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Going out to watch the big game?
The Super Bowl may not be in our back yard this year, but local sports bars and restaurants are still likely to be packed with hard-core fans and those who catch just this one game each year.
Yo, ho, ho! Invading they will go
A tough band of ruthless pirates will lay siege to Tampa on Saturday. After a brief but spirited defense, the city is expected to surrender and get on with the fun of capture. |
[Times art: Branden Jeffords]
Film
Sophomoric humor
Looking for a classy film? Skip the crude and derivative college comedy Slackers.
As Kidman comes of age
Nicole Kidman's willingness to stretch artistically despite the risks makes her the best reason to see her latest film, Birthday Girl.
Box office
1. Black Hawk Down, Sony, $17-million, $58.9-million, five weeks.
Film: hot ticket
The sound of your music
Family Movie Guide
The Family Movie Guide should be used along with the Motion Picture Association of America rating system for selecting movies suitable for children.
Video
A laugh a minute and some minute laughter
Rat Race (PG-13)
Dine
A modern take on Italy
Almost every dish at Bellarte, which brings adventure and imagination to Italian cooking, is at least two steps above most competitors.
Side dish
New in town
Night Life
Black humor
"I told my friends I was making a CD, and they said, what kind?" Comedian Lewis Black was incredulous. "I said nothing but love songs."
Get Away
Get away: Down the road
Events to watch for; details in future editions of Weekend.
Get away: hot ticket
Puppet performance
Art
Men get real
The softness of nature, the coldness of death, the details of the everyday are just a few of the angles male artists explore in seeking their definition of reality.
Times art critic retires
Mary Ann Marger, who has been the St. Petersburg Times’ art critic since 1987, is retiring today. Also: Mary Ann Marger's recommendations for this weekend.
Art: hot ticket
Completed commissions
Pop
With passion, tenacity, jazz group survives
It's a difficult job keeping a jazz orchestra rolling, but veteran trumpeter Dan McMillion says he just can't give it up.
Pop: ticket window
David Sanborn, 7:30 p.m. March 18, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa. Tickets ($23-$45) on sale noon Fri. at the box office (813) 229-7827 or Ticketmaster (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100.
Team pop trivia
This week's winner: Hiu Ho of Port Richey knew that British band UB40 scored a 1983 hit with Red, Red Wine, written by Neil Diamond in the 1960s.
Pop: hot ticket
Married to their muse
Stage
Stage: Down the road
River -- Roger Miller's musical Big River is at Mahaffey Theater Feb. 8-9. $24-$49.
Stage: hot ticket
Young pianist to play with Florida Orchestra
With passion, tenacity, jazz group survives
It's a difficult job keeping a jazz orchestra rolling, but veteran trumpeter Dan McMillion says he just can't give it up.
