Pasco: This week

STORYTELLER/SINGER KIJANA WISEMAN will present "'The Changing Faces in Popular American Culture" in the persona of the North African character The Griot, at 10 a.m. today at the PHCC Performing Arts Center in New Port Richey and at 7 p.m. today at the North Campus Multipurpose Room on the PHCC campus off U.S. 98 northwest of downtown Brooksville. Ms. Wiseman uses songs, stories, slides, comedy characterization, costume changes and audience participation in her one-hour performances. The show is part of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series at PHCC.

"GYPSY,' A MUSICAL, continues weekends through Feb. 2 at Richey Suncoast Theatre, 6237 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $13, reserved seating. Box office is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and an hour before each show. Call (727) 842-6777.

"LA CAGE AUX FOLLES,' the musical version of The Birdcage, continues through Feb. 16 at 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, all plus tax and tip. Call 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll free elsewhere, 1-888-655-7469.

"HIGHWAYMAN' PAINTER R.L. Lewis will have a show and sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Waterfront Park Pavilion, Old Post Road, north of Grand Boulevard, Port Richey (turn west off U.S. 19 at the Hess station, go to the end of the road, turn north). Lewis will autograph prints and note cards at 10 a.m. and demonstrate his painting techniques throughout the day. There will be question-and-answer sessions and short lectures from time to time by the artist and by his son and manager, R.L. Lewis III.

IMPRESSIONIST MARK RALSTON will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at New Port Richey Elks Lodge, 7201 Congress St., New Port Richey. Ralston has performed at Opryland, Busch Gardens and Walt Disney World. His impressions include Neil Diamond, Aerosmith, Joe Cocker, Elvis, Ray Charles, Randy Travis and Willie Nelson. He also lists Ronald Reagan, Tom Brokaw, Katharine Hepburn, PeeWee Herman and Archie Bunker in his repertoire. Tickets are $15. Call 849-5192 until noon. After 12:30 p.m., call 848-1207. Visa and MasterCard will be accepted.

OIL PAINTINGS by Joyce Corcoran are on exhibit in the Pasco Arts Center's gift shop gallery through Jan. 31. Works by The Exhibiting Society of Arts (TESA) are in the main gallery through Feb. 28. An outdoor show and sale for TESA is planned for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 25. The center is at 5744 Moog Road, Holiday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Admission is free.

SUNCOAST SHIP MODELERS' exhibit, "The Craft of the Shipbuilder," continues through Feb. 3 at the Alric C.T. Pottberg Library on the west campus of Pasco-Hernando Community College, 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey. The exhibit includes models of sailing vessels from the 17th and 18th centuries, modern sailing schooners, fishboats, working tug boats, paddle wheel riverboats and speedboats and "ships in a bottle" miniatures, miniature working steam engines and nautical dioramas. Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays. A reception for the exhibitors will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the library. Admission is free.

SOUL SINGER E.C. SCOTT and "Smoke" with Bulldog Johnny and The Pack will be at Bourbon Street Concert Club on Saturday. Ms. Scott also sings rhythm and blues. Bourbon Street is at 4331 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. Doors open at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

ORAL APPRAISALS OF ANTIQUES and collectibles will be given by qualified appraisers at the Pasco County Fine Arts Council's Antique Appraisal Fest at the Armory on Live Oak Ave (between Fourth and Fifth streets) in Dade City from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Each visitor may have up to three easily carried items appraised for $5 apiece. Tickets for appraisals will be sold starting at 9:45 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. The appraisers will evaluate paintings, sculptures, prints, American and European china, porcelain and glassware, jewelry, antique weaponry (unloaded, please), dolls, toys, silver, enamels and small furniture pieces.

RICHEY COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA will present the "Big Band Dinner Concert" on Sunday at Spartan Manor, Massachusetts Avenue, New Port Richey. Guest performer is jazz singer Katt Hefner, doing songs made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and Billie Holiday. Guest conductor is Bob Boyd. Doors open for cash bar at 1 p.m., dinner at 1:30 p.m., show at 3 p.m. Dinner and show, $24. Call (727) 919-3866.

THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA will perform "Nature: A Symphony of Sounds" at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge, Town Center Road, New Port Richey. The program includes Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Pastoral by Beethoven; Vivaldi's Concerto for Flute in D Major, Goldfinch; and excerpts from Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite. Conductor will be Susan Haig, the music director of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and has conducted the Detroit, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Vancouver and Toronto symphony orchestras. Featured artist is Demarre McGill, principal flutist with The Florida Orchestra. Tickets are $21-$26. Call (800) 662-7286.

QUICK TRIPS

"ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST,' a dramatic comedy, continues Thursdays and weekends through Jan. 26 at Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. Shows are at 8 p.m., except Sundays at 2 p.m. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for ages 17 and younger. Box office is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and an hour before each performance. Call (352) 683-5113.

"FOUR CHICKS FROM OUT OF TOWN: LIVING WITHOUT A NET,' an exhibit of artwork by four area women based on Clarissa Pinkola Estes's book, Women Who Run with the Wolves, continues through Jan. 31 at Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 S. Pinellas Ave. (Alt. 19), Tarpon Springs. Artists are Trish Demasky, Susan Duda-Schultz, Karren Tolliver and Jamie Wojciechowski. A meet-the-artists reception will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Entertainers will be flutist Nick Demasky, guitarist Billy Keenaghan and belly dancer Donna Keenaghan. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.

SCENES FROM "THE BARBER OF SEVILLE' will be performed in English by Florida Lyric Opera at 7 p.m. today at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs. Performers are Mary Ann Edwards, Patricia Agnew, Constantine Grame, Kevin Nickorick, John Deeb and Todd Donovan. After intermission, the troupe will perform other popular operatic pieces and some lighter music. Admission is $12. Call (727) 942-5605.

THE OSIRIS PIANO TRIO -- cello, violin and piano -- will perform chamber music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs. Tickets are $14. Call (727) 942-5605.

LOOK AHEAD

CENTENNIAL OPERA GROUP will present a video of Andre Previn's operatic version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at Centennial Library, 5740 Moog Road, Holiday (1.2 miles east of U.S. 19). Soprano Renee Fleming plays the sexually frustrated Blanche DuBois, with Rodney Gilfry as Stanley Kowalski and Elizabeth Futral as Stella, Stanley's wife and Blanche's sister. Libretto is by Philip Litell. The work was commissioned and staged by the San Francisco Opera and first presented in 1998. Admission is free.

TRUMPETS AND KEYBOARDS, an evening of baroque and 20th century music, will be presented at 7;30 p.m. Jan. 24 at The Presbyterian Church of Seven Springs, 4651 Little Road, New Port Richey. Performers are Bernard Sanchez and Scott Thornburg on trumpets, Barbara Gossard on organ and Sally Page on piano. The program includes a jazz piece specially composed for the performers. Admission is free, but a donation will be accepted.

"THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA,' a play based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and geared to ages 4 and older, will be presented by the professional Stages Productions acting troupe at 10 a.m. Jan. 28 at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Admission is $6, plus tax. Call 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll free elsewhere. 1-888-655-7469.

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