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PERFORMING ARTS

"CHICAGO,' a musical, through Feb. 22 at Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Feb. 12 and 19; 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays and Saturdays; and 3 p.m. Sundays. Doors open two hours before each show for buffet and full cash bar. Dinner and show, $38.50; show only, $27.45; ages 12 and younger, $20.95 and $15.95, all plus tax and tip. Call 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll-free elsewhere, 1-888-655-7469.

"BIG BAWDY BURLESQUE,' through Feb. 15 at Angel Cabaret Theatre, 5201 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays and 1:30 p.m. some Wednesdays and Saturdays. Doors open two hours earlier for buffet and cash wine and beer bar. Dinner and show, $35.50; show only, $21.95, plus tax and tip, reservations required. Call (727) 847-0019.

THE BRAZILIAN GUITAR QUARTET will perform classical guitar pieces by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Albeniz and others at 8 p.m. today at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs. Admission is $15. Call 942-5605.

RESERVATIONS FOR THE Performing Arts Guild of Pasco County's Valentine luncheon show at Spartan Manor are required by 5 p.m. today. The luncheon show is at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Entertainment is by soprano Suzanne Ruley, who will sing Valentine music, according to guild president Josephine Troster. Spartan Manor is on Massachusetts Avenue in New Port Richey. Luncheon and show, $13, reservations required. Call Margarethe Bartesch at 869-2257. Nonmembers are welcome.

IRISH STEP DANCING, CLOGGING AND TAP DANCING will be featured in Dancing on Common Ground, an anthology of dance to be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pasco-Hernando Community College's Performing Arts Center, 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey. The 10 dancers will show the relationships between several dance forms. Admission is $12, $14, and $16. Tickets are for sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the PHCC bookstore or at the performing arts center box office before the show. Call (727) 816-3322 for availability.

THE STORY OF MADAME MARIE CURIE, who pioneered the use of radiation in medical therapy, will be performed by professional actor Susan Frontczak at three venues this week. Ms. Frontczak will perform the two-hour, one-woman show at 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Chapel Worship Center, 6825 Trouble Creek Road, New Port Richey; at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Presbyterian Church of Seven Springs, 4651 Little Road, New Port Richey; and at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Pasco-Hernando Community College, 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children. Tickets are available by calling the sponsoring organization, the Language Academy Charter School at Westminster Presbyterian Church, at (727) 847-9300.

THE SWEET ADELINES will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Hugh Embry Library, 14215 Fourth Street, Dade City. Admission is $3 at the door.

RICHEY CONCERT BAND will perform at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge, 11646 Town Center Road, New Port Richey. The program includes Consider Yourself, Clarinet Capers, The Saints, Are You Lonesome Tonight and several marches and other tunes. The guest singer is Alison Caffrey. Admission is $2 at the door. Parking is free.

(Admission to art shows is free, unless otherwise noted.)

A RECEPTION FOR ARTIST Roxanne Harmon and jewelry designer Toni Young will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Progress Energy Art Gallery, 6231 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. The exhibit of Ms. Harmon's original oils, acrylics and mixed media works and Ms. Young's jewelry continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays through Feb. 27.

THE ART OF RECYCLING creative art show, which promotes recycling by inviting high school art students to use recycled materials to create art, continues through Feb. 26 at the West Pasco County Government Center, 7530 Little Road, New Port Richey. Winners share $3,000 in prizes.

THE INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE ART SOCIETY'S show continues through Sunday at Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, with hours extended to 9 p.m. Thursdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $5 adults, $4 seniors, free to children and students with ID. Sunday admission is free to everyone.

WEST PASCO ART GUILD'S annual "Members Water Media Show" concludes today at the gallery, 6206 Jefferson St., New Port Richey. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

FOUR QUILT SHOWS ARE BEING HELD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY in Pasco County. Beyond the Bed: State of the Art Quilts continues through Feb. 21 at Pasco Arts Center, 5744 Moog Road, Holiday (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays), and at the library at Pasco-Hernando Community College, 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey (9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays; and 2-5 p.m. Sundays). The shows feature 50 quilted works by 22 quilters from across Florida. Also, the 14th annual Quilt Show and Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Pioneer Florida Museum and Village, off U.S. 301 north of Dade City. The show features Hoffman Collection Quilts, dolls and clothing. Admission is $5 in advance, $6 at the gate. Parking is free. Finally, the West Pasco Quilters' Guild Inc. will hold its eighth biennial quilt show, Sew Many Quilts 2004, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Veterans Memorial Park, 14333 Hicks Road, Hudson. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 11 and younger.

TARPON SPRINGS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER will hold auditions for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance at 7 p.m. Sunday at the center, 324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs. Performance dates are May 1 and 2, 8 and 9. Call (727) 942-5605.

SUNCOAST HARMONY CHAPTER of Sweet Adelines International will perform singing valentines from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 13 and 14. For $25, the group will sing two love songs and give the recipient a rose and a card. To reserve a time, call Chris at 934-8457. Deadline is Wednesday.