Going out

Intermedia: The Weston Art Gallery's multimedia weekend of film, video and performance art begins with a lecture and screening with edgy avant-garde filmmaker Jon Jost. 7:30 p.m. today, University of Cincinnati's Kaplan Auditorium, Clifton Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, $5. 977-4165.

Latin dance: The pan-American horn and drum band Salsa Caliente owns the stage at a raucous Latin dance party.

9 p.m.-2 a.m. today, 20th Century, 3021 Madison Road, Oakley, $10 cover. 351-7222.

New exhibit: The Miami University Art Museum opens the new Collage! with a world-inspired view of the multi-layered art form with Hmong textiles, molas from the San Blas Islands near Panama, Central African weavings and more. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today, U.S. 27, Oxford, free. (513) 529-2232.

Travis Tritt: The controversial country superstar, all fire and twang, is appears up the road a ways with comedian Larry the Cable Guy. 7:30 p.m. today, Hara Arena, 1001 Shiloh Springs Road, Dayton, $27. 562-4949.

Staying in

TV pick: Suspects include a who's who of Hollywood when Detective Sam Cole (Tom Sizemore) investigates a talent agent's murder on Robbery Homicide Division (10 p.m., Channels 12, 7).

Critic John Kiesewetter also says make some popcorn and enjoy the 1933 classic King Kong with Fay Wray (10 p.m., Channel 48) or An Officer and a Gentleman with Debra Winger and Richard Gere (9 p.m., A&E).

Planning ahead

24 hours out: Walter Langsam signs and discusses the reprint of the lush coffee-table book that peeks into the Great Houses of the Queen City. 3 p.m. Saturday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 396-8960.

48 hours out: Author and producer Ralph G. Allen (Sugar Babies, Honky Tonk Nights) shares thoughts on "The Rhythm, Style and Meaning of Jokes." 6 p.m. Sunday, Playhouse in the Park's Marx Rehearsal Hall, free (no ticket or reservation required). 421-3888.

A week away: Peter Gabriel and his Growing Up Live tour play 8 p.m. next Friday at Nationwide Arena, Columbus. $47-$132. 562-4949.

Jim Knippenberg

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