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Published April 13, 2005
Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival Fri.-Sat. 4/15-16 25th annual event features storyteller and Heather Forest; also regional, multilingual and youth storytellers, balladeers, book fair, puppetry, storybook character parade and more. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. at Middleton High School, 4801 22nd St., Tampa. Festival kicks-off with free performance by Heather Forest , 7 p.m. Fri. at Lowry Park Bandshell, Sligh Avenue and N Boulevard, Tampa. (813) 931-2106; or www.tampastory.org.
TIA Airside C Open House Sat. (4/16) Tampa International Airport hosts open house at their new Airside C facility, with entertainment, refreshments and art display, including two new works by Christopher M. Still, in the collection of the Hillsborough Aviation Authority. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at the airport. (813) 870-8719. Free; free parking in Short Term Garage for those attending the open house.
Family Earthfest Sat. (4/16) Pinellas County sponsors festival at Pinewood Cultural Park, home to Florida Botanical Gardens, Pinellas County Extension Service and Gulf Coast Museum of Art. Includes environmental programs and displays, butterfly tent, entertainment, storytelling, recycled art projects and other children's activities, birdhouse workshops, tree and shrub giveaways, food and more. Also Spring Wildflower Extravaganza by Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 12175 125th St. N, Largo. (727) 582-2200. Free, including admission to art museum.
Boomtown Days Sat.-Sun. (4/16-17) Dunnellon commemorates 1890s mining boomtown days. Features arts and crafts for sale, entertainment, Native American display, farmer's market, Humane Society with dogs for adoption, book sale and children's rides. Also pontoon boat rides on Rainbow and Withlacoochee rivers (fee) and Little Miss and Little Mister Dunnellon pageant, both Sat. only; and car show Sun. only. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., downtown Dunnellon. (352) 489-2320.
Dunedin Books a Party Sat. (4/16) Inaugural reading festival, with new and used book sales, Florida authors, workshops, panel discussions, music, storytelling, poetry readings, children's crafts and food. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Pioneer Park, Main Street and Douglas Avenue. (727) 298-3080. Free.
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