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This week: Pinellas

By Times Staff Writer
Published August 12, 2005

ELVIS TRIBUTE: Brent Howell will perform a tribute to the young Elvis with renditions of several Elvis hits, backed by the Catillacs, at the James B. White Theater at Clearwater Central Catholic School, 2750 Haines Bayshore Road, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Opening for Howell is 4:2:Five, an a cappella group from Orlando. 4:2:Five received the People's Music Award for "Best Live Act" in 2001. Tickets cost $18.50.

PHILOSOPHY LECTURE: Multimedia philosophy lecture at Safety Harbor Library at 11 a.m. Saturday. The lecture titled "Introduction to Basic Self-Knowledge in the Gurdjieff and Ouspensky Tradition" will identify key ideas for self-development. This free event is at 101 Second St. N, Safety Harbor. Call (941) 388-2574.

OPERA DVD: The Pinellas Opera League in partnership with Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art will show their monthly selection of DVDs and videos at the video center of the Leepa Rattner Museum of Art on the campus of St. Petersburg College at 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs, at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The free DVD showing for this month is The Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan. Call 726-6990.

RECEPTION AND EXHIBIT: The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, presents "Fragile Florida: Watercolor Paintings" by Taylor Ikin. The exhibition runs through Sept. 11. The exhibition 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 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 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and free to children and students with ID. Sunday admission is free. Call 712-5762.

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 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.

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