Clock tales

Eastern Daylight Time began at 2 a.m this morning. Did you move all your clocks forward one hour? Did you replace smoke detector batteries?

Going Out

Midwest Regional Black Theatre Festival: The fun continues today, with:

• A Tribute to Motown: A musical review of the hits produced by the Motown Record Company. 3 and 8 p.m., Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, 1515 Linn St., West End, $25.

• A Song for You...A Civil Rights Journey of a Negro Woman: Lena Calhoun Horne. Written and performed by award-winning actress, Wendi Joy Franklin. 3 p.m., Cincinnati Museum Center, Reakirt Theatre, 1301 Western Ave., Queensgate, $25.

• The Big Show: Featuring Cincinnati Showtime at the Apollo winner Fully Loaded, with the Taft Drumline, Double Dutch champions and artists performing poetry, hip-hop and dance. 4 p.m., Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School, 420 Ezzard Charles Drive, West End, $10.

For more information: 421-1100 or www.cincyblacktheatre.com

Lead off: Get a jump on baseball season with a signed copy of Greg Rhodes and Enquirer sports writer John Erardi's new book, Opening Day: Celebrating Cincinnati's Baseball History. 1-3 p.m. today, Waldenbooks, 6139 Glenway Ave., Westwood. Free. 662-5837.

Heavy hitters: Metalheads rejoice as Damage Plan, Hatebreed and Drowning Pool headline the MTV2 Headbangers Ball with Unearth. 6:30 p.m. today, Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville. $20.

281-8400.

Curtain Call

Choose from the following final performances:

• A Piece of My Heart, 3 p.m. today, Northern Kentucky University Black Box Theater, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights. Story of American women who served in the Vietnam War. $10, $9 NKU faculty and staff, $8 seniors, $6 students. (859) 572-5464.

• Nunsense A-Men!, 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. today, La Comedia Dinner Theatre, 765 W. Central Ave., Springboro. In this all-male cast play, five nuns stage a talent show after the rest of the convent succumbs to botulism. $37-$51. (800) 677-9505.

• The Women of Lockerbie, 2 p.m. today, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine. Adrama based on the crash of Pan Am flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland. $28, $25. 421-3555.

Last laughs: Two comedians finish their visits to the area with Sunday performances:

• Saturday Night Live alum Kevin Brennan completes his comedy run at 8:30 p.m. today, Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place, Montgomery. Claude Stuart opens for Brennan. $5 men, $2 women. 18 and up. 984-9288.

• Actor and funny man John Henton of Living Single and The Hughleys fame closes his stint at 7 p.m. today, Funny Bone Comedy Club, Newport on the Levee. $17. (859) 957-2000.

Planning Ahead

24 hours out: This year's community-wide reading program, On the Same Page, continues at the Avondale and West End branch libraries. Branch managers lead the book discussions for Caryl Phillips' Crossing the River. These events are free, start at 6 p.m. Monday and are open to the public. Avondale Branch Library, 3566 Reading Road, 369-4440 and West End Branch, 805 Ezzard Charles Drive, 369-6026.

48 hours out: Dr. Claudia Stevens presents a one-person show, portraying an elderly concentration camp survivor who performed as a musician at Auschwitz. An Evening with Madame F, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Xavier University, Gallagher Student Center Theater, 3800 Victory Parkway, Evanston. Free. 745-3877.

Rob Bucher

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