Last Minute

Free movies: Showcase Cinemas Cincinnati Mills, formerly Showcase Cinemas Forest Fair, marks the grand reopening of the shopping center at I-275 and Gilmore Road today with free movies from noon to midnight. Titles include Mean Girls, Van Helsing and The Prince & Me. Tickets must be picked up at the box office beginning at 11 a.m.; no online or phone orders will be offered.

A complete schedule of titles and times is at www.showcasecinemas.com. More information: 699-1500.

Margaret A. McGurk

FYI

Bolling open late: The Annie Bolling Gallery in M. Willis Interiors is expanding its hours to 9 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, starting today. With its new restaurant neighbor, Jean-Robert's Pho Paris, opening this week, the Oakley gallery hopes diners will be enticed to come in and look around. 3235 Madison Road, 871-2100. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

Marilyn Bauer

CAC changes hours, prices: There will be new hours and prices at the Contemporary Arts Center beginning Sept. 1. Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Closed Tuesdays. Mondays from 5-9 p.m. will remain free.

The center says it's changing prices to be aligned with other national museums. New prices are: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors (65 and over), $5.50 students with ID and $4.50 children ages 3-13. Members and children under 3 are free. Information: www.contemporaryartscenter.org or 345-8400.

Countdown

Celtic fest movies: Irish theater will be a big part of this year's Cincinnati Celtic World Festival on Sept. 25-26 at Coney Island. New Gate Theater will offer one-acts, including Last Epitaph of a Wise Man, a volatile racial drama just premiered at the Milwaukee Irish Fest. The Irish American Theatre has formed to produce Bill Williams' musical revue Maggie Murphy's Home; and Irish actor Neil O'Shea will offer his one-man show The Irish Writers Entertain, from Oscar Wilde to Jonathan Swift. Check out the schedule at www.cincinnatifolk life.com.

Jackie Demaline

Movies Opening Friday

The Adventures of Ociee Nash

Benji: Off the Leash!

Exorcist: The Beginning

Garden State

Open Water

Without a Paddle

Coming Friday In Weekend

Magical nights: Playhouse in the Park's annual fund-raiser, Abracadabra, is back with three nights of magic and trickery. Find details in WEEKEND, and read an interview with Charlotte Pendragon, half of the headlining act, Magician of the Year winners the Pendragons.