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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS of Pasco County made during the past 60 years continues through May 9 at the Alric C.R. Pottberg Library on the Pasco-Hernando Community College's campus at 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey. 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. The library will be closed Sunday. Admission is free.

ARTBEAT 2003 continues through April 30 at Pasco Arts Center, 5744 Moog Road, Holiday. Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. The UpStairs Gallery features "Visual Poetry Exhibition" by Bob Zappacosta. Admission is free.

WEST PASCO ART GUILD's second annual "Wildlife Show" continues through April 25 at the gallery, 6202 Jefferson St., New Port Richey. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.

'DAMN YANKEES' continues through May 18 at Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays; and 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and this Saturday and April 26 and May 10. Doors open two hours before each show for cash bar and buffet. 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 at 1-888-655-7469.

'NUNSENSE' continues through May 18 at Angel Cabaret Theatre, 5201 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays (except April 20), and 1:30 p.m. some weekdays. Doors open two hours before each show for buffet, and cash wine and beer bar. Dinner and show, $34.50; show only, $21.95. Ages 12 and younger, $22.50 and $16.95, all plus tax and tip. Call (727) 847-0019.

'COTTONTAIL CABARET' featuring Irish step dancers and the Magic of Martin Preston will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Angel Cabaret Theatre, 5201 U.S. 19 (Southgate Shopping Center), New Port Richey. Doors open two hours before the show for buffet, and cash wine and beer bar. Dinner and show, $34.50; show only $21.95; ages 12 and younger, $22.50 and $16.95, all plus tax and tip. Call (727) 847-0019.

DEADLINE FOR TICKETS to the Thursday Musicale's annual May Fling lunch and "Spring Is in the Air" skit is today. The event is at noon on May 1 at Spartan Manor, 6121 Massachusetts Ave., New Port Richey. Tickets are $12.75. Call Doris Cerio at 938-9151.

QUICK TRIPS

HERNANDO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA will perform "Dance and Solo" featuring Mozart's Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter) and Reinhold Giliere's Russian Sailors' Dance on Tuesday and April 27. Guest performers are Joel Brown, 13, and Johnathan Johnson, 12, cello; Christina Adams, 13, violin; and Ben De Angelis, 11, euphonium. Reserved seats are $9. Tuesday's concert is at 7:30 p.m. at Springstead High School, 3300 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill; call (352) 686-5334 for tickets. The April 27 concert is at 2 p.m. at Springstead High School; call (352) 686-7716.

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'LIVE FROM LA SCALA,' a program of opera arias by Mozart, Verdi, Rossini, Bizet and Puccini, will be presented by Richey Community Orchestra and special soloists Zoe Dvorak, Jeffrey Clark, Suzanne Ruley and Matthew Ruley at 3 p.m. April 27 at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge, Town Center Road, New Port Richey. Featured singer is orchestra conductor Deidre Reigel. Associate conductor Bob Boyd will conduct. Tickets are $10. Call (727) 919-3866.

POETS AND POETRY BUFFS are invited to attend a poetry reading at Pasco-Hernando Community College's "Celebration of Poetry" from 7 to 9 p.m. April 25 at the north campus in Brooksville, 11415 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Room A-139. To read your own poetry, sign up in advance by calling Richard Downing at (352) 797-5132 or Kay Cramer at (352) 797-5109.

'MAGNOLIA FESTIVAL AND GARDEN SHOW' will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26 and 27 at Pioneer Florida Museum and Village, 15602 Pioneer Museum Road (off U.S. 301 northeast of Dade City), Dade City. Events include presentations on flower arranging, gardening, trees, lawns, herbs and making rain barrels. There will be a plant auction by Florida growers and children's activities. Food and beverages will be for sale, including biscuits with honey. Admission is $6. Parking is free.

CONTEMPORARY FOLK MUSICIANS Sheila Kirsten Hughes and Rebekah Pulley will perform at 7 p.m. April 27 at the Pasco Arts Center, 5744 Moog Road, Holiday. Tickets are $9 in advance, $11 at the door, open seating at the center, or call (727) 845-7322.

THE THIRD LECTURE on the history of theater, "The English Renaissance: Shakespeare, The Globe and the Black Friars," will be given by Arthur R. Day at 2:30 p.m. April 27 at Richey Suncoast Theatre, 6237 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Admission is $5 or free to season ticket holders and students.

CURTAIN CALLS

AUDITIONS FOR the musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors will be at 7 p.m. May 2 and 1 p.m. May 3 at Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. Production dates are July 18-20 and 25-27. Director is Leanne Germann. Roles are for seven men and up to six women. For information, call (352) 683-5113 or the director at (352) 263-4576.

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