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| During Jahja Ling's 14-year tenure with the Florida Orchestra, he has conducted more than 400 different works. This weekend's performances are his last with the orchestra. Story
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Film
Soft purrs, hidden claws
In The Cat's Meow, a weekend cruise by Hollywood's beautiful people sets the stage for shadowy mystery and brittle comedy in cinema's golden age.
Something like it isn't close enough
Is Life or Something Like It a fluffy romance, a dark comedy or, like, something else? Whichever it is, it doesn't work very well.
Beam us down
Is Jason X just another gory, dumb slasher movie despite its spaceship setting? Count on it.
Top 5 movies
1. The Cat's Meow -- Director Peter Bogdanovich makes a solid comeback with a 1924 celebrity scandal, enacted by a fine ensemble cast including Kirsten Dunst and Edward Herrmann.
Indie flix
Feverish film festival
Family Movie Guide
Ice Age
Video
Video: Behind the times
Video: New releases
DVD: Sink your teeth into 'Novocaine'
New and noteworthy for digital players
Dine
Cool Italian
With interesting dishes and an excellent wine list, Dominic's Capri rises above the typical red-checked-tablecloth Italian restaurant.
Food events
BACCHUS IN BLACK TIE VII: Wine tasting 6 p.m., gala dinner 7:30 p.m. today; benefits Ruth Eckerd Hall educational programs.
Stage
Stage: down the road
Committed -- Kraig Swartz stars May 3-June 9 in the Asolo Theatre's Fully Committed by Becky Mode. $27-$29.
Stage: hot ticket
Young musicians in the spotlight
Art
Dancing chickens, talking mermaids
A most unusual exhibit tells the story of Webb's City, the little drugstore that grew into a 10-block retail colossus, and "Doc" Webb, the little big man who made it happen.
Not your parents' cartoons
Japanese animation, or anime, is not the happy-happy world of American Saturday morning shows.
Art: hot ticket
'Wildlife and Western Reflections' show
Art: upcoming event
Mystic Chords: Illuminated Photographs by Connie Sullivan -- Saturday through June 23, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
Pop
Music to their ears
Kid Rock, Stone Temple Pilots and more will rock Zephyrhills this weekend at Livestock 12.
Team pop trivia
This week's winner: Janet Costin of Tampa knew that I Think We're Alone Now was originally a hit for Tommy James & the Shondells back in 1967.
Pop: ticket window
Goo Goo Dolls, 8 p.m. June 15, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa. Tickets ($29.50) on sale 5 p.m. Friday at Ticketmaster (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100.
Pop: hot ticket
Chrome Yellow rising
Get Away
Getaway: hot ticket
Taste adds flavor to kids' lives
