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This week: Pinellas

By Times Staff Writer
Published July 29, 2005

5TH FRIDAY CONCERT: The downtown Largo concert from 6 to 8 tonight in Ulmer Park will feature classics from the '60s and '70s by Little Bird. Bring blankets and chairs and enjoy a fun-filled evening in the park. Largo Main Street will sell hot dogs, chips and drinks. Hershey's Ice Cream will sponsor the event. Visit www.largomainstreet.com or call 518-8442.

WEARABLE ART: A fashion show will begin at 7 tonight at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd. Tampa Bay area designers will show dresses, jewelry, handbags and accessories. Includes chocolate sampling, wine tasting, music and an auction. Call 298-3322.

"DEATHTRAP': Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., will present Deathtrap, directed by Dick Poole, tonight through Sunday. Ira 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. Performances are at 8 tonight and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $15, or $13 for center members or students. Call 942-5605.

ENVIRONMENTAL EXHIBIT: The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, presents "Fragile Florida: Watercolor Paintings" by Taylor Ikin through Sept. 11. The exhibit has paintings that were initially part of the Hillsborough Collection, a series of paintings based on the county's environmentally protected lands and protected properties. The public does not have access to these protected areas, making Ikin's paintings unique. The collection now includes Pinellas County, and new works will be added for the exhibition. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and free for children and students with ID. Sunday admission is free. Call 712-5762.

ART OF A HIGHWAYMAN: "The Highwaymen: R.L. Lewis, Paintings" will be on display through Sunday at the Painted Fish Gallery, 350 Main St., Dunedin. Lewis, of Cocoa, retired after 32 years of teaching art in the Brevard County schools and taught art at Brevard Community College. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Call 734-5060 or visit 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 Saturday. Clay & Paper and the Painted Fish Gallery present cast paper wall sculptures by Barbara Melby-Burhans on the fourth-floor concourse through Sunday. 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.

EUROPE TO ASIA: Artist James Sikes presents "A Landscape Journey - From Europe to Asia: A Watermedia Painting and Collage Exhibit" through Sept. 22 at the Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 S Pinellas Ave. Sikes, a self-taught water media painter and collagist, draws on his travels 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. This exhibit includes works 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.

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