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Celebrate America’s birthday with concerts, family festivals and, of course, fireworks.
Or just kick back and enjoy.
[Times art: Teresanne Cossetta]
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Cover Story
Watch the sparks fly
Fireworks are the highlight of almost every July Fourth celebration today. While you wait for the light show, there's entertainment galore.
Film
The dar
k side of the fun
The Powerpuff Girls Movie fails to capture the Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup we know, instead focusing on their growth from destructive whirlwinds to determined do-gooders.
Also in theaters
Not much to like about 'Mike'
Top 5 movies
1. Minority Report -- Tom Cruise plays a futuristic cop whose department can predict who will commit murder and arrest them before the fact. Director Steven Spielberg once again proves he's the best science fiction filmmaker ever, even better than his pal George Lucas.
'Men in Black II': More is less
Men in Black II contains more of everything that made the original 1997 film a blockbuster, crammed into a shorter running time and therefore less effective.
Video/DVD
Wait for the TV show instead
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (G)
'Pearl Harbor': The Thinking Man's Set
Pearl Harbor (Vista series director's cut)
Rewind: From Philadelphia to outer space
Get an infusion of patriotism by watching movies that show the American spirit in a range of places, times and situations.
Pop
Pat Benatar? A diva?
Is she really qualified to headline Diva Fest? We put her to our stringent diva test to find out.
Pop: ticket window
Seven Nations -- 7 p.m. July 12, Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg. $17-$20.
Team pop trivia
This week's winner: Jeff McCullough of Clearwater knew that Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson perform together in a stripped-down side project called The Lovemongers. McCullough will look like a magic man in his spiffy new Weekend T-shirt.
Pop: hot ticket
The blues in their bones
Art
A show of discoveries
The Museum of Fine Arts crafts an exhibit around Asian pottery it recently found in its storage rooms and vaults.
Art: hot ticket
Sneak a peek at new museum's design
Art calendar
At the museums
Dine
Go for a dip -- or two -- 
at the beach
Larry's Olde Fashioned Ice Cream offers more than 85 flavors and several forms of frozen treats. Oh, and don't forget the hot dogs, hamburgers and pizzas.
Food events
Mango festival -- 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun., German American Club on Pine Island Road (exit 26 off I-75), Pine Island, west of Fort Myers. Annual tropical fruit festival. Admission: $5, kids under 12 free. (239) 283-4842 or www.mangomaniafl.com.
Get Away
Getaway: down the road
Events to watch for; details in future editions of Weekend.
Stage
A broad interpretation
Kathy Halenda brings her tribute to entertainer Sophie Tucker back to the Florida Studio Theatre.
Stage: down the road
Mae -- Claudia Shear's comic meditation on Mae West, Dirty Blonde, opens July 12 at American Stage. $20-$30.
Stage: hot ticket
Winning combo
