers participate in the annual show benefiting Moeller High School's band program, noon-4 p.m. today, 9001 Montgomery Road, Kenwood (just west of Ronald Reagan Highway and Montgomery Road). Items include period furniture, lamps, jewelry, pottery, glassware, quilts, tools and more. Free parking at school and adjacent lot at All Saints Catholic Church. $3. 481-2977 or 791-1680.

Second Sunday Antiques Show: Second Sunday Antique Marketplace moves indoors to the Drawbridge Inn and Conference Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today, I-71/75 and Buttermilk Pike, Fort Mitchell. Look for close to 50 vendors in furniture, Rookwood and case items. Free parking. $3 admission. (859) 341-2800.

Planning Ahead

24 hours out: Songstress Liz Phair is at Bogart's for an evening of high-energy power pop, 8 p.m. Monday, 2621 Vine St., Corryville. Wheat opens the show. $16.50-$18. 562-4949.

48 hours out: Superstar chef Emeril Lagasse is at Joseph-Beth Booksellers for a signing of his new cookbook, From Emeril's Kitchens: Favorite Recipes from Emeril's Restaurants (Morrow; $27.50), 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards roads, Norwood. While waiting in line to get a book signed (no line numbers for this event), try samples from the book cooked up by Cafe BrontĪ chefs and listen to New Orleans-style jazz. 396-8960.

Jason Nebel

E-mail jnebel@enquirer.com; fax: 768-8016