This week: Hernando

BIG BAND TRIBUTE: Jazz Night will be held from 6 to 9 Thursday at Glen Lakes Country Club, off Commercial Way, north of Weeki Wachee. The event will feature Randy Rondo and Smooth Jazz, a tribute to the big-band era. There will be dancing. A light menu and cash bar will be available. Admission is $3 per person. For reservations, call 597-9200.

TIME FOR A TROUBADOUR: The Community Performing Arts Guild will present singer Bill Schustik at 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday in a free concert at Mariner United Methodist Church, 7079 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill. Schustik has performed for three presidents, appeared on and off Broadway, authored two full-length ballets with Edward Villella and Edward Verso and appeared in several commercial and public TV specials. Limited tickets remain. Call 597-0409.

EVENING WITH AN ORCHESTRA: The Joe Fedorchak Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the SNPJ Lodge, 13383 County Line Road, Spring Hill. Tickets are $10 for one performance or $18 for both. Refreshments will be available. Call 686-9874.

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: The Spring Hill Art League's Artist of the Month for January is Rima Childiaeva, a Spring Hill winter resident. Her paintings, mainly landscapes and florals in oil, are on display through the end of the month in the lobby at the Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, 10005 Cortez Blvd., Spring Hill. Call 683-2322.

LOOK AHEAD

SOPHISTICATED JAZZ: Carol Welsman will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Hernando High School Performing Arts Center, 700 Bell Ave., Brooksville. The internationally acclaimed jazz singer and pianist was voted Vocalist of the Year at the 2002 National Jazz Awards in Toronto. She also is an accomplished lyricist and has written music for Ray Charles. Tickets cost $18 and may be purchased at the performing arts center. Call 799-5577

COME BLOW YOUR HORN: The Hernando Jazz Society will have a concert featuring the sound of trumpets from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at the SNPJ Hall on County Line Road in Spring Hill. Admission for nonmembers of the society is $5. For information, call 666-4842.

QUICK TRIPS

LA CAGE: La Cage Aux Folles, the musical version of The Birdcage, continues through Feb. 16 at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Shows are at 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Doors open two hours before each show for buffet and cash bar. Dinner and show, $37.50; show only, $26.45. Ages 12 and younger, $19.95 and $14.95. Call 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll-free elsewhere 1-888-655-7469.

SOMETHING TO STRUT ABOUT: The musical The All Night Strut continues Thursdays and weekends through Feb. 2 at Playhouse 19, 865 U.S. 19 S, Crystal River. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $15. The theater's box office is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Call (352) 563-1333.

ONE FOR THE LADIES: Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8681 will have a "Ladies Night Out" all-male revue Saturday at the post, 18940 Drayton St. in Shady Hills. Tickets are $15 in the post canteen. Call (727) 856-1860.

COMEDY SHOW: The River Rats musical comedy group will perform at a dinner show at Aripeka Elks Lodge 2520 in Hudson on Saturday. A chicken breast dinner will be served at 6 p.m.; show at 7:30. Prime seating is $22; all other seating, $20. Tickets are available at the lodge, 9135 Denton Ave., Hudson, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays or by calling (727) 868-2994.

COMIC RELIEF: The mystery comedy Knock 'em Dead will be performed in a dinner-theater setting Jan. 29 at the Riverside Buffet House, 4152 U.S. 19 S, Homosassa Springs. Tickets are $30 in advance and $32 at the door and are available at all Citrus County Chamber of Commerce offices, Playhouse 19 and Citrus County Art League box offices and at all Citrus County SunTrust Bank locations. Proceeds benefit Citrus 20/20 Inc., which is co-sponsoring the play with the Citrus County Art League, Gulf Islands Civic Theatre and Playhouse 19.

CURTAIN CALLS

Stage West Community Playhouse will have a monologue/scene study workshop at the Forum Theater, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. Call 683-5113. Sessions will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays starting this week. The cost for six sessions is $5. Call 544-2921.

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