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Editor's Note: The Arts Events Calendar
lists Tampa Bay area events and shows chronologically by
performance or opening date followed by continuing shows listed
through their closing dates. The area's three major performing
halls are: Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center (TBPAC), 1010 N.
MacInnes Place, Tampa; Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road,
Clearwater; and, The Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S., St.
Petersburg.
May 1-June 27
Fu-Sang Artist's Guild Exhibit, Chinese
brush painting by masters of the art form. Oldsmar City Hall Art
Gallery, 100 State St. W., Oldsmar. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Call 813-749-1260.
May 3-31
"Watermedia and more...," an exhibition by
Martha-Anne Garabedian, Bruce Kotchey and Kathy Rabold. Artists'
Way Cooperative Gallery, 1403 Cleveland St., Clearwater. Hours: 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Call 727-446-1708.
May 6-11
Sweeney Todd, 7:30 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.; 8
p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Thurs., Sat., Sun., Broadway Across America
presents a musical thriller about the demon barber. Mahaffey
Theater. Call 727-892-5798.
May 7-11
"Shakespeare Wranglers of Armadillo,
Texas," 7 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun., season's final production
of the Dunedin Showcase Theater. Original western/comedy written
and directed by Michael Cote. Dunedin Community Center, 1920
Pinehurst Rd., Dunedin. Call 727-298-3299.
May 8-11
"Lend Me A Tenor," 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 2
p.m. Sun., Eight O'Clock Theatre Production, Tonne Theatre, Largo
Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Dr., Largo. Call
727-587-6793.
May 8, 22
"Bobby Tess and the Dixie Chaps," 6:30-9
p.m., presented by the Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society. Coconut's
Comedy Club, 2950 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., Clearwater. Call
727-797-5653.
May 8-June 22
Disney's "The Lion King," 7:30 p.m.
Tues.-Thurs and Sun.; 8 p.m. Fri. and Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun.,
Broadway series, a best-loved musical featuring music by Elton John
and Tim Rice. Morsani Hall, TBPAC. Call 813-229-STAR (7827).
May 9
"Martini Madness -- Some Like it Dirty,"
7-10 p.m., the 7th annual martini tasting and silent auction
celebrating the current exhibition, "Dali & Film," presented by
the Salvador Dali Museum's Zodiac Group. Nova 535, 535 Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg. Call 1-866-440-7880.
Free Pops in the Park Concert, 7:30 p.m.,
The Florida Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Grams, presenting a
salute to the Armed Forces and a mix of symphonic and pop
favorites. Lowry Park, Tampa. Call 813-286-2403 or
1-800-662-7286.
Nick Swardson, 7:30 p.m., stand-up comedy
by a Comedy Central regular. Ferguson Hall, TBPAC. Call
813-229-STAR (7827).
May 9-10
"Shut Up And Listen!," 7 p.m., original
scenes and monologues in a limited engagement by the American Stage
Youth Ensemble, performed as staged readings by the authors.
American Stage, 211 Third St. S., St. Petersburg. Call
727-823-1600.
May 10
Renaissance Flair, 10:30 a.m., featuring
the Ruth Eckerd Hall Children's Choir, Teen Troupe and Teen Choir.
Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call 727-791-7400.
"Take A Walk on The Art Side," 5:30-9
p.m., monthly art walk sponsored by the St. Petersburg Downtown
Arts Association (DAA) at participating DAA member galleries in
downtown St. Petersburg. Call 727-821-6767.
Miss Suda's Dance Recital, 6 p.m., "Latin
Dance Explosion," performance of several Latin-themed dances.
Cypress Forest Rec. Ctr., 650 Pine Ave. N., Oldsmar. Call
813-749-1260.
Gulf Coast Youth Choirs Spring Sing 2008,
7 p.m., an evening of choral music. Ferguson Hall, TBPAC. Call
813-229-STAR (7827).
Bill Maher, 8 p.m., honest, irreverent and
always funny. Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call 727-791-7400.
Dali Look-Alike Contest, 9 p.m.-midnight,
video competition judged by "Hairspray" filmmaker John Waters and
in-person contest judged at midnight. Salvador Dali Museum, 1000
Third St. S., St. Petersburg. Call 727-823-3767.
May 11
"Camille Saint-Saens," 1:30 p.m., free
video screening in the Pinellas Opera League series, "Opera on a
Sunday Afternoon," at the Leepa Rattner Museum of Art, St.
Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus, 600 Klosterman Rd.,
Tarpon Springs. Call 727-712-LRMA (5762) or 727-784-9512.
May 14
"Tapestry Door Designs," noon, monthly "On
the Easel" program highlighting works from the permanent collection
or on loan. Discussion of Abraham Rattner's 1956 painting studies
for the chapel door tapestries at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in
Cleveland. Leepa Rattner Museum of Art, St. Petersburg College
Tarpon Springs Campus, 600 Klosterman Rd., Tarpon Springs. Call
727-712-LRMA (5762).
May 15
Nate Najar, 7:30 p.m., a Side Door Jazz
presentation, featuring St Petersburg's own hot guitarist Najar.
Palladium Theater, 253 5th Avenue N., St. Petersburg. Call
727-822-3590.
Sergio Mendes in Concert, 7:30 p.m., with
special guest Simone. Presented by the Tampa Bay Wine & Food
Festival. Mahaffey Theater. Call 727-892-5798.
May 15-17
Larry the Cable Guy, 7:30 p.m. Thurs.; 8
p.m Fri.; 5 and 8 p.m. Sat., the comedian who added the catch
phrases "Git-R-Done" and "Lord, I Apologize" to the American
lexicon. Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call 727-791-7400.
May 15-June 1
"Brighton Beach Memoirs," 8 p.m.
Thurs.-Sat.; 4 p.m. Sun., Stageworks presents a Broadway classic.
Shimberg Playhouse, TBPAC. Call 813-229-STAR (7827).
"Childhood: Motion, Emotion and
Discovery," exhibition of a new series of watercolors by Kathy
Durdin, showing children and the beach, presented in conjunction
with the Stageworks presentation of Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Shimberg Playhouse, TBPAC. Call 813-229-STAR (7827).
May 16
"Keeping Jazz Alive," 7:30 p.m., B.K.
Jackson Jazz Quintet, part of Rick Gee's Jazz Jamm series.
Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg. Call 727-892-5798.
May 16-17
Sol y Canto: "El Doble de Amigos/Twice as
Many Friends," 7:30 p.m. Fri.; 10:30 a.m. Sat., Afro-Latin songs
and rhythms by a seasoned Latin ensemble. Evening at the Murray
Series, Murray Studio Theater, Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call
727-791-7400.
May 16-July 6
Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild: Texture in
the Tropics, celebrating "Convergence 2008," the biannual National
Handweaver's Guild of America's conference in Tampa, June 2008.
Fiber art works in dyeing, art quilting, felting, weaving,
embroidery, doll making and stitching. Also featuring, "Luminous:
The Works of Jan Boyer," an exhibition of natural pigment dyed
textiles in memory of a DFAC faculty member and artist; and,
"Connie Lippert: Navajo Wedge Weave," natural pigment weavings
based upon the traditional Navajo wedge weave technique developed
1870-1890. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat.;
1-4 p.m. Sun. Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd.,
Dunedin. Call 727-298-DFAC (3322).
May 17
Arts Alive: Celebration of the Arts, 9:30
a.m.-5:30 p.m., a community event featuring free admission to the
Salvador Dali Museum and other participating St. Petersburg museums
and art organizations. Call 727-823-3767.
Sol y Canto: "El Doble de Amigos/Twice as
Many Friends," 10:30 a.m., for ages 3-11 and family audiences;
Afro-Latin rhythms, vocal harmonies, Spanish guitar and songs
interweaving English and Spanish lyrics. Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call
727-791-7400.
"Maritana," 7 p.m., presenting Priscilla
Gordon de Figols as the gypsy, Mary Moore on the piano and Kirk
Meyerson, conductor/musical director. Presented by the Touring
Concert Opera Company, Gulfport-Pinellas County Festival of Opera.
Gulfport Presbyterian Hall, 5313 27th Ave. S., Gulfport.
Reservations required. Call 727-343-1981.
"Los Gavilanes," 7:30 p.m., Spanish Lyric
Theatre presentation. Ferguson Hall, TBPAC. Call 813-229-STAR
(7827).
May 17-18
"Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2," a
Florida Orchestra Masterworks Concert. Stefan Sanderling,
conductor; Stephen Hough, piano. 8 p.m. Sat. at the Mahaffey; 7:30
p.m. Sun. at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call 813-286-2403 or
1-800-662-7286.
May 17-July 27
"A Mysterious Clarity," exhibition
offering three distinct views of the Florida landscape by artists
Mark Messersmith, Lillian Garcia-Roig and Ray Bruggraf. Opening
reception 7 p.m. Fri., May 16. Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211
Walsingham Rd., Largo. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon-4
p.m. Sun. Call 727-518-6833.
May 18
"J.B. Scott's Swinging Allstars," 1-4
p.m., presented by the Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society. Banquet
Masters, 8100 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park. Call 727-724-3379.
"Das Land Des Lachelns," 1:15 p.m., the
Pinellas Opera League presents "Opera in Dunedin," featuring opera
by Franz Lehar on video. Dunedin Community Center, 1920 Pinehurst
Rd., Dunedin. Call 727-784-9512.
Orlando Ballet School "Recitals 2008," 11
a.m., 1, 3 and 5 p.m., Orlando Ballet School students, presented by
the Patel Conservatory. TECO Hall, TBPAC. Call 813-229-STAR
(7827).
Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra Spring
Concert, 2 p.m., performance by students of the Patel Conservatory.
Ferguson Hall, TBPAC. Call 813-229-STAR (7827).
Sunday Sessions with USF, 2 p.m., monthly
lectures, music and dance performances by University of South
Florida faculty and staff. Featuring discussion and presentation
about the university's public art program with Vincent Ahern of
the USF Contemporary Art Museum. Tampa Museum of Art, 600 N. Ashley
Dr., Tampa. Call 813-274-8130.
"Sunday in the Arts," 6-8 p.m., annual art
exhibition and fundraiser presented by Las Damas de Arte, featuring
Rose Bilal, jazz vocalist, and the LaRue Nichelson Group. Ritz
Ybor, 1503 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa. Reservations required. Call
727-521-4777.
May 18-July 6
Pinellas County High School Survey, annual
exhibition honoring high school art programs, featuring cash
prizes. Awards ceremony and reception 2-4 p.m. Sun., May 18. Gulf
Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Rd., Largo. Hours: 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. Call 727-518-6833.
May 19
Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra Spring
Recital, 6 p.m., performance by students of the Patel Conservatory.
TECO Hall, TBPAC. Call 813-229-STAR (7827).
May 22
Florida Orchestra Coffee Concert, 11 a.m.,
"Romance & Rhapsody." Mahaffey Theater. Andrew Grams conducts.
Pre-concert talk one hour before performance. Call 813-286-2403 or
1-800-662-7286.
"Art After Hours," 6-9 p.m., free event
hosted by Les Fauves, the Gulf Coast Museum of Art's young
professionals group, featuring an artist talk and exhibition of
current works by Stacy Rosende. Interior Motives Gallery, 1110
Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Call 727-518-6833.
Sunset Beach Concert, 7-9 p.m., free
concert featuring the "De Lei'ed Pirates." Concessions available.
Presented by Tarpon Springs Rec. Dept. and Fruits Realty. Sunset
Beach, Tarpon Springs. Call 727-942-5628.
May 23
Kids in the Hall, 8 p.m., the critically
acclaimed comedy troupe in their first major tour in six years.
Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call 727-791-7400.
May 23-25
"Star-Spangled Pops!," Florida Orchestra
Super Pops Concert with Richard Kaufman as conductor; Dniel
Rodriguez, vocalist; Nelson Kole, piano, with a Memorial Day
weekend salute to patriotic tunes and Sousa marches as well as a
100th anniversary salute to composer Leroy Anderson. 8 p.m. Fri. at
Ferguson Hall, TBPAC; 8 p.m. Sat. at the Mahaffey Theater; 7:30
p.m. Sun. at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call 813-286-2403 or
1-800-662-7286.
May 24
Arturo Sandoval, 7:30 p.m., jazz trumpet
and flugel horn by the Cuban-born master. Ferguson Hall, TBPAC.
Call 813-229-STAR (7827).
Natasha Bedingfield, 8 p.m., the British
pop singer-songwriter with special guests The Veronicas and Kate
Voegele. Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call 727-791-7400.
May 29
Stan Hunter Quartet, 7:30 p.m., a Side
Door Jazz presentation, featuring keyboard master Stan Hunter.
Palladium Theater, 253 5th Avenue N., St. Petersburg. Call
727-822-3590.
May 29-31
"Beethoven & Brahms," a Florida
Orchestra Masterworks Concert. Stefan Sanderling, conductor; James
Ehnes, violin. 8 p.m. Thurs. Ruth Eckerd Hall; 8 p.m. Fri. Ferguson
Hall, TBPAC; 8 p.m. Sat. at the Mahaffey. Call 813-286-2403 or
1-800-662-7286.
June 1
Dream Theater, 7 p.m., presenting
"Progressive Nation 2008," the New York progressive metal
pioneers' Dream Theater tour. Ruth Eckerd Hall. Call
727-791-7400.
June 6, 7, 8, 13
"The Supporting Cast," 8 p.m. Fri.; 1 p.m.
Sat.; (2 p.m. Sun. at the Gazebo, John Wilson Park, Main Street),
free, a play by George Furth performed by P.O.S.H. (Players of
Safety Harbor) Adult Library Theatre Troupe. Banquet room, Safety
Harbor Recreation Community Center, 650 Ninth Ave. S., Safety
Harbor. Call 727-724-1525, ext. 224.
June 8
"Pelleas et Melisande," 1:30 p.m., free
video of the opera by Claude Debussy in the Pinellas Opera League
series, "Opera on a Sunday Afternoon," at the Leepa Rattner Museum
of Art, St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus, 600
Klosterman Rd., Tarpon Springs. Call 727-712-LRMA (5762) or
727-784-9512.
ABBA -- The Music, 7 p.m., a musical
tribute featuring more than 20 of ABBA's greatest hits. Mahaffey
Theater. Call 727-892-5798.
June 8-August 3
"California Dreaming: California Fibers at
Convergence 2008" and "Tapestries of Abraham Ratter: Created at the
Mambush Artists' Village in Israel," two exhibitions presented as
a complement to "Convergence 2008 Tampa Bay," an international
fiber arts conference June 22-28 in Tampa. Opening reception 7-9
p.m. Sat., June 7. Also featuring permanent galleries of works by
Abraham Rattner, Allen Leepa and Esther Gentle. Hours 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Leepa-Rattner
Museum of Art, St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus, 600
Klosterman Rd., Tarpon Springs. Call 727-712-LRMA (5762).
June 9
Steely Dan, 8 p.m., featuring Rock &
Roll Hall of Famers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Ruth Eckerd
Hall. Call 727-791-7400.
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