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Sesame Street Live "Out of This World' - (Sept. 23-26) Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa. $10-$18.

ZooBoo - (Select nights Sept. 25-Oct. 31) Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa. $9-$11.

Howl-o-Scream - (Select nights Sept. 25-Oct. 31) Busch Gardens, Tampa.

Buster Keaton's "Steamboat Bill Jr.' (1927) - (Sept. 26) With Rosa Rio on the Mighty Wurlitzer, 3 p.m. Tampa Theatre. $8-$10.

Halloween Horror Nights - (Select nights Oct. 1-31) Universal Studios, Orlando.

Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party - (Select nights Oct. 1-31) Magic Kingdom, Orlando.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure - Oct. 2 Straub Park, downtown St. Petersburg. Registration: (727) 734-7832; or www.komensuncoast.com

The Emperor's New Clothes - (Oct. 3) 3 p.m., Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg. $7.

Light the Night Walk - (Oct. 9, Oct. 16, Oct. 23) 6 p.m. Oct. 9, North Shore Park, St. Petersburg. 6 p.m. Oct. 16, FishHawk Ranch, Brandon. 6 p.m. Oct. 23, Old Hyde Park Village, Tampa. (813) 963-6461.

NBA Preseason - (Oct. 15) Miami Heat vs. Orlando Magic, 8 p.m. St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa. $16.75-$51.75.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer - Oct. 16, Oct. 30 7:30 a.m. Oct. 16, Bayshore Boulevard, Tampa. (813) 685-0670. 8 a.m. Oct. 30, North Straub Park, St. Petersburg. (727) 812-7028; or www.cancer.org

Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats - (Oct. 17) 2 p.m. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. $12.

America's Walk for Diabetes - (Oct. 23) 9 a.m. Channelside, Tampa. Toll-free 1-888-342-2383.

American Heart Walk - (Nov. 6) 8 a.m., St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa. (727) 570-8610.

Scholastic's "The Magic School Bus' - (Nov. 13) 11 a.m. Ruth Eckerd Hall. $12.

Blue's Clues Live!: Blue's Birthday Party - (Nov. 26-28) Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa. $20-$24.

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