Going out

Chuck Logan: The best-selling author of Absolute Zero is here to sign and discuss his latest Phil Broker suspense-cop-mystery Vapor Trail. 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards road, Norwood. 396-8960.

Dining/dancing: New Orleans-style Dee Felice Cafe in MainStrasse Village serves up big-band dining and dancing with a 12-piece swing band led by local favorite Bill Gemmer. 7 p.m. today, Sixth and Main streets, Covington. (859) 261-2365.

'Black Hawk' hero: Former Army officer Keni Thomas, whose company's mission in Somalia was dramatized in the movie Black Hawk Down, tells his story at 7 p.m. today, Xavier University's Gallagher Student Center theater, Dana Avenue and Victory Parkway, Evanston, free. 745-3662.

On TV

Top pick: A jolt for JAG: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Robyn Lively and David McCallum play Navy investigators called in when an officer is murdered in a two-part episode (8 p.m., Channels 12, 7; ends next Tuesday). Harmon and crew could star in a fall JAG spin-off.

• Critic John Kiesewetter also says low-rated Just Shoot Me returns for a few weeks before NBC likely cancels it on May 12 (8 p.m., Channels 5, 22).

New on CD

Critic's pick: The week's big release is the return of Madonna on American Life (Maverick; $18.98; $27.98 limited edition with bonus DVD).

• Psychedelic explorers the Flaming Lips are back with Fight Test (Warner Bros.; $9.98).

• The Blue Man Group teams with singers, notably Dave Matthews, for The Complex (Atlantic; $18.98).

• Superstar producer Daniel Lanois, performing May 11 at Southgate House, goes solo with Shine (Epitaph; $17.98).

• Chantal Kreviazuk asks What If It All Means Something (Sony; $12.98).

New on DVD/Video

Critic's pick: Enquirer film critic Margaret A. McGurk suggests you run, don't walk, to find the documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown, out today. The DVD edition of the award-winning film about Motown house band, the Funk Brothers, offers such extra goodies as expanded interviews, filmmaker commentary, trivia tracks, musician biographies, an interactive "virtual recording studio," and a jam session viewable from multiple angles. It also includes lyrics to some of the multiplatinum Motown hits performed in the movie by Ben Harper, Joan Osborne and Cincinnati's own Bootsy Collins.

Planning ahead

24 hours out: The Hyundai/WB64 Party in the Park kicks off 5:30-10:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sawyer Point with food, drink and music by Absolute, along the riverfront. 579-3191.

72 hours till Friday: Voice of America Park in West Chester hosts the annual Spring Festival of Dog Agility with dogs from the U.S. and Canada , 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, 8070 Tylersville Road. Spectators free. 759-7301.

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