Entertainment

This week: Pasco

A VIDEO OF VERDI'S "OTELLO' will be shown at 12:30 p.m. today at Centennial Library, 5740 Moog Road, Holiday. The production is by the Royal Opera of Covent Garden and features Placido Domingo in the title role. Those who attend should bring a seat cushion.

SPRING BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL will be held today through Sunday at Sertoma Youth Ranch off Clay Hill Road (take exit 293 off Interstate 75, go east and follow signs). Hours are 1:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. today ($16); 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday ($16); and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday ($12). Children ages 12-16 are $2 a day. Age 11 and younger are admitted for free with purchase of adult ticket. Camping hookups available. Call (352) 754-3082.

"SWING,' A MUSICAL REVUE, continues through May 23 at the 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. Saturday and May 1, 6, 8 and 13. Doors open two hours before each show for buffet and full cash bar. Dinner and show, $38.50; show only, $27.45; age 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.

"THE "IT' GIRL' continues through May 16 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 before each show for buffet and cash wine and beer bar. Dinner and show, $35.50; show only, $21.95, all plus tax and tip. Call (727) 847-0019.

"CELEBRATION OF POETRY' open mike poetry reading will be held 7 to 9 p.m. today at Room A 139, North Campus of Pasco-Hernando Community College, 11415 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Brooksville. Those who want to read should call Richard Downing at (352) 797-5132 or Kay Cramer at (352) 797-5109 to sign up in advance.

PUCCINI'S ONE-ACT OPERA Suor Angelic and scenes from operas by Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and Donizetti will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs. Performers are members of the St. Petersburg College Workshop. Admission is $12. Call 942-56055.

HERNANDO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA will perform "Classics in Love" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hernando High School Performing Arts Center on Bell Avenue in Brooksville. The concert will feature music from Hello, Dolly!, The Wedding March and The Skater's Waltz. Also featured will be the winners of the Young Artists Competition. Tickets are $9 each. For tickets, call (352) 799-8507.

"THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN,' a play with music, will be presented at 10:30 a.m. and noon Monday at Center for the Arts at River Ridge, 11646 Town Center Road, New Port Richey. Admission is $4.

THE PORTUGUESE FOLK DANCE GROUP will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Jewish Community Center of West Pasco, 9841 Scenic Drive, Port Richey. The group has 24 dancers of all ages. Admission is $4.

"ANNE OF GREEN GABLES' will be presented at 10:30 a.m. and noon Thursday at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge, 11646 Town Center Road, New Port Richey. Admission is $4.

"MAGNIFICENT MALE REVUE' will be at the Angel Cabaret Theatre, 5201 U.S. 19, New Port Richey, today and Saturday. Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Dinner and show, $24.95. Women age 21 and older. Reservations required. Call 847-0019.

RICHEY COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA will present "It's About Time," a concert of music with unusual rhythms, styles and time signatures at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge, Town Center Road, New Port Richey. Soloists are drummer Eddie Graham and trumpeter Charly Raymond. The program includes Sabre Dance, The Typewriter, Take Five, It Don't Mean a Thing and others. Admission is $10, open seating. Advance purchase is recommended. Call (727) 919-3866.

(Admission is free unless otherwise noted.)

PAINTINGS BY NICHOLAS SACRIPANTE and Sandy Butterfield and jewelry by Liz Dono and Susan Duda Schultz are on exhibit through April 29 at Progress Energy Art Gallery, 6231 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Viewing hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.

WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS by Walter Solarz and an instructional exhibit on making prints from original artwork by Joan Saunders are at the Pasco Arts Center, 5744 Moog Road, Holiday, through April 30. Watercolors by Jo Baughman are in the Upstairs Gallery through May 31. Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.

THE WILDLIFE ART SHOW continues through May 2 at West Pasco Art Guild, 6206 Jefferson St., New Port Richey Viewing hours are 1 to 4 p.m. weekdays.

SHOW PALACE DINNER THEATRE will hold open auditions for the plays and musicals Run For Your Wife, The Fabulous '50s and '60s Revue, Anything Goes, A Show Palace Christmas, The Will Rogers Follies, Sugar Babies and Red, Hot and Cole from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Show Palace, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday at The Master Class Academy, 711-B Orange Ave., Winter Park. Those who audition should prepare a one-minute monologue and 16 bars of an up-tempo song and a ballad. Bring music, photo and resume. Call 863-7949 or 1-888-655-7469 for directions.

ANGEL CABARET THEATRE will audition for the role of Frankie in the musical Forever Plaid by appointment only at 6 p.m. Monday at the theater, 5201 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. Production dates are May 29-July 3. Call (727) 847-0019.

THE 19TH ANNUAL "GREEKFEST' will be held April 30 and May 1 and 2 at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 9426 Little Road, New Port Richey. Greekfest features Greek music, dancing and food, as well as children's games, tours of the church, lessons in Greek cooking and other activities. Special guests are The Serbian Pearl, a Serbian folk dance group. Admission is $1.

RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE by April 30 for the Thursday Musicale's luncheon show, "Believe in Music," at noon May 6 at Spartan Manor, 6121 Massachusetts Ave., New Port Richey. The Jubilee Men's Chorus will also perform. Musicale members will perform skits and depict calendar girls for the months of the year. Lunch and show, $14. Call Doris Cerio at 938-9151.

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR The Return of Jackyl, featuring Jesse James Dupree, on April 30 at Bourbon Street Concert Club, 4431 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. Opening acts are Flywheel and Diamond Gray. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.

Pasco Times headlines

© 2006 • All Rights Reserved • Tampa Bay Times 490 First Avenue South • St. Petersburg, FL 33701 • 727-893-8111 Contact the Times | Privacy Policy Standard of Accuracy | Terms, Conditions & Copyright