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Events
fiancé is continuing at the Sarasota Opera
House, (941) 328-1300.
Thru Mar 26-Montemezzi’s The Love
of Three Kings Sarasota Opera tells one
of opera’s most passionate stories about
two lovers fooling a blind king during this
production at the Sarasota Opera House,
(941) 328-1300.
Thru Mar 26-Red Velvet This 2012 play
about racism in the 1800s paints a vivid
picture of an early chapter in the struggle to
bring diversity to the stage as performances
continue at the freeFall Theatre in
St. Petersburg, (727) 498-5205.
Thru Apr 2-Saturday Night Fever Based on
the 1977 film that became a cultural classic, this
stage adaptation continues at the Show Palace
Dinner Theatre in Hudson, (727) 863-7949.
Thru Apr 17-Frida Kahlo exhibit
Florida’s first solo exhibition of works
by Kahlo continues at the Salvador Dalí
Museum in St. Petersburg, (727) 823-3767.
Thru May 29-Epcot International Flower
& Garden Festival Enjoy topiaries,
illuminated gardens, music and more at Walt
Disney World, disneyworld.disney.go.com
Thru June 4-”The Open Road” Photographs
that trace the rise of the road culture in America
are on display at the Museum of Fine Arts,
St. Petersburg, (727) 896-2667.
Thru Dec 23-”Menus: The Epicurean
Experience” This exhibit of restaurant
ONGOING
“After Hours” Event Series at
American Stage The latest in comedy
improv, cabaret and drama will be
performed in their intimate Lobby
Cabaret. Call (727) 823-PLAY (7529)
for listings and showtimes.
The Historic Fort Harrison
For information on tours and events at
the Historic Fort Harrison in downtown
Clearwater, call Pat or Lisa at
(727) 467-6860.
2nd Fridays Victoria Drive Sunset
Walking Tours begin at 5:15 p.m. at
the Dunedin Historical Museum,
(727) 736-1176.
3rd Fridays The Dunedin Historical
Museum’s Downtown Walking Tours
led by Eric Houghton begin at 10 a.m.
at the Dunedin Historical Museum,
(727) 736-1176.
Beatles Memorabilia
This Penny Lane collection is on display
Monday, Wednesday and Friday from
noon to 4 p.m. at Stirling Commons,
730 Broadway, Dunedin,
(727) 281-8130.
Pinellas Park Art Walk The fourth
Saturday of every month, the Swartz
Gallery will feature an art walk from
6-9 p.m. at the Gallery in Pinellas Park,
(727) 421-0553.
Thru Mar 12-Florida Strawberry
Festival Plant City’s annual festival
continues with top-name concerts at
3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., along with
exhibits of agriculture, commerce, industry,
livestock, fine arts, horticulture and crafts.
For reserved seat concert tickets, call
(813) 754-1996 or go to flstrawberryfestival.com.
Thru Mar 12-Hello Dolly This classic
Broadway musical continues at the Francis
Wilson Playhouse in Clearwater, (727) 446-1360.
Thru Mar 19-Evita This Andrew
Lloyd Webber musical about Argentina’s
controversial First Lady, staged by Eight
O’Clock Theatre, continues at the Central Park
Performing Arts Center in Largo, (727) 587-6793.
Thru Mar 20-”The Far North”
This exhibit of Inuit prints and sculptures
continues at the Museum of Fine Arts in
St. Petersburg, (727) 896-2667.
Thru Mar 24- Poulenc’s Dialogues of
the Carmelites This story about a nun’s
reaction to the French Revolution’s “Reign of
Terror” is being performed by the Sarasota
Opera at the Opera House in Sarasota,
(941) 328-1300.
Thru Mar 25-Madam Butterfly Puccini’s
beloved opera with real-time English
translations above the stage continues at the
Sarasota Opera House, (941) 328-1300.
Thru Mar 25-The Italian Girl in Algiers
Rossini’s opera about a comedic turn of
events that helps an Italian girl save her lost
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holiday menus from 1891-1932 will open
March 17 at the Henry B. Plant Museum
at the University of Tampa campus,
(813) 258-7302.
K A T H L E E N K N I G H T
MARCH
7-Clint Black Country music singersongwriter
Clint Black and his band
will perform at the Capitol Theatre in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
7-Norah Jones This “Come Away
With Me” jazz vocalist will give a
concert in support of her Day Breaks
album at Ruth Eckerd Hall in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
7-12-Something Rotten! Telling
the story set in 1595 of two brothers
who are desperate to write the world’s
first musical, Something Rotten! will be
performed at the Straz Center in Tampa,
(813) 229-STAR (7827).
8-George Winston
The American pianist will perform
at the Palladium Theater in
St. Petersburg, (727) 893-7832.
9-Edwin McCain The tireless
troubadour of ballads “I’ll Be” and
“I Could Not Ask For More” will come
to the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
9-Elayne Boosler Star of five
Showtime comedy specials, Boosler
will bring her stand-up show to
Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
10-Paula Poundstone Bringing her brand
of observational comedy, the comedian will
be at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
10-Tiempo Libre Classically trained at
Cuba’s conservatories and now based in
Miami, this group will create an irresistible,
dance-inducing mix of Latin jazz and timba
music at the Straz Center in Tampa,
(813) 229-STAR (7827).
11-Rhonda Vincent This queen of
bluegrass will sing at the Tarpon Springs
Performing Arts Center, (727) 942-5605.
11-Toby Keith The superstar singer
will headline a concert at the 2017 Valspar
Championship after play concludes, as part
of Ruth Eckerd Hall on the Road. The event
will be at the Osprey Driving Range adjacent
to Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor,
(727) 791-7400.
11-Rickie Lee Jones & Madeleine
Peyroux These women will perform their
pop and jazz at the Capitol Theatre in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
11-12-Gasparilla Music Festival
Downtown Tampa will be the site of a
two-day musical lineup at Curtis Hixon
Waterfront Park and Kiley Gardens Park for
the sixth year in Tampa, (813) 708-8423.
T O N Y C H A P L I N S K Y JR W A L T B R O W N J R . A R L E E N K I L L E E N
Richard Elliot, the Scottish sax man formerly
from Tower of Power who has four No. 1 albums,
will be appearing at the Central Park Performing
Arts Center in Largo on Saturday, April 29.
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