Pinellas County schools will decide on closings today. Call 588-6424. Hillsborough County schools will be closed Monday.
Eckerd College will close at 3 p.m. today and remain closed through Tuesday. Stetson University College of Law's Gulfport campus will close at 3 p.m. today and remain closed through Tuesday. The Tampa campus and libraries will be closed today through Tuesday. Ringling School of Art & Design will be closed Monday and Tuesday. It will reopen Wednesday. All Catholic schools in Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, Hernando and Citrus counties will be closed Monday. The University of Tampa will be closed today through Tuesday. Updates will be posted on the UT Web site and at ut.blackboard.com. The University of South Florida will decide on closings Sunday. The football game against Tennessee Tech and all other weekend activities are scheduled to continue as planned.
ATTRACTIONS
Florida International Museum will be closed today through Tuesday. The Pioneer Florida Days Festival at the Pioneer Florida Museum in Dade City has been canceled. Call (352) 567-0262. The Minority Enterprise Development Week 2004 Conference has been rescheduled for Oct. 11-14 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. Call (813) 274-7923. The TJ Maxx 2004 Tour of Gymnastics Champions with Carly Patterson and others, scheduled for Friday at the St. Pete Times Forum has been postponed until Nov. 27. All tickets will be honored on the new date. Lowry Park Zoo is rescheduling its $2 Community Day for Sept. 26. Visitors may still come for $2 Sunday, but the zoo may close early. Call (813) 935-8552 ext. 212.
The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center has canceled Why Did I Get Married? and will reschedule at a later date. Call (813) 229-7827 or toll free 1-800-955-1045. The Virtually Interested Volunteers for the Florida Orchestra mixer at That's Amore scheduled for Monday has been rescheduled for Sept. 20. Same time, same place. The Jazzmatazz Soiree scheduled for Wednesday at the Hyatt Downtown in Tampa will be postponed to January 2005. Call (813) 258-3433. GOVERNMENT
Tampa U.S. District Court offices will be closed Monday and Tuesday. All courts in Pinellas and Pasco counties will be closed Monday through Wednesday. Courts were scheduled to be closed Thursday for Rosh Hashanah. Courts will remain closed even if the storm does not impact the Tampa Bay area, reopening at 8 a.m. Friday.
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