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E4 Sunday, April 6. 1 997 CALENDAR The Cincinnati Enquirer TELL US KIDS STUFF downtown. Fashions by McAlpin's, raffle, silent and live auctions, more. Benefits Children's Hospital Medical Center. $25.

Tickets must be purchased by Saturday. 794-9887. April 23-27: Cincinnati Flower Show, presented by Provident Bank, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. April 23-26 and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. April 27, Ault Park, Hyde Park.

Displays, competitions, lectures and more. Advance tickets available at all Provident banks and Kroger stores. $8 advance, $10. 763-7752 or (800) 670-6808. April 27: Fourth Annual Women's Sports and Fitness Awards Luncheon, 2 p.m., Drawbridge Estate, Interstate 75 and Buttermilk Pike, Fort Mitchell.

Guest speaker Mary Lee Tracy, assistant coach for the women's Olympic gymnastics team. $22. 572-5193. May 8: Crosby, Stills Nash in concert, 8 p.m., Taft Theatre, Fifth and Sycamore streets, downtown. $36 and LOOKING AHEAD April 13: Steven Mayer, Xavier Jazz Piano Series, 7:30 p.m., University Center Theatre, 3800 Victory Parkway.

April 18: Cincinnati Music Theatre presents My Fair Lady, through April 26. Shows at 8 p.m. April 18-19, 23-26 and 2 p.m. April 20, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut downtown. $12 and $10.

385-8356. April 18-19: 11th Annual Old Time Radio and Nostalgia Convention, noon-9 p.m. April 18 and 9 a.m. -4 pm. April 19, Marriott Inn, 11320 Chester Road, Sharonville.

Features special guests, raffles, sound effects demonstrations, dealer tables of books, magazines, old radio shows on cassettes and more. $6. 282-0333. April 19: Singer, songwriter and guitarist Shelley Graff, CD $3 yearly). Free admission.

521-7275. Preschool Nature Camps, crafts, stories, music, puppet shows for ages 4-6. p.m. Mondays, through May, Avon Woods Nature Center, Avon-dale (861-3435); a.m. and p.m.

Fridays, through May, Laboiteaux Woods, College Hill (542-2909). $35, $30 city residents (per child, per session). Call for registration. Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County offers programs for all ages. Fish Tales with Dr.

Jerry Carpenter, 2 p.m. today, Children's Learning Center, Main branch, downtown (369-6922). Preschool Storytime, for ages 3-5, Monday-Thursday. Toddler Storytime, for ages 2-3, Monday-Wednesday and Saturday. Bedtime Stories, Monday-Thursday.

Some programs require free tickets, available at location of event. Contact your branch library, or call the Main Library: 369-6900. Story Time and Activities, 1 p.m. Sunday for grades 1-6 and 10 a.m. Tuesday for preschoolers, Barnes Noble Bookstore, Sycamore Plaza, Montgomery and Kenwood roads, Sycamore Township.

Free. 794-9440. Sunrock Farm, 103 Gibson Lane, Wilder. Tours with activities include milking a goat, egg gathering, spinning sheep's wool and hand-feeding and petting farm animals. Located near Northern Kentucky University.

Hayrides and camp-fire, p.m. for groups (with reservations). 781-5502. Tales and Trails Story Hour, a.m. Thursdays in April, Trailside Nature Center, Burnet Woods, Clifton.

Stories, related activities and hikes for preschoolers. Free. 751-3679. Tie-Dye Workshops, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.

Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Wizard's Wardrobe, 4788 Eastern Linwood. $20, all materials supplied. Reservations: 321-1347. 4:30 p.m.

Friday; 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, through May 18. $5.25, $4.50 members. 291-5566.

"Kids Rule," grand opening weekend continues at Sharon Woods Village, 1-5 p.m. today. Kids cooking, stories, old-time crafts, music by Queen City Dulcimer Society. $5, $3 seniors, $2 children 6-12. 563-9484.

Movies and More Family Night, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Clermont County Mil-ford branch library, 1099 Ohio 131. Features different literature-based videos and a craft. 248-0700. Nature Art Classes, p.m.

Wednesdays through May, Avon Woods, North Avondale. For ages 6-12. $25, $20 city residents (per child, per session). 861-3435. Nature Explorer's Club, p.m.

Mondays through May, California Woods Nature Preserve, California. $25, $20 city residents (per child, per session). 321-8678. Odyssey Learning Center and Books, Cooper Station, 7791 Cooper Road, Montgomery. Toddlers, Too, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday. Games, stories, music and crafts. $3. Reservations: 793-6100. Papaw's Family Farm, 15671 Lewis Road, Sparta, Ind.

Hands-on farm tours where kids milk goats, feed sheep, pigs and cows, collect eggs, visit horses and more. $5 a child, family minimum of $50 a tour group. Special open group tours (no minimum), 2 and 4 p.m. today. Reservations: 242-7140.

Parky's Farm, Winton Woods Riding Center at Winton Woods, 10073 Daly Road, Springfield Township. Live animals, antique farming equipment, playground and Parky's PlayBarn ($1.50) Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and noon-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Hamilton County Parks vehicle permit required to enter ($1 daily, -r-v )v $26.

nckets on sale now. Charge by Dhone. 562- 4949. Cheviot Road, Groesbeck. Crossroads blues guitar contest with Sonny Moorman and the Dogs, 9 p.m.

Tuesday. 741-3900. Mad Frog Blues Bar, McMillan and Vine streets, Clifton Heights. Mr. Scarlet's Plume, today; Sonny Moorman and the Dogs, Monday.

784-9119. Mulligan's Pub, 701 Main Covington. Jeff Glaser and Clarence Easter-ling, p.m.-midnight today. 431-0142. Primo's Lounge, 3613 Harrison Cheviot.

Bruce Wilbum "Tribute to Elvis," 8 p.m. today. $5. 481-9013. The Promontory at Petersen's Restaurant, 1111 St.

Gregory Mount Adams. Marc Wolfley, drums, Steve Schmidt, piano, and Mike Sharfe, bass, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Thursday. 357-8888. Salty Dog Cafe, 3152 Lighthouse Drive, Fairfield.

Bob Cushing, acoustic, 9:30 p.m.-1 :30 a.m. Thursday. 860-2221 Shady Lawn, 3725 Ebenezer Road, Bridgetown. Blues After Dark, 9 p.m. Wednesday.

No cover. 574-6031 Sonny's All Blues Lounge, 4040 Reading Road, North Avondale. All Blues Fest, 5 p.m. today, with Blues After Dark, Cincinnati Blues All Stars, Sweet Alice Hoskins and Unfinished Business and Smokin' Joe. $3.

281-0410. Texas Two Step, 4421 Alexandria Pike, Alexandria. New Coon Creek Girls, 4-8 p.m. today. $3.

635-4170. Top Cat's, 2820 Vine Corryville. Lisa Germano and Melissa Ferrick, 8 p.m. today. $10.

281-2005. S. Monument Hamilton. 863-8873. Taft Lecture, "Articulating Colonial Whiteness: Australian Women's Voyages to the Heart of the Empire," 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Room 354, McMicken Hall, University of Cincinnati. Features Angela Woollacott of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. Mrs. I 1 Items for listings must be received in writing to Cresta Williams, Tempo, The Cincinnati Enquirer, 312 Elm Cincinnati. 45202, no less than two weeks prior to the date they are to appear.

No items will be accepted by phone. To get a listings form, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Cresta Williams. SPECIAL EVENTS ACT-ltalian, all-you-can-eat pasta dinner and entertainment, 4-8 p.m. today, Dunham Recreation Center, 4320 Guer-ley Road, Price Hill. Sponsored by the Association of Community Theater of Cincinnati.

$5, $3 children. Reservations: 525-7564. Big Band Dance with Seven Sharps Band, 2-5 p.m. today, Maple Knoll Center, 11199 Springfield Pike, Springdale. Dance lessons, 1-2 p.m.

(with paid admission). $7 includes refreshments and set-ups. 782-2449. 1997 Cincinnati Guitar Expo, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today, Shadybrook National Guard Armory, 68 Shadybrook Drive (off Interstate 75 and Galbraith Road Exit).

"Cincinnati Loves Barbie" Show and Sale, by Queen City Barbie Doll Club, 10 a.m. -4 p.m. today, Holiday Inn North, 2235 Sharon Road (off Interstate 75 at Exit 15). Free appraisals and door prizes. $3, free to children 12 and under.

321-5260. Harrison House's Rock 'N' Roll Jamboree, 1-5 p.m. today, 2171 Harrison Ave. Live music, games for kids, crafts and more. Benefits the Arthritis Foundation.

662-5800. Northern Hills Synagogue Sisterhood Rummage Sale, 10 a.m. -4 p.m. today and 9 a.m.-l p.m. Monday, in Litz Auditorium, 715 Fleming Road (off Win-ton Road), Springfield Township.

742-4043. St. Boniface School Club Bingo Social, 1:30 p.m. today, 4305 Pitts Northside. Raffles, dessert, more.

$1.50. 541-5122. Violet Vortex New Age Fair, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. today, Quality Inn Evendale, 1717 Glendale-Milford Road. $5.

771-5252. Adult Night Skate, 7-10 p.m. Monday, Tri-Skateland, 1260 Hicks Fairfield. For ages 18 and over. $3, includes skate rental.

829-7190. Sing to the Sun, celebration of poetry and music, 7:15 p.m. Monday, Cincinnati Country Day School, 6905 Given Road, Indian Hill. Free, but seating is limited. 561-7298.

Fashion Show and Luncheon, North East Welcomers, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Sharon Road. Raffles, cash bar, fashions by Julia's and The Ladies' Club. $24. Reservations: 247-9766.

Progressive Dinner, 5-10 p.m Wednesday, touring three restaurants downtown. Shuttle transports diners between eateries; scenic walking tours available. $20. Reservations: 579-3191. AUDITIONS Choir of Men and Boys (St.

Thomas Choir, Terrace Park) seeks men with choral experience and an interest in English cathedral music; also boys ages 8 and older with unchanged voices. Appointments: 831-2052. Cincinnati Metropolitan Orchestra has openings for strings only. Rehearsals are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays beginning May 6.

232-8395. Northern Kentucky University Department of Theatre auditions for its Summer Dinner Theatre season, 1 p.m. today; 5 p.m. Monday, Second Floor, NKU Fine Arts Center, Highland Heights. Prepare one up-tempo song and a two-minute comic monologue.

Also seeking technicians for the season. 572-6304. Rivertown Players auditions for Damn Yankees, 2-4 p.m. today, Hamline Church, High and Vine streets, Lawrenceburg, Ind. (812) 537-5287.

TOURSCRUISES You Betchal buswalking tour presented by Cincinnati Museum Center, 9:30 a.m. p.m. Thursday. See Cincinnati's connection to gambling, visit U.S. Playing Card Company, have lunch at the Syndicate in Newport and see a private collection of Northern Kentucky gambling paraphernalia.

$39, $35 members. Register by Monday. 287-7031 A Personal Touch Tour of Cincinnati, van tours of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Sites include the Public Landing, Union Terminal and Museum Center, Eden Park, Mount Adams, MainStrasse Village, Basilica of the Assumption, Yeat-man's Cove. Private van tours for groups up to six passengers.

$25, $12 children 12 and under. By appointment. Bus tours for groups up to 47 also available. Call for special rates. 821-7929.

Scotsman Tours, 4323 34th Oakley. Touring the "Queen City of the West" with a variety of two-hour van tours to Fountain Square, Mount Adams, Music Hall, Union Terminal and more. $18 Monday-Friday, $25 Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Group rates available. 351-7673.

Turtle Creek Valley Railway (formerly Scenic Railway), 198 S. Broadway, Lebanon. Opening weekend continues today with entertainment, prizes and more. Through April, trains depart 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 3 p.m.

Sunday. Specialty excursions, mystery dinner events and other special tours are offered through November. Prices vary. 398-8584. DANCE Shawn Womack Dance Projects, Tenth Anniversary Celebration, 3 p.m.

today, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut downtown. $14, $12 students and seniors. 651-4424 or charge by phone, 721-1000. AT THE MALLS Florence Mall, Mall Road, Florence. Special Olympics art display, during mall hours today.

Artwork will be judged and awards presented at 3 p.m.; Craft Show, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; noon-6 p.m. next Sunday. 371-1231, Kenwood Towne Centre, 7875 Montgomery Road. "Rooms with a View" on display, through May, Centre Court.

745-0205. Art Classes for Kids, The Art Workshop, Wyoming Fine Arts Center. Painting, printing, tie dye and others for pre-K through high school age. Eight-week sessions and home school classes (on Mondays) available. Spring term begins Monday.

Call for schedule. 948-9480. Art For Kids, "Painting, Sculpture, Drawing" for ages 5-12, a.m. Saturdays through May 10, Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1125 St. Gregory St.

Mount Adams; p.m. Saturdays through May 10, French Park, Ridge and Section roads, Amberley Village; p.m. Tuesdays, French Park. $84 a class. Registration required.

562-8748. Art for Talented Kids advanced studio classes for serious artists ages 12-18, for a variety of projects; basic classes available for ages 9-14, City Art Center, 501 E. 13th Pendleton. 381-2333. Bee Tree Bookstore, 361 5 Glenmore Cheviot.

Rhyme Time, 10-11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, ages 3-6 ($4, please register); Toddler Storytime, "All Things Red," 10:30 -11 a.m. Thursday, ages 2-5 (free, please register). 661-3433.

Creative Drama and Acting Techniques, Creations Theatre Studio, eight-week sessions, 90 minutes each, Saturdays (times vary according to age groups; ages 6-8, 9-12 and 13-16), Toedtman School of Music, 12171 Mosteller Road, Sharonville. Registration required. $120. 922-5349 or 772-7900. Creative Writing Workshops of Women Writing for (a) Change, 8:30 a.m.-noon (grades 4-8) and p.m.

(grades 9-12) Saturdays through May 17, 4850 Madison Road, Madisonville. $185. Registration required. 272-1171. The Goose Girl, Village Puppet Theatre, 606 Main Covington.

Shows at CONCERTS Athenaeum Chorale, Easter Vespers, 7:30 p.m. today, Athenaeum of OhioMount St. Mary's Seminary, 6616 Beechmont Mount Washington. 231-2223. Knox Music Series, 4 p.m.

today, Knox Presbyterian Church, Michigan and Observatory avenues, Hyde Park. Earl Rivers conducts the 60-voice Knox Choir, Chamber Orchestra and Knox Soloists. Freewill offering. 321-2573. Cincinnati Men's Chorus, 's Wonderful: The Music of George and Ira Gershwin," with cabaret performer Ann Hampton Callaway, 2:07 p.m.

today, Memorial Hall, Elm Street, Over-the-Rhine. $14 and $22 at the door. 542-2626. Cincinnati Metropolitan Orchestra, Spring Concert, 7 p.m. today, Seton High School, Glenway and Beech avenues, Price Hill.

Free. 941-3297. Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, John Morris Russell, conducting, and George Shearing, guest artist, 8 p.m. today, Music Hall, 1241 Elm Over-the-Rhine. 381-3300.

Cincinnati String Academy, 7 p.m. today, Masonic Auditorium, Wyoming Fine Arts Center, 322 Wyoming Ave. $5, $3 children and seniors. 948-1 900. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, John Morris Russell, conductor, Matt Haimovitz, cello, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Music Hall, 1241 Elm Over-the-Rhine. 381-3300. Mary Elizabeth Southworth, poetry by women set to music, with pianist Julie Petrin and reader Diane Haslam, 2 p.m. today, Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut downtown.

$10, $6 library members. Reservations: 621-0717. Frederick Kennedy and Henri Venanzl, Toedtman School of Music Concert Series, 3 p.m. today, 12171 Mosteller Road, Sharonville. $7.

772- LITERARY Brian Jacques introduces The Pearls ofLutra, p.m. today, Books 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering, Ohio. (800)777-4881. Let's Talk About Historical Fiction, with Alexander Thorn's Follow the River, 6-8 p.m.

Monday, Campbell County Public Library, 3920 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring. Reservations: 781-6166. E. Lynn Harris signs Just As I Am, Invisible Life and This Too Shall Pass, p.m. Tuesday, Barnes Noble Bookstore, Sycamore Plaza, Montgomery Road, Sycamore Township.

794-9440. Diann Thornly introduces Dominion's Reach, 7-8 p.m Tuesday, Books 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering, Ohio. (800)777-4881. Discussion of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards roads, Norwood. 396-8960. Book and Travel Series, "Western Samoa, the Cradle of Polynesia," 7 p.m. Wednesday, West Fork library branch, 3825 West Fork Road, Monfort Heights. 369-4472.

THEATER Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, through next Sunday; Humana Festival Bill of Ten-Minute Plays, noon today, 316 W. Main Louisville, Ky. (502) 584-1205. As Time Goes By, Pine Box Musical Theatre, through Saturday. Shows at 8 p.m.

Saturday, 168 S. Jefferson Nashville, Ind. $12, $6 children 12 and under. (812) 988-6827. Belles on Their Toes, Mason Community Players, 8 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. matinee Saturday, Grange Hall, 209 N. Mason-Montgomery Road, Mason. $6, $5 children. 697-3627.

Camelot, Loveland Stage opens Friday and continues through April 19. Shows at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and April 17-19; 4 p.m. next Sunday, Loveland Hurst Middle School, 801 S. Lebanon Road.

$10 and $8, $8 and $6 for matinee. 683-3925. Carousel, Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series, opens Tuesday and continues through April 20. Shows at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 2 and 8 p.m.

Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Procter Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut downtown. 241-7469, group sales, 369-4363. Chicago, The Musical, Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series, 2 and 7 p.m. today (closing), Procter Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut downtown.

241-7469. Group sales, 369-4363. Cobb, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, opens Wednesday and continues release party and concert, 8 p.m., St. John's Unitarian Church, 320 Resor seniors. 631 -3730.

ft ADrll 19: Kindervelt Fashion Show and Lun- cheon, "Springtime in the City," 11 a.m., Hall of Mirrors, Omni Nether- land Plaza Hotel, Fifth jhii- and Race CLUBS Blue Note, 4520 W. Eighth Price Hill. Miihaus and Forehead, today; Bob Cushing, Tuesday; Gashouse Gorillas, Thursday. 921-8898. College Hill Coffee House, 6128 Hamilton College Hill.

Cincinnati Klezmer Project, 3-5 p.m. today. No cover. 542-2739. Coyote's Music and Dance Hall at Oldenberg Brewery, next to Drawbridge Estate, Buttermilk Pike, Fort Mitchell.

Merle Haggard and the Strangers and Dallas Moore Band, 8 p.m. Thursday. $15 advance, $18 day of show. 341-5150. Dante's Restaurant, 5510 Rybolt Road, Dent.

Vigor, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and 8:30 p.m.-l :30 a.m. Friday-Saturday. No cover. 574-6666.

DiJohn Restaurant and Bar, 724 Madison Covington. Dick Sorice and Dwayne Crawford, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. today. No cover. 581-5646.

Go Bananas), 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery. Blair Shannon and Keith Ruff, 8:30 p.m. today. $10. 984-9288.

Groesbeck Tavern, 7560 Colerain Ave. Defunkt, 7-10 p.m. today. 522-0400. Groove Garden at Sycamore Gardens, 12th and Sycamore streets, Over-the-Rhine.

9 p.m.-2 a.m. today. $3. 956-1070. Habit's Cafe, 3036 Madison Road, Oakley Square.

Johnny Schott and featured guest perform' ers, open mike, 8:30 p.m. a.m today. 631-8367. Historic Clermont Inn 180 E. Main Batavia.

Blues After Dark, 8 p.m. Thursday. No cover. 732-2174. Knotty Pine, 6947 LECTURES Classics Lecture, "Pigs for Deme-ter," 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Room 308, Ble-gen Library, University of Cincinnati. Features Susan Guettel Cole of State University of New York at Buffalo. 556-2000. Ohio Casualty Speaker Series with composer Paul Williams, 8 p.m. Thursday, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 Bert Goldstein Playhouse in the Park Born: Minneapolis.

Job: Director of Education. People think my job is: They don't know. A lot of people say, 'Well, what is What I really do: Oversee all aspects of the Procter Gamble outreach touring program, oversee and program the Rosenthal Next Generation performance series, coordinate the Skilken- Brown intern touring company and direct two of the three shows. I oversee Adopt-a-School and coordinate workshops in schools for high school Bert Goldstein matinees. I'll direct Raised in Captivity (one of two intern productions in May.) My favorite part of my job is: Adopt-a-School.

I really think it's doing well. I went along on a tour. Black Theatre Workshop of Montreal performed at Hillcrest Training Center (for young offenders). During the discussion session afterward, a teacher asked the cast about their background, and what theater or music or dance did for them. There were six, and each one of them had a story, about how it changed the path of their life.

I also love working with the interns and directing. What I'm most looking forward to: Directing Raised in Captivity, then having some time this summer to reflect, evaluate how we did, what I can improve, ways to grow, how I can bring in some things I'd like us to tour. Jackie Demaline i. .3,. iiin.W-.w-i Laurie Anderson will perform Thursday at Taft Theatre.

p.m. Monday, Westwood Cheviot Church of Christ auditorium, 3420 Glenmore Ave. Free. 574-2491 Dick Dale, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Newport Music Hall, 1722 N.

High Columbus. $12.50, $14. (614) 228-3582. L'Amaury Piano Trio, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Greaves Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights.

Free. 572-6399. James Tocco Chamber Concert, with Ciompl String Quartet, 8 p.m. Wednesday, First Unitarian Church, Linton and Reading Roads, Avondale. $10, $5 seniors and students.

556-4183. Laurie Anderson, 8 p.m. Thursday, Taft Theatre, Fifth and Sycamore streets, downtown. $20. 562-4949.

Bogart's, 2621 Vine Corryville. Grip, Bloodlet, Cause for Alarm and Coal Chamber, 8 p.m. Tuesday ($8, $10); Dick Dale and The Green-homes, 8 p.m. Thursday ($10, $12). 721-1000 or 281-8400.

and Edwards roads, Norwood. 396-8960. Public Library Book Discussions, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sharonville Regional branch, 10980 Thornview Drive (369-6049); The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, 7 p.m. Thursday, West Fork branch, 3825 West Fork Road, Monfort Heights (369-4472).

Susan Bradley signs and discusses How to Be Irresistible to the Opposite Sex: Learn the Trade Secrets of Attraction, Passion and Fulfilling Relationships, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards roads, Norwood. 396-8960. Sharon Draper reads from Forged by Fire, an evening for parents, teachers and young adults, p.m. Thursday, The Blue Marble, 3054 Madison Road, Oakley Square.

Reservations: 731-2665. Northern Kentucky Writers Reading Series with author Jonathan Holden, 3 p.m. Thursday, Landrum Academic Center, Room 506, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights. 572-6636. Dr.

Robin Yuan signs Cheer Up, You're Only Half Dead, 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Barnes Noble Bookstore, Sycamore Plaza, Montgomery Road, Sycamore Township. 794-9440. Carousel will open Tuesday and continue through April 20 at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. town.

$10, $6 students and seniors. 241-7469. The Sound of Music, 2 p.m. today, Kuss Auditorium, Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Springfield, Ohio.

Tickets: (937) 324-2712. Valley Song, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, through April 20. Shows at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 5 and 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m.

Sunday, Thompson Shelterhouse Theatre, Eden Park. 421-3888. 1f Dick Dale will perform Tuesday in Columbus and Thursday at Bogart's. 6563. Hamllton-Falrfleld Symphony Orchestra Mozart Festival, 4 p.m.

today, St. Julie Billiart Church, 224 Dayton Hamilton. Features Bess-Ariene Camacho, Donzel Burkhart, Paula Aronoff and Patti Gregg. Free, but seating is limited. 474-1584.

Beck, 8 p.m. Monday, Mlllett Hall, Miami University, Oxford. $15. 562-4949. Faculty Brass Quintet of Northern Kentucky University, 8 p.m.

Monday, Greaves Concert Hall, NKU Fine Arts Center, Highland Heights. Free. 572-6399. West Hills Music Club Concert, 1 Sonia Cho-quette introduces Your Heart's Desire: Instructions for Creating the Life You Really Want, 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Books 350 E.

Stroop Road, Kettering, Ohio. (800) 777-4881. John Erardl and Greg Rhodes discuss Big Red Dynasty, How Bob Howsam and Sparky Anderson Ihi Sharon Draper to be at the Blue Marble Thursday. Built the Big Red Machine, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Clermont County Union Township Branch Library, 4462 Mount Carmel-Tobasco Road.

528-1744. Robert and Charlotte Lanzrt Fiction Workshop and Reading, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Elliston Room, Langsam Library, University of Cincinnati. Features author Francine Prose. Free.

556-1570. Poetry Reading with Don Bogen reading from his collection The Known World, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison through April 27. Shows at 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday, 1127 Vine Over-the-Rhine. $22, $17 students and seniors. 421-3555 or charge by phone, 721-1000. Das Barbecu, Theatre Xavier, opens Thursday and continues through April 19. All shows at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday, St. Xavier High School, 600 North Bend Road, Finneytown. $6. 761-7815, Ext. 585.

Fiddler on the Roof, Miami Valley Dinner Theatre, through May 4. Show arrival times: p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, p.m. Sunday and a.m. (matinees) Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, 765 W.

Central Spring-boro, Ohio. (800) 677-9505. Forever Plaid, Contemporary American Theatre Company, through May 11. Shows at 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m.

Sunday (other matinees, various times and days), Riffe Center Studio One Theatre, 77 S. High Columbus. (614) 461-0010. Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Stage-crafters (in conjunction with Blue Chip Players), 8 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 9 p.m.

Saturday and 7 p.m. next Sunday, Jewish Community Center, 1580 Summit Road, Roselawn. $7, $6 seniors. 351-1234. Love's Labour's Lost, Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, through April 20.

Shows at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday and 2 p.m. matinee Saturday, Fifth Third Bank Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut down- Acts A mmm I 100-- 90 80 To date: 70 60 503 40- 30 20 10 About the fund Background: Founded in 1949 by the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts. In 1 996, it raised $6,71 4,430.

supports: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony, Contemporary Arts Center, May Festival, Playhouse in the Park, Taft Museum and a Community Arts Fund that awards some small grants to smaller groups. 1 997 campaign Continues through April 30. To contribute: Mail your gift to Fine Arts Fund, Department 00561, Cincinnati 45263 or call 871-2787..