FYI

"Nite" returns: Late Nite Catechism is back! The news is so fresh the ink hasn't dried on the contract, and no star has been named, but the "off-Broadway" hit from Broadway in Cincinnati will take advantage of last season's sell-out run in the Aronoff's Jarson-Kaplan Theater for a January 2005 return.

The one-"nun" show that gets the audience in on the act of Catholic school spoofery will play three weeks, Jan. 11-30. Ticket information has not yet been announced.

— Jackie Demaline

He's done it again: James Conlon, Cincinnati May Festival maestro, has won another award - this one called the "Pegasus Prize," an award in its 34th year at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. Italian journalists made Conlon this year's winner, announced July 15 in Italy. He was cited for his outstanding artistic skills and his long association with the Spoleto Festival, where he made his operatic debut in 1971. In particular, the jury unanimously recognized Conlon's major contribution to this year's Festival, Viktor Ullmann's opera, The Emperor of Atlantis.

— Janelle Gelfand

CCM opera season: Sandra Bernhard, head of the opera department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, will make her mainstage debut this season, when she directs Handel's Ariodante in Patricia Corbett Theater, Feb. 10-13. She is already slated to direct the school's The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe in May and will lead the November studio production of The Birthday of the Infanta. Subscriptions: 556-4183 or www.ccm.uc.edu.

— Janelle Gelfand

COUNTDOWN

Bringing "The Heat": When D Generation frontman Jesse

Malin went solo a few years ago, he turned from glam punk to roots rock. Any of the songs on his new album, The Heat, would fit perfectly between Paul Westerberg and Ryan Adams tracks on a mix tape. Malin performs with opener the Damnwells at 10 p.m. Sunday at the Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Newport. Admission is $8 in advance, $10 at the door; 18 and older. (859) 431-2201; www.southgatehouse.com.

— C.E. Hanifin

Magnificient music box: Aminah Robinson, who made the fabric art piece hanging in the Welcome Hall of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, will also be showing a 1994 music box at the Carl Solway Gallery in the West End. "My Lord What a Morning," is made out of antique organ pipes, paint and ornamental iron. Starting Saturday through Aug. 28. 424 Findlay St. Information: 621-0069. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday.

— Marilyn Bauer

MOVIES OPENING FRIDAY

Alien vs. Predator
A Home at the End of the World
Yu-Gi-Oh!

COMING FRIDAY IN WEEKEND

Make your own Elvis shrine: Sure, Northside Tavern has a really cool shrine to the King, but what's to say that you can't erect your own Elvis Presley memorial at home? WEEKEND takes you on a tour of the Northside homage and gives pointers on making your own.