Kathleen Turner just completed a month of performances at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in Matthew Lombardo's drama 'High,' and she also made time to stump for Planned Parenthood's local branch. As chairwoman of the national Planned Parenthood Board of Advocates, Turner spoke to local residents about the importance of sex and contraceptive education. "What we stand for is to plan your parenthood, is to plan when you want to have a child. And make that part of your life decision rather than simply have it happen to you."  

Coney Island's Fall-O-Ween is a delightful autumn festival for kids. With trick-or-treating, a petting zoo, live Halloween shows, a mild haunted house and a maze, there are hours of activities for the most precocious kid. A gaggle of carnival rides keep things interesting for adults, too. Spooky characters like the Headless Horseman prowl the park and are available for photos.  

For reasons that are obvious, there are more homeless sleeping outdoors and outside of local shelters in the warmer months than during the winter. The Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless counted 77 people living outdoors around downtown last winter and estimates there are about 200 persons camping out at any given time. Take a look inside the lives of Baldy and Lee, who camp on a permanent basis.  

The city's best overall value this Halloween is still Kings Island's Haunt. The Haunt features more than a dozen spooky walk-throughs that range from mild (CarnEVIL) to scary (Massacre Manor). Howl-O-Fest is the kid's Halloween event, which includes two mazes, trick-or-treat stations and a petting zoo. The park, including rides, is open 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Fridays, noon-1 a.m. Saturdays and noon-8 p.m. Sundays through October.  

Somehow, a sensational thing happens when hiking around the city on a historic walking tour: The modern world is always present but seemingly overlaid with a transparency from the past, the ghosts looking back at us while we search for them. At least that's been my experience when good storytelling is involved, as it is in the new Cincinnati Civil War Tour, happening Saturdays through Sept. 25.  

At first glance, the Catacoustic Consort might appear disconnected from the modern world. But the music isn't an attempt at time travel so much as it is a method of exploring the sounds, emotions and people of another era — the chamber musicians of the 16th-18th centuries. See for yourself Sept. 18 at Walnut Hills Christian Church.   

Fred Flintsone isn’t there anymore, but you'll still to have a gay old time. The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Greater Cincinnati presents six hours of thrill rides beneath the rainbow banner at this year's Kings Island Pride Night. The GLBT Center's 14th annual fundraiser draws in thousands of queer folks from the local community as well as surrounding states. Besides having the park to themselves (no season pass holders allowed and it's an adult-only event), visitors will take in unique performances that include drag shows, divas and gay-themed trivia games.  

After thieves broke into the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati office in Lower Price Hill and tried to steal copper piping, causing $4,000 in water damage, the agency serving homeless families had enough. Plans are underway to move to another neighborhood.  

Northside's newest art and performance space opens with the works of local artist Tim Parsley and a so-called "non-lecture" by Cincinnati poet Robert Murphy. Parsley's work explores scenes from everyday life from atypical reference points and is exhibited from 6-8 p.m. At 8 p.m., Murphy presents 'What Are You Doing in My Clothes?: Lifelong Confessions of an Amnesiac (a Non-Lecture).'  

It's bush league (Frontier League, to be exact) baseball at its best as our Northern Kentucky team takes on the fellas from St. Louis (at least its suburb, Sauget, Ill.). Freedom games have a lot to offer in way of old-school baseball. Fans can get right down at field level and easily interact with players and there's plenty of fun for the kids during the creative intermissions.