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RECEPTION AND EXHIBIT: The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, will have an opening reception for "Fragile Florida: Watercolor Paintings" by Taylor Ikin, from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Cost is free for museum members and $10 for nonmembers. Light refreshments and beverages will be served. The exhibition runs through Sept. 11. It is comprised of paintings that were initially part of the Hillsborough Collection, a series of site-specific paintings based on local imagery in the county's environmentally protected lands and protected properties acquired through the Environmental Lands Acquisition Properties program. The public does not have access to these protected areas, making Ikin's paintings truly one-of-a-kind. The original collection has been expanded to include Pinellas County and new works will be added for the exhibition. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tues. through Sat.; evening hours are Thurs., 5 to 9 p.m., and Sunday 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. Call 712-5762.
"DEATHTRAP': Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center theater department presents Ira Levin's Deathtrap, directed by Dick Poole, tonight to Sunday and July 22-24 and 29-31, at the center, 324 Pine St. Levin's thriller about a double-dealing mystery writer's relationship with his wife and a younger writer became the longest running mystery play by an American playwright in Broadway history, with 1,809 performances. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m. Admission is $15; center member or student, $13. Call 942-5605.
FILM SERIES: The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art and Friends of the Tarpon Library will host the Sol Peska Summer Film Series: cosponsored with the Friends of Tarpon Springs Library. The free films will be shown in the museum auditorium, 600 Klosterman Road, on Sunday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. The films will be:
- Sunday: Harold & Maude, 1971, starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort
- Aug. 21: Romeo & 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 black art tradition now known as the Highwaymen, 26 artists who shunned conventional techniques, often painted from memory and made their own motifs. Lewis, a resident of Cocoa, is also a retired art teacher with 32 years' experience in the Brevard County School System and 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
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 water media painter and collagist, draws upon his travels and experiences in Asia for inspiration in creating both 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 the inclusion of a series of paintings and collages with European town and country 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 S Pinellas Ave.