LIGHT OPERA: Florida Lyric Opera presents "Remembering Peggy Lee" by Jayne Ann Losito today at 7:30 p.m. at Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 S Pinellas Ave. The program features recollections of the singer's most famous hits. Admission is $12; center member or student, $10.
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EXHIBIT: The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs, presents "Mariano Yunta Lopesino: A Spaniard in Paris," through July 10. The cost is free for members and included in museum admission for nonmembers. Children are admitted free. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; evening hours are Thursdays 5 to 9 and Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and free to children and students with ID. Sunday admission is free to all.
FILM SERIES: The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art and Friends of the Tarpon Springs Library will host the Sol Peska Summer Film Series, co-sponsored with the Friends of Tarpon Springs Library. The films will be shown in the museum auditorium, 600 Klosterman Road, on Sunday afternoons at 1:30 and are free. The films will be:
Sunday - Benny & Joon, 1993, starring Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson
July 17 - Harold and Maude, 1971, starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort
Aug. 21 - Romeo and Juliet, 1968, starring Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey and Michael York. For information call the museum at 712-5762.
EXHIBIT: "The Highwaymen: R.L. Lewis, Paintings" will be on display through July 31 at the Painted Fish Gallery, 350 Main St., Dunedin. Lewis is one of the figures of an obscure Black art tradition now known as the Highwaymen, who originally peddled their work out of the trunks of their cars. Lewis, a resident of Cocoa, is also a retired art teacher of 32 years in the Brevard County school system and taught art at Brevard Community College. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 734-5060 or visit the Web site at www.paintedfishgallery.com
ART EXHIBIT: "Images of My Imagination" by artist Karen Mason of Largo will be at the Packinghouse Gallery, 10900 Oakhurst Road, Largo, through June 30. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 596-7822.
ART EXHIBIT: Painted Fish Gallery, 350 Main St., Dunedin, will show landscapes and paintings of coastal life by gallery owner Bill Renc and circular stained-glass windows depicting butterfly and insect life by Diana Eagles through May 29. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
MIXED MEDIA: "Lived Art," a mixed-media exhibit by John DiSanza, will run through June 29 at Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 S Pinellas Ave. DiSanza, a Dunedin resident, is also an author and actor. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Free admission.
LIBRARY EXHIBITS: Summer exhibits at the Clearwater Main Library, 100 Osceola Ave., include the St. Petersburg College sixth annual Student Juried Exhibition in the Carnegie and Osceola galleries through July 30. Clay & Paper and the Painted Fish Gallery present Cast Paper Wall Sculptures by Barbara Melby-Burhans on the fourth floor concourse through Aug. 31. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call 562-4970, ext. 5284.
EXHIBIT: Artist James Sikes presents "A Landscape Journey - From Europe to Asia: A watermedia painting and collage exhibit" through Sept. 22. Sikes, a self-taught watermedia painter and collagist, draws upon his travels and experiences in Asia for inspiration in creating figurative and abstract works. Much of his work derives from a strong attraction to traditional scenes and architecture found in old towns and rural areas, especially in Japan, where he lived. For this exhibit, Sikes will expand his geographical reach somewhat with theinclusion of a series of paintings and collages with European town andcountry themes. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 South Pinellas Ave.
