AUTHOR VISIT: Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Buchanan will visit Clearwater East Library, 2251 Drew St., at noon today. Buchanan covered the police beat for the Miami Herald and is the author of 16 mystery novels and true-crime books. Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of Clearwater Library. The event is free and open to the public. Call 669-1280.
ART SHOW: The imago Art Group @ Trailside will feature original works from 16 artists including Herb Starr's metal collaboration. The show is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. today. This free event is at 464 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. Call 733-5607.
INDIAN DANCE: The Taraana School of Indian Music presents "Sa Re Ga Ma," a cultural program featuring Indian music and dance, Saturday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Octagon Arts Center, 2470 Nursery Road, Clearwater. Indian refreshments will be served. The program is free and open to the public. Call Sharmistha at 481-5856.
CONTINUING
RECEPTION AND EXHIBIT: The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, presents "Fragile Florida: Watercolor Paintings" by Taylor Ikin. The exhibit runs through Sept. 11. It has 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 unique and truly one-of-a-kind. The original collection has now 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. Tuesday through Saturday; evening hours are Thursday, 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 (LRMA).
FILM SERIES: The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art and Friends of the Tarpon Library will host an Aug. 21 showing of Romeo & Juliet, 1968, starring Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey and Michael York. It's part of the Sol Peska Summer Film Series, cosponsored with the Friends of Tarpon Springs Library. The film will be shown in the museum auditorium, 600 Klosterman Road, at 1:30 p.m. and is free. For information, call the museum at 712-5762.
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 the inclusion of a series of paintings and collages with European town and country themes. Exhibit hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 S Pinellas Ave.
