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From St. Petersburg’s First Night to Ybor City’s Blast, Tampa Bay rings in 2003.
[Times art: Christian Potter Drury]
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Cover Story
Ringing in the new year
Looking for an alternative to New Year's Eve in front of the TV? Here are a few other suggestions for Tuesday.
First-rate fun
St. Petersburg's New Year's Eve party is filled with arts and entertainment -- and this year, a birthday party celebrating the event's 10th year.
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‘Antwone Fisher’
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Film
Christmas Day movie openings
Reel entertainment
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.
Top 5 movies
1. Gangs of New York -- Martin Scorsese revisits a dark chapter of American history, when Civil War draft laws and intolerance of immigrants caused riots in 19th-century New York.
Stage
Going with the flow
Water-inspired music is the focal point of the Winter Sun Music Festival, featuring a diverse lineup of arrangements and performers.
Stage: down the road
Tenors -- On Jan. 4, Three Mo' Tenors are at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. $39.50-$59.50.
Stage: hot ticket
Tony Curtis was in more than 100 movies, none more acclaimed than Some Like It Hot, the 1959 comedy in which he and Jack Lemmon impersonated female musicians in a band with Marilyn Monroe. Curtis, 77, hadn't been onstage since he started making movies in the 1940s until Some Like It Hot: The Musical, which is in the middle of a tour that arrives at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on New Year's Eve. He plays Osgood Fielding III, the millionaire played by Joe E. Brown in the movie.
Dine
Food events
Vinoy holiday dining tours -- Dinner tours 6:30 p.m. Sun.-Tue., $38; lunch tours 10:30 a.m. today-Sat. through Dec. 28, $25. Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club, 501 Fifth Ave NE, St. Petersburg. (727) 894-1000, ext. 501.
Get Away
A champion attitude
Despite two divorces and a bankruptcy, or perhaps because of these challenges, gold medalist Dorothy Hamill isn't ready to hang up her skates.
Getaway: hot ticket
Four-legged grace
Getaway: down the road
Events to watch for; details in future editions of Weekend.
Art
Art: hot ticket
Last chance to see three exhibits
Pop
Pop: down the road
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Roy Rogers
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Karla Bonoff -- 8 p.m. Jan. 9, Largo Cultural Center. $18.50.
Pop: hot ticket
Rogers slides into town
Team pop trivia
This week's winner: Molly Merritt of St. Petersburg knew that the classic piece of American literature the late folk singer Phil Ochs set to music on his first album was The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe. (For those of you who answered The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, Team Pop specified an American work. Noyes, mates, was British.)
Video
New releases: 'Trapped' captures the attention
The kidnapping tale may be exploitative, but it has a resourceful cast and screenplay.
Rewind: Do a double take
Movies featuring twins have never been in short supply, but here are a few worth another look.
