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Bidders, do your homework
With a little preparation, an antiques auction won't intimidate the first-timer.
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Film
Old joke, some new laughs
Steve Martin and Queen Latifah save the tired premise of Bringing Down the House.
It's grim. It's glamor. It's war
Tears of the Sun, built around Nigeria's ethnic conflicts, is a compelling look at the violence, but it's marred by the "babe" focus on co-star Monica Bellucci.
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. Chicago -- The celebrated Broadway hit becomes a movie that really moves, full of sexy struts, a dynamic score and action ingeniously transferred from stage to screen. The best film of 2002, nominated for 13 Academy Awards.
Film: hot ticket
Do-re-mi
Video/DVD
New releases: An urban legend comes to kill
The Ring has its problems but fulfills its mission to scare.
Rewind: Introduction to Campus Comedy
This article examines history of the campus comedy. Subgenres studied include: "Social Implications of the Nutty Professor and Nerd as Film Archetype" and "Aesthetics of the Toga." Noncredit.
Getaway
'Tis time for the faire
The Bay Area Renaissance Festival, a spring standard for 23 years, turns Largo Central Park into an olde English village for the next six weekends.
Getaway: down the road
Events to watch for; details in future editions of Weekend.
Getaway: hot ticket
Off to the races
Art
Art: at the museums
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo -- Through April 13, Florida Visual Arts Fellowships: 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Work by 25 artists chosen from several hundred who have received state grants through the Florida Arts Council.
Art: hot ticket
Stroll through what's new in art
Stage
Stage: hot ticket
Return engagement for Thomas Wilkins
Stage: down the road
Jung -- A. Paul Johnson's Jung at Heart is at the Palladium March 14. $10, $15.
Pop
Pop: ticket window
Eileen Ivers -- 8 p.m. March 14, Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg. $28-$32.
Pop: hot ticket
50 cent's .50 caliber rap
Team pop trivia
This week's winner: Tina Pinkerton of St. Petersburg knew that Pat Smear played guitar in Los Angeles punk band The Germs before going on to play in Foo Fighters and Nirvana.
Dine
Food: events
Food and drink events
