Going out

        Cover Band: Tickets to the Aug. 8 Dave Matthews show at Riverbend are sold out already, but you can still catch the Dave Matthews Cover Band, a knock-off drawing lots of attention across the country. 8:30 p.m. today, Bogart's, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $8. 562-4949.

        Gallery talk: Cincinnati Art Museum curatorial assistant Julia Vienhage shares some thoughts on “Drama and Humor in 18th Century British Painting” 7:30 p.m. today, in the museum's front lobby. Free with museum admission (reservation required). 556-4183.

        Poetry: The Readings on Main monthly open poetry reading for both writers and listeners is at 8 p.m. today, Main City Bar, Main and Liberty Streets, Over-the-Rhine. 241-6111.

        Flight simulators: The U.S. Air Force Experience blows into town with free “virtual missions” on F-16 flight simulators. Noon-8 p.m. today-Thursday, Mason McDonald's, 5301 Kings Mills Road. 398-3343.

Staying in

        TV picks: Grab some duct tape and watch those crazy Junkyard Wars teams try to create contraptions to drill through a concrete wall on the summer season premiere (9 p.m., The Learning Channel), followed by two more teams building a machine to climb steep inclines (10 p.m.).

        • TV critic John Kiesewetter also says D-Day: Beneath the Waves looks at wreckage at the bottom of the English Channel (9 p.m., Discovery Channel).

The Goods - What's in stores today

        • Of course Shaggy and those dog-loving Baha Men are on the new Scooby Doo Soundtrack (Atlantic; $18.98 CD, $12.98 cassette). But so are Outkast, Sugar Ray, the duos of Uncle Kracker and Busta Rhymes and Lil Romeo and papa Master P.

        • A hip-hop soulman out of Atlanta's LaFace camp, Donell Jones is back with his third album, Life Goes On (Arista; $18.98 CD, $12.98 cassette).

        • Los Lobos rocks out on Good Morning Aztlan (Hollywood; $18.98 CD only).

Planning Ahead

        24 hours out: The Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall Memorial begins a four-day stay at Lawrenceburg High School Thursday.U.S. 50 at Walnut Street, Dearborn County, Ind., free and open 24 hours. (800) 322-8198.

        48 hours out: The Greenwich Jazz Club sets the stage for the Montreal-based Sean Loescher Trio. 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2442 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills, $10. 221-1151.

        72 hours 'til Saturday: Cincinnati Museum Center opens the new Omnimax film Bears Saturday, continuing through October, $4.75-$6.75. 287-7000.

— Jim Knippenberg

        Contact Jim Knippenberg by phone: 768-8513; fax: 768-8330; e-mail: jknippenberg@enquirer.com.

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