By Jim Knippenberg
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Going out

Dave Matthews: Unbelievable but true: There are still tickets for the feel-good rocker's two shows at Riverbend Music Center, 7 p.m. today and Tuesday, I-275 and Kellogg Avenue, Anderson Township, $37.75-$55.25. 562-4949.

Alkaline Trio: The punk favorites shake things up at Bogart's with opening acts One Man Army and The Start. 8 p.m. today, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, $17.50-$20. 562-4949.

Book signing: Native American author Sherman Alexie lands at Joseph-Beth Booksellers to sign and discuss his Spokane Indian-inspired collection of stories Ten Little Indians. 7 p.m. today, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards roads, Norwood. 396-8960.

Documentary: San Francisco filmmaker Kevin Epps shows off his challenging film Straight Outta Hunters Point about life in a crime-ridden neighborhood. 8 p.m. today, SS Nova, 2260 Central Parkway, Brighton, $5. 929-9463.

On TV

Critic's pick: The lost art of the TV variety show lives again with humor from host Kelsey Grammer and George Lopez, music from Brian McKnight, LeAnn Rimes, Alison Krauss and Lonestar alongside photos of soldiers' families. American Celebration at Ford's Theatre, 10 p.m., Channel 9.

• Peta Wilson - of the La Femme Nikita series and the upcoming The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film - hosts this look at how comic book characters have evolved. Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked, 9 p.m., History Channel.

Web site

Easy pictures: At last - an easy way to print, share and save digital photos taken by those 12.7 million digital cameras the industry estimates will sell this year alone. That from anyTime Photo, an outfit hell-bent on being the Internet's most user-friendly site on the digital photo horizon. It's a sign up and pay service, but once you're there you can create online scrapbooks, custom calendars, cards, T-Shirts, mouse pads, coasters and coffee mugs. There are also editing capabilities for cropping, adding borders and text, even eliminating the dreaded red-eye. Go to www.anytimephoto.com and start clicking.

Planning ahead

48 hours out: Showcase Cinemas Springdale kicks off "Bookworm Wednesdays" with a free showing of The Rugrats Movie to any child who shows a completed book report, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Springfield Pike and I-275, Springdale. Children under 6 and accompanying adults also admitted free. 671-6884.

Also 48 hours out: The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of Erich Kunzel steps up with a free concert of Broadway favorites on the huge lawn at Union Central Life Insurance Company Headquarters, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Mill and Waycross roads, Forest Park. Pre-concert activities begin 6 p.m. 595-5200.

72 hours 'til Thursday: Cincinnati Opera opens the long-awaited evening of one-acts including Poulenc's La Voix Humaine, Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins and the world stage premiere of Bolcom's Medusa, 8 p.m., Music Hall. $22-$120. 241-2742.

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