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Hoop du jour
Have you worked up an appetite cheering on your basketball team? Here's a culinary full-court press.
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If shopping's your game . . .
Just a few of the many shopping opportunities close to the basketball action in Tampa:
Attractions
Busch Gardens
Museums
If the sun gets too hot, head indoors for a helping of culture. Here are some of the area's larger museums.
The games
Friday
Film
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.
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Oscar's big night out
Don't catch this nightmare
The ingredients of a Stephen King tale are here, but it's hard to decide if this gory, muddled recipe for horror is half-baked or simply overdone.
Top Five Movies and Upcoming Releases
Top five movies
Also Opening: From Oscar to achingly bad
How ironic that on a weekend when Hollywood celebrates the annual Academy Awards, three studios release films showing how far Oscar winners fall with bad career advice.
Video/DVD
Upcoming releases and current rankings
March 25: Femme Fatale, Friday After Next, Jackass: The Movie, Maid in Manhattan
New Releases: Video killed the TV star
Auto Focus (R)
Enjoy with peanuts, Crackerjack
Even if you can't make it out to the ballgame, these baseball movies will make a hit in your livingroom.
Nite Out
Comics coming soon
Stephen Lynch -- March 29, State Theatre, St. Petersburg. $15.
Pop
Team Pop Trivia
This week's winner: Sara D'Alessandro of Clearwater knew that Australian singer Ben Lee is romantically involved with Hollywood starlet Claire Danes, and has been since 1997, when Danes starred in television's My So Called Life.
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Dancing machine
Stage
Flying high
Aeros, a marriage of gymnastics and dance, fills the stage with gravity-defying feats of athleticism and grace.
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Celebrating art in motion
A matter of class
Gilbert and Sullivan purist Richard Sheldon insists on sticking to the collaborators' original concept in putting together H.M.S. Pinafore, a 19th century satire of England's social system.
Down the road
Organist -- Karl Paukert gives an organ recital March 28 at the Music Center of St. Petersburg College. Free.
Dine
I'll have some more ...
Sliced strawberries and balsamic vinegar.
Food and drink events
Just Desserts -- 7-9 p.m. Fri., Florida Botanical Gardens entrance at 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo. Treats from Panera Bread, Pie Factory, Celebration Cakes and more, plus silent auction. $10, benefits 4-H Foundation. (727) 582-2528.
Art
A study in contrasts: east vs. west
Paintings by Russian realists, throttled by Stalin and Khrushchev, present a fascinating contrast to photographs of American women, whose character and conviction speak without words.
At the museums
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg -- Through Sunday, "Drawn Toward the Avant-Garde: 19th and 20th Century French Drawings," a remarkable collection of work that stretches the definition of drawing.
Get Away
Down the road
Events to watch for; details in future editions of Weekend.
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A festival for the senses
