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Elvis Costello returns to the bay area for the first time in 20 years.
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Cover Story
Elvis gets 'rowdy'
Elvis Costello's first mainstream pop album in years is earning raves, but just don't call it "rock." He prefers "rowdy rhythm."
CD review
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS, CRUEL SMILE (ISLAND) Elvis Costello was accused by some benighted souls of becoming a pretentious windbag through his late-90s collaborations with jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, saxophonist John Harle, songwriting legend Burt Bacharach and Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.
Film
Converting a split
Michael Moore's latest effort, Bowling for Columbine, leaves the audience pondering good and evil: freedom vs. harm done with guns.
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.
Clear image
Auto Focus presents a dark and sometimes morbid look into actor Bob Crane's Hollywood life, sexual exploits and still-unsolved killing.
Top 5 movies
1. Bowling for Columbine -- America's best cinematic muckraker, Michael Moore, takes aim at the nation's passion for gun ownership and its tragic knack for using them badly. Moore isn't always a straight shooter, but his film is a fascinating starting point for debate.
Snagged by the 'Mrs.' clause
After eight years, Tim Allen is back as the affable holiday hero Kris Kringle, who has 28 days to find a wife.
'I Spy' something stale
Eddie Murphy does some of his funniest work in years, but the idea of an African-American spy paired with a white guy for espionage just isn't that novel anymore, and the joke gets old.
Also opening
The Force to expand on IMAX screens
Get Away
A fusilade of festivals
Love flapjacks, great music, cigars, stuffed grapeleaves, reading and a thousand other fun activities? Have we got the festivals for you.
Fest features smooth to blues to country
The second edition of the Tampa Bay Verizon Music Festival, presented by noted jazz-festival guru George Wein and his Festival Productions, again offers a little of everything, at a variety of indoor and outdoor venues in St. Petersburg, Tampa and Clearwater.
Halloween: hot tickets
Foreboden Haunted House
Getaway: down the road
Events to watch for; details in future editions of Weekend.
Art
Celebrating a season's yield
DUNEDIN -- A herald of fall -- for art lovers, anyway -- is the 39th annual Dunedin Art Harvest on Saturday and Sunday in Highlander Park. More than 200 artists in all media will rim the scenic little lake with their booths, along with food vendors and a free children's art tent.
Art: hot ticket
Fall for Arts Alive!
Art news and notes
Passage -- Through Dec. 5, paintings by Posson Park Sung are featured at Scarfone Hartley Galleries at University of Tampa, 401 W Kennedy Blvd. Also, "End of Art," mixed media work by Kwang-Ho Cho. (813) 253-6217.
Pop
Rock 'n' roll poet
Writer Jim Carroll has combined his love of words and music for decades. In a performance Friday, he will stick to the spoken word while local band Ashes of Grisum contributes the music.
Team pop trivia
This week's winner: Jim Lyman of Lutz knew that Ministry was the ghoulish techno act that released Everyday Is Halloween in 1985.
Pop: ticket window
Meat Loaf, 8 p.m. Dec. 27, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. Tickets ($55) on sale 9 a.m. Fri. at the box office (727) 791-7400 and 10 a.m. Fri. at Ticketmaster (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100.
Not just another band
The latest CD from Los Lobos is earning them a well-deserved label: the best group in America.
Pop: hot ticket
One for the underdogs
Dine
Real neighborhood Italian
In an area suffering a drought of good food, D'Amico Pasta Grill offers relief with legitimate chefs, quality offerings and good prices.
Food events
Dia De Los Muertos dinner -- 5-11 p.m. today, Viva La Frida Cafe y Galeria, 5901 N Florida Ave., Tampa. Dinner to celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead: $26 for four-course meal, a la carte also available. (813) 231-9199.
Night Life
Night out: hot ticket
Comedy is comedy is comedy
Stage
Stage: down the road
'Creation' -- The Master Chorale and Florida Orchestra perform Haydn's Creation on Nov. 8-10. $20-$42.
Of family, faith and food
American Stage's new comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, explores the touching relationships of modern and old world generations. Even though the grandparents can be as strong-willed as any, says the playwright, the family displays love and joy for each other.
Stage: hot ticket
Playing it safe
Video/DVD
New releases: Affleck disappoints, but Clancy's tale delivers
The Sum of All Fears (PG-13)
Rewind: Flick or treat
Halloween-themed movies that will make you laugh, cry or just scream.
DVD: Spider-Man
The biggest box office hit of 2002 swings into stores Friday, and Spider-Man is expected to be just as popular on home video.
Times Festival of Reading
Writers connect with readers on the Web
These days, writers such as mystery author Ace Atkins are interacting with readers on the Web.
Novel idea blossomed during contest
Lenore Hart's Waterwoman drew life from three days of competitive writing, a fitting genesis for a story about two sisters involved with one man.
The authors
Bill Adair
A writer of many grifts
The protagonist of James Swain's crime novels is based in Florida and rooted in the author's expertise in card handling, gambling and con games.
The truth about Zora Neale Hurston
Valerie Boyd separates the fact from Hurston's self-created fiction in an upcoming biography of the Florida author and anthropologist.
A league of their own
Peter Golenbock, the chronicler of sports teams, teams up with a friend to produce Go Gators!, part of a new publishing venture.
Dead men do tell tales
Peter Matthiessen's lifetime of curiosity about a real vigilante murder in the Everglades resulted in Killing Mister Watson and two other novels.
A (mostly dead) body of work
Colorful first paragraphs from crime writer Edna Buchanan's first days as a Miami police reporter show that she has a long acquaintance with murder.
Now for the bad news
In The News About The News, Leonard Downie Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser make a compelling case that the quality of news in America is in decline.
Read more about the authors online
You can learn more online about the authors who will be appearing at the Times Festival of Reading. Many authors have sites, and reviews of books can be found at the abundance of book Web sites.
Activities
Activities for children and teens
